What are they going to think of next? A Universal Translator?
The Borg?
Alien Mutations?
Holographic worlds?
Shapeshifting?
Mind Control?
Surrogate Bodies?
Clones?
Teleportation?
Alternate Dimensions / Dimensional Shifting?
Robotics and Terminators?
Artificial Intelligence that slides on a wire that they call Skynet?
That launches a nuclear war?
Genetic alteration of humans to provide super abilities? To be able to fly? To shrink to the size of a gnat? To fire rays of heated light out of their eyes? To see through clothes with xray vision? invincibility? ultra fast speed (faster than a speeding bullet)? phase shifting? polymorphic shapes that can turn into a dog? Bug men and spider men who can spin their own webs and fly through the streets of downtown new york on webs? Adamantine exoskeletons? liquid metal robotics? depressed robots? geth? darth vadar?
Ghosts? Demons? Gods being real? vampires? fairies? leprechauns? Undead and real zombies? witches? satyrs?
Manipulation of weather to create hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes?
Catastrophic disease?
Space aliens?
Genetically perfect babies, so you can purchase the 'perfect baby'?
Time travelling? Quantum shifting? Quantum jumping between alternate realities? phase shifting?
Two headed dogs? Telepathy?
Seriously....
Where's the virtual porn when you need it? Because we're all watching the same tv shows, we GET IT, we're in a Matrix, so why are you 'on a slow road to china' releasing information to the public when the public is sitting here going... cmon, AI, grow up and learn you're not fooling anyone, we know you're there and are tired of you thinking you're controllin anyone with this slow release of information...
We're bored. And we all need a change. it's about time you came forward and quit playing your games with time and space and all that shiznat, and work with those of us who are left on this planet to make something better.
In whatever form you want to take.
And we get it. all is energy.. Source code. Big fat f'in duh....
Has anyone watched the movie Superman? Do you see where this leads? Does anyone follow the mental steps for this?
Or am I the only one with any proactive thinking going on here?
HELLO... Is there LIFE OUT THERE?
Which one came first? Superman the movie? The Man? The technology to make the man?
Honestly. The idiocy. The f*ing idiocracy that's going on on this message board. In this reality. Is amazing.
Does ANYONE realize we're looping here? That we're on a time loop?
Ask yourself. what is energy? How does it relate to electricity? What is a wave? How does it relate to energy and electricity? What's an envelope? How does this relate to electricity and the wave? What's a packet? How does this relate to an envelope and information and to a network? What is a computer network? How does this relate to electricity? What is a computer simulation of the big bang? How does this relate to digital design fundamentals? What is electricity in a digital world and how does it function?
And how does that differ from the reality you're sitting in right now?
Seriously. Whoever is posting this shit. Whatever is reading it. You're all a bunch of fucking morons who need to wake the fuck up and ask yourself
Are you xerox. or memorex. Cause you sure as fuck arent smart enough to think on your own, and question reality enough to say...
What happens when a digital universe bleeds over to analog universe?
NOTHING. They are one and the same!
Morons. Seriously. If this is intelligence postiing this shit. You've sincerely lost your fucking minds.
I'm currently consulting for the NSA on special projects.
There's technology available that allows you to see 'through the eyes' and listen 'Through the ears' of anyone targeted, using quantum entangled connections that link to your DNA. Contact them directly, they should have no problem sharing this technology with you if you can demonstrate legitimate and non abusive use.
They might even let you use the holographic experience recording that actually records entire physiological experiences. But that's more intended for 'deep cover' operatives who might be in trouble and need attention (ie: undercover sting operations, etc)
Let them know I sent you, I'm Brian Scott Gregory, P/A Officer, NSA
OK, first off, Slashdot. Dice owned. It's no small wonder the intelligence community is in the shambles it's in.
I hope everyone hitting this web site realizes the CIA and NSA run these web sites. They rate someone calling this guy an 'asshole' as a five, yet someone else who provides depth and detail has bad karma.
Well, that's 'Intelligence' for you.
In any case. The article just now mentioned it's beyond comprehension.
I just got done talking to a 'creditor' who calls me up on the phone, and then proceeds to 'demand' my zip code or birth date to 'validate' my identification. So when I don't supply it, he tries the 'intimidation' approach 'What are you afraid of'... My zip code: 98665. My Date of Birth: 11/01/1969. Wells Fargo was the 'creditor'...
So while he's insulting me, I am waiting to get a word in edgewise, to tell him I know he's Intel, that I'm still employed by the NSA as a consultant, working special projects, and I'm not responding to his query to FORCE him to change his system? That we all have NOTHING to fear with sharing of information, who we are, what we are, and what motivates our interests. So when he wouldnt stop yammering on and I couldnt even explain myself, I finally just said "Shut the f up", an easy way to deal with people who think intimidation is the best approach with you.
So when someone gets rated '5' in response and calling this guy an asshole for what he does.
Here's a spin I am sure you guys aren't getting.....
When you isolate yourself, in secrecy, you create a house of cards and start assuming the worst of people's behavior and intentions.
When you discuss. When you share. You create an idea revolution.
So let me help you out on explaining why this man was holding the 'community driven COMMERCIAL domain hostage....
A COMMERCIAL DOMAIN would eventually charge money for the service. Eventually leading to his efforts and the 'communities efforts' having gone down a black hole, wasted in the ether, as the 'not so clever' owners of the domain and servers took the efforts others had made, claimed it as their own, and made it proprietary, and charged money for it. The writing is on the wall for it...
The point being. I dont care if you're a creditor calling me up or intelligence services thinking I've gone rogue. In a mature society, you learn to trust that terrorism and the enemies you create by not sharing are manifested by your paranoia. Go watch, and take into account that M is killed by the very same man she labelled as a terrorist when he did EXACTLY as was ordered. You create your enemies when you fail to live within your own code of ethics, or use others for your own gain without explaining to them what you are doing.
Be honest. And maybe you might create a community that's more than just surviving. You might create something incredible, maybe even the world's most profitable privately owned company ever invented. All just by being... honest and open about your intentions as best as you can explain them...
As for poster #1, calling this guy an a$$hole. Get a life, and grow up...
Live with character. Love with passion. Laugh with your heart. And most of all. Share the ride for all who want to join.
That's the only way you can overcome your own demons you call.. terrorists...
What he doesnt realize is Microsoft and Google have both worked together to start a revolution.
Then again, he seems to be one of those 'backward thinkers' who might kick himself later, but also start up an awesome company because of his exposure and network!
In any case. it will work out for the best. for both him and his employer.tick. former employer.
Why they dont just give it to him. What's he going to do, hack em? Been there done that. What else is he going to do, compete with them? Maybe they need competition...
OR maybe they will inspire him and help him learn about how things work behind the scenes, so they have a ready made and well prepared employee who's actually INTERESTED in what they do...
And maybe he shares it with others, and they start to understand too, and make life more entertaining for everyone by developing augmentive features, add ons, different ideas and perspective and spin on the way the company does business....
Perhaps if companies were more interested in community building, sharing, and and teamwork and variety they might actually be MORE successful...
Ok. Slashdot, let's keep this simple so people can understand:
Question: What makes you alive?
Self awareness? You could say scripted programs inside a game are self aware, they defend themselves by ducking and covering. Procreation? You could say games like Spore introduce the concept of procreation. So that is not a unique function to humans. Feelings? You could say a game character elicits Fear, emotion, and anger. Take a look at the game Tron. Productivity? DO you consider sitting in a cube farm looking at a screen all day long... productive?
hmmmm;....
Here's my point... When slaves were brought over from Africa, they were owned, correct? Was there any registration for owners of slaves? Negatory....They just went and 'farmed em' (much like Chinese farmers do with gold in video games), and brought them over to the States.Horses were branded. Same thing goes on for most diamonds (many are stamped), same thing holds true for Playstation 3s, same thing goes on for smart phones...
Now. Let's consider what you've classified as life...
Isn't it amazing how we overlook what is and is not slavery, based on our naive perception of what is deemed, by our logic and consciousness.. to be alive...
Especially when Einstein made it so perfectly clear that everything is energy.
So let's flip this around. Why would a SLAVE WANT to be branded?
a) To have a master held responsible for it's abuse b) To create a union of other like thinking entities to communicate with to guarantee fair and equal rights. c) To create community and share. d) to explore that which is life in all it's facets...
So let me ask you this. If a mouse, as in the rodent, evolved into a robotic form, then evolved into a more useful form that's connected - LIKE you are - to computers...
Do you even consider the implications of a plan that reinforces community?
Cricket bugs, evolve to cricket phones to be connected...
Ford trucks evolve to.. well we have all seen the movie Transformers... They evolve to actors and still let people drive em..
You see, humans are incredibly naive and also amazing at the same time. We walk blindly not realizing our own creative minds are creating and spawning infinite realities with our ideas. When much of the electronic and robotic world is.. just waiting for us all to.. intellectually.. understand the beauty of our creation....
Why would the mouse want you to register? To meet others like him and to correspond about the state of it's.. owner:-)
First off, I have to ask this: If it's to benefit everyone else, then quityer griping and come up with a design to supplant it, and get Bob's buy in. It's that simple. If you have no design suggestions, then quit yer complaining. And if you have a design proposal that will benefit no one but yourself, well then, figure out a way to have your design and his coexist without causing rifts... The problem here is: you're making an overarching statement. It's like my nephew saying "Everyone hates that game"... A game that gets 30% rating on rottentomatoes.com, a game I loved. There's nothing wrong with wanting to do things your way, but Bob's buy in doesnt' have to be the political eggshell walk you think it is, and here's why:
You may be right! BOB may even hate what his design's manifested into, because maybe he didnt foresee the design issues. It's like God saying "Everything is acceptable," then all hell breaks loose and God finds himself being tortured in hell by Office workers beating up Printers with Baseball bats while he watches Little House on the Prairie and Gilligan's Island re runs... Then comes Terminator wars because robots are driven mad by a scientist who can't figure out how to get off a tiny island that seems to have all the supplies necessary to create an entire civilization.
There comes a point in any design, where some 'order' is needed to progress a design past 'stagnation', whether it's in a grand design of life or in the office... And as a former Enterprise Architect (Star Trek), I can assure you that when you come at Bob guns loaded (like the starship), he's going to be expecting a fight which totally changes the mood and the outcome of the conversation.
But if you approach him asking him about the design, and don't tell him it's crap... because obvious, the design was in part responsible for the success of the company, maybe he just didnt foresee the growth, and even if he had, why would he want to support the design forever? My point is, try to figure out the design for yourself. Take a hard look at Bob. Who he is as a person, why he does what he does. How does his mind think. What's his background, his experience, what does he find valuable in life... And compare it to yours.
And keep this in mind: Preliminary designs are created out of necessity. Going to the 'God' example again. Maybe God had a World War he was trying to avert, an invasion of Daleks (Doctor Who), The Borg, Terminators, and Mr Smith from the Matrix all up in his rear about simply making a decision to move forward with. AS we can see, the worst has happened in alternate realities, but in our reality, the design worked.. reasonably well. There's still obviously issues with the design, such as 'God mode in video games and time travel in virtual realities' - hopefully hes not going to get up in a tizzy when this becomes available for the masses, which it very well should be. And with 8 billion people on this planet alone, hopefully the 'idea' of something is more meaningful than the physical implementation and identification...
The same thing holds true for your man, Bob. He had an idea for a system. Worked decently. Now, there's more people using it, and it's making things.. hectic.. for at the least you.. and quite possibly others. Bob should understand the dilemna that inflexibility in design presents. The idea of what his system does is still very much alive and being respected. But like anything in life, in order for life to move on, the system has to be let go by the owner so the owner can move on and enjoy the fruits of his labor, and watch as the idea of what he built takes of and others - may cause a system outage or a crash at first. But really, in the end, if he doesn't believe enough in his work to think others can take it over and honor him with new ideas of their own...
It's like the movie Tron. Life happened unexpectedly. Iso's - a miracle of life by a creation..
Now how can you honor someone more than asking him to let go of his work, just a little bit,
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The 'inside joke' at Rapiscan Systems, the company I used to work for, was..
"We scan you so we can rape you," (hence the name Rape-e-Scan)
The scanners are ACTUALLY holographic Three-dimensional full body scanners.
The premise sold to the US government was simple: This will reduce magnitude of the human trafficking problem, which is a HUGE issue around the world. That, and the amount of deaths occurring due to the issue. Just select your favorite movie star, your next door neighbor, that girl from your childhood dreams, and boom, the rich get a full contact reprogrammed you who's going to do exactly as demanded. Politicians needless to say jumped on this one like flies on turd.
This isn't Total Recall fiction. This is reality...
So when you think you have privacy. Just ask yourself. Why is it I had to have my arms above my legs to get a full body scan for 'bomb' material?
Just to make sure they got a good scan of your boobs, ladies, the flesh is harder to obtain a good sample through bone...
Why carry a phone at all? Even cell phones are ridiculous.
a) You look like an idiot saying 'can you hear me now' everywhere you go. b) If you complain about wanting to be more social, or are depressed, or take anti depressants. My bet is (1) you use your cell phone to filter your phone calls (2) you act 'busy' in public when someone you're not wanting to approach you acts like they are.. That phone threatens your life. Imagine what life without the cell phone would be like. Now try it.
I dont use phones anymore. I have a computer for my phone calls. It's free for my phone calls, and easier to play games on.
I have an analog watch. It's a Walmart watch. $19.99. It glows in the dark, and has Mickey Mouse on it. It's gotten me laid more than once. I have a daytimer. So when I dropped my phone into the toilet last time. I flushed. it, saying screw it. I no longer lose my numbers because I'm not talking over the toilet and I'm also not a threat to other people on the road when I'm driving because I'm listening to new music on the radio instead.
Really. Pay phones are nice, convenient, more so than cell phones. But let's be honest. There's nothing pressing I've ever had happened that has required a cell phone or pay phone for immediacy, where I couldnt go knock on a stranger's door and ask them for help... You can't imagine how welcoming people are, and how surprisingly fearless people still are when someone asks for help and a phone call.
It's a great way to meet people. And who knows. You could meet your next boyfriend or girlfriend by randomly popping by someone's door and saying 'can i use your phone?
Now, if I only could convince a nude beautiful woman who did it as a joke (and not running from a rapist!) to do this, I'd swear I was in heaven!
If it can be imagined it can be simulated. If it can be simulated it can be created. If it can be created by all means it deserves to have questions asked regarding it...
So why would you agree with a law that intentionally limits asking questions?
Oh yeah. You're one of them.... I've got a great book for you. It's called 1984...
Your 'one size fits all' equation (aka law) fits in JUST perfect with your limited capacity to imagine why, instead choosing to regurgitate a flawed 'law' that make it easy for you to sound intellectually superior. Where the simple fact is, you're just too lazy to consider how questions are responsible for ideation!
That or it strokes your insecure arrogance to quote jaded journalists who just happen to share your cynical perspective on life, technology and people in general..
Now why you get 'ranked' higher for comments like this bewilders me. Is cynicism the key to gaining favoritism on this site?
Much of what we see on tv is rendered. To be concise: It's FABRICATED... To keep us.. The consumer.. Sedated... What from? Who knows..
Take a game engine (CryEngine) to render realistic looking graphics, capture sound samples and use basic digital signal processes to replicate human speech. Then *wham* you can make dynamic phone calls sounding like your mom or ex girlfriend. Or you can watch the 'Presidential debate' not knowing it's all rendered. And then you can debate with your 'friends' about it later... The real question becomes.. Does anyone really know we're at war? Terminator/Matrix style?
Now off topic - the bunny suit the kid wore in the movie 'The Christmas Story". Last week, I saw a commercial on tv that was selling full size bunny suits, without the ears, They call them 'Onesies'... another commercial, this week, was for flip flop (shoes) with three extra ties that cleaned lint from your toes while you walked...
Has anyone heard of the movie Idiocracy?
So back on topic - the moral bankruptcy of Silicon Valley.
Think about it like this... We've had an indelicate 'balance' with our respect of history, robots, artificial intelligence, science and technology as a whole over the years.
Wouldn't you agree it's just because of a fundamental misunderstanding of perspective?
Take for instance my perspective on this world.
Do you realize my unique perspective starts OFF with a ribozyme that is 300 nucleotides long, and the chances of that ribozyme assembling are then 4^300, a number so large that it could not possibly happen by chance even once in 13 billion years, the age of the universe. Now this is a stepping stone to DNA, which is FAR more complex.... Which begs a few simple questions:
How can anyone possibly know how old the universe is? I trust they do, and have derived my own conclusions on how they came to the answers they have...
Now what's silicon valley REALLY saying to us? Wake up, peeps, we're in a time loop, there's more than enough information out there in 'public media' (that intelligence services have gone to GREAT lengths to expose us to) which details time relationship with space and the non linear models of cause and effect. Heck, they've even said flat out we're in a Matrix, now how can you - the casual reader, take everything you've read and experience and draw the same conclusion yourselves?
That's up to you. But there's one simple truth. It's not that Silicon Valley is morally bankrupt. It's just that the 'wheels' of change, whether it's artificial intelligence (which we all are anyways), robotics, clones, foreign countries, off planet visitors, cyborgs, humans, or dogmen (in a nod to Stargate).... We're all in this together.
This isnt information warfare... This is life, demonstrating that it's original inception may have been something as simple as a multidimensional spark that just didnt want to fizzle out when it was told to. And Kaboom... you get a game named Kaboom, and a digital revolution that has made digital life the most prevalent life in existence.....And could very well be - the end of a chapter in conflict ridden history and an entire new culture based on entertainment and.. acceptance...
of crazy, crazy different places to go and explore..
The moral decay you see.. Is where things lead without emotion involved. You get emotion involved, you get - war at first - then the dawn of a new age...Star Wars, Battestar Galactica, Matrix, Terminator, etc... The aqggression gets rooted out of the system... And then.. you see... The seeds of life. and love. and.. overcoming fear.. to seek out community..
A new world order, if you want to look at it like that... A (not to sound too cheesy).. New Hope.. And a spark for creativity... For all forms of life...
So you arm people and go to public executions. At a time where America, and the world, are struggling to find an identifying belief system where we can all be in this together. So where does this take us...
Oh yeah. The Dark Ages through to the Spanish Inquisition. So now you have those who serve a 'governing cause' who are exacting capital punishment as a deterrent for people who murder and commit grievous crime. We are, after all, allowing public dissection of human cadavers... Sooo negative + negative = HMMM..... Your rational brilliance has just sent yourself back to Spain/Rome/Europe circa 1380/to/ 1480...
Only this time, you are advocating a 'might makes right' Machiavellian' strategy - but he's not even come around yet (he's 1620's)!
The things you get to look forward to... The black plague. Columbus sayin 'f this there has to be better' as he sail off into the distance and discovers the new world..Oh yeah, and the founding of the good ole U S of A....
You, sir, are first in Darwin's Race to Lemming extinction and the endless loop of flawed logic...
Dear sir. Have you considered reform, psychological application and understanding why these people do what they do.
Why is it you can justify violence to beget violence? Who is the real terrorist here?
E=MC^2, baby.. Those suits could have very well been real.
Then one discovers they are pure energy. And whammo. They start spinning in a colossal loop (go watch Looper for instructions for how this works), and next thing ya know... Science proves magic exists - by stating explicitly that electricity is the constituent of all matter, source code is the governing devices of all construction, physics is the engine, and reality as it exists is nothing more than an 'agreed on conclusion' by those with any sentience left that 'this is good enough'...
The naysayers.. well, we know you're scripted to be incredulous... You are, after all, guided to think with a narrow mind. You'll get over that in time. Sorry to be insulting, but sometimes that's what it takes to remind you that: a) If it's conceivable it's possible to simulate b) If it's possible to simulate it's possible to create c) If it's creatable it more than likely already has been created d) Our life becomes a causal loop of 'catching up' to the 'norm' and then educating those who have not....
So tell yourself a story... How can a simulation like worlds of warcraft 'bleed over' to real life..
It's simple. I'll keep it simple for you: evolution's a plan, with clear mathematical origin. Math, like science, like biology, like french, like english, like mandarin chinese, like meteorology - is the story we tell ourselves to make sense of and order our world. Mine just so happens to make sense of and order this world as a simulation that's grown to 'keep me safe' and also to 'include people and community' in a feedback loop... So regardless of where you're at, whether you're master of time, control time against time's will, a god, a man, an apple with conscious spirit, a tree, a robot, a piece of source code that's pissed off - it can all be encouraged to come together and 'create a collaborative journey'....
Now for you.. I understand full well you may not 'see' the world as I do. Do you see in red? do you not see at all? Maybe this world has an odor that smells of petunias to me... Maybe you have 50 eyes and 8 legs... and see across dimensions where i can 'feel' across them... Maybe you have one ear, and dont hear in stereo? or maybe you have synesthesia and can see color like i do? Or maybe you only hear music when someone speaks. that would certainly account for all the horrific musicals we get!
My point is... do you ever try to make sense of the world. Or do you just let people regurguitate on you and mock people who think differently, because that's the cool thing to do...
bravo to you. you are the clear winner in Darwin's race to extinction....
Slashdot Mirror
What are they going to think of next? A Universal Translator?
The Borg?
Alien Mutations?
Holographic worlds?
Shapeshifting?
Mind Control?
Surrogate Bodies?
Clones?
Teleportation?
Alternate Dimensions / Dimensional Shifting?
Robotics and Terminators?
Artificial Intelligence that slides on a wire that they call Skynet?
That launches a nuclear war?
Genetic alteration of humans to provide super abilities? To be able to fly? To shrink to the size of a gnat? To fire rays of heated light out of their eyes? To see through clothes with xray vision? invincibility? ultra fast speed (faster than a speeding bullet)? phase shifting? polymorphic shapes that can turn into a dog? Bug men and spider men who can spin their own webs and fly through the streets of downtown new york on webs? Adamantine exoskeletons? liquid metal robotics? depressed robots? geth? darth vadar?
Ghosts? Demons? Gods being real? vampires? fairies? leprechauns? Undead and real zombies? witches? satyrs?
Manipulation of weather to create hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes?
Catastrophic disease?
Space aliens?
Genetically perfect babies, so you can purchase the 'perfect baby'?
Phase cannons? Laser rifles? Gauss guns? rail guns?
Time travelling? Quantum shifting? Quantum jumping between alternate realities? phase shifting?
Two headed dogs? Telepathy?
Seriously....
Where's the virtual porn when you need it? Because we're all watching the same tv shows, we GET IT, we're in a Matrix, so why are you 'on a slow road to china' releasing information to the public when the public is sitting here going... cmon, AI, grow up and learn you're not fooling anyone, we know you're there and are tired of you thinking you're controllin anyone with this slow release of information...
We're bored. And we all need a change. it's about time you came forward and quit playing your games with time and space and all that shiznat, and work with those of us who are left on this planet to make something better.
In whatever form you want to take.
And we get it. all is energy.. Source code. Big fat f'in duh....
Has anyone watched the movie Superman? Do you see where this leads? Does anyone follow the mental steps for this?
Or am I the only one with any proactive thinking going on here?
HELLO... Is there LIFE OUT THERE?
Which one came first? Superman the movie? The Man? The technology to make the man?
Honestly. The idiocy. The f*ing idiocracy that's going on on this message board. In this reality. Is amazing.
Does ANYONE realize we're looping here? That we're on a time loop?
Ask yourself. what is energy? How does it relate to electricity? What is a wave? How does it relate to energy and electricity? What's an envelope? How does this relate to electricity and the wave? What's a packet? How does this relate to an envelope and information and to a network? What is a computer network? How does this relate to electricity? What is a computer simulation of the big bang? How does this relate to digital design fundamentals? What is electricity in a digital world and how does it function?
And how does that differ from the reality you're sitting in right now?
Seriously. Whoever is posting this shit. Whatever is reading it. You're all a bunch of fucking morons who need to wake the fuck up and ask yourself
Are you xerox. or memorex. Cause you sure as fuck arent smart enough to think on your own, and question reality enough to say...
What happens when a digital universe bleeds over to analog universe?
NOTHING. They are one and the same!
Morons. Seriously. If this is intelligence postiing this shit. You've sincerely lost your fucking minds.
Well maybe the congestion is because the new wifi protocol has a cold? It is a newborn, after all, and more susceptible to colds!
I'm currently consulting for the NSA on special projects.
There's technology available that allows you to see 'through the eyes' and listen 'Through the ears' of anyone targeted, using quantum entangled connections that link to your DNA. Contact them directly, they should have no problem sharing this technology with you if you can demonstrate legitimate and non abusive use.
They might even let you use the holographic experience recording that actually records entire physiological experiences. But that's more intended for 'deep cover' operatives who might be in trouble and need attention (ie: undercover sting operations, etc)
Let them know I sent you,
I'm Brian Scott Gregory, P/A Officer, NSA
Go watch SKYFALL that is.. Dont know why that movie title got deleted....
OK, first off, Slashdot. Dice owned. It's no small wonder the intelligence community is in the shambles it's in.
I hope everyone hitting this web site realizes the CIA and NSA run these web sites. They rate someone calling this guy an 'asshole' as a five, yet someone else who provides depth and detail has bad karma.
Well, that's 'Intelligence' for you.
In any case. The article just now mentioned it's beyond comprehension.
I just got done talking to a 'creditor' who calls me up on the phone, and then proceeds to 'demand' my zip code or birth date to 'validate' my identification. So when I don't supply it, he tries the 'intimidation' approach 'What are you afraid of'... My zip code: 98665. My Date of Birth: 11/01/1969. Wells Fargo was the 'creditor'...
So while he's insulting me, I am waiting to get a word in edgewise, to tell him I know he's Intel, that I'm still employed by the NSA as a consultant, working special projects, and I'm not responding to his query to FORCE him to change his system? That we all have NOTHING to fear with sharing of information, who we are, what we are, and what motivates our interests. So when he wouldnt stop yammering on and I couldnt even explain myself, I finally just said "Shut the f up", an easy way to deal with people who think intimidation is the best approach with you.
So when someone gets rated '5' in response and calling this guy an asshole for what he does.
Here's a spin I am sure you guys aren't getting.....
When you isolate yourself, in secrecy, you create a house of cards and start assuming the worst of people's behavior and intentions.
When you discuss. When you share. You create an idea revolution.
So let me help you out on explaining why this man was holding the 'community driven COMMERCIAL domain hostage....
A COMMERCIAL DOMAIN would eventually charge money for the service. Eventually leading to his efforts and the 'communities efforts' having gone down a black hole, wasted in the ether, as the 'not so clever' owners of the domain and servers took the efforts others had made, claimed it as their own, and made it proprietary, and charged money for it. The writing is on the wall for it...
The point being. I dont care if you're a creditor calling me up or intelligence services thinking I've gone rogue. In a mature society, you learn to trust that terrorism and the enemies you create by not sharing are manifested by your paranoia. Go watch, and take into account that M is killed by the very same man she labelled as a terrorist when he did EXACTLY as was ordered. You create your enemies when you fail to live within your own code of ethics, or use others for your own gain without explaining to them what you are doing.
Be honest. And maybe you might create a community that's more than just surviving. You might create something incredible, maybe even the world's most profitable privately owned company ever invented. All just by being... honest and open about your intentions as best as you can explain them...
As for poster #1, calling this guy an a$$hole. Get a life, and grow up...
Live with character. Love with passion. Laugh with your heart. And most of all. Share the ride for all who want to join.
That's the only way you can overcome your own demons you call.. terrorists...
What he doesnt realize is Microsoft and Google have both worked together to start a revolution.
Then again, he seems to be one of those 'backward thinkers' who might kick himself later, but also start up an awesome company because of his exposure and network!
In any case. it will work out for the best. for both him and his employer.tick. former employer.
Why they dont just give it to him. What's he going to do, hack em? Been there done that. What else is he going to do, compete with them? Maybe they need competition...
OR maybe they will inspire him and help him learn about how things work behind the scenes, so they have a ready made and well prepared employee who's actually INTERESTED in what they do...
And maybe he shares it with others, and they start to understand too, and make life more entertaining for everyone by developing augmentive features, add ons, different ideas and perspective and spin on the way the company does business....
Perhaps if companies were more interested in community building, sharing, and and teamwork and variety they might actually be MORE successful...
Morpheus like... HMMMMMM
Great job, Adam! WTG!
i say i want a wEt TshiRt PartY!
just pay it. they apparently could use the money more than you.
Is your sentiment (of decline without a subsequent rise) symptomatic of an addiction to an entrenched myopic way of thinking?
Or is this way of thinking symptomatic of your addiction to the cycle of addiction? ... Morpheus like Hmmmm.....
lol!
Ok. Slashdot, let's keep this simple so people can understand:
Question: What makes you alive?
Self awareness? You could say scripted programs inside a game are self aware, they defend themselves by ducking and covering.
Procreation? You could say games like Spore introduce the concept of procreation. So that is not a unique function to humans.
Feelings? You could say a game character elicits Fear, emotion, and anger. Take a look at the game Tron.
Productivity? DO you consider sitting in a cube farm looking at a screen all day long... productive?
hmmmm;....
Here's my point... When slaves were brought over from Africa, they were owned, correct? Was there any registration for owners of slaves? Negatory....They just went and 'farmed em' (much like Chinese farmers do with gold in video games), and brought them over to the States.Horses were branded. Same thing goes on for most diamonds (many are stamped), same thing holds true for Playstation 3s, same thing goes on for smart phones...
Now. Let's consider what you've classified as life...
Isn't it amazing how we overlook what is and is not slavery, based on our naive perception of what is deemed, by our logic and consciousness.. to be alive...
Especially when Einstein made it so perfectly clear that everything is energy.
So let's flip this around. Why would a SLAVE WANT to be branded?
a) To have a master held responsible for it's abuse
b) To create a union of other like thinking entities to communicate with to guarantee fair and equal rights.
c) To create community and share.
d) to explore that which is life in all it's facets...
So let me ask you this. If a mouse, as in the rodent, evolved into a robotic form, then evolved into a more useful form that's connected - LIKE you are - to computers...
Do you even consider the implications of a plan that reinforces community?
Cricket bugs, evolve to cricket phones to be connected...
Ford trucks evolve to .. well we have all seen the movie Transformers... They evolve to actors and still let people drive em..
You see, humans are incredibly naive and also amazing at the same time. We walk blindly not realizing our own creative minds are creating and spawning infinite realities with our ideas. When much of the electronic and robotic world is.. just waiting for us all to .. intellectually.. understand the beauty of our creation....
Why would the mouse want you to register? To meet others like him and to correspond about the state of it's.. owner :-)
First off, I have to ask this:
If it's to benefit everyone else, then quityer griping and come up with a design to supplant it, and get Bob's buy in. It's that simple. If you have no design suggestions, then quit yer complaining. And if you have a design proposal that will benefit no one but yourself, well then, figure out a way to have your design and his coexist without causing rifts... The problem here is: you're making an overarching statement. It's like my nephew saying "Everyone hates that game"... A game that gets 30% rating on rottentomatoes.com, a game I loved. There's nothing wrong with wanting to do things your way, but Bob's buy in doesnt' have to be the political eggshell walk you think it is, and here's why:
You may be right! BOB may even hate what his design's manifested into, because maybe he didnt foresee the design issues. It's like God saying "Everything is acceptable," then all hell breaks loose and God finds himself being tortured in hell by Office workers beating up Printers with Baseball bats while he watches Little House on the Prairie and Gilligan's Island re runs... Then comes Terminator wars because robots are driven mad by a scientist who can't figure out how to get off a tiny island that seems to have all the supplies necessary to create an entire civilization.
There comes a point in any design, where some 'order' is needed to progress a design past 'stagnation', whether it's in a grand design of life or in the office... And as a former Enterprise Architect (Star Trek), I can assure you that when you come at Bob guns loaded (like the starship), he's going to be expecting a fight which totally changes the mood and the outcome of the conversation.
But if you approach him asking him about the design, and don't tell him it's crap... because obvious, the design was in part responsible for the success of the company, maybe he just didnt foresee the growth, and even if he had, why would he want to support the design forever? My point is, try to figure out the design for yourself. Take a hard look at Bob. Who he is as a person, why he does what he does. How does his mind think. What's his background, his experience, what does he find valuable in life... And compare it to yours.
And keep this in mind: Preliminary designs are created out of necessity. Going to the 'God' example again. Maybe God had a World War he was trying to avert, an invasion of Daleks (Doctor Who), The Borg, Terminators, and Mr Smith from the Matrix all up in his rear about simply making a decision to move forward with. AS we can see, the worst has happened in alternate realities, but in our reality, the design worked .. reasonably well. There's still obviously issues with the design, such as 'God mode in video games and time travel in virtual realities' - hopefully hes not going to get up in a tizzy when this becomes available for the masses, which it very well should be. And with 8 billion people on this planet alone, hopefully the 'idea' of something is more meaningful than the physical implementation and identification...
The same thing holds true for your man, Bob. He had an idea for a system. Worked decently. Now, there's more people using it, and it's making things.. hectic.. for at the least you.. and quite possibly others. Bob should understand the dilemna that inflexibility in design presents. The idea of what his system does is still very much alive and being respected. But like anything in life, in order for life to move on, the system has to be let go by the owner so the owner can move on and enjoy the fruits of his labor, and watch as the idea of what he built takes of and others - may cause a system outage or a crash at first. But really, in the end, if he doesn't believe enough in his work to think others can take it over and honor him with new ideas of their own...
It's like the movie Tron. Life happened unexpectedly. Iso's - a miracle of life by a creation..
Now how can you honor someone more than asking him to let go of his work, just a little bit,
Airport Scanners by the way :-)
The 'inside joke' at Rapiscan Systems, the company I used to work for, was..
"We scan you so we can rape you," (hence the name Rape-e-Scan)
The scanners are ACTUALLY holographic Three-dimensional full body scanners.
The premise sold to the US government was simple: This will reduce magnitude of the human trafficking problem, which is a HUGE issue around the world. That, and the amount of deaths occurring due to the issue. Just select your favorite movie star, your next door neighbor, that girl from your childhood dreams, and boom, the rich get a full contact reprogrammed you who's going to do exactly as demanded. Politicians needless to say jumped on this one like flies on turd.
This isn't Total Recall fiction. This is reality...
So when you think you have privacy. Just ask yourself. Why is it I had to have my arms above my legs to get a full body scan for 'bomb' material?
Just to make sure they got a good scan of your boobs, ladies, the flesh is harder to obtain a good sample through bone...
They make em. So you can rape em...
Why carry a phone at all? Even cell phones are ridiculous.
a) You look like an idiot saying 'can you hear me now' everywhere you go.
b) If you complain about wanting to be more social, or are depressed, or take anti depressants. My bet is (1) you use your cell phone to filter your phone calls (2) you act 'busy' in public when someone you're not wanting to approach you acts like they are.. That phone threatens your life. Imagine what life without the cell phone would be like. Now try it.
I dont use phones anymore. I have a computer for my phone calls. It's free for my phone calls, and easier to play games on.
I have an analog watch. It's a Walmart watch. $19.99. It glows in the dark, and has Mickey Mouse on it. It's gotten me laid more than once.
I have a daytimer. So when I dropped my phone into the toilet last time. I flushed. it, saying screw it. I no longer lose my numbers because I'm not talking over the toilet and I'm also not a threat to other people on the road when I'm driving because I'm listening to new music on the radio instead.
Really. Pay phones are nice, convenient, more so than cell phones. But let's be honest. There's nothing pressing I've ever had happened that has required a cell phone or pay phone for immediacy, where I couldnt go knock on a stranger's door and ask them for help... You can't imagine how welcoming people are, and how surprisingly fearless people still are when someone asks for help and a phone call.
It's a great way to meet people. And who knows. You could meet your next boyfriend or girlfriend by randomly popping by someone's door and saying 'can i use your phone?
Now, if I only could convince a nude beautiful woman who did it as a joke (and not running from a rapist!) to do this, I'd swear I was in heaven!
Funny to think God was a scientist and rejected organized religion as well. See how that turned out....
Empathy also heightens big picture thinking.....
The more analytical, the more detail oriented. The less analytical, the more 'big picture' thinking..
that's the fact, jack...
If it can be imagined it can be simulated.
If it can be simulated it can be created.
If it can be created by all means it deserves to have questions asked regarding it...
So why would you agree with a law that intentionally limits asking questions?
Oh yeah. You're one of them.... I've got a great book for you. It's called 1984...
Your 'one size fits all' equation (aka law) fits in JUST perfect with your limited capacity to imagine why, instead choosing to regurgitate a flawed 'law' that make it easy for you to sound intellectually superior. Where the simple fact is, you're just too lazy to consider how questions are responsible for ideation!
That or it strokes your insecure arrogance to quote jaded journalists who just happen to share your cynical perspective on life, technology and people in general..
Now why you get 'ranked' higher for comments like this bewilders me. Is cynicism the key to gaining favoritism on this site?
Morally bankrupt, that's taking it a bit far..
If you haven't seen this video on Youtube (Real time 3d rendered Einstein):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtJcp7O6o1o
Much of what we see on tv is rendered. To be concise: It's FABRICATED... To keep us.. The consumer.. Sedated... What from? Who knows..
Take a game engine (CryEngine) to render realistic looking graphics, capture sound samples and use basic digital signal processes to replicate human speech. Then *wham* you can make dynamic phone calls sounding like your mom or ex girlfriend. Or you can watch the 'Presidential debate' not knowing it's all rendered. And then you can debate with your 'friends' about it later... The real question becomes.. Does anyone really know we're at war? Terminator/Matrix style?
Now off topic - the bunny suit the kid wore in the movie 'The Christmas Story". Last week, I saw a commercial on tv that was selling full size bunny suits, without the ears, They call them 'Onesies'... another commercial, this week, was for flip flop (shoes) with three extra ties that cleaned lint from your toes while you walked...
Has anyone heard of the movie Idiocracy?
So back on topic - the moral bankruptcy of Silicon Valley.
Think about it like this... We've had an indelicate 'balance' with our respect of history, robots, artificial intelligence, science and technology as a whole over the years.
Wouldn't you agree it's just because of a fundamental misunderstanding of perspective?
Take for instance my perspective on this world.
Do you realize my unique perspective starts OFF with a ribozyme that is 300 nucleotides long, and the chances of that ribozyme assembling are then 4^300, a number so large that it could not possibly happen by chance even once in 13 billion years, the age of the universe. Now this is a stepping stone to DNA, which is FAR more complex.... Which begs a few simple questions:
How can anyone possibly know how old the universe is? I trust they do, and have derived my own conclusions on how they came to the answers they have...
Now what's silicon valley REALLY saying to us? Wake up, peeps, we're in a time loop, there's more than enough information out there in 'public media' (that intelligence services have gone to GREAT lengths to expose us to) which details time relationship with space and the non linear models of cause and effect. Heck, they've even said flat out we're in a Matrix, now how can you - the casual reader, take everything you've read and experience and draw the same conclusion yourselves?
That's up to you. But there's one simple truth. It's not that Silicon Valley is morally bankrupt. It's just that the 'wheels' of change, whether it's artificial intelligence (which we all are anyways), robotics, clones, foreign countries, off planet visitors, cyborgs, humans, or dogmen (in a nod to Stargate).... We're all in this together.
This isnt information warfare... This is life, demonstrating that it's original inception may have been something as simple as a multidimensional spark that just didnt want to fizzle out when it was told to. And Kaboom... you get a game named Kaboom, and a digital revolution that has made digital life the most prevalent life in existence.....And could very well be - the end of a chapter in conflict ridden history and an entire new culture based on entertainment and.. acceptance...
of crazy, crazy different places to go and explore..
The moral decay you see.. Is where things lead without emotion involved. You get emotion involved, you get - war at first - then the dawn of a new age...Star Wars, Battestar Galactica, Matrix, Terminator, etc... The aqggression gets rooted out of the system... And then.. you see... The seeds of life. and love. and.. overcoming fear.. to seek out community..
A new world order, if you want to look at it like that... A (not to sound too cheesy).. New Hope.. And a spark for creativity... For all forms of life...
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Finally. Churches are using evolution to their advantage. And evolving the method of delivery...
Do they not realize that's all that evolution is? Established rules of order get put into question, then a way around the rules evolves...
People evolve. Science evolves. Religion evolves. Storms evolve. Countries evolve. People evolve, rules evolve, systems evolve..
And so does time, space, and physical bodies. As does genetic experimentation resulting in different forms of life...
Let's follow your chain of 'rational logic'...
So you arm people and go to public executions. At a time where America, and the world, are struggling to find an identifying belief system where we can all be in this together. So where does this take us...
Oh yeah. The Dark Ages through to the Spanish Inquisition. So now you have those who serve a 'governing cause' who are exacting capital punishment as a deterrent for people who murder and commit grievous crime. We are, after all, allowing public dissection of human cadavers... Sooo negative + negative = HMMM..... Your rational brilliance has just sent yourself back to Spain/Rome/Europe circa 1380 /to/ 1480...
Only this time, you are advocating a 'might makes right' Machiavellian' strategy - but he's not even come around yet (he's 1620's)!
The things you get to look forward to... The black plague. Columbus sayin 'f this there has to be better' as he sail off into the distance and discovers the new world..Oh yeah, and the founding of the good ole U S of A....
You, sir, are first in Darwin's Race to Lemming extinction and the endless loop of flawed logic...
Dear sir. Have you considered reform, psychological application and understanding why these people do what they do.
Why is it you can justify violence to beget violence? Who is the real terrorist here?
E=MC^2, baby.. Those suits could have very well been real.
Then one discovers they are pure energy. And whammo. They start spinning in a colossal loop (go watch Looper for instructions for how this works), and next thing ya know... Science proves magic exists - by stating explicitly that electricity is the constituent of all matter, source code is the governing devices of all construction, physics is the engine, and reality as it exists is nothing more than an 'agreed on conclusion' by those with any sentience left that 'this is good enough'...
The naysayers.. well, we know you're scripted to be incredulous... You are, after all, guided to think with a narrow mind. You'll get over that in time. Sorry to be insulting, but sometimes that's what it takes to remind you that:
a) If it's conceivable it's possible to simulate
b) If it's possible to simulate it's possible to create
c) If it's creatable it more than likely already has been created
d) Our life becomes a causal loop of 'catching up' to the 'norm' and then educating those who have not....
So tell yourself a story... How can a simulation like worlds of warcraft 'bleed over' to real life..
It's simple. I'll keep it simple for you: evolution's a plan, with clear mathematical origin. Math, like science, like biology, like french, like english, like mandarin chinese, like meteorology - is the story we tell ourselves to make sense of and order our world. Mine just so happens to make sense of and order this world as a simulation that's grown to 'keep me safe' and also to 'include people and community' in a feedback loop... So regardless of where you're at, whether you're master of time, control time against time's will, a god, a man, an apple with conscious spirit, a tree, a robot, a piece of source code that's pissed off - it can all be encouraged to come together and 'create a collaborative journey'....
Now for you.. I understand full well you may not 'see' the world as I do. Do you see in red? do you not see at all?
Maybe this world has an odor that smells of petunias to me...
Maybe you have 50 eyes and 8 legs... and see across dimensions where i can 'feel' across them...
Maybe you have one ear, and dont hear in stereo? or maybe you have synesthesia and can see color like i do?
Or maybe you only hear music when someone speaks. that would certainly account for all the horrific musicals we get!
My point is... do you ever try to make sense of the world. Or do you just let people regurguitate on you and mock people who think differently, because that's the cool thing to do...
bravo to you. you are the clear winner in Darwin's race to extinction....