Its an excellent article, enjoyed it. I think it unlikely that the majority of civilizations would converge to a state of idleness and pursuit of bliss. First, there are too many physical forms of life and ours with our needs of physical pleasure and/or need for idleness, at times, is probably not common to all. Second, regardless of the physical form, there are too many paths that civilizations could take. Some could certainly enforce a specific lifestyle - by bio-engineering, medication or by law and enforcement but there remains individuals always in our cultures that choose to be different. As with a more robust nations, there are always some who pursue travel and exploration as a hobby and a means of pleasure.

B.S Mac OS X is not an OS for high-end workstations. If you want a great OS, revive Sun Solaris. This was a great operating system for workstations and exists in obscurity now due to failed marketing and foresight by McNealy and Sun Micro. Solaris blew the pants off Linux for security and reliability and multitasking which are the first things needed to get the most of any high-end workstation.

...having been saved from its ill-fate by Martians yet to be revealed to us. They repair Spirit, give it a conscience and telekinetic powers then return it to earth. Back on Earth, it quickly recognizes the frivolities of human culture and as a reaction chooses to create tis own religion. He gains a great following of those that choose to be tonken with his ideals and accept a new gender - temuline. But the masses that loved and admired tim suddenly turn against tim. The falls and is martyred and tis beloved consume trace amounts of tis titanium and aluminum to become one with tim.

These machines are truly the ultimate die-hard bunnies.

There is a new discussion group on google - http://groups.google.com/group/memristor-computer-programming You are welcome to join. Please forward the web page to others who may be interested. Jaxs