... Yeah I know -- Douglas Crockford (of "Innovation and Conformity in a Microsoft World" fame) said that Microsoft, by doing this, may end up doing the one...
... Indeed. The latest version of http://www.mikeslist.com predicted that Microsoft comes out with their own distribution of Linux (of course with some...
On Sunday, June 01, 2003 1:05 AM wayne radinsky wrote Re: [bafuture] Wow how far have we come with Open Source software ... ... Here are some prices: a.....
Michael Korns
mkorns@...
Jun 1, 2003 5:39 pm
781
... It all depends on whether you want an up-close "TV" experience or a sit-back "home theater" experience. I'm not a home theater expert, I can tell you that...
... Could you ask the people that love the quirks why they love them? Honestly, I think the only reason a person would love the quirks is that they have piles...
... I've used Postgresql extensively. It is my open-source database of choice. Recently many people that I know have been switching over to it from MySQL. It...
Brad
bmewhort@...
Jun 2, 2003 12:14 am
784
Just remembered there's one thing I forgot to answer... ... XUL is in a similar spirit. It separates UI from graphics. If you want menus, for example, you'll...
Hi Futurists, At a grill party last weekend we talked about Smartmobs. There were voices saying: "Yes, with cell phones everybody is connected, but does it...
Forgot the links. Sorry. Oh well, they are all here: http://finnern.com/future/2003/06/02.html ... excellent ... election ... politics ... The ... many ... ...
Hi Futurists, Another event I will miss, because I play Rollerhockey that night. Dorkbot(http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/) which is a salon/party for people doing...
Hi Futurists, John Smart founder and host of our larger sister organization the LA Futurists[2], just posted an article[3] on his Singularity Watch page ...
On Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:05 AM markfinnern wrote: Subject: [bafuture] Singularity Backlash ... Please don't talk such nonsense, why I buy CoCoPuffs,...
Michael Korns
mkorns@...
Jun 4, 2003 9:27 am
790
On Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:38 PM Gregory M. Fahy wrote: Subject: Re: [la-grg] Physical Immortality, DNA, and Computers ... Put succinctly, we wish to know...
Michael Korns
mkorns@...
Jun 4, 2003 10:43 am
791
On Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:52 AM, Jessica Benton wrote: Re: [LA Futurists] Re: [la-grg] Physical Immortality, DNA, and Computers ... Jessica, you and I are...
Michael Korns
mkorns@...
Jun 5, 2003 12:23 am
792
If two such different models are both still in the running for describing human existence/identity, that indicates that the problem may not be well-posed....
Chris Phoenix
cphoenix@...
Jun 5, 2003 2:54 am
793
... Dude! Don't pay any attention to those AdBusters people! They are a bunch of guys in Canada who tried to get rich in marketing and failed. They couldn't...
... Dude! I used to be embarassed to admit that I ever liked the Spice Girls, but now that someone as brilliant and and high stature as yourself has made such...
... Dude!! I have NO idea what you just said. Qubits that never decohere? I have never heard of any such thing as a superposed state that can't decohere. I...
You're in control http://web.media.mit.edu/~hayes/mas863/urinecontrol.html ^ warning above link may not be work-safe ^ - __________________________________ Do...
... Hi Jessica. Hokay! Time to go back to this little game, which was posted on bafuture a long time ago... http://www.philosophers.co.uk/games/identity.htm ...
On Thursday, June 05, 2003 12:06 AM, wayne radinsky Subject Re: [bafuture] Singularity Backlash ... ... Well, I must confess. I do not buy CoCoPuffs. I do not...
Michael Korns
mkorns@...
Jun 5, 2003 10:55 am
799
On Thursday, June 05, 2003 12:11 AM, wayne radinsky Subject Re: [bafuture] Re: [la-grg] Physical Immortality, DNA, and Computers ... Wayne, we appear to be...
Michael Korns
mkorns@...
Jun 5, 2003 11:24 am
800
I just ran across this today. Not quite your Automated McDonalds, but clearly a step in that direction. http://www.24stop.com/ ...
Two stories that caught my eye today: Researchers create wireless sensor chip the size of glitter 04 June 2003 BERKELEY Engineers at the University of...
To All, "World's Smallest Robot" Popular Mechanics (06/03) Vol. 180, No. 6, P. 44; Eisenstein, Paul Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories' Intelligent...
Michael Korns
mkorns@...
Jun 6, 2003 9:28 pm
803
On Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:58 PM, Jessica Benton wrote, Re: [LA Futurists] Re: [la-grg] Physical Immortality, DNA, and Computers ... Jessica, first let me...
Michael Korns
mkorns@...
Jun 8, 2003 6:08 am
804
... Even without parrallel universes assuming the laws of physics and thus the possible operations/movements of matter/energy from one state/moment to the next...
On Saturday, June 07, 2003 11:29 PM, Troy Gardner wrote: Subject Re: [bafuture] Re: [LA Futurists] Re: [la-grg] Physical Immortality, DNA, and Computers ... ...
Michael Korns
mkorns@...
Jun 8, 2003 3:12 pm
806
If identity means never differing at any time in the future, then this is unknowable for any two objects, except in theoretical exercises that allow an...
Chris Phoenix
cphoenix@...
Jun 8, 2003 8:21 pm
807
I think we've already established a perfectly identicle clone(s) is impossibly unless they are intricately synchronized like permanently entangled particles, ...
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