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Koitenshin +∞
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Ok now we're talking about fetus' in jars. Anyone remember that cg movie in Galerians? It opens its eyes and looks at you, kinda creepy.
HyperHacker
Posts: 540/5072
I never really decided, actually.
Alastor
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Ha ha, that mean you're against abortion, too?
HyperHacker
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Just because nobody cares about the victims doesn't mean it's not murder, though.
Danielle
Posts: 1076/6737
That's... quite a point.
Huh.
Alastor
Posts: 1448/8204
Guys guys guys.

I think you're missing something here.

That being, if they all go at once, they'll be perfectly happy until then because they didn't see it coming, and no one will mourn because the mourners go, too.

It's ethical, just a complete waste of time.
Trapster
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Originally posted by HyperHacker
Make a save state first.


ROFL!

I´d say it´d be ethical and not ethical at the same time. Ethical because it´s only a simulated universe, and not ethical because they can think, have feelings and have a consciousness.

"The program would have to be in a computer capable of harming someone (without being thrown), and the people in it would have to be able to control the part of the computer that can cause this harm."

Why do I come to think of Skynet from Terminator?
Sukasa
Posts: 471/2068
No, these ones sped up.

It was actually only power-line voltage clocks that were affected, but it couldn't have been a surge, or they would have just burned out instead.
Smallhacker
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I belive that I've read somewhere that all the clocks in a town suddenly slowed down, but it was caused by someone at a power plant accidently turning down the power by 0.5 watt or something.
Sukasa
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Only in my bathroom reader... Trry their site, they might have it somewhere.
HyperHacker
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Originally posted by Sukasa
Something similar to that happened oncve in real life... all the clocks in a town jumed ahead 10 minutes, everywhere. Was totally wierd.

Interesting. Got a news article or some such? I'd like to read about that.
Sukasa
Posts: 446/2068
Hmmm. perhaps I should ease off, you're right.
spel werdz rite
Posts: 348/1796
Dude, your getting a tad spammy

Woot for your syndromes, but take it easy.
Sukasa
Posts: 443/2068
Sounds good.

That way we can too.
spel werdz rite
Posts: 347/1796
Anyways, as long as they advance us in study, and they don't cause a threat *without throwing something* maybe we should let them continue and study their advances.
Sukasa
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That's a good point to do that at. When math gets religious, someone has been smoking something.
spel werdz rite
Posts: 346/1796
There is a book at my school that talks about Math, time, and existance crap. This thing is bigger than the dictionary.
I draw the line of math when it guts uber religious.
Sukasa
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Something similar to that happened oncve in real life... all the clocks in a town jumed ahead 10 minutes, everywhere. Was totally wierd.
HyperHacker
Posts: 423/5072
If absolutely everything froze for a while, you wouldn't know. It'd have no effect on the world, unless some part wasn't frozen (eg something was using real time). It's just like a save state, hence the joke.
Sukasa
Posts: 430/2068
No, but they would then be living people, in the sense that they are sentient, and can form their own thoughts, just like you.

you wouldn't want to be frozen, would you, so why do it to someone else?
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