True. I have seen only portions of Gattaca, but what I DID see screamed 'Huxley'. Brave New World strikes upon some interesting scenarios that are beginning to actually be feasible. I read BNW and 1984 around the same time, how's that for a mind job =)
Charlie
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
Is a right we all have when it comes to our medical records. I work at a pharmaceutical company, and we are constantly scrutinized to make sure we are retaining the confidentiality of our patients. I can't even begin to see the possible infractions of privacy that would result from having confidential and personal medical records housed on the internet. We might all find out that *gasp* Bob Dole really DOES use viagra...
Deitheres
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
How many hotmail-esque security holes are in the newly rolled out passport service. I ditched my hotmail account after that little snafu (you know, the one where any hotmail account was open by just a simple little script, glad I don't have many enemies...) that M$ didn't even address until like 48 hours after it was exposed. All these poor morons months later when a similar exploit is revealed on the passport security system. Glad I won't be one of those morons...
Deitheres - Master of... er... something.
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
...Brave New World? That's what this reminds me of. The Alpha pluses, the Epsilons, the class divisions. I think this could either be very good or very bad. It could be very good and have the benefits of eliminating a lot of genetic based diseases, but it could also fragment the class and social structure with groups of "I'm better than your because they streamlined my chromosomes before I was born" type of ideaology. I personally already got enough of that type of crap in high school thanks....
Deitheres - Master of... er... something.
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
...for all the naysayers and religious wackos (hey, not saying anything again religion, just the people who take it too far) to point to and say that Jesus is coming back, or the alien space ship is behind hale-bopp, or whatever the trend of the day is. Hate to say it, but I think that it is reactions like this that stand in the way of real scientific progress. You shouldn't be afraid of science, it is merely a way to learn and digest the information around us in a logical and common-sensical way.
Deitheres - Master of... er... something.
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
You suck. You probably say that because you installed RedHat 6.1 or Caldera 2.3 with their little GUI lame ass install program. Then you put your FreeBSD disk in and, holy shit, it's not pretty! There's no little mousy-thing to move around! omigod, what do I do?!?!? Then you just fucking freaked and turned your computer off, going back into your safe little world where you have Caldera set to boot straight into X. Of course, I could be totally off based and you could be a Linux Guru whose intelligence is far beyond that of mine. However I doubt it. Know why? If this was the case you'd be using FreeBSD =)
- This is all satire. I don't mean half of it. The other half is the alcohol speaking. Remove the '666' in my email, and stamp it to your hand or forehead to email me. -
~~Deitheres
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
Good God people, the name is LINUS not LINUX. One more time... L-I-N-U-S NOT L-I-N-U-X. Linux would be the very popular OS, whereas Linus would be the dude who created it.
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
I do NOT want to see the days of "what you think is what you see." Imagine sitting in the comp lab with a hot chick and think "nice ass" or "nice tits" and have it come on the screen. Hehehehe
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
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True. I have seen only portions of Gattaca, but what I DID see screamed 'Huxley'. Brave New World strikes upon some interesting scenarios that are beginning to actually be feasible. I read BNW and 1984 around the same time, how's that for a mind job =)
Charlie
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
Is a right we all have when it comes to our medical records. I work at a pharmaceutical company, and we are constantly scrutinized to make sure we are retaining the confidentiality of our patients. I can't even begin to see the possible infractions of privacy that would result from having confidential and personal medical records housed on the internet. We might all find out that *gasp* Bob Dole really DOES use viagra...
Deitheres
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
How many hotmail-esque security holes are in the newly rolled out passport service. I ditched my hotmail account after that little snafu (you know, the one where any hotmail account was open by just a simple little script, glad I don't have many enemies...) that M$ didn't even address until like 48 hours after it was exposed. All these poor morons months later when a similar exploit is revealed on the passport security system. Glad I won't be one of those morons...
Deitheres - Master of... er... something.
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
...Brave New World? That's what this reminds me of. The Alpha pluses, the Epsilons, the class divisions. I think this could either be very good or very bad. It could be very good and have the benefits of eliminating a lot of genetic based diseases, but it could also fragment the class and social structure with groups of "I'm better than your because they streamlined my chromosomes before I was born" type of ideaology. I personally already got enough of that type of crap in high school thanks....
Deitheres - Master of... er... something.
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
...for all the naysayers and religious wackos (hey, not saying anything again religion, just the people who take it too far) to point to and say that Jesus is coming back, or the alien space ship is behind hale-bopp, or whatever the trend of the day is. Hate to say it, but I think that it is reactions like this that stand in the way of real scientific progress. You shouldn't be afraid of science, it is merely a way to learn and digest the information around us in a logical and common-sensical way.
Deitheres - Master of... er... something.
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
- This is all satire. I don't mean half of it. The other half is the alcohol speaking. Remove the '666' in my email, and stamp it to your hand or forehead to email me. -
~~Deitheres
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.