Hello all. If you haven't already heard, I'm back in Berkeley again, at least until the election, and I look forward to seeing all of you at the next Salon. ...
... I'm in Colorado, but I'll reply to your essay anyway :) ... Our friend here in Boulder, Doug Robertson, uses the term "phase change" to describe this...
... Actually, that link only appears to affirm (at the bottom) that his *definition* of the term is based on an event horizon, not on greater-than-human...
I'm afraid, Wayne, that I don't understand why you would say "my prediction is that there will be NO new killer apps in the internet/web application space....
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 6:45 AM, Kevin D. Keck ... Yes, exactly. The next revolution could be - * Robotics -> tactile interaction between computers and the...
You seem to be reasoning backwards, Wayne. If any of the things talked about in the video are developed, you're going to call them AI, not Internet/web,...
Kevin, we're just debating word definitions. Saying an application that understands human language is a "web/internet" application, just because it is...
Future Salon ... To view the technology world this way is to confuse the core idea that drives a "killer app" with its user interface modality. Robotics and...
... Again, I feel we are just debating semantics, not anything real. How big does a "phase change" have to be, to be called a "phase change"? How "killer" does...
Good points Paul. One thing I'd like to mention is even as futurists, the future is veiled, and it's precisely what we don't know we don't know that will end...
... I thought I was using your definition, as implied from the list of web/internet apps you provided. ... I guess we need a definition of killer app. I was...
... Sorry, I thought I was being clear on definitions. A "killer app" is an application so compelling that people will buy the hardware to get it. The original...
Right now the 'killer apps" are on the iPhone, it's this year's hot market where a lot of innovation is happening, and its compelling enough for people to get...
Hi Futurists, Quick reminder about the Future Salon tomorrow Friday 17th. Bottom up security is so needed and Christine is showing us the way. If you come, you...
Hi Futurists, More info: http://futuresalon.org Open Source Sensing Future Salon with Christine Peterson in a couple of hours. Let's find a better way than...
In a little over a day the Convergence08 rate goes up from $145 to $195. But one more person will allow us to attend for just $116 (20% discount). I'm taking...
I can't accept any more for the Convergence08 group discount -- PayPal is starting to call me a commercial account and charge me a fee for each transaction....
Hi Futurists, In honor of this week's convergence event, I wondered what it would be like if a science fiction writer submitted the history of the last seventy...
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Dear Future Salon Members, I'm very pleased to announce that the first issue of the H+ Magazine is available online at http://www.hplusmagazine.com. The H+...
Join the Virtual World SIG for the annual Future of Virtual Worlds panel. In this special session we bring the future into focus from a number of perspectives....
The Future of Square Dancing Do you have a couple of hours free on Sunday evenings to have some fun, learn, and get a little exercise? Come on down to the...
FREEDOM FROM OIL Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto 505 East Charleston Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Sponsor: Green Sanctuary Committee of the UUCPA Sven...
Dear friends, A very close friend of many of us and a long-time member Extropy Institute, Chris Heward has been diagnosed with serious cancer. The Chris Heward...
Hello Futurists, I wanted to let you know about some upcoming events related to the 40th anniversary of Doug Engelbart's "Mother of All Demos". Detailed ...
Hello everyone, Trans-Future is a social network where users submit links and can also write articles and news. I wanted to extend an invitation to all on this...
Please sign up if you plan on attending - space is limited! ~Elise Silicon Valley Engineering Council The Alliance for Engineering Leaders in the Silicon...
http://lessig.org/blog/2008/12/please_come_remix_reading.html Relive the the old time bafuture/future salon reading group meetings at the Hillsdale B&N tonight...
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