Much like my mech did in Mechwarrior, my computer has heat sinks to cool it. It even has a laser (in the CD rom drive). It has a plastic armor casing...
My rocket hasn't taken off yet, as I need to cram more fuel on board. I've abandoned a coal powered model and concentrated on one that uses a really big aerosol can on the bottom. I get funny looks when I ask women if they want to see my rocket...
Soon there will be so many computers in the world that humans will be a minority. You will lose your rights, computers will rule our lives, and we will be forced to sit in front of the monitor for 8 to 10 hours a day. The time to act is now. The next time you reach for a calculator, grab the abacus instead.
Although the first movie was enjoyable, why do they always make movies based on books we've all already read? When I go to see it I already know what's going to happen at the end. No suspense. I heard they were going to make a movie about "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card. We've all read the book already...it was required reading to get in the chess club in high school.
What I really need is a book with detailed instructions on how to make a woman out of all the old computer parts in my closet. I've got manniqins, wigs, high heels, wires, even some soft ware ready.
Don't nuke it yet. Lets link all those 1 billion coputers into a super computer, channel a lightning bolt through it, and when it shows signs of self awarness, get the thing to start making decisions for us. It's time to replace our fallible leaders with ones that can't make mistakes.
Silence isn't the absence of noise...noise is simply the absence of silence. Uncork any bottle and you will likely release the trapped silence within. It's time people really started respecting other's property rights.
I still have nightmares that Pac-Man is chasing me through the maze of my old high school, his yellow mouth filled with razor sharp fangs. Oddly, I've been told I sit too close to the TV
A lot of CG movies now look pretty much like cartoons -- Spider Man and Final Fantasy. Good movies, but not realistic. Think of the rubber costumed aliens in Independence Day. They looked far more real than any alien in Star Wars. And someone said all the aliens on Star Trek are slightly modified humans. Thats true, because all Star Trek episodes go through one guy, Rick Berman. Hence each episode's villians seem the same. Other movies out there, Aliens 2, Predator 1 and 2, have costumed actors that are actually pretty scary. CG only looks real if used for backgrounds.
I'm wondering what the final result will look like. I've always felt that actors, even if clad in rubber suits like in Predator, look far better and more realistic than CG graphics. I also feel that CG should just be for the background, or other special effects, never for characters. It's hard for me to 'suspend my disbelief' when I'm watching a scary movie and a computer generated villain walks on the screen.
That is an interesting point, but...Two parents do not create anything. Here's why. The human body is actually very simple. It is a basic organism, with very few mysteries remaining, outside the brain. The reproductive cells, however, are a different matter. They are a high level, very complex set of systems that scientists cannot duplicate. As a matter of fact, it looks like the human body is nothing more than a vehicle to carry around our reproductive cells so that they can re-create themselves. Only the universe can create life, so far at least.
A Better way to encrypt data would be to translate it into the Indian Navahoe language, send it, and then re-translate at the other end. Plus it will provide many jobs for the Indians.
In reality, Data is just a machine. Yet he is considered to be on the same level as a human, and afforded the same rights as we are. This lowers humanity to the level of the machines we create. When machines are on an equal footing with the rest of us, you can bet that your rights will be quite limited.
Someone produced a live action/ccg movie recently where Yoda and Jar Jar actually have a love scene. It gets pretty steamy. As a master Yoda truly does have the biggest light saber.
The best thing about this new service is that books by the best author I've ever read, Jack Vance, will be more widely available now. No more haunting through dusky, torch-lit used book stores, no more dueling to the death over a book with other people who also know the pleasure of this great author. A book is kind of like a woman. You know it has to be good if everyone has enjoyed and recomended it.
The government can track our spending habits through credit card purchases, our interests through our web-site trails, and our movements with this new card. They spy on our houses with their spy satelites, bug our phones in the name of National Security.
However, even worse, salesmen can use this information to bring us the latest in crap we don't need but might buy anyway.
It's time every car in it had an 'electronic leash', or a chip so we can never get lost...or so they can never lose us.
I have always favoured an unmanned telescope over the more expensive, manned projects. In terms of manufacturing, manned space projects always post a loss, financially. And any tech derived from them could have more easily been designed from the start in Earth-bound research laboratories.
The best hope that the Hubble gives us is that if there is life out there, it is most likely to be found at the galactic center, amidst the high concentration of stars. Only a powerfull orbital scope will ever detect any extra-solar civilizations. That's where all the funding should go.
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Much like my mech did in Mechwarrior, my computer has heat sinks to cool it. It even has a laser (in the CD rom drive). It has a plastic armor casing...
We should not censor images of people having sex. We need to stop people from having sex. Many problems solved.
Final Fantasy 7 was a magnificent game. Final Fantasy 10, however, sucks.
My rocket hasn't taken off yet, as I need to cram more fuel on board. I've abandoned a coal powered model and concentrated on one that uses a really big aerosol can on the bottom. I get funny looks when I ask women if they want to see my rocket...
Chicks are gonna dig this guy if he makes it back alive. Worth the risk in my opinion.
Soon there will be so many computers in the world that humans will be a minority. You will lose your rights, computers will rule our lives, and we will be forced to sit in front of the monitor for 8 to 10 hours a day. The time to act is now. The next time you reach for a calculator, grab the abacus instead.
You missed the point entirely. Somehow I'm not surprised.
Although the first movie was enjoyable, why do they always make movies based on books we've all already read? When I go to see it I already know what's going to happen at the end. No suspense. I heard they were going to make a movie about "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card. We've all read the book already...it was required reading to get in the chess club in high school.
What I really need is a book with detailed instructions on how to make a woman out of all the old computer parts in my closet. I've got manniqins, wigs, high heels, wires, even some soft ware ready.
Don't nuke it yet. Lets link all those 1 billion coputers into a super computer, channel a lightning bolt through it, and when it shows signs of self awarness, get the thing to start making decisions for us. It's time to replace our fallible leaders with ones that can't make mistakes.
Silence isn't the absence of noise...noise is simply the absence of silence. Uncork any bottle and you will likely release the trapped silence within. It's time people really started respecting other's property rights.
I still have nightmares that Pac-Man is chasing me through the maze of my old high school, his yellow mouth filled with razor sharp fangs. Oddly, I've been told I sit too close to the TV
A lot of CG movies now look pretty much like cartoons -- Spider Man and Final Fantasy. Good movies, but not realistic. Think of the rubber costumed aliens in Independence Day. They looked far more real than any alien in Star Wars. And someone said all the aliens on Star Trek are slightly modified humans. Thats true, because all Star Trek episodes go through one guy, Rick Berman. Hence each episode's villians seem the same. Other movies out there, Aliens 2, Predator 1 and 2, have costumed actors that are actually pretty scary. CG only looks real if used for backgrounds.
I'm wondering what the final result will look like. I've always felt that actors, even if clad in rubber suits like in Predator, look far better and more realistic than CG graphics. I also feel that CG should just be for the background, or other special effects, never for characters. It's hard for me to 'suspend my disbelief' when I'm watching a scary movie and a computer generated villain walks on the screen.
That is an interesting point, but...Two parents do not create anything. Here's why. The human body is actually very simple. It is a basic organism, with very few mysteries remaining, outside the brain. The reproductive cells, however, are a different matter. They are a high level, very complex set of systems that scientists cannot duplicate. As a matter of fact, it looks like the human body is nothing more than a vehicle to carry around our reproductive cells so that they can re-create themselves. Only the universe can create life, so far at least.
A Better way to encrypt data would be to translate it into the Indian Navahoe language, send it, and then re-translate at the other end. Plus it will provide many jobs for the Indians.
I just found out my on-line therapist is actually a P4 Xeon 2400. I felt I was getting bad advice from it...
In reality, Data is just a machine. Yet he is considered to be on the same level as a human, and afforded the same rights as we are. This lowers humanity to the level of the machines we create. When machines are on an equal footing with the rest of us, you can bet that your rights will be quite limited.
Someone produced a live action/ccg movie recently where Yoda and Jar Jar actually have a love scene. It gets pretty steamy. As a master Yoda truly does have the biggest light saber.
The best thing about this new service is that books by the best author I've ever read, Jack Vance, will be more widely available now. No more haunting through dusky, torch-lit used book stores, no more dueling to the death over a book with other people who also know the pleasure of this great author. A book is kind of like a woman. You know it has to be good if everyone has enjoyed and recomended it.
The government can track our spending habits through credit card purchases, our interests through our web-site trails, and our movements with this new card. They spy on our houses with their spy satelites, bug our phones in the name of National Security. However, even worse, salesmen can use this information to bring us the latest in crap we don't need but might buy anyway. It's time every car in it had an 'electronic leash', or a chip so we can never get lost...or so they can never lose us.
I have always favoured an unmanned telescope over the more expensive, manned projects. In terms of manufacturing, manned space projects always post a loss, financially. And any tech derived from them could have more easily been designed from the start in Earth-bound research laboratories. The best hope that the Hubble gives us is that if there is life out there, it is most likely to be found at the galactic center, amidst the high concentration of stars. Only a powerfull orbital scope will ever detect any extra-solar civilizations. That's where all the funding should go.