Well, you said the same thing- "You don't harvest raw materials on your own, you hunt meat that nature has already prepared" Correct me if I'm wrong but hunting meat is the same as harvesting what is available in your surroundings. I never said you invented or created the meat, that would be ridiculous. I said you harvest it - which is the same as hunting meat. As for chinese food popping on your door step, in order for that to happen you had to have money. Money in its purest form is an option to barter for food, clothing or shelter at a later more convenient date. Take away your money and your survival depends soley on walking around with a spear and planting turnips in your backyard. That being the case - money is a tool to defer the hunting/harvesting act until said resources are required... So, your chinese food didn't just pop into the frame, it was the end result of a chain of events that involved you first acquiring hunting/harvesting options and then cashing in those options when you needed food. You essentially hunted for you food with one layer of abstraction between you and the food. You harvested money. In the video however, the building block components "pop" into the frame, no indication of any harvesting.
The thing is - humans gather and harvest those raw materials on their own and are completely responsible for the use of those raw materials around them. Actually, it is very close to self replciation.
This video shows no harvesting or cultivating of those discreet building blocks in any way. They merely pop into the frame. Very, very far from self replication in any way.
Not much different than a meat grinder. - External force inserts one large hunk of meat - grinder reduces meat to smaller copies. Now, if that grinder could create or harvest the meat to begin with - that is replication. This video merely shows how a device can cleverly rearrange parts that are fed to it from a "magical" external source into smaller copies. Not impressed.
...working as an unpaid intern for a special f/x company over a decade ago. Thousands of rendered frames for a major motion picture were screwed up and there wasn't enough time to rerender them. With the help of a few fellow geeks (smart friends make a great coder) we sat there and wrote a custom program to isolate the problem areas of the frames and only rerender those parts, later compositing the results into the original frames. Every one in the company was holding their breath watching us and offering to help in any way possible. Mostly done in programming (complex compositing programs didn't even exit then) we saved the day and moments after finishing the last frame the master disk was shipped to be printed onto film for nationwide distribution. One of the most satisfying moments of my life. Got paid nothing, but the enjoyment of working towards a common goal under pressure was so satisfying. Pefectionism, obsessiveness, compulsion. For recognition maybe, but the process of complex problem solving was and always will be one of the most enjoyable things a person can partake in. Why else would be be programming? -- andre basso
I personally have a good friend who was diagnosed with schizophrenia many years ago and it was a complicated matter. I also am very biased against modern medicines and procedures as I have a sister with a terminal illness who I've watched go through the circus of our healthcare system only to come out with more complications because of the numerous side effects of the drugs they pumped into her. Anyhow, that said, I could go on forever about what I think of schizophrenia, but I want you to be able to determine on your own how to handle the illness. Do two things right now to educate yourself about this illness and to help you make decisions for your sister. Read two books. One is called the "Divided Self" by R.D. Laing. It is by far the most complete and authoritative book ever written on alternative views of the illness and looking at schizophrenia not as a physical disease but as a distortion of ones mind brought about by trauma or intellectual crisis. The other book is called "Toxic Psychiatry" by Richard Bretton. This book explains what happens to people who have been put through the ringer of the American Psychatric Association and how dangerous many of the drugs can be. Doctors and psychiatrists will undoubtedly be pushing dozens of drugs and methodologies down her throat. Armed with the knowledge in these books you should be able to navigate the waters ahead with a little more confidence and ability to choose between a myriad of options. Good luck, best wishes!
Bob evans, the designer of the revolutionary and very expensive force-fin http://www.forcefin.com has been using tubercles on his scuba fins for about a decade. He currently has two models that use this technology, the "extra" force fin and the "excellerating" force fin. The article on inovations report makes it seem like no one on the planet has been doing anything with tubercles, in fact the U.S. NAVY SEALS have known about the advantages for years as well as they have been exclusively using the fins manufactured by this small company.
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Well, you said the same thing- "You don't harvest raw materials on your own, you hunt meat that nature has already prepared" Correct me if I'm wrong but hunting meat is the same as harvesting what is available in your surroundings. I never said you invented or created the meat, that would be ridiculous. I said you harvest it - which is the same as hunting meat. As for chinese food popping on your door step, in order for that to happen you had to have money. Money in its purest form is an option to barter for food, clothing or shelter at a later more convenient date. Take away your money and your survival depends soley on walking around with a spear and planting turnips in your backyard. That being the case - money is a tool to defer the hunting/harvesting act until said resources are required ... So, your chinese food didn't just pop into the frame, it was the end result of a chain of events that involved you first acquiring hunting/harvesting options and then cashing in those options when you needed food. You essentially hunted for you food with one layer of abstraction between you and the food. You harvested money. In the video however, the building block components "pop" into the frame, no indication of any harvesting.
The thing is - humans gather and harvest those raw materials on their own and are completely responsible for the use of those raw materials around them. Actually, it is very close to self replciation. This video shows no harvesting or cultivating of those discreet building blocks in any way. They merely pop into the frame. Very, very far from self replication in any way.
Not much different than a meat grinder. - External force inserts one large hunk of meat - grinder reduces meat to smaller copies. Now, if that grinder could create or harvest the meat to begin with - that is replication. This video merely shows how a device can cleverly rearrange parts that are fed to it from a "magical" external source into smaller copies. Not impressed.
...working as an unpaid intern for a special f/x company over a decade ago. Thousands of rendered frames for a major motion picture were screwed up and there wasn't enough time to rerender them. With the help of a few fellow geeks (smart friends make a great coder) we sat there and wrote a custom program to isolate the problem areas of the frames and only rerender those parts, later compositing the results into the original frames. Every one in the company was holding their breath watching us and offering to help in any way possible. Mostly done in programming (complex compositing programs didn't even exit then) we saved the day and moments after finishing the last frame the master disk was shipped to be printed onto film for nationwide distribution. One of the most satisfying moments of my life. Got paid nothing, but the enjoyment of working towards a common goal under pressure was so satisfying. Pefectionism, obsessiveness, compulsion. For recognition maybe, but the process of complex problem solving was and always will be one of the most enjoyable things a person can partake in. Why else would be be programming?
-- andre basso
I personally have a good friend who was diagnosed with schizophrenia many years ago and it was a complicated matter. I also am very biased against modern medicines and procedures as I have a sister with a terminal illness who I've watched go through the circus of our healthcare system only to come out with more complications because of the numerous side effects of the drugs they pumped into her. Anyhow, that said, I could go on forever about what I think of schizophrenia, but I want you to be able to determine on your own how to handle the illness. Do two things right now to educate yourself about this illness and to help you make decisions for your sister. Read two books. One is called the "Divided Self" by R.D. Laing. It is by far the most complete and authoritative book ever written on alternative views of the illness and looking at schizophrenia not as a physical disease but as a distortion of ones mind brought about by trauma or intellectual crisis. The other book is called "Toxic Psychiatry" by Richard Bretton. This book explains what happens to people who have been put through the ringer of the American Psychatric Association and how dangerous many of the drugs can be. Doctors and psychiatrists will undoubtedly be pushing dozens of drugs and methodologies down her throat. Armed with the knowledge in these books you should be able to navigate the waters ahead with a little more confidence and ability to choose between a myriad of options. Good luck, best wishes!
Bob evans, the designer of the revolutionary and very expensive force-fin http://www.forcefin.com has been using tubercles on his scuba fins for about a decade. He currently has two models that use this technology, the "extra" force fin and the "excellerating" force fin. The article on inovations report makes it seem like no one on the planet has been doing anything with tubercles, in fact the U.S. NAVY SEALS have known about the advantages for years as well as they have been exclusively using the fins manufactured by this small company.
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