Messages posted by : AllyG
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Ian,
I live in a terraced cave, with visiting cavepeople each side. I am trying to make it a little warmer with some extra roof insulation, and I have been hard at work gathering wood for the coming winter. I've never heard of Clapton either, but I have heard of the Beatles. Their music was so loud it even penetrated the walls of my cave. Ally |
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I'm very sorry, Rose, to let down the female side, but I've never heard of him or any of those other whatsits (films?)
Ally |
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Rose,
Unlike Ian, I do actually live in a cave. Who's that? Ally |
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I am really shocked at you all :shock:
You definitely need to see this film. It stars Will Smith, so it's amusing and entertaining, and it has lots of exciting fast moving thrilly bits when you think Will Smith is going to die (only he doesn't of course because he's the hero and it's one of those happy ending sort of movies). And it makes you think a bit about robots. It came out in 2004, so you have all had plenty of time to see it. And it's even on telly now. Ally |
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Brucie,
The most frightening thing about it was that I never saw what bit me - I just felt an intense pain and then I rushed inside to have a look at my leg. It might have been a horse fly - they're pretty tough because they have to bite through horse 'leather' - but I don't really know. I am going ski-ing in Tignes in October on the glacier, and then in Courchevel in Feb half-term. I need to start running again to get fit for ski-ing. I had an awful shock when I went to get some Swiss money (we're flying to Geneva and staying in a hotel there for the night), because the pound seems to have dropped about 6% in about a week, or whenever it was I last looked at the exchange rate. I hope it recovers before Feb because otherwise the lift passes etc. are going to cost the earth. Rose - I'm glad your toe is still there, in one piece. It's surprisingly difficult to walk without a big toe. Ally |
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Well,
Actually Tony, the film 'I Robot' is based on Asimov's books and he was a great physicist and miles ahead of everyone else with his work on robotics. And, it is a real worry that robotic devices might become 'self-aware' and start doing their own thing. It is not fantasy. If humans give all the control and power to robots 'Judgement Day' could become reality. As I understand it, the whole point of neural networks is that they actually learn, like the human brain, which is after all, simply like an extremely sophisticated computer running on biological electrical circuits. Are there no robot geeks who also ski, who can answer my question? Ally |
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Does anyone 'get' the bit at the end of I Robot? It was on last night.
I've watched it about 5 times, plus read lots of Asimov when I was a teen, and it still doesn't make sense to me. I simply don't understand how anyone can 'lead' all those NS5 robots to a new life, because they don't have the extra whatsit processor that 'Sunny' does, nor are they 'big' enough like 'Vikki' so I don't see how they can become self-aware. Ally |
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Brucie,
That does sound pretty horrible. I agree none of us should do any dangerous non-skiing activities. I was just gardening yesterday and I got stung by some dreadfully poisonous insect through my jeans and it hurt awfully and got all red and swollen and I took some piriton and retired to bed, wondering if I was ever going to wake up again (someone who lived only about a mile away from here died recently from wasp stings). Anyway, as you can see, I am still alive, and so, apparently are you. Congratulations! Ally |
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