If you talk to the MetroLink guys (btw, they wrote much of what is X and have been its commercial maintainer for years), they would tell you that the most efficient thing to do would be to scrap X and write directly to Frame Buffers.
Two experienced people 6 months (which means 3 for 9).
There is really no proof that you even exist or that I simply didn't dreamread your disproof (and you are right, it's not my idea, it's Descartes). The fact that you cannot prove it though does not mean that it is not possible. Furthermore, the fact that our scientific abilities are (ok, seem) to be increasing and not decreasing suggest that science will be extending the realm of the possible.
On a more practicle level, every bit of evidence suggest that man is gaining a stronger and stronger ability to have atomic level control of matter (read nanotech or molecular tech pubs that show that this is the case). This would imply that if sufficient structural characteristics are preserved, even if the brain that was frozen was not resusiscitated, that all the memories and resident personality could be replicated into a new body, or even construct (read Neuromancer).
However, to blindly ingnore a set of possibilities because it cannot be proved today seems short-sighted (unless you are still upset about the whole Santa Claus thing:) )...
It is highly likely that technologies to improve the physical and mental attributes of living people will progress significantly faster than our ability to revive (and potential resurrect) frozen skulls. One offshoot is that returning to life in a much distant future could be a Planet of the Ape experience with everyone wondering why your USB 6.2 brain jack doesn't seem to work.
Take what you think about technical knowledge of one generation above you and raise that to the power of 6.
People won't even understand why you don't understand a word they are saying. They probably would assume you are brain dead when you don't even respond to a simple call like:
(Cairo, Egypt) Local scientists confirm that Woof, a dog owned by Mohammed al-Regimism passed a college level algebra test. Woof mastered language earlier in the year and has not been the same since. "He used to howl all night, instead we hear him prancing around and counting out loud", complains a neighbor, "we don't know how to explain this to our daughter".
Woof has not been able to return to union meetings since he learned to talk. Slobber Union Local 451 banned Woof when he began to experiment using his mouth for unusual purposes. Union Leader Spark comments: "The manual clearly states the dog mouth is only intended for eating, barking, and slobber. We are pursuing Woof to the fullest extent of the law and will see that he never works again".
While most dogs cannot fathom why Woof is not content with chasing cars, biting at water, and drooling, others feel that it might be an evolutionary move. "This may be the biggest event since our ancestors learned to drink out of toilets when the bowl ran dry" claims and excited pup who prefers not to be named.
There is a very informative piece done by K. Eric Drexler who wrote about most of the clever ideas of "Gray Goo" and Nanites in his epic "Engines of Creation". He further goes on to justify (scientifically) the possibilities in "Nanosystems: molecular machinery, manufacturing, and computation".
The basic premise is that science must first learn how to create machines that can build structures atom by atom (a Universal Assembler (UA)). Once this machine is created, it can build other UA's and will vastly expand the materials and machines that mankind can make while drastically reducing their cost.
A real world example would be ribosomes in the human body. They are the molecular structures that take their instructions from RNA in cells to make all the proeteins that created us. Not only do they have the ability to make the pieces that go into making humans, but they also have the ability to coordinate the process so that all of the intermediate stages support a living organism! One set of 'Wet' Nanotechnology involves trying adopt the control mechanism that tells the ribosomes what to do. Once this can be accomplished, the ribosomes could make new UAs that are more easily controlled and that can make a wider variety materials than proteins.
Given that nature got to where we are by trial and errors (albeit over millions of years), it is not unreasonable to surmise that man can reengineer this process for his use (in a much shorter period of time).
Another important tenet of the book is that Nanotechnology and UA's will one day arrive regardless of what we do to stop it. The premise is that it is important for developed (and hopefully benevolent) nations to be first to create the technology in order to create nano-based defenses against potentially aggressive destabilizing regimes.
For the text of Drexlers books as well as several other eductional piences on molecular technology, visit: http://www.zyvex.com/nano/
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If you talk to the MetroLink guys (btw, they wrote much of what is X and have been its commercial maintainer for years), they would tell you that the most efficient thing to do would be to scrap X and write directly to Frame Buffers.
Two experienced people 6 months (which means 3 for 9).
On a more practicle level, every bit of evidence suggest that man is gaining a stronger and stronger ability to have atomic level control of matter (read nanotech or molecular tech pubs that show that this is the case). This would imply that if sufficient structural characteristics are preserved, even if the brain that was frozen was not resusiscitated, that all the memories and resident personality could be replicated into a new body, or even construct (read Neuromancer).
However, to blindly ingnore a set of possibilities because it cannot be proved today seems short-sighted (unless you are still upset about the whole Santa Claus thing :) )...
Take what you think about technical knowledge of one generation above you and raise that to the power of 6.
People won't even understand why you don't understand a word they are saying. They probably would assume you are brain dead when you don't even respond to a simple call like:
1000 1011 1011 0110 1010 1001 1110 0110 1011
1001 1000 0100 0010 1001 0001 1010 1010 1010
1101 0011 0010 1001 0001 0101 1001 0101
Woof has not been able to return to union meetings since he learned to talk. Slobber Union Local 451 banned Woof when he began to experiment using his mouth for unusual purposes. Union Leader Spark comments: "The manual clearly states the dog mouth is only intended for eating, barking, and slobber. We are pursuing Woof to the fullest extent of the law and will see that he never works again".
While most dogs cannot fathom why Woof is not content with chasing cars, biting at water, and drooling, others feel that it might be an evolutionary move. "This may be the biggest event since our ancestors learned to drink out of toilets when the bowl ran dry" claims and excited pup who prefers not to be named.
And...
The basic premise is that science must first learn how to create machines that can build structures atom by atom (a Universal Assembler (UA)). Once this machine is created, it can build other UA's and will vastly expand the materials and machines that mankind can make while drastically reducing their cost.
A real world example would be ribosomes in the human body. They are the molecular structures that take their instructions from RNA in cells to make all the proeteins that created us. Not only do they have the ability to make the pieces that go into making humans, but they also have the ability to coordinate the process so that all of the intermediate stages support a living organism! One set of 'Wet' Nanotechnology involves trying adopt the control mechanism that tells the ribosomes what to do. Once this can be accomplished, the ribosomes could make new UAs that are more easily controlled and that can make a wider variety materials than proteins.
Given that nature got to where we are by trial and errors (albeit over millions of years), it is not unreasonable to surmise that man can reengineer this process for his use (in a much shorter period of time).
Another important tenet of the book is that Nanotechnology and UA's will one day arrive regardless of what we do to stop it. The premise is that it is important for developed (and hopefully benevolent) nations to be first to create the technology in order to create nano-based defenses against potentially aggressive destabilizing regimes.
For the text of Drexlers books as well as several other eductional piences on molecular technology, visit: http://www.zyvex.com/nano/
XANDROS:
Support USB and ADSL?
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Got wide range of hardware support?
Yep.
Got a lot more that's going to be exciting?
Yep.
Got Milk?
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Much more to come...