This is why, if you're a fan of the old games, you always have your handy 386 in your room. I still like to play 3-D Pong at a speed where the game lasts longer than 4 seconds. For some of the real classics, it's well worth the disadvantages that come with a depressingly slow computer.
Sorry, the html I just posted above won't actually take you to the cartoon. I guess the best you can do is go to http://www.cartoonbank.com/search_results.asp?mscs sid=&s_keywords=microsoft , then click on the top match. Sorry for the misdirection.
The cartoon that's referred to above can be seen at http://www.cartoonbank.com/cartoon_closeup.asp?pf% 5Fid=43772&dept%5Fid=1001&mscssi d=0S 6 2FE UN74SR2MLW00GPBQXDMEU10602. The quality of the image isn't great, so if you can find an actual New Yorker (Gasp! Paper?) look in there. I apologize for not having a link. I don't know how to put this in html. You'll have to cut and paste. Sorry.
I must admit, I have not thouroughly read all two hundred-some posts, but I'm surprised that not a lot of people (if anyone at all) have commented on the subject of "immortality". It was mentioned at the very start that using this process of downloading brains could lead to immortality through virtual clones. While there are religious issues that I'm not even going to touch, I've always thought that immortality, or near-immortality is one of the great Things Not To Be Messed With. This entire planet runs on the principle that everything works in a cycle; life ends, and new life begins. Should immortality in any form be offered to humanity, it could offset whatever balance we still maintain. I'm all for technological advances, but this seems to me to be a little extreme. (Anyone who violently disagrees with me is welcome to contradict everything I just said.)
People keep saying that they've already invented this, which I don't doubt. I had a pretty neat idea along these lines a while ago, too. Plus, there was the Dilbert strip (which people have mentioned), and there was another almost identical gadget in a recent Flash comic. The only difference here is that someone actually built it this time. We should realise that if we see an fingernail scrubber that powered by egg shells, odds are that the guy down the street had a dream about it once. I don't mean to offend anyone who claims that this was their idea, I'm just saying that it's kind of pointless to mention.
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This is why, if you're a fan of the old games, you always have your handy 386 in your room. I still like to play 3-D Pong at a speed where the game lasts longer than 4 seconds. For some of the real classics, it's well worth the disadvantages that come with a depressingly slow computer.
Sorry, the html I just posted above won't actually take you to the cartoon. I guess the best you can do is go to http://www.cartoonbank.com/search_results.asp?mscs sid=&s_keywords=microsoft , then click on the top match. Sorry for the misdirection.
The cartoon that's referred to above can be seen at http://www.cartoonbank.com/cartoon_closeup.asp?pf% 5Fid=43772&dept%5Fid=1001&mscssi d=0S 6 2FE UN74SR2MLW00GPBQXDMEU10602. The quality of the image isn't great, so if you can find an actual New Yorker (Gasp! Paper?) look in there. I apologize for not having a link. I don't know how to put this in html. You'll have to cut and paste. Sorry.
I must admit, I have not thouroughly read all two hundred-some posts, but I'm surprised that not a lot of people (if anyone at all) have commented on the subject of "immortality". It was mentioned at the very start that using this process of downloading brains could lead to immortality through virtual clones. While there are religious issues that I'm not even going to touch, I've always thought that immortality, or near-immortality is one of the great Things Not To Be Messed With. This entire planet runs on the principle that everything works in a cycle; life ends, and new life begins. Should immortality in any form be offered to humanity, it could offset whatever balance we still maintain. I'm all for technological advances, but this seems to me to be a little extreme. (Anyone who violently disagrees with me is welcome to contradict everything I just said.)
People keep saying that they've already invented this, which I don't doubt. I had a pretty neat idea along these lines a while ago, too. Plus, there was the Dilbert strip (which people have mentioned), and there was another almost identical gadget in a recent Flash comic. The only difference here is that someone actually built it this time. We should realise that if we see an fingernail scrubber that powered by egg shells, odds are that the guy down the street had a dream about it once. I don't mean to offend anyone who claims that this was their idea, I'm just saying that it's kind of pointless to mention.