Re:Cartoon version - predates Powers of 10?
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That was in fact a Canadian production, sponsored by the National Film Board of Canada I believe. The piece was titled "Cosmic Zoom" I think and if I remember right it was made in the early 70's. I believe this predates the "Powers of 10" film this discussion is about. The kid in the fishing boat was actual film, and was combined with the cartoon imagery. For trivia's sake, the kid in the boat was on the Ottawa River, just behind the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa. I also seem to recall that the outward zoom went out past galactic clusters and superclusters.
...because these ships were theoretically sailing on the ocean and not a river or lake. Differential wave action in the ocean would tear a ship this long made out of such weak materials in half. Ocean wave action doesn't just go in one direction, it twists, lifts, pulls, etc. Even modern steel superstructures have difficulty with this when the ship is over a certain length. These ships may have existed on fresh water, but the ocean would destroy them.
...and I love it. It's extra hard military aviation grade, and very light. Any other jewellery would be destroyed in no time with my life style. Highly recommended! (sorry for getting way off topic, but it's pretty neat).
Well, ActiveWorlds is a 3D chat environment that allows user building, has hundreds of worlds, and allows any object to link to a web page that appears in the web pane of the Active Worlds browser. It's always free for "tourists" as well.
Our census is due today and the move to record "Jedi" has happened here too, but I have not heard anything from the government intending to prevent it.
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Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
I used to carry a folded page with pi to 5000 digits in my wallet just so someone couldn't do this to me, and so I could prove I wasn't doing it to them. Handy if you're waiting for the bus and you want to add a couple more on to the end, too... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
I memorized it to 650 places and was planning on going farther when I finally forced myself to break the habit. It all started when someone bet I couldn't memorize 100, and I just keep going. BE WARNED! It can be highly addictive. The number has a rhythm, you can hear it which is all you need to memorize it. It will pull you in... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
Played properly, this game is all about the playing, and cooperation between the players. Of course party conflict is also part of the game, but if the end result of a game of D&D is that your players destroy each other I would submit you are "doing it wrong". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
Esperanto might be a good choice for a few reasons. Besides many reasons often mentioned concerning why Esperanto is useful as an international language (such as how fast and easy it is to learn), there are a few concerning technology you don't hear very often. One is that every letter is always pronounced (no silent letters), and is always pronounced the same way. This would make voice recognition software a heck of a lot easier to implement I suspect. There are also no exceptions to any grammatical rule ever, and I believe there are only 16 rules. It is also very easy to create new words using the rules that everyone immediately understands, which is a good thing considering how often new technical terms arise. It sounds to me like this would be an easier language to implement AI verbal communication in. Does anybody know if this would make a difference, or if anyone has experimented with it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
Why stop there? How about "I can't type two-handed and drink my coffee at the same time, so I'll just use the ol' splicer here to grow a third arm..." or "My skin needs to be green to match this Halloween costume, so...".
Of course, if you are going to start sprouting limbs and stuff you would need something to give you the required mass and energy to do it. The point is there are a lot of possible genetic mutations beyond just improving what we have now. X-Men might be far-fetched, but mutation is a key component in evolution. What will this do to the evolution of the human species? Will there be just one species, or will it split?
Maybe people will become as addicted to hacking their own genes to see what happens as some are to getting more tatoos after their first... Make it illegal, and you have the basis for a really warped futuristic Miami Vice story. Hard-core users keep going back to the neighborhood underground gene-splice pusher to get another inch of height, pupils like a cat, an extra finger or two, higher neuron density, bigger ****, whatever. Coming soon to a future near you...
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Actually, they all will be speaking with accents. Most are variations on an english accent, I believe. They have a dialog coach, a Tolkien pronounciation specialist for names and such, and apparently some advisors on the right way to pronounce ancient elvish, dwarvish, etc. The idea is for the movie to have the exact pronounciations that Tolkien intended from his notes. Peter Jackson is a big fan of the book and he is being very thorough. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
I heard someone say Steve Buscemi recently. How perfect is that? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
There is a frame-by frame posting and analysis of the preview in common HTML at a great fan site for info about the movie. Go to theonering.net to check it out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
Actually, they are combining well known actors with unknown ones. Among the well known ones cast so far are Cate Blanchet, Christopher Lee (hundreds of movies), Sir Ian McKellan (Gods and Monsters his most well known recently), John(?) Rhys-Davies (Indiana Jones, Sliders, etc), Liv Tyler, Elijah Wood, maybe some of the others if you watch a lot of movies, especially non-Hollywood. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
I did see a page about a year or so ago where readers were invited to vote for their favorite value of pi. Along with 22/7, the arctan value and so on was the value "42", in a tribute to Douglas Adams and the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. Apparently "42" won hands down (sure to produce a very odd circle). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
What's the _real_ record?
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Does anyone know what the real record for memorizing this is? I've heard lots of wild speculation, but nothing firm. I've memorized 650 digits without any real effort (almost by accident, I have a weird memory), and might actually work at it and go for a record if it is under say 5000. I've heard it may be 42,000 though and I am just not that insane. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
They'll definitely never find the missing pieces. Just a few more parts, a couple thousand gallons of LOX, and BANG- I'm off this rock! Sure ended up being a lot cheaper than I planned. All I've gotta do then is find those moon maidens, or space amazons... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
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That was in fact a Canadian production, sponsored by the National Film Board of Canada I believe. The piece was titled "Cosmic Zoom" I think and if I remember right it was made in the early 70's. I believe this predates the "Powers of 10" film this discussion is about. The kid in the fishing boat was actual film, and was combined with the cartoon imagery. For trivia's sake, the kid in the boat was on the Ottawa River, just behind the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa. I also seem to recall that the outward zoom went out past galactic clusters and superclusters.
...because these ships were theoretically sailing on the ocean and not a river or lake. Differential wave action in the ocean would tear a ship this long made out of such weak materials in half. Ocean wave action doesn't just go in one direction, it twists, lifts, pulls, etc. Even modern steel superstructures have difficulty with this when the ship is over a certain length. These ships may have existed on fresh water, but the ocean would destroy them.
...and I love it. It's extra hard military aviation grade, and very light. Any other jewellery would be destroyed in no time with my life style. Highly recommended! (sorry for getting way off topic, but it's pretty neat).
Well, ActiveWorlds is a 3D chat environment that allows user building, has hundreds of worlds, and allows any object to link to a web page that appears in the web pane of the Active Worlds browser. It's always free for "tourists" as well.
Our census is due today and the move to record "Jedi" has happened here too, but I have not heard anything from the government intending to prevent it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
I used to carry a folded page with pi to 5000 digits in my wallet just so someone couldn't do this to me, and so I could prove I wasn't doing it to them. Handy if you're waiting for the bus and you want to add a couple more on to the end, too...~ ~~~
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Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
I memorized it to 650 places and was planning on going farther when I finally forced myself to break the habit. It all started when someone bet I couldn't memorize 100, and I just keep going. BE WARNED! It can be highly addictive. The number has a rhythm, you can hear it which is all you need to memorize it. It will pull you in...~ ~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
Played properly, this game is all about the playing, and cooperation between the players. Of course party conflict is also part of the game, but if the end result of a game of D&D is that your players destroy each other I would submit you are "doing it wrong".~ ~~~~
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Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
Esperanto might be a good choice for a few reasons. Besides many reasons often mentioned concerning why Esperanto is useful as an international language (such as how fast and easy it is to learn), there are a few concerning technology you don't hear very often. One is that every letter is always pronounced (no silent letters), and is always pronounced the same way. This would make voice recognition software a heck of a lot easier to implement I suspect. There are also no exceptions to any grammatical rule ever, and I believe there are only 16 rules. It is also very easy to create new words using the rules that everyone immediately understands, which is a good thing considering how often new technical terms arise. It sounds to me like this would be an easier language to implement AI verbal communication in. Does anybody know if this would make a difference, or if anyone has experimented with it?~
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Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
Why stop there? How about "I can't type two-handed and drink my coffee at the same time, so I'll just use the ol' splicer here to grow a third arm..." or "My skin needs to be green to match this Halloween costume, so...".
Of course, if you are going to start sprouting limbs and stuff you would need something to give you the required mass and energy to do it. The point is there are a lot of possible genetic mutations beyond just improving what we have now. X-Men might be far-fetched, but mutation is a key component in evolution. What will this do to the evolution of the human species? Will there be just one species, or will it split?
Maybe people will become as addicted to hacking their own genes to see what happens as some are to getting more tatoos after their first... Make it illegal, and you have the basis for a really warped futuristic Miami Vice story. Hard-core users keep going back to the neighborhood underground gene-splice pusher to get another inch of height, pupils like a cat, an extra finger or two, higher neuron density, bigger ****, whatever. Coming soon to a future near you...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
Actually, they all will be speaking with accents. Most are variations on an english accent, I believe. They have a dialog coach, a Tolkien pronounciation specialist for names and such, and apparently some advisors on the right way to pronounce ancient elvish, dwarvish, etc. The idea is for the movie to have the exact pronounciations that Tolkien intended from his notes. Peter Jackson is a big fan of the book and he is being very thorough.~ ~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
I heard someone say Steve Buscemi recently. How perfect is that?~ ~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
There is a frame-by frame posting and analysis of the preview in common HTML at a great fan site for info about the movie. Go to theonering.net to check it out.~ ~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
Actually, they are combining well known actors with unknown ones. Among the well known ones cast so far are Cate Blanchet, Christopher Lee (hundreds of movies), Sir Ian McKellan (Gods and Monsters his most well known recently), John(?) Rhys-Davies (Indiana Jones, Sliders, etc), Liv Tyler, Elijah Wood, maybe some of the others if you watch a lot of movies, especially non-Hollywood.~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
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Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
I did see a page about a year or so ago where readers were invited to vote for their favorite value of pi. Along with 22/7, the arctan value and so on was the value "42", in a tribute to Douglas Adams and the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. Apparently "42" won hands down (sure to produce a very odd circle).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
Does anyone know what the real record for memorizing this is? I've heard lots of wild speculation, but nothing firm. I've memorized 650 digits without any real effort (almost by accident, I have a weird memory), and might actually work at it and go for a record if it is under say 5000. I've heard it may be 42,000 though and I am just not that insane.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
They'll definitely never find the missing pieces. Just a few more parts, a couple thousand gallons of LOX, and BANG- I'm off this rock! Sure ended up being a lot cheaper than I planned. All I've gotta do then is find those moon maidens, or space amazons...~ ~~~~~~~
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Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?
We keep sending them up, and they keep shooting them down...
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Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?