Anyone that is even casually educated knows a little about the Bubonic Plague (The Black Death). Between 1347 and 1352 twenty five million people, or one third of Europe's entire population, fell before pestilence and his black horse. Infected fleas carried by rats violated an entire continent! In the winter the disease would wane due mostly to fleas going dormant through the cold weather, but...
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lordmuppet:
There is one way to settle the argumentt ... I need to find out first whether sloths are a protected species? mmm sloth burger mmm
venomlily:
I stand corrected. Thats what I get for not fact-checking things my hairdresser tells me before spouting them off to others. Gleefully going back to children's songs being children's songs.
Man, my new password is kicking me in the balls. I had the unfortunate idea to pick a word I type a whole lot. Of course, being the good little computer nerd I am I felt compelled to replace certain letters with numbers. The pitiful and totally unforeseen effect was every time I type the word now I add the numbers.
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lordmuppet:
Hey there,
I was glancing through the old philosophy group threads and came across your thing about God being a programmer and was really suprised that no one mentioned that there is a big history idea that the human mind is essentially a computer program and that it is only a matter of time before we create computers with minds.
It was quite a fashionable view for a while and it seems strange that no-one on the thread said anything about the Chinese room argument by John Searle. In brief this was the argument that we will never be able to make programs that think (in the sense we think) because this doesn't make sense as a concept. The Chinese Room argument tries to show that human minds have semantics or meanings while even the best programs have no semantics only syntax that is they only shuffle around symbols in a way we told them to when we designed them.
Obviously there are people that disagree with Searle on this though. I haven't looked closely at a lot of the really good objections but the one that sticks in my mind is the objection that Searle begs the question in assuming that human minds have semantics ... although now I think about it that doesnt sound so hot.
Anyway there's a lot of stuff on the Chinese Room and Strong A.I (which is what Searle calls it) on the net although if your really interested you should see the relevant chapter 'can computers think' in Minds, Brain and Science by Searle. I think there's something in his Rediscovery of the Mind too.
I'm sorry if this has been annoying ... I'm not trying to be bitchy or clever I just thought you would like to know about this argument of Searle's if you want to develop your idea.
I was glancing through the old philosophy group threads and came across your thing about God being a programmer and was really suprised that no one mentioned that there is a big history idea that the human mind is essentially a computer program and that it is only a matter of time before we create computers with minds.
It was quite a fashionable view for a while and it seems strange that no-one on the thread said anything about the Chinese room argument by John Searle. In brief this was the argument that we will never be able to make programs that think (in the sense we think) because this doesn't make sense as a concept. The Chinese Room argument tries to show that human minds have semantics or meanings while even the best programs have no semantics only syntax that is they only shuffle around symbols in a way we told them to when we designed them.
Obviously there are people that disagree with Searle on this though. I haven't looked closely at a lot of the really good objections but the one that sticks in my mind is the objection that Searle begs the question in assuming that human minds have semantics ... although now I think about it that doesnt sound so hot.
Anyway there's a lot of stuff on the Chinese Room and Strong A.I (which is what Searle calls it) on the net although if your really interested you should see the relevant chapter 'can computers think' in Minds, Brain and Science by Searle. I think there's something in his Rediscovery of the Mind too.
I'm sorry if this has been annoying ... I'm not trying to be bitchy or clever I just thought you would like to know about this argument of Searle's if you want to develop your idea.
ash:
oh cooooooool babes, thank you so much for the tip!! one more question though 
Does it take up like .. a huge amount of space on the computer? Because I think this thing only holds like 4-5 gigs
Does it take up like .. a huge amount of space on the computer? Because I think this thing only holds like 4-5 gigs
ash:
lol, apnea ... afraid of something? lol I wonder why. Ppl around sg are weird yeah, but not scary. NOTHING SCARES ASH!! MUAHAHAHAHAH!!
Are u good with photoshop? hOW much did it cost you to buy it becasuse I really need it badly !
Are u good with photoshop? hOW much did it cost you to buy it becasuse I really need it badly !
Hello Peanut!
Sometimes I wish SGHouston wasn't so damn lame. None of the members here DO anything. Yea, I've met 3 cool people in town through this, but there is no actual SG community. I see posts from people in Portland, Seattle, NY, and Canada where there are thriving communities of at least moderately cool people. I suppose I have town envy.
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Sometimes I wish SGHouston wasn't so damn lame. None of the members here DO anything. Yea, I've met 3 cool people in town through this, but there is no actual SG community. I see posts from people in Portland, Seattle, NY, and Canada where there are thriving communities of at least moderately cool people. I suppose I have town envy.
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ginny:
RE: Your Website.
People aren't stupid, it's just that the waves don't look all that menacing. The ocean produces large waves all the time, and most of the time they don't make it up onto the shore and into the hotel swimming pools. I can't be sure I would run either.
People aren't stupid, it's just that the waves don't look all that menacing. The ocean produces large waves all the time, and most of the time they don't make it up onto the shore and into the hotel swimming pools. I can't be sure I would run either.
ash:
dude i think the same thing. there are like ... ten million women here in chicago (one of the largest cities in the world, mind you) and Im the only SG in this area. the members from chi town suck, well 80% of them anyways, and qwe never do SHIT! Youd think with a city this big we'd have something, but no ...
houston has APNEA and LITHIUM PICNIC!! WTF ARE U BITCHING ABT? LOL plus my man is from houston. I know the SG texas group ALWAYS does things .. but I believe theyre in dallas and austin mainly. I think those are far from you, arent they?
houston has APNEA and LITHIUM PICNIC!! WTF ARE U BITCHING ABT? LOL plus my man is from houston. I know the SG texas group ALWAYS does things .. but I believe theyre in dallas and austin mainly. I think those are far from you, arent they?
*lame filler post*
I didn't like my last few entries and got tired of looking at them.
I bought World of Warcraft this morning. Everyone better be fucking right, because I'm going to rage all over their face if I spent $50 on a game that blows.
"Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds." J. Robert Oppenheimer quoting Vishnu at the first testing of...
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I didn't like my last few entries and got tired of looking at them.
I bought World of Warcraft this morning. Everyone better be fucking right, because I'm going to rage all over their face if I spent $50 on a game that blows.
"Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds." J. Robert Oppenheimer quoting Vishnu at the first testing of...
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I had a really weird dream a couple of nights ago. I went to this carnival and I was supposed to meet my buddy Dave there. When I arrived, there was close to 2000 people there already. I kept thinking, Crap...How am I going to find Dave. Then I found him, but he was really really skinny, and had long oily hair. He had a...
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Outline for Freddy vs. Jason 2
by MeNotYou
Freddy finds Jason again and they have a little pow wow.
Freddy: "Ok, Jason...look. I can't kill you, you can't kill me."
Jason: "Arugh",
Freddy: "Yea...anyway, let's not waste our energy fighting each other. Let's join forces.
Jason: "Arragh"
Freddy: "Ummm...sure. Whatever. So...what do you say? Want to rule over these puny mortals?"
Jason: "Uhhhhgh".
Freddy: "Great!"...
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by MeNotYou
Freddy finds Jason again and they have a little pow wow.
Freddy: "Ok, Jason...look. I can't kill you, you can't kill me."
Jason: "Arugh",
Freddy: "Yea...anyway, let's not waste our energy fighting each other. Let's join forces.
Jason: "Arragh"
Freddy: "Ummm...sure. Whatever. So...what do you say? Want to rule over these puny mortals?"
Jason: "Uhhhhgh".
Freddy: "Great!"...
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_sarah_:
I'd like to have sex with a fat chick. It's something I've never sampled before, and I'd be curious to see how differently things would be done. I imagine maneuvering around the bed would be a bit more difficult but other than that just as pleasurable.
Umm... 
Okay...
I've never had a problem maneuvering. A lot depends on flexibility, not weight.
I would like to announce to everyone that I have become an old man! Yes...an old man. I find myself yearning for the golden days of yesteryear. The time when gold leafed bunnies frolicked through out the country side and marshmallows rained from the sky. Yes...marshmallows. My eyes glaze over as I fondly recall when everyone got along, and drama was nothing but a childrens...
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ash:
well on a lighter note, it is a fine nipple if I do say so myself. 
what tipped u off to your old age? a grey hair on your head? hair on your nipple? your booty?
what tipped u off to your old age? a grey hair on your head? hair on your nipple? your booty?I have to say I'm surprised no one has thought to create a SuicideGirl magazine. Seriously, they could be a major competitor with Playboy. The girls here are prettier, the photography is generally better, there are about a kazillion writers on this site that would very likely contribute, we already have a news section and fantastic interviews....all the ingredients for a kick ass rag are...
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lunna:
Your new picture makes me smile.
6underground:
They did start one but withdrew it quickly. Sean said they'd be bringing it out at a later date but it hasnt appeared yet.
Here's the old topic about it:
http://suicidegirls.com/boards/SG+World/40812/
the June update:
http://suicidegirls.com/boards/SG+World/45667/
(I'm asuming u didnt know about the previous magazine btw. sorry if u did.
)
I agree with u tho. The amount of sexy girls can easily rival (and beat
Playboy and this site has loads of published writers who would be willing to participate. It must be hard to run a website, tours and a magazine tho...
Here's the old topic about it:
http://suicidegirls.com/boards/SG+World/40812/
the June update:
http://suicidegirls.com/boards/SG+World/45667/
(I'm asuming u didnt know about the previous magazine btw. sorry if u did.
)
I agree with u tho. The amount of sexy girls can easily rival (and beat
Playboy and this site has loads of published writers who would be willing to participate. It must be hard to run a website, tours and a magazine tho... I love movies where they freeze fire into little icicles. It cracks me up every single time.
Yesterday my boss was bitching about my bald head. She kept repeating, "You look better with hair!", and "Bald is ugly! So after dismissing her and ordering her out of my office I devised a compromise. As it was I hadn't shaved in about 5 days (who do...
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Yesterday my boss was bitching about my bald head. She kept repeating, "You look better with hair!", and "Bald is ugly! So after dismissing her and ordering her out of my office I devised a compromise. As it was I hadn't shaved in about 5 days (who do...
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fancier:
Speechless in a good way?
requiem:
Your location is Houston, Texas? What the Hell?