A raw image is what directly comes out of the CCD. In fact it uses less storage than the bitmap that can be produced from it. But it's even better, as with it you can customize white balance and such after the picture has been taken. I use the raw images exclusively on my Canon S45 (it's a difficult feature to find). The problem appears to be in standardization.
We won't need to convince any political body to go wireless. You just talk with those in your small group of defensive pods that host consciousness in silicon about the protocols you'll use. Much simpler.
So brittle. The day will come when we will exist in defensive pods that are impervious to nearly all weaponry. Just host consciousness in a sturdy pod.
At that point we'll be spread out in space alone or in small groups. Protocols wouldn't be a problem, and even if they were we'd have enough computing power to easily translate. So no need for all these IM formats.
Wouldn't have much problem. The pod could maneuver away quickly. When will we host our sentiences in defensive pod? Then we can get back to libertarian politics.
Would you consider a "manhattan" or "apollo" style project to bring humans to the next level? The big prize is locating where and how consciousness operates. Lesser prizes are already being worked on--including cochlear implants and artifical eyes.
Meaning every one of us. At some point--the singularity--we will have control over the inputs and outputs of our sentience. No more suffering. No need to itch or pee.
I can only imagine it like having sight and hearing for the first time, but far greater than that.
Every one of us. At some point we will have full control over inputs and outputs of our sentience. When we know just what that means, going back will feel like reincarnating as an ant.
Putting your brain in a defensive pod would protect it from TB--it only attacks the lungs anyway. Eventually we'll see just how the thalamus hosts consciousness and do away with the brain too. Then take vacations to the center of the sun and be fine!
Was just going to take the transhumanistic angle when I saw this. Leave the politics to the lower beings--this is/. . Heart-lung machines are already available. Lungs shouldn't be important to a transhuman--only the brain is.
Fossil fuels and food are all the realms of the animal. Nuclear and antimatter are the future. A recent New Scientist notes that pocket nuclear devices will come soon. Now you're talking many binary orders of magnitude better power.
If we can just figure out what the thalamus does between its lobes to host sentience, recreate it in a defensive pod. Then you can live in the center of the sun if you wish.
If we host sentience in a defensive pod, it could survive the blast. The sentience may need to be set unconscious for awhile, but a neutron star or electric defense system in the pod could neutralize any type of nuke that exists now.
I can't wait to progress beyond being human. The endpoint I see as a custom being, where the only constant is minimum needed to host sentience. Pop it into a neutron star shell or electric armor and you're nearly invincible.
Great little robot for around $40h. Geeks will be immediately disappointed by the six step limit on the program. IR codes are already available on the web though.
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Doesn't exist does it? And before you go to tobacco, that does not cause changes in mental function the way weed does.
A raw image is what directly comes out of the CCD. In fact it uses less storage than the bitmap that can be produced from it. But it's even better, as with it you can customize white balance and such after the picture has been taken. I use the raw images exclusively on my Canon S45 (it's a difficult feature to find). The problem appears to be in standardization.
Oh, the wasted computing power computing decimal when hexadecimal is so much easier. You don't need more Hertz, you need to switch to hexadecimal!
We won't need to convince any political body to go wireless. You just talk with those in your small group of defensive pods that host consciousness in silicon about the protocols you'll use. Much simpler.
So brittle. The day will come when we will exist in defensive pods that are impervious to nearly all weaponry. Just host consciousness in a sturdy pod.
At that point we'll be spread out in space alone or in small groups. Protocols wouldn't be a problem, and even if they were we'd have enough computing power to easily translate. So no need for all these IM formats.
Wouldn't have much problem. The pod could maneuver away quickly. When will we host our sentiences in defensive pod? Then we can get back to libertarian politics.
When we transfer our sentience to defensive pods, will this be useful? Perhaps our main interface with reality will suffice.
Every chess article some wide-eyed enthusiast chimes in on Go like he's the first in the West to discover it.
There's an ancient game called chess that's so much more elegant than Go.
Would you consider a "manhattan" or "apollo" style project to bring humans to the next level? The big prize is locating where and how consciousness operates. Lesser prizes are already being worked on--including cochlear implants and artifical eyes.
I can only imagine it like having sight and hearing for the first time, but far greater than that.
Every one of us. At some point we will have full control over inputs and outputs of our sentience. When we know just what that means, going back will feel like reincarnating as an ant.
Popular Science notes a thirty second charge time for a new type of battery (similar in capacity to Li-ion though).
*smirk*
Putting your brain in a defensive pod would protect it from TB--it only attacks the lungs anyway. Eventually we'll see just how the thalamus hosts consciousness and do away with the brain too. Then take vacations to the center of the sun and be fine!
Was just going to take the transhumanistic angle when I saw this. Leave the politics to the lower beings--this is /. . Heart-lung machines are already available. Lungs shouldn't be important to a transhuman--only the brain is.
Fossil fuels and food are all the realms of the animal. Nuclear and antimatter are the future. A recent New Scientist notes that pocket nuclear devices will come soon. Now you're talking many binary orders of magnitude better power.
If we can just figure out what the thalamus does between its lobes to host sentience, recreate it in a defensive pod. Then you can live in the center of the sun if you wish.
Of random number generation? Sure some CPUs and chipsets have a thermal noise TRNG, but how much is still an ugly LCG seeded by the time?
You could travel to the center of the damn sun and not have problems. Guns and thugs will not bug you.
If we host sentience in a defensive pod, it could survive the blast. The sentience may need to be set unconscious for awhile, but a neutron star or electric defense system in the pod could neutralize any type of nuke that exists now.
I can't wait to progress beyond being human. The endpoint I see as a custom being, where the only constant is minimum needed to host sentience. Pop it into a neutron star shell or electric armor and you're nearly invincible.
Argh, they need to make a way to skip all "funny" comments in any science article. So much enthusiasm for math and physics--so little truth.
No, and no.
Great little robot for around $40h. Geeks will be immediately disappointed by the six step limit on the program. IR codes are already available on the web though.