If we really are living in a simulation, I think we need to send someone outside to hook up a NAT server, so we can connect the Internet to the world that encloses ours.
Advantages: We will be able to communicate with the people who run our world from the "real" world. I can already see people on IRC asking all kinds of favors, like "I want to be rich. Someone important. Like an actor."
Disadvantages: Script kiddies will get into the machines of the "real" world and they'll perform a DOS attack. Next thing you know, you're just walking down the street minding your own business when suddenly the street you were on turns into a toxic waste dump and a couple of identical cats walk by.
But anyway, if we ever do build a simulation, we should definitely connect our Internet into the world we make. That way, people who figure it out will be able to communicate with us. We'll tell 'em we're God... Screw the Prime Directive.
Ultimate disadvantage: Skript kiddie slashdot trolls hack into the machines, and suddenly everywhere you look you see the goatse guy and the tubgirl on any flat surface you can precieve. Oh, and the world will look like a pain inducing FPS-game level [somethingawful.com].
Oh yeah, cool.... then we can get to all their porn, future p2p fileswapping (-10,000 day movie releases), and access to spam methods we can't even begin to cope with. Like I didn't have enough to do, now I have to figure out how to stop hyper-mega-global-virii from the year 9000.
-SIGH- I'm gunna need a couple cases of RedBull and a carton of smokes.
Next thing you know, you're just walking down the street minding your own business when suddenly the street you were on turns into a toxic waste dump and a couple of identical cats walk by
Hmmm. All this time I was blaming that on W's administration.
If we really are living in a simulation, I think we need to hack into their system, to tell them WE are THEIR god.
That way, the simulations simulator thinks the simulation is its simulator........err something
Besides, then we dont have to ask them for anything, we just tell them.
Advantages: We will be able to communicate with the people who run our world from the "real" world. I can already see people on IRC asking all kinds of favors, like "I want to be rich. Someone important. Like an actor."
This neatly explains Bill Gates.
"Be there. Aloha."
-- Steve McGarret, _Hawaii Five-Oh_
#include "universe.h" (Score:5, Funny)
Advantages: We will be able to communicate with the people who run our world from the "real" world. I can already see people on IRC asking all kinds of favors, like "I want to be rich. Someone important. Like an actor."
Disadvantages: Script kiddies will get into the machines of the "real" world and they'll perform a DOS attack. Next thing you know, you're just walking down the street minding your own business when suddenly the street you were on turns into a toxic waste dump and a couple of identical cats walk by.
But anyway, if we ever do build a simulation, we should definitely connect our Internet into the world we make. That way, people who figure it out will be able to communicate with us. We'll tell 'em we're God... Screw the Prime Directive.
Re:#include "universe.h" (Score:2)
Eek...
Re:#include "universe.h" (Score:1)
then we can get to all their porn, future p2p fileswapping (-10,000 day movie releases), and access to spam methods we can't even begin to cope with. Like I didn't have enough to do, now I have to figure out how to stop hyper-mega-global-virii from the year 9000.
-SIGH- I'm gunna need a couple cases of RedBull and a carton of smokes.
Re:#include "universe.h" (Score:1)
Hmmm. All this time I was blaming that on W's administration.
Re:#include "universe.h" (Score:1)
Re:#include "universe.h" (Score:2)
10,000 years of technological advancement since the first simulator and STILL no one's using Smalltalk!
Re:#include "universe.h" (Score:1)
Advantages: We will be able to communicate with the people who run our world from the "real" world. I can already see people on IRC asking all kinds of favors, like "I want to be rich. Someone important. Like an actor."
This neatly explains Bill Gates.