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You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - May 25, 2005 12:21:57 pm PDT #6933 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
§ ita § - May 25, 2005 12:22:00 pm PDT #6934 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd like to take a moment of silence for the one true Darth. Tip a forty to my homie on the Sith lean.
Hayden - May 25, 2005 12:23:56 pm PDT #6935 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Darth Focus on the Family
Darth Eagle Forum
Darth Dittohead
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Aims - May 25, 2005 12:25:19 pm PDT #6936 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Darth Gay Agenda
Jessica - May 25, 2005 12:25:36 pm PDT #6937 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Aeroplanes will be too afraid to crash, yoghurts will wish you good morning before being eaten and human consciousness will be stored on supercomputers, promising immortality for all - though it will help to be rich.
These fantastic claims are not made by a science fiction writer or a crystal ball-gazing lunatic. They are the deadly earnest predictions of Ian Pearson, head of the futurology unit at BT.
'If you draw the timelines, realistically by 2050 we would expect to be able to download your mind into a machine, so when you die it's not a major career problem,' Pearson told The Observer. 'If you're rich enough then by 2050 it's feasible. If you're poor you'll probably have to wait until 2075 or 2080 when it's routine. We are very serious about it. That's how fast this technology is moving: 45 years is a hell of a long time in IT.'
Pearson, 44, has formed his mind-boggling vision of the future after graduating in applied mathematics and theoretical physics, spending four years working in missile design and the past 20 years working in optical networks, broadband network evolution and cybernetics in BT's laboratories. He admits his prophecies are both 'very exciting' and 'very scary'.
He believes that today's youngsters may never have to die, and points to the rapid advances in computing power demonstrated last week, when Sony released the first details of its PlayStation 3. It is 35 times more powerful than previous games consoles. 'The new PlayStation is 1 per cent as powerful as a human brain,' he said. 'It is into supercomputer status compared to 10 years ago. PlayStation 5 will probably be as powerful as the human brain.'
tommyrot - May 25, 2005 12:27:18 pm PDT #6938 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
he would expect to be able to download your mind into a machine, so when you die it's not a major career problem,'
More like you could create a clone of your mind. You'd still die.
It is 35 times more powerful than previous games consoles. 'The new PlayStation is 1 per cent as powerful as a human brain,' he said.
Bullshit.
shrift - May 25, 2005 12:29:30 pm PDT #6939 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I don't know whether I should be amused or ashamed that my main fannish e-mail is Darth Shrift, but in my defense, Shrift was already taken.
§ ita § - May 25, 2005 12:29:46 pm PDT #6940 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aeroplanes will be too afraid to crash, yoghurts will wish you good morning before being eaten
Didn't Douglas Adams cover this territory? I don't recall it ending that well.
brenda m - May 25, 2005 12:30:13 pm PDT #6941 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
To be fair, it never ends well for the yogurt.
JZ - May 25, 2005 12:30:44 pm PDT #6942 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
'We can already use DNA, for example, to make electronic circuits so it's possible to think of a smart yoghurt some time after 2020 or 2025, where the yoghurt has got a whole stack of electronics in every single bacterium. You could have a conversation with your strawberry yogurt before you eat it.'
I keep trying to think what the yoghurt would say and all I can come up with is "God no please please please oh Jesus help me please don't eat me I'll do anything just please please no," and really I'd just as soon it kept quiet.