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Seymor Krelborn
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2013.07.23 00:58:00 -
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gbghg wrote:Seymor Krelborn wrote:gbghg wrote:Seymor Krelborn wrote:Xocoyol Zaraoul wrote:Two examples of why your smart-ass attempt is actually wrong:
die off
To undergo a sudden, sharp decline in population: Rabbits were dying off in that county. [Dust has a population]
die out
To cease living completely; become extinct: tribes and tribal customs that died out centuries ago. [tribes nor customs/cultures are technically "living" entities by your definition] lol in both examples you used living beings... rabbits and tribal people (their customs/cultures are defined by a living organism... you fail Tell me, would you say that a true AI isn't alive? I know it's all semantics and science fiction but it can be argued that biology isn't a requirement to being "alive". I agree... but I don't think dust has that level of AI....i.e. independent conscience thought, or the ability to interact in a meaningful way with other organisms above its simple programing... I mean c'mon its on the unreal engine... I wasn't using dust as an example, I was making a point that just because its a computer program or non biological doesn't mean that it's not alive, the thing is the word alive is used as a metaphor in this sense, where we attribute a biological condition to it where we can better describe and empathise with its current state.
I absolutely agree...it is metaphoric... my thread meant in the literal sense... |
da GAND
187.
League of Infamy
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Posted - 2013.07.23 01:00:00 -
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Ok so we know that Dust isn't alive alright just drop it lol, it all started with Xocoyols first post in this thread
Xocoyol Zaraoul wrote:Two examples of why your smart-ass attempt is actually wrong:
die off
To undergo a sudden, sharp decline in population: Rabbits were dying off in that county. [Dust has a population]
die out
To cease living completely; become extinct: tribes and tribal customs that died out centuries ago. [tribes nor customs/cultures are technically "living" entities by your definition]
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Onesimus Tarsus
Kameira Lodge
Amarr Empire
626
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Posted - 2013.07.23 01:00:00 -
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Poplo Furuya wrote:Semantics can't go **** themselves because it's an abstract concept and not a parthenogenetic hermaphrodite.
That was a good example of bad pronoun matching. |
Seymor Krelborn
DUST University
Ivy League
380
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Posted - 2013.07.23 01:03:00 -
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da GAND wrote:Ok so we know that Dust isn't alive alright just drop it lol, it all started with Xocoyols first post in this thread Xocoyol Zaraoul wrote:Two examples of why your smart-ass attempt is actually wrong:
die off
To undergo a sudden, sharp decline in population: Rabbits were dying off in that county. [Dust has a population]
die out
To cease living completely; become extinct: tribes and tribal customs that died out centuries ago. [tribes nor customs/cultures are technically "living" entities by your definition]
that guy was a tasty fish.... |
da GAND
187.
League of Infamy
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Posted - 2013.07.23 01:09:00 -
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Seymor Krelborn wrote:da GAND wrote:Ok so we know that Dust isn't alive alright just drop it lol, it all started with Xocoyols first post in this thread Xocoyol Zaraoul wrote:Two examples of why your smart-ass attempt is actually wrong:
die off
To undergo a sudden, sharp decline in population: Rabbits were dying off in that county. [Dust has a population]
die out
To cease living completely; become extinct: tribes and tribal customs that died out centuries ago. [tribes nor customs/cultures are technically "living" entities by your definition] that guy was a tasty fish....
ok then... well at least that's over |
Protocake JR
Internal Error.
Negative-Feedback
233
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Posted - 2013.07.23 01:10:00 -
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Seymor Krelborn wrote:because its a computer program...
not a living creature....
you must actually be alive to die...
+1 Seymor
Flawless logic, Dust will live on - er, I mean, will exist for ever and ever. |
Full Metal Kitten
Chatelain Rapid Response
Gallente Federation
833
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Posted - 2013.07.23 01:12:00 -
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Whiny so-called vets are what is dying off, not the game. The sky is perpetually falling in New Eden. Ho hum. |
da GAND
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League of Infamy
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Posted - 2013.07.23 01:13:00 -
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Protocake JR wrote:Seymor Krelborn wrote:because its a computer program...
not a living creature....
you must actually be alive to die... +1 Seymor Flawless logic, Dust will live on - er, I mean, will exist for ever and ever.
Well said |
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