The offline use of the Internet is a good idea, but our actual Internet is "broken". We need a new one first a.s.a.p., so we can implement new ideas. When a big project (like Internet) gonna loose for too long, we need to think in refactor (or re-invent) it first.
I believe that we are some kind of a computer... in a molecular-organic way. So, I too believe that it will be possible - in the (far?) future - for us to create a sentient computer. And I think we will only be able to do that when we could be free from the extreme limitations imposed by the actual hardware (and binary) system in current use.
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The offline use of the Internet is a good idea, but our actual Internet is "broken". We need a new one first a.s.a.p., so we can implement new ideas. When a big project (like Internet) gonna loose for too long, we need to think in refactor (or re-invent) it first.
I believe that we are some kind of a computer... in a molecular-organic way. So, I too believe that it will be possible - in the (far?) future - for us to create a sentient computer. And I think we will only be able to do that when we could be free from the extreme limitations imposed by the actual hardware (and binary) system in current use.
Last I heard IUPAPC's bacronym was denied for similarity: ACRONYM Chemical Research Only Needs Your Money.
So, that's a Recursive ACRONYM :)
Paraphrasing Calvin: "Sometimes I think that the greatest proof that there is intelligent life out there is that none of it has tried to contact us."