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Though one can argue that the Turing test is a good way to validate human-level AI, you raise a valid point. If we consider lesser brain sizes, the AI examples we have already created might meet some lesser standard of intelligence. The problem in this question is that we have not devised a...

Apple and Google most definitely DO NOT do what the USA wants them to do with regard to back-door decryption availability. In the USA, the government can bring a legal action but the defendant CAN force it to court. Not to mention that using PGP with a 256-bit key or some of the newer...

Survive. @Bee - if you are worried about continuing with your writing, my question is this: Didn't you just get some sort of recognition for your writing? I saw that in another thread. You would have to ask WHY you would discontinue this artistic outlet. It IS, of course, your call. But I...

If it was cold outside, did you wear gloves? It CAN be circulatory but the real question is, do you have thin fingers? I have short, fat fingers. (Just like the rest of me, short and not thin.) I can have warm fingers and toes in cool weather.

Though it is USUALLY just meant for humorous effect, we often suggest that some south Louisiana drivers have crayola drivers' licenses.

I believe you meant "instill" ??? Wisdom should rarely be distilled since that removes some parts of it. It is rare to find something that can be properly instilled AND distilled, though the word "spirits" can fit both verbs.

Where the Chinese are involved and hacking IS their goal, you won't find clear evidence. Just indicators. My security clearance, though lapsed, includes a lifetime non-disclosure agreement on lots of subjects. All I can say that is directly relevant is that I have seen one or two...

Bee, that is stress talking. We've discussed this in another thread. You are reacting to massive CHANGE on multiple fronts. That loss of confidence in your writing? Merely a feeling that you should reduce your activities until you can adapt to your new world. You have a new house, a new...

Is that the company for which one of the senior executives just got in trouble? I lose track of international brands.

For a while, the "Western World" had a thing about Japanese products. For that reason, Panasonic products were not that popular at first, though it turned out to be a good brand. The Technics imprimatur, a label owned by Panasonic, is the brand name on my electronic organ. I can tell you it...

But then again, if you are Monty Python, SPAM takes on a whole new meaning.

Hmmm... In the southern part of the USA we have a phrase "Like being nibbled to death by a Muscovy duck." Were I to hang out my "dream whisperer" shingle, I would say that you feel surrounded by a bunch of small things that individually are annoying but taken together are more serious. Perhaps...

When software is "no longer being updated" it becomes an attractive target for hackers. U.S. Navy Security class 101.

For what it is worth, each of us probably has that fixation on SOME subject. For guys in the USA, there is that Chevy/Ford/Chrysler triangle. We know that mechanically, GM vehicles are quite sound. Chrysler products are pretty tough, too. But Ford still sells vehicles despite the acronyms...

The desktop PC, for ALL of its idiocy that led to the phrase "Plug and pray" and calls for defenestration, nonetheless can be given a fresh breath of life now and then. And after my time spent with the U.S. Navy as a system admin, I learned that despite the Apple ads to the contrary, there is...

The rule about light bulbs that got me riled up was that you can't legally use old incandescent bulbs any more, so what did the U.S. Congress decide to do? Mandate use of the CFC bulbs. BUT those contain traces of mercury and therefore cannot be simply tossed in the trash. (Well, at least not...

Mother-in-law ("Momma D") is now buried. There were a few touchy moments, but Linda's rough spot was last Thursday when she had to sign the agreement for Momma D to get hospice care. That's sort of the point at which you have to admit there is nothing else to do and that death is nigh. When...

Uncle G, there are simple reasons for this, having to do with what can and cannot accept a returned value. However, add to your list the Macro action RunCode and you will find that there, you CAN'T run a subroutine but CAN run a function! (The opposite of an event case.) This isn't a techie...

When my wife's car was still considered new, she would intentionally park on the outer rim of the parking lot and take up two spaces to avoid those pesky little parking lot dings.

Just popped in for a quick look before hitting the sack. Wife and I spent the day in bayou country at the church and funeral home to make the needed arrangements. We have a few days before going back for the actual services. Being intentionally vague here for security reasons 'cause crooks...