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Re:New Video Of Sand Flea Robot Leaping (Onto) Tall Buildings 30ft High
on Saturday March 31, 2012 @06:50AM (#3780028)
We need to put a camera on this and send it to Mars
Re:Only steal from the best (as opposed to Great Artists Steal)
on Sunday March 25, 2012 @02:46PM (#3753398)
It's riffing off a quote from Picasso:
Good artists copy, great artists steal.
The point is that if you copy something, it's still someone else's work. You've just made a lifeless derivative. If you steal it, however, that implies more than making a copy - it implies making it your own. Things stolen no longer belong to the original owner.
An example: House of the rising sun is a traditional song, passing round loads of musicians - but the Animals "stole" it in such a way no-one can hear it anymore and not think of their work.
Re:Would an intelligent computer have a "right to life"?
on Saturday January 07, 2012 @07:17AM (#3436861)
In 2003 there were 6 million car accidents, not to mention people falling over, wars, etc. You're mandating the robot to put everyone in a padded cell for their own good.