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The whole issue of AI is that it is not pre-programmed. It ... no, let me say They ... learn as they go, just the way humans do. In Technology Review, MIT's alumni magazine, I read of an AI that was taught to drive by observing. Given a near-infinite supply of memory and access to "The Cloud" [by which I mean internet access, not the vapor that exists in my brain-box to substitute for neural material], they would have access not only to all your interests in porn, your email, your bank account ... but in other "escorts" [big Brother does know you hire, and who ...], and every experience that they've had with other people. Probabilistically, similar to quantum mechanics, they would heuristically determine what someone your height and weight, or your race, or your eye color, or your dick size, is expecting, anticipating, and likely to enjoy. Perhaps this is an improvement? No wonder Elon Musk is worried! IIRC, I read somewhere that, left to their own devices, AIs are inherently violent. I gotta find that reference. I also need more coffee.

#2, followed by #3, closely.

Good for you! A word to the wise: IF you can, DOUBLE the RAM that comes with the machine. Computer companies typically sell machines with just enough memory to run one application adn the operating system. This puts a lot of strain on the disk drives. If you double the physical RAM, it'll help. For windows 10, I'd suggest at least 16 GB. Assuming your staying with a PC, I'd suggest a multi-core i7 processor. No problems here, after seven years.

Windows 8?? I think upgrading to windows 10 would be your first step. Didn't you get the offer to do that when 10 came out?

A goodie from DP: I like to have a Martini, Two at the very most. Three, and I'm under the table— Four, and I'm under the host.

I have a modest Laserdisc collection and two laser disc players.

Is this house out in the suburbs, about 15 miles west of downtown Chicago? It looks vaguely familiar.

if only the same could be said of Frank Gehry's monstrosities. I only know his building at MIT, and it's ... well, the man needs a STRAIGHT-edge.

I'll have to hit Netflix after the high school football game tomorrow.

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Although relatively impossible (unless he's a great contortionist), I bet he'd look damn good in that t-shirt! Medium, is it? And to see that callipygian delight:

Didn't Philip Johnson do the AT&T building on 5th ave in NYC? Otherwise known as the Chippendale Chest? (Wiped out my favourite french restaurant in NYC, Steak pommes frites Chez George) in the process.. Front Entrance:

You noticed his socks? Your eyes must have moved.

There was a restaurant in Copley Square, Boston, called Ken's at Copley. It was a bastion of '70's gay life, as one of the only places to go after the bars closed. It had a balcony, too, to make cruising that much easier. A friend one night was in the balcony. He called the waitress over: "Do you serve homosexuals at this hour?" he asked." "Honey," she answered, "At this hour, that's about all we serve." "Oh, good!" he said, "I'll take that one over there." The same suspect was there another time, and saw a particularly attractive young thing, and sent him a bagel with a banana stuck in the middle. The QYT looked up, and got waved at. I'll take third photo down, on the right.

The Kid ought to become an anesthesiologist. Many are the hours I listened to breathing and EKGs ... and note a missed one within one more!

Yeah, I don't get this. Milk used to last a week or two. The organic stuff is good for months.

How? I'd run out of hot water. One fill-up of the whirlpool completely drains the water heater. Now, @BasketBaller, get someone to take that shower with you, after you've fed him breakfast!

Author of Neuromancer, the book that first used the word "cyberspace".

I think you're going to have some VERY interesting times over Christmas Vacation.

Check out the FLW tours that happen in May in Oak Park, Illinois. They're over a weekend, and rather fascinating. They also started after I moved away.

A final, that finally puts it all together: The hatch to the waterfall is on the left. What can I say? When I grew up, FLW houses were just all over. My stepfather's house was a half-block from one. ALso from a Mies van der Rohe glass box.

It's almost non-existent. There is a hatch ... about 2' high, with a sliding top and a door, that takes you down the stairs (outside) to where the falls are. You can leave it open to hear the water. Otherwise, iirc, you can't see the waterfall AT ALL from inside the house. WIth your back to the hatch: http://cdn.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Fallingwater-sitting-area.jpg I can't find a better one than this: http://cdn.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/leisure-room.jpg Ah. the fireplace is off-frame to the right; On decidedly gets the feeling that there's a house around here somewhere.

Fallingwater is probably best seen when there's been a good snow pack that's melting, so that the water is running well. I remember going to see it, and getting the impression, while standing on the outside deck: There's a house around here, somewhere. If you go, do try to take the "in depth" tour, which takes you into further recesses of the house. It costs more, and is early (8AM as I remember) but you get a real feel for the place.

It's Thatcher Avenue. I grew up there. There's not a whole lot of River Forest west of Thatcher, save the woods, and the Winslow House [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winslow_House_(River_Forest,_Illinois)][/url] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winslow_House_(River_Forest,_Illinois). http://www.trbimg.com/img-585ad636/turbine/ct-elite-street-flw-house-river-forest-1225-biz-20161221 Oak Park is better for FLW houses ... most of which we ignored when I was growing up in the '60's. One example of a noted resident of River Forest (I don't think there's a term like "River Forester" or "River Forestian") was Paul Harvey of "Paul Harvey News and Comment." It's a great place to be from. Of Oak Park, a noted resident, Ernest Hemingway, said: "Oak Park: A village of wide lawns and narrow minds." I don't know if it's still true, but Oak Park was the largest village in the world (at 60,000). Oak Park and River Forest share a public high school, Oak Park-River Forest High School (OPRFHS), and are frequently considered as kind of one community. And, for clarification, I grew up south of the Tracks, in the Hamburger (not the Sirloin) section of River Forest. On Thatcher.