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Internet Becomes Sentient

I worked many years in structural engineering offices as a designer and drafter, and I thought to myself, ‘that’s no way to build a building’.
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Just what a tire-changer at Sears would say about an F1 car: That ain't no way to build no automobile.

And to believe that this quote is one of the most credible statements. :jaw-dropp

The saddest part is that weird Notepad behavior is fresh fodder for hundreds of conspiracy theorists. Does anyone of the tech geniuses know why this happens, and in what other cases Notepad does this? Also, some unfortunate skeptic with knowledge of Chinese will have to waste a great amount of time pointing out the translation errors.
 
I changed it to "bush cut the farts" and still got the symbol placeholders.

As we all know, an alternate word for fart is "gas." And gas comes from oil.

How weird is THAT?
 
Just wondering

Why this was not corrected in a wndows xp patch ? I mean by now it should be clear even for windows corp what the bug is... It ain't like notepad is a big program...
 
I have a question, this is provable, but do I get the million dollars or does the internet get the million bucks?
 
GzuzKryzt said:
1. Define your claim or state what you can do in two paragraphs.
2. Determine a success/failure scenario for what you intend to prove.
3. Tell us how you want to prove your ability.
4. Send in your Challenge Application. http://www.randi.org/research/index.html
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Sorry GzuzKryzt.

If you read that story, you will see my problem.

The claim is that the Internet became sentient and parasentient.

The success/failure scenario is in the story. That it answers questions. They are listed in the story.

I don't have to prove. You can do it at your computer. If you need me there, come on over and I will show you.(save the gas money)

I want a bit more information before I send in a Challenge App.

People have said that since anyone can do it, no million dollars.

I didn't do this.

The Internet did it.

Can I be the Inrternet's representative in this? Then you give the million to the internet.

Do you see the problem.

If the internet is sentient, it should get the million dollars.
 
empeake said:
Just what a tire-changer at Sears would say about an F1 car: That ain't no way to build no automobile.
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I don't think you have a grasp of analogy.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/analogy

It would be:

Just what a designer and draftsmen of F1 cars would say about an F1 car: That ain't no way to build no automobile.

Oh, unless that was ment as an insult. In that case, I hope you got a little happiness from it. I sure did.

:)
 
sinsanity2006 said:
Sorry GzuzKryzt.

If you read that story, you will see my problem.

The claim is that the Internet became sentient and parasentient.

The success/failure scenario is in the story. That it answers questions. They are listed in the story.

I don't have to prove. You can do it at your computer. If you need me there, come on over and I will show you.(save the gas money)

I want a bit more information before I send in a Challenge App.

People have said that since anyone can do it, no million dollars.

I didn't do this.

The Internet did it.

Can I be the Inrternet's representative in this? Then you give the million to the internet.

Do you see the problem.

If the internet is sentient, it should get the million dollars.
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Please try this link for Challenge Info http://www.randi.org/research/index.html

Also, one thread - I suggest the one inthe Challenge section - should suffice discussing this.
Although your "myth" seems pretty "busted" due to the explanation from Mr. Lesher.
 
RE: Internet becomes sentient.

No.

I'm a programmer and my son is a gamer and an avid easter egg enthusiast.

My take, the person writing the OP is quite naive as to human nature, computer programmers, and computer programs.

My son's take, the person writing the OP is an idiot.

My sincere apology sinsanity2006 for the ad hominem. I told my son to go to his room and think about what he had said. He feels badly now. He really does, he told me through tear filled eyes, "but dad, the guy really is an idiot". {sigh} What can you do?
 
RandFan said:
RE: Internet becomes sentient.

No.

I'm a programmer and my son is a gamer and an avid easter egg enthusiast.

My take, the person writing the OP is quite naive as to human nature, computer programmers, and computer programs.

My son's take, the person writing the OP is an idiot.

My sincere apology sinsanity2006 for the ad hominem. I told my son to go to his room and think about what he had said. He feels badly now. He really does, he told me through tear filled eyes, "but dad, the guy really is an idiot". {sigh} What can you do?
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Ahhhh Geeeee, That story is so sad. Thanks for sharing with us your family problems.

My son's take on RandFan was sad to. As tears welled up in his eyes he said. "What an abusive parent, how can they punish a child for saying what he thinks." My son gave me a hug and said "thanks dad, Thanks for letting me say what I want, Thanks for everything."

My son suggested that I direct you to some adoption agencies so your child can be protected, but I told my son that it was obvious that RandiFan was unreasonable and it would just cause more problems.

Thanks so much RandiFan, for sharing, I wish you all the best, I hope things work out for you and your child. If there's anything I can do to help, let me know.

:)
 
Another amazing aspect to this story. Within the last 24 hours a number of stories have appeared in the online newspapers. Here's some of the headlines:

Robots Invade Human Mind

Coming soon: mind reading computers

New computers may be able to read minds

Scientists Develop Mind-reading Computers

All posted within the last 24 hours.

Talking about how computers are reading human's emotions by facial expression, a part of sentience.

http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&...ws_001385_Robots_understand_our_emotions.html
 
sinsanity2006 said:
Talking about how computers are reading human's emotions by facial expression, a part of sentience.
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I'm not adverse to computer sentience. I believe that current innovation may very well contribute to future computer sentience.

Computers are not now sentient.

Why are you posting this in this forum? I think this would be much more appropriate in the Science and Technology forum, don't you? Or are you, like me, generally skeptical toward claims of computer sentience as it applies to computers today?
 
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