~ What do you think professor? Does it prove the existence of dark matter?
~ This? Oh, bless your heart, no, my young assistant. This is just chatter from some ancient interstellar civilization. Trade negotiations if I'm not mistaken.
~ Gosh, you're right, professor, I should have realized that myself.
~ Yes, completely useless I'm afraid. Fear not, we'll find the evidence someday.
Which could be a problem as they are given greater and greater direct responsibilities. Know how in a bureaucracy they can't fire you for exactingly following the rules and doing your job too well? Then this results in something stupid and/or tragic occurring, and that's when people scream "What were they thinking? What happened to simple common sense?" Well, AIs won't have that.
I'm hearing lots of carping, but not a lot of citerefs of SF stories set in the far future that do honestly depict the impact advanced technology would have on society, culture, etc. at least in a way Mr. Stross would expect it to. Any/.ers have any in mind?
Graphene's a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need!
It's a shirt, it's a sock, it's a glove, it's a hat!
But it has other uses. Yes, far beyond that!
You can use it for carpets. For pillows! For sheets!
Or curtains! Or covers for bicycle seats!
Out of the old physics lab
Comes some more graphene
Answering humanity's
Each and every need
Everybody do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Needs graphene!
It isn't just a tanning vest
Use it for a hammock
When you need rest
It's a toothbrush holder
For your weekend guest
Your canary will love it,
It's a lovely nest
Try it in soup-
It adds great zest
It'll cure those
Backache pains in your chest
Everybody do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Needs graphene!
You'll be amazed
you'll be nonplussed
It tastes like bread
without the crust
Grooms your hair
when it gets mussed
Rids your home of dismal dust
It's a natural, it's a must
Eliminates carburetor rust
Everybody do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Needs graphene!
It's super duper hooper hyper
Makes a perfect windshield wiper
Foolproof trap to catch a viper
we've no complaints from any griper
Papa smokes 'em in his piper
Baby says "boy, what a diaper!"
Mobile phones are booming in the developing world, and most are capable of SMS, e-mail, mobile cash, and downloading electronic books, if not also web browsing. More people now have access to cell phones than toilets.
90% of the cartoons that were made solely for Saturday morning are crap regardless of the era.
I say nay nay! In the 90s, the networks (particularly the WB) began the realize that the game had changed and started to up the ante with the likes of Batman: The Animated Series and halfway decent Dragonball Z redubs.
Of course my 90% figure was being generous. But really, what gold nuggets? Sure you may have some nostalgia for old episodes of Scooby-Doo or The Superfriends, until you actually go back and watch them and you realize that the makers figured that kids will watch any poorly-made crap they threw up on the screen. And sadly, they were right.
Let's face it, Saturday morning cartoons from the 60s to the 80s were 90% garbage. The animation revival in the 90's, along with more channels dedicated to cartoons, changed all that, for the better.
We brrringBOINGWHOOSH search-o-missile at the pigeons and grrripSRPOINGAIYIYIYIYzoomazoomazooma endoscopic camera MIRVs and ZWOOSHowieowieowieSPLAT no more terrorist threat!
I wonder if moving to a new household standard away from the century-old Edison screw would get us better lighting solutions. It seems much of the Sturm und Drang around using CFLs and LEDs is simply all the extra electronics and engineering needed to get them to conform to the old standard. I'm sure many of the people who rail against CFLs are surrounded by good ol' tube florescent bulbs while at work, out shopping, etc. with nary a complaint, except perhaps some issues with light balance and aesthetics.
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~ What do you think professor? Does it prove the existence of dark matter?
~ This? Oh, bless your heart, no, my young assistant. This is just chatter from some ancient interstellar civilization. Trade negotiations if I'm not mistaken.
~ Gosh, you're right, professor, I should have realized that myself.
~ Yes, completely useless I'm afraid. Fear not, we'll find the evidence someday.
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You know he'd know that it's not illegal. Not that he's that keen on surveillance in the first place, but....
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Of course, the guys from Futurama would have written an actual paper.
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Which could be a problem as they are given greater and greater direct responsibilities. Know how in a bureaucracy they can't fire you for exactingly following the rules and doing your job too well? Then this results in something stupid and/or tragic occurring, and that's when people scream "What were they thinking? What happened to simple common sense?" Well, AIs won't have that.
.
I'm hearing lots of carping, but not a lot of citerefs of SF stories set in the far future that do honestly depict the impact advanced technology would have on society, culture, etc. at least in a way Mr. Stross would expect it to. Any /.ers have any in mind?
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Phht. Saturday Night Live called the "triple trac" razor back in 1975!
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Graphene's a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need!
It's a shirt, it's a sock, it's a glove, it's a hat!
But it has other uses. Yes, far beyond that!
You can use it for carpets. For pillows! For sheets!
Or curtains! Or covers for bicycle seats!
Out of the old physics lab
Comes some more graphene
Answering humanity's
Each and every need
Everybody do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Needs graphene!
It isn't just a tanning vest
Use it for a hammock
When you need rest
It's a toothbrush holder
For your weekend guest
Your canary will love it,
It's a lovely nest
Try it in soup-
It adds great zest
It'll cure those
Backache pains in your chest
Everybody do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Needs graphene!
You'll be amazed
you'll be nonplussed
It tastes like bread
without the crust
Grooms your hair
when it gets mussed
Rids your home of dismal dust
It's a natural, it's a must
Eliminates carburetor rust
Everybody do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Needs graphene!
It's super duper hooper hyper
Makes a perfect windshield wiper
Foolproof trap to catch a viper
we've no complaints from any griper
Papa smokes 'em in his piper
Baby says "boy, what a diaper!"
Everybody do-do-do-do-do-do
Everybody do-do-do-do-do-do
Everybody do-do-do-do needs graphene!!
.
Mobile phones are booming in the developing world, and most are capable of SMS, e-mail, mobile cash, and downloading electronic books, if not also web browsing. More people now have access to cell phones than toilets.
http://time.com/74584/unesco-s...
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...as we know it, screams every sci-fi fan.
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It works for my glasses well enough.
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Ask your doctor about one-a-day Aereo!
(See our ad in Atlanta Knitting magazine for full details.)
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...is a fearless tourist's lazy river ride.
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They're trying to destroy the coffee crops!
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~ ZOINKS! Robot ghosts!
~ Ruh-uh! Rhoast rhobots!
~ It's robot ghosts, Scoob.
~ Ruh-uh. Ruh-uh. Rhoast rhobots.
~ Robot ghosts!
~ Rhoast rhobots!
~ Shh! Shut up you potheads, he'll see us!
~ Ruh roh. Rhouns rike Rhemla ron rha rhag rhoday.
~ And you would know, wouldn't ya, Scoob?
~ RHEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!
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Scan for copyrighted material while in record. Emit continuous high pitched screech through bone conductor speaker if in violation.
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Hosted by these folks, obviously.
http://i.imgur.com/hKJEHBj.png
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At the end of the day, it is what it is.
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90% of the cartoons that were made solely for Saturday morning are crap regardless of the era.
I say nay nay! In the 90s, the networks (particularly the WB) began the realize that the game had changed and started to up the ante with the likes of Batman: The Animated Series and halfway decent Dragonball Z redubs.
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Of course my 90% figure was being generous. But really, what gold nuggets? Sure you may have some nostalgia for old episodes of Scooby-Doo or The Superfriends, until you actually go back and watch them and you realize that the makers figured that kids will watch any poorly-made crap they threw up on the screen. And sadly, they were right.
.
Let's face it, Saturday morning cartoons from the 60s to the 80s were 90% garbage. The animation revival in the 90's, along with more channels dedicated to cartoons, changed all that, for the better.
In Memoriam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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We brrringBOINGWHOOSH search-o-missile at the pigeons and grrripSRPOINGAIYIYIYIYzoomazoomazooma endoscopic camera MIRVs and ZWOOSHowieowieowieSPLAT no more terrorist threat!
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Surely nations that have universal healthcare have this stuff worked out!
(No, seriously.)
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I wonder if moving to a new household standard away from the century-old Edison screw would get us better lighting solutions. It seems much of the Sturm und Drang around using CFLs and LEDs is simply all the extra electronics and engineering needed to get them to conform to the old standard. I'm sure many of the people who rail against CFLs are surrounded by good ol' tube florescent bulbs while at work, out shopping, etc. with nary a complaint, except perhaps some issues with light balance and aesthetics.
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It was predicted ages ago!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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