On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:12 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote:
> The singularity cannot occur because of the emacs vs vi, bloodfeud. So no
> worries there.
... Maybe Light Table will resolve the issue ...
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The singularity cannot occur because of the emacs vs vi, bloodfeud. So no
worries there.
On May 18, 2012 6:09 PM, "Alan Young" wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Daniel C. wrote:
> > Also I just can't bring myself to associate with a group that would
> > use, with a straight face, the ph
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Daniel C. wrote:
> Also I just can't bring myself to associate with a group that would
> use, with a straight face, the phrase "Earth's electronic systems have
> been self-organizing at the speed of light since Faraday's time." I
> don't believe I have encountered
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Alan Young wrote:
> I'm not offended ... and I don't follow Kurzweil. Are you making a
> distinction between 'The Singularity' and the concept of a singularity
> of some kind?
If my understanding of a singularity as a change which irrevocably
changes human life o
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Daniel C. wrote:
> Apologies if anyone here is a Kurzweilite and takes offense at my
> admittedly brusque handling of your beliefs. It is not my intention
I'm not offended ... and I don't follow Kurzweil. Are you making a
distinction between 'The Singularity' an
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Alan Young wrote:
> I'm not trolling, I promise. How is the idea of a singularity religious?
It promises salvation to humanity via a savior who will come "Some Day
Real Soon Now", while offering no evidence that anything they claim is
real. They use convoluted a
On 05/18/2012 12:52 PM, Merrill Oveson wrote:
> What I'd really like to see...
> In the 1990's AT&T had an ad, showing someone pushing a grocery cart
> full of groceries right thru a scanner and
> then the total would be calculated - no need to empty the cart.
> I guess the idea was RFID tags on ea
The problem with RFID is one of cost. There isn't a real cheap way of
doing it on a per item basis. However they are widely used to track
pallets for shipment.
On May 18, 2012 1:12 PM, "Alan Young" wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Merrill Oveson
> wrote:
> > What happened?
>
> Parano
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Merrill Oveson wrote:
> What happened?
Paranoia and technophobia and politicians.
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The movie is Johnny Mnemonic. (He had to at times erase part of his
childhood memories to store all the data.)
(I'd give the movie a C-. It was cool concept - but it just didn't deliver.)
What I'd really like to see...
In the 1990's AT&T had an ad, showing someone pushing a grocery cart
full of
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Daniel C. wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Matthew Frederico
> wrote:
>> Sounds like Ray Kurzweil - http://www.singularity.com
>
> Leader of the best Sci-Fi religion since Scientology.
I'm not trolling, I promise. How is the idea of a singularity relig
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Matthew Frederico wrote:
> Sounds like Ray Kurzweil - http://www.singularity.com
Leader of the best Sci-Fi religion since Scientology.
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