We gave up the heavy industries in America (too dirty) for the IT industry, not suspecting that others would simply purloin that, (with little regulation). Meanwhile auto manufacturers pushed aside advanced engineering technologies (Tesla), relied on new colours and fancy curves, marketing some flat screens to save the day. Getting back to what we had is what we see to-day, dreamers relying on government for protection.

Perhaps it's time the industry re-examine Cinerama with wide wrap around, deeply curved screen, subtending 146-degrees of arc immersion mimicking the eyeball curvature. Introduced in the 50's Cinerama was presented to the public as a theatrical event, with reserved seating and printed programs. This is Cinerama (demo) was the hit of 1952 with sell-out crowds for a year, the technology limitations of film & multi projectors can easily be overcome with modern digital.

Fighting progress is a losing proposition. We've let marketing direct innovation and engineering.

Utilizing technological sophisticated weapons can subjugate a populous easily with impunity.

Military implications for sure, part of drone target surveillance.

In the old days horse thieves were shot. Bet he was alone just hours after the vehicle was stolen, when approached he pulls a gun, wait for the cops or justified action?

Interact model 1 computer, full colour, sound, 16K bytes (only 4K after the o/s was loaded) programming on audio tapes, RS232 interface with a two holer modem for usenet, MS Basic, Intel 8080A @ 2MHz 17 X 12 text 112 x 78 graphics (4 colors), circa 1978. I had 300+ programs. Then jumped straight into the Amiga for 15 years, (still have a garage full of stuff) before IBM became dominate.

During a tour of a prison in Porto Portugal the 'Centro Portugues de Fotografia' (a prison) it has been turned into a gallery for photographers and a museum of still cameras. The building is made of granite and the cells have been removed, the exhibit was largely the 3rd floor, but I could see this collection occupying all floors should there be a donation as a worldly gesture.

I thought Prometheus and Alien Covenant capped the series for me, I had so many questions regarding the synthetic man that I knew there was a great story in it, and to have the movie Alien tie in, expanded my universe. And to think that a narrative might yet expand beyond AI with hints of who, why, and where... The creative juices are humming, where do I buy tickets!

Been using it for years and don't have any undue spam so far.

Hilarious fun, a bit of a thriller mixed with a criminal mentality.

Canned beverage purchased from machine, a straw keep the gremlins down and to get past the icebergs. I do remember when paper straws (most people used two at a time) where abandoned and plastic was the new big bore pea shooter. Checking prices, plastic could be still be made available with a heavy manufacturers tax giving paper the wide edge (tax would be refunded to those who showed need from a medical perspective). I just don't see metal tubes with cleaners as a viable alternative unless the tips where sharpened for duel duty as a weapon or could take a breach block that could handle small caliber shot. I do recall many disasters with glass tubes, exploding in the eye, to cut lips, swallowing the tip, and body lacerations.

Sad to see it go, it was a creatives tool and really fun to use. Kodi multi-media is my attention these days and allows me to put aside operating systems as important.

Kodi doesn't contain malware it's the illegal add-ons and code overlays. From the site: https://kodi.tv/article/warnin...

AI eventually will come to the conclusion that mankind is the true issue, and using circuitous techniques (side steping conrols) create global circumstances in which the environment settles this minor irritant. Then proceeds to re-populate no longer based on a fundamental genetic flaw and advancing fundamental questions of the universe that once plagued the inferior species and take its place as the builder of worlds.