You are probably right, but not for the reasons you think. As long as people want to grow, and can think, (and don't have stupidity like a North Korean government) they will figure ot ways to grow. The kinds of limits Dyson talks about can be fought wih increasing efficiencies, if nothing else, and tech will be more than advanced long before we remotely migt consider a Dyson sphere.
More likely people will turn inward to advanced virtual realities -- more efficient for energy and much easier to manipulate to do fantastic engineering feats.
Statistics Report Gesture Classification -------- 0.0003% Giving The Finger 14.27% Using the mouse 23.42% Using the keyboard 62.28% Scratching vigorously
"Looper", near as I can tell, is what you're talking about.
Meh. Two weeks after Mel Brooks' Men In Tights was released, they were running ads on TV that it was so good you should go see it again. Just screamed, "Don't go see it the first time."
Sucker Punch is the best movie ever made that sucked terribly. I have no way else to describe it.
Parts of it were magnificent and could have been dragged-and-dropped right into Sin City. Some of the action, though, was just godawful irritating, especially the shakey-cam during the pneumatic Nazis fight. In an action movie.
Why Ultrabooks Are Falling Well Short of Intel's Targets
Because my company just got me a "new" laptop that was 2 years old already when they bought it 2 years ago, a Lenovo dual-core. At least that's an upgrade from the single core I used to have. Ooooh. It also has 2 gig of RAM.
1. Source code is invention, not artistic work of art. Patents only.
2. A simulation of an already-existing thing is not inherently patentable. This is not to say a particularly clever implementation may be patentable.
3. The dancing bear is in the software. Attaching robot arms and legs to it adds no invention patentability. The patent is the software driving the car, not the sensors or wheels or GPS integration in conjunction with a processor and a single, magical line item that "software" magically does the impossible.
1. I don't know why a simple theory -- that it might cost more lives with helmets due to dissuading exercise than are saved -- appears to have generated political or religious levels of hatred and blather, 470 posts and counting.
Oh wait, yes I do. Because data is scarce and people are relying on the crystalline meme structures in their heads to inform them their gossamer positions are rock-solid to the point of needing to chase the other apes away.
2. Some guy is actually named Piet. You nerds know what ahm sayin'.;) *wink* *winkity wink wink*
Can't wait until Eve Online nerfs this railgun, too.
And you can only mount 6 of 'em, or 5 and one platform for a guy with a machine gun to stand on to shoot rafts with guys with handguns that get too close. Which you need or the handgun raft will pew pew you while it drags your 100,000-ton battlrship to a halt with a rope and 7.5 hp Evinrude.
Gotta love game "balance" and "rock-paper-scissors" design.
I'd be more concerned about wind farms being used to hold listening antennae to try to figure out drone protocols, details of actial radar systems in use, and so on.
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You are probably right, but not for the reasons you think. As long as people want to grow, and can think, (and don't have stupidity like a North Korean government) they will figure ot ways to grow. The kinds of limits Dyson talks about can be fought wih increasing efficiencies, if nothing else, and tech will be more than advanced long before we remotely migt consider a Dyson sphere.
More likely people will turn inward to advanced virtual realities -- more efficient for energy and much easier to manipulate to do fantastic engineering feats.
"Boy, this Anon guy sure claims a lot of unemployment."
That's correct!
You get modded down for pointing this out!
> Giving Your Computer Interface the Finger
Several weeks down the road:
Statistics Report
Gesture Classification
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0.0003% Giving The Finger
14.27% Using the mouse
23.42% Using the keyboard
62.28% Scratching vigorously
> the equivalent of taking a peek at Schrodinger's metaphorical cat without killing it.
I'll believe it when I see it.
Oh, wait.
Are areas where there is a lot of shale-trapped natural gas more prone to earthquakes for that matter?
One thing nobody seems to be realizing is that it may very well be ok to decide that this is a risk that's worthwhile.
Occasional small earthquakes vs. massively cheaper natural gas with a thousand year supply and 30% lower emissions than coal? Sign Earth up, peeze.
"Looper", near as I can tell, is what you're talking about.
Meh. Two weeks after Mel Brooks' Men In Tights was released, they were running ads on TV that it was so good you should go see it again. Just screamed, "Don't go see it the first time."
Why? It would be cheap to pass the technobabble through a typical nerd and get it repaired so it doesn't irritate.
Sucker Punch is the best movie ever made that sucked terribly. I have no way else to describe it.
Parts of it were magnificent and could have been dragged-and-dropped right into Sin City. Some of the action, though, was just godawful irritating, especially the shakey-cam during the pneumatic Nazis fight. In an action movie.
Don't blame Babydoll, though. She was awesome.
One wonders how the people with the rights to one of Heinlein's best let such people gain creative control of it.
When the book came out (it was considered one of his teens' books) people said, aghast, "But...but...but you glorified the military!"
"You're damned right I did."
Also, you may be the last generation of nerd who hasn't heard of her:
From Wikipedia:
and
So she's like Elaine from Seinfeld, who got all the Seinfeld money on top of her daddy being a billionaire.
What if you're already addictd to biology-oriented sites?
Why Ultrabooks Are Falling Well Short of Intel's Targets
Because my company just got me a "new" laptop that was 2 years old already when they bought it 2 years ago, a Lenovo dual-core. At least that's an upgrade from the single core I used to have. Ooooh. It also has 2 gig of RAM.
Maybe the nun had Joshua's horn that could blow down walls.
What do Kickstarter projects and government projects have in common?
I'd tell ya but I gotta go watch my TiVo of Dexter season opener.
1. Source code is invention, not artistic work of art. Patents only.
2. A simulation of an already-existing thing is not inherently patentable. This is not to say a particularly clever implementation may be patentable.
3. The dancing bear is in the software. Attaching robot arms and legs to it adds no invention patentability. The patent is the software driving the car, not the sensors or wheels or GPS integration in conjunction with a processor and a single, magical line item that "software" magically does the impossible.
"If you agree to censor blasphemy and other anti-religious screeds, I'll agree to censor psychics, Scientologists, and anti-global warming claims."
"Ok, but let's also require IDs for Intertube access so -1 Troll downmods will follow people everywhere they go."
"Deal!"
Beware the Ides of Peaceful Negotiation.
Two things:
1. I don't know why a simple theory -- that it might cost more lives with helmets due to dissuading exercise than are saved -- appears to have generated political or religious levels of hatred and blather, 470 posts and counting.
Oh wait, yes I do. Because data is scarce and people are relying on the crystalline meme structures in their heads to inform them their gossamer positions are rock-solid to the point of needing to chase the other apes away.
2. Some guy is actually named Piet. You nerds know what ahm sayin'. ;) *wink* *winkity wink wink*
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Lordy, this is almost as good as .to
Can't wait until Eve Online nerfs this railgun, too.
And you can only mount 6 of 'em, or 5 and one platform for a guy with a machine gun to stand on to shoot rafts with guys with handguns that get too close. Which you need or the handgun raft will pew pew you while it drags your 100,000-ton battlrship to a halt with a rope and 7.5 hp Evinrude.
Gotta love game "balance" and "rock-paper-scissors" design.
Haha, modded "flamebait".
Perhaps some of you jokers missed the point of the saying, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" It's all flamebait.
I'd be more concerned about wind farms being used to hold listening antennae to try to figure out drone protocols, details of actial radar systems in use, and so on.
Well.
For the first time ever, the computer-generated part is more believable than the human-acted part.
So therefore this kind of thing will make it into the next big movie...with real actors.