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  1. Re:eh hem... anyone heard of Nicola Tesla??? on Who Really Invented The Telegraph? · · Score: 1

    oh, and by the way, anyone trying to bring up Macaroni will be shot on site....

  2. eh hem... anyone heard of Nicola Tesla??? on Who Really Invented The Telegraph? · · Score: 1

    Anyone who has knows that Nicola Tesla, not only was the first to conceptualize wireless transmission, but the first to actually accomplish his goal of sending a wireless communication. Nicola Tesla is one of those invetors who is not well known, at least by the general public. He is known to be a "mad scientist" of sorts, but his other inventions/conceptions include rotating magnetic field, which in turn led to the development of alternating current, vertical take off and landing vehicles, and many other interesting and eclectic designs that boggle the mind, and entrance the imagination. Nicola Tesla was not only an inventor, but an innovator. His designs and ideas also helped people like Thomas Edison better the light bulb, and paved the way for the technological revolution we experience each day. I just want to give more credit to this guy, it's unfortunate that the U.S. Government shut him down the way they did, but I guess all is fair in love in war, right?

  3. Re:Something worthy of note... on Downloading The Mind · · Score: 1

    I'm not going to outright say you're wrong, but I will say that even in the metaphysical world there are laws and definitions. Just because "humans" can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there, it just means it's beyond our point of perception. Sure we can take pictures of the universe and colorfully represent the different clusters and gasses by changing the lens on our telescope, but if we were to travel out to one of those colorful far off galaxies we wouldn't see half the crap in the picture, just because it is part of a different spectrum. So my understanding is that for all we know, there are beings or objects on this planet that we can not see, only because they are part of a different spectrum. This could include the internal processes or reactions inside of our own bodies. Who knows, there could be spirit in us after all?!?!!?!!? ;P

  4. Didn't Nicola Tesla try something like this once? on Downloading The Mind · · Score: 1

    I've read a bit about the infamous scientist Nicola Tesla, and one of his would-be inventions was a thought transmission machine. Now, it didn't involve storing information on silicone chips, but it did propose a projection system of sorts, where you would sit in a chair and a device would project your thoughts to a screen right in front of you. Kind of a cool idea, but it looks like we're closer than ever to realizing that dream. My only concern is that not only our privacy will be violated, but imagine a computer program that would simulate personalities. Could they be used to accurately predict what you are going to do with your life, and then possibly, just maybe, would we have a "Minority Report" like scenario on our hands? Where we are arresting people for what they think, instead of what they actually do? All this thinking makes my head hurt, maybe my computer will be able to do it for me later on down the road