Interestingly enough when I was in college in 2005 one of the labs had a shelf with some old equipment from the late 90's early 2000. There sat an old wired VoIP phone with a plasticy label on top, it said "iPhone". I wish I could find a picture of it.

Edit: Found it on wikipedia Linksys iPhone it was created by InfoGear in '98.

Think about this though: the squishy frail material that makes up our bodies is also extremely energy efficient. Yes, it is much easier to damage us but it is likewise much easier to repair and even replicate. Compare that to durable artificial machines, yes they are more durable but compared to us require an extreme amount of energy to repair or replicate.

So you see there is a trade off. We *could* be made of more durable chemicals, but then we would require more time and energy to heal or procreate. So then the next question is which is more important, the durability and longevity of the individual, or the growth rate and adaptability of the collective?

At this point I think it would be easier to invent some kind of optic implant to fool your brain into thinking you're looking at a 3d display, rather than actually trying to find some way to reflect photons in mid air.

This would have the added bonus of privacy unless you opt to "share" your display with others nearby. Anyone you're not sharing the display with would just see you waving your hands around like a lunatic.

The one noone ever talks about. Socializing. There are a ton of people out there that are obsessed with each other, and I mean to an unhealthy level. I know people who literally cannot stand being "single" for a day. They fall into depression when there is no drama circling their lives.

Why don't people ever discuss *that* addiction?

I'm an introvert but I've been quite happy with my life despite coming off as quiet and reserved compared to most people. I just do not find human culture as the pinnacle of my interest. Science and nature interest me just as much if not more than what we primates are doing with each other.

The universe is made from block transfer computations?

Chronology of most tech companies:

-Genius Engineer develops tech
-Salesman buddy helps start company
-Product becomes sucessfull
-Salesman brings in more of his salesman/lawyer buddies to grow company
-Group of salesmen/lawyers push genius engineer to some obscure corner of the company
-Innovation slows to crawl or stops entirely
-Company floats for the next decade or two off litigation and anti-competitive licensing while salesmen/lawyers rake in $$
-Another genius engineer somewhere else develops better tech
-Company devoid of any innovation fades into obscurity

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A lot of MMOs now a days ship with not much content. The problem is the publishers only care about pushing boxes off the shelves, not maintaining the game world. Once 20-40 hours of content are made they pack it and ship with a cursory note that the game can always be patched later. They then migrate 98% of the developers to the next project and leave a skeleton crew to maintain it and on rare occasion toss a crumb of content like a new equipment model or recolored monster. The marketing department goes to town getting you to slap down $40-$60 for the shiny box and once you played it for a week that's all there is to do.

So the problem is many games that are marketing themselves as MMOs aren't growing evolving worlds, they are mediocre standalone games with multiplayer functionality tacked on almost as an afterthought.

To compound LEGOs problem they tried selling a subscription based model and their target demographic is children too young to have jobs and stable income. Most of them don't have enough allowance to pay a monthly fee. The whole game should have been free to play to begin with and make money off an item shop that way the kids can occasionally fork over cash for a shiny mount or costume.

Give it to the folks at CSI, they'll be able to extra alien DNA from that photo. Imagine what they could do with the Hubble deep field...

I use a simple mnemonic password formula that incorporates the name of whatever I'm securing with the password. For example each websites password will use some characters from its URL, so it is then unique and I don't have to memorize a thousand of them.

Duqu was cut off at the head.

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YEEAHHH!!!

It has become self aware?

I see your Duku and raise you 1 Magneto (waved over Dukus harddrive)

Current consoles are good enough for pushing pixels on to 2d planes with a limited rectangular window. What we really need is a real innovation in display technology, and I'm not talking this stereoscopic, trick of the eyes gimmick. I'm talking the 3d holographic displays you see in science fiction. The ability to project any object anywhere into mid air. Make this possible and then you'll see a real need for better processing power.

If my hypothetical faster than light starship had a front window that I could see through, wouldn't I get a really nasty sunburn?