As an aside, does everyone else get the weather forecast for LA in the lower left corner? I'm on the opposite coast so maybe it's related to where the servers are rather than what IP you come from.
I get Start, LA weather forecast as well. But if you check Google's personalized homepage without logging in, it's Happy, TX. I live in EST so I think that they just picked cities with interesting names. I think everyone else gets the same results for weather forecast locations.
It's the end of evolution, and I welcome it.
Some of what this guy is saying is interesting, at the very least, to think about. But, I don't think that last sentence is very true or convincing. Regardless of billions of people "escaping" to the metaverse as he talks about, reality will always catch up. Eventually, some real crisis WILL happen and threaten people's lives but only those who react, those who haven't delved completely into the whole MMORPG, will be the ones who survive. No matter how much a person immerses himself or herself, there are fundamentals of reality that are inescapable and will catch up the more a person runs.
But, there is some truth in that we all want to be kings without the responsibility. Just as children are often happy because they enjoy life without many of its responsibilities. I think that, however, we all have to just grow up one day and be proud of the work we do. Otherwise, one day will come when mass death occurs from people's bone structures collapsing from their own weight, heart failure http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4137782.stm
, or some random bacteria. In the end, natural selection chooses the strongest to survive. And the strongest do not have addictions.
Hey....uh...yeah, I didn't know my copy was pirated illegal...*throws away CD-R copies*...So, how about that discount eh?
This means that some huge corporation won't go crazy on you if you happen to have a illegitimate copy of their software? Couldn't you just feign ignorance and get a free discount?
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As an aside, does everyone else get the weather forecast for LA in the lower left corner? I'm on the opposite coast so maybe it's related to where the servers are rather than what IP you come from.
I get Start, LA weather forecast as well. But if you check Google's personalized homepage without logging in, it's Happy, TX. I live in EST so I think that they just picked cities with interesting names. I think everyone else gets the same results for weather forecast locations.
It's the end of evolution, and I welcome it. Some of what this guy is saying is interesting, at the very least, to think about. But, I don't think that last sentence is very true or convincing. Regardless of billions of people "escaping" to the metaverse as he talks about, reality will always catch up. Eventually, some real crisis WILL happen and threaten people's lives but only those who react, those who haven't delved completely into the whole MMORPG, will be the ones who survive. No matter how much a person immerses himself or herself, there are fundamentals of reality that are inescapable and will catch up the more a person runs. But, there is some truth in that we all want to be kings without the responsibility. Just as children are often happy because they enjoy life without many of its responsibilities. I think that, however, we all have to just grow up one day and be proud of the work we do. Otherwise, one day will come when mass death occurs from people's bone structures collapsing from their own weight, heart failure http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4137782.stm , or some random bacteria. In the end, natural selection chooses the strongest to survive. And the strongest do not have addictions.
Hey....uh...yeah, I didn't know my copy was pirated illegal...*throws away CD-R copies*...So, how about that discount eh? This means that some huge corporation won't go crazy on you if you happen to have a illegitimate copy of their software? Couldn't you just feign ignorance and get a free discount?
There is no price that is too much for human life.