... Bravo Wayne! Thanks for that insightful analysis. These observations can be extended even further, as I present in my book. Any good history of technology...
... Thanks, John :) Actually, what you say doesn't surprise me. I bet you could extend it back billions of years, back to the "orgin of life" itself, if you...
Thanks for the nice response, Wayne. ... I'd respectfully disagree. Human psychology isn't driving the Moore's acceleration. The value of that double...
Gregory Stock was interviewed on TechTV last night. I'll summarize the interview since most of you probably missed it :) Stock looks like a skinny guy with...
Hi Futurists, The bad news is, another month is almost gone and I don't know where to. The good news is, next Friday the 21st of June our next Futurist Salon...
Hi Everyone, Just in time for our Friday discussion here an article from Gary L. Reback in Forbes about why too many patents are bad for development and...
Hi Futurists, Again very timely to our Salon tomorrow. An Article in the New York Times about deCode a company that is mentioned in the Guiding Icarus book...
Hello Futurists, If you're following the digital rights management (DRM) issue, which seems to come up in our discussions frequently, you'll probably be...
Hi Futurists, Last Friday's Salon was in my opinion the best so far. Excellent discussion with everyone engaged in participating and listening. We agreed to...
from: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/20/1023864460978.html Robot on the run By Dave Higgens, London June 20 2002 Scientists running a pioneering...
Lioudmila Golynskaia
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Jun 26, 2002 6:04 pm
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Hi Lioudmila! We missed you at the last Bay Area Futurists meeting. Maybe you can make it next time? What I found most amusing in your article was the comment,...
Check out what this new technology can do - it is a Digital Employee! Are you upset with messages like "The page cannot be displayed" or "The Server is down"...
We are seeking unique applications, services and content in combination with payment applications such as debit, credit, electronic purse and internet banking...
Well, you will be allowed to hack if you are a record company: A bill from Californian congressman Howard Berman will legalize the disruption of peer-to-peer...
... Hi: I AM disturbed that as a iMac user, even I get crashed. I recently took my iBook into to the shop and they said it was 'microsoft' software, not...
c Wildin
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Jun 29, 2002 3:28 am
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Greetings, I am Matthew Cornell Woods Jr. I have posted here to inform anyone who may be interested that I have recently catylized a proto-subgroup for the...
Hey - I am new to transhumanism, though very interested. I'd like to join this new group, so mark me down on the roster (if there is a roster :P ). My name ...
... to join this ... My name ... hearing back ... Congratulations Pierce, you are now the third member of the group; myself included. First, I recommend...
There is an internet law conference going on at Harvard at the moment and Lawrence Lessig the author of our next book `The Future of Idea' is one of the main...
The message is pertaining to the replies I have received about my WTA group. As to creating my own yahoo group, that would be a great idea :)! Just give me a...
In a message dated 7/5/2002 1:06:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Is this good? -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BAtrans I thought making it Bay Area...
... good, and ... done so ... YES! Thank You! You have my formal go-ahead to contact Dr. Hughes. Go ahead and start while I contact the necessary people. ...
Matthew, I'm not into joining any new groups just now, but I'm interested and would like to be kept loosely in the loop as you progress. I hadn't heard of...
Walter Truett Anderson
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Jul 6, 2002 7:45 pm
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Hello all, Erik Sayle here. From the meeting last time. It was a great meeting and I am looking forward to the next and many more. I have read Transparent...
From New Scientist Scientists build polio virus from scratch Scientists have built the virus that causes polio from scratch in the lab, using nothing more than...
Well, That just hurts to think about. I think I got a limp now. I remember when I was a kid, there was a slightly older kid down the block in a wheelchair -...
"Official" Future Bible: NSF Report about tomorrow The general link: http://wtec.org/ConvergingTechnologies and the link for the pdf report (~350 pages) ...
Hi Futurists, Some of you have already mentioned, that Yahoo Groups has it's shortcomings: No graphics, URLs have to be written out and get broken if they go...
bafuture@...
Jul 13, 2002 7:48 pm
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Little post from Robert: Fellow Futurists As I mentioned to some of you at the last BAFuturist meeting, I am now in possession of the future of automobiles...
