My friend's girlfriend was trying to make it from London to Oxford, today. She got about six miles in an hour, turned around and went home.
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 18, 2007 10:46:24 am PST #4079 of 10001
What is even happening?
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2007 10:47:57 am PST #4080 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Wouldn't a pleasure feedback loop in machines imply that machines have feelings?
Hmmm.... I read an article on robotics that made that claim, but others disagree. (The article was about a hypothetical robot being programmed to not walk over a ledge - that "don't go over the ledge" programming had to take precedence over other stuff. The author argued that this would be functionally identical to the robot having fear of falling, which would prevent it from going over the edge even if its regular programming directed it there.)
Therefore anthropomorphizing machines = good but animals = bad? Confusing.
Doesn't anthropomorphizing mean ascribing human thoughts and behaviors, instead of just emotions?
Topic!Cindy - Jan 18, 2007 10:48:47 am PST #4081 of 10001
What is even happening?
But you beat her in terms of quantity.
And that takes some doing.
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2007 10:49:44 am PST #4082 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Can people really remember when they had moving violations?
Yes.
I haven't had that many - maybe five or six or so my entire life. Some I'd have to think a bit to come up with the exact year.
Zenkitty - Jan 18, 2007 10:50:48 am PST #4083 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Does your current insurance paperwork list your previous moving violations? Mine does.
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2007 10:51:07 am PST #4084 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
AIG is on crack. What do they do that is worth more than $100 more than what I'm paying now? They gave a friend a quote that was 6x what he ended up going with.
Nutjobs.
sarameg - Jan 18, 2007 10:51:50 am PST #4085 of 10001
Can people really remember when they had moving violations?
If you count all the times the authorities called me on it, yeah. The stuff I get away with? NSM.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 18, 2007 10:52:56 am PST #4086 of 10001
What is even happening?
I've had two. I was college age, for both. One was for running a stop sign (that I don't think I ran, but I was under 21, and although not drunk, had had a beer, and didn't want to argue with the cop). The other was for having an expired inspection sticker (one day expired), which I think is pretty bogus, as far as 'moving violations' go. I understand why they categorize it as such, it just seems like overkill, to me.
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2007 10:53:58 am PST #4087 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can people really remember when they had moving violations?
Yes.
Day month and year?
Does your current insurance paperwork list your previous moving violations?
I'm looking at the stuff online because if I get up to find the paper I'll get distracted tidying and organising something. It's not there unless maybe if I sign up for ePolicy, but then they won't send me paper anymore, and I need paper.
God, launch.com is great!
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2007 10:54:22 am PST #4088 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
'moving violations'
I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. From, um, a moving vehicle.