Comments on: Clawing my way into the future - I want to bring you, too! http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2007/02/clawing-my-way-into-the-future-i-want-to-bring-you-too/ Edge Case, Community Builder, Tinkerer, and Teacher Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:46:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Josh Bancroft http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2007/02/clawing-my-way-into-the-future-i-want-to-bring-you-too/#comment-21268 Josh Bancroft Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:25:42 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2007/02/clawing-my-way-into-the-future-i-want-to-bring-you-too/#comment-21268 @ Phil - A cookie for you. Actually, I see the reference all over - it's become a pop culture icon, I think. I believe I first remember it from The Simpsons, when the dolphins took over. But you still get a cookie. :-) @ Mike - I've been meaning to read some of Vinge's stuff - I'll check that out. Kurzweil mentions him repeatedly in Singularity, and I loves me some "hard" scifi. :cool: @ Phil - A cookie for you. Actually, I see the reference all over - it’s become a pop culture icon, I think. I believe I first remember it from The Simpsons, when the dolphins took over. But you still get a cookie. :-)

@ Mike - I’ve been meaning to read some of Vinge’s stuff - I’ll check that out. Kurzweil mentions him repeatedly in Singularity, and I loves me some “hard” scifi. :cool:

]]> By: Mike Pettit http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2007/02/clawing-my-way-into-the-future-i-want-to-bring-you-too/#comment-21218 Mike Pettit Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:13:05 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2007/02/clawing-my-way-into-the-future-i-want-to-bring-you-too/#comment-21218 Hi, Check out Vernor Vinge's book 'Rainbow's End'. It is an enjoyable postulation regarding, say, the mid-point in our approach to the singularity. Fast forward everything from today about 20 years, and like all births, getting the singularity out will be messy but worth it. There is a short story from the 50's or 60's that takes on the idea of downloading your self to backup medium every once in a while. What happens when those copies are restored while you are around. What happens when the love of your life is killed before backing up the last 10 years, the only copies were restored before she met you. Can you pick right up with one of the other copies? Are they in any real sense clones? Very nice treatment of the very real situations we'll encounter some day not too many decades off. Take it easy, Mike Hi,

Check out Vernor Vinge’s book ‘Rainbow’s End’. It is an enjoyable postulation regarding, say, the mid-point in our approach to the singularity. Fast forward everything from today about 20 years, and like all births, getting the singularity out will be messy but worth it.

There is a short story from the 50’s or 60’s that takes on the idea of downloading your self to backup medium every once in a while. What happens when those copies are restored while you are around. What happens when the love of your life is killed before backing up the last 10 years, the only copies were restored before she met you. Can you pick right up with one of the other copies? Are they in any real sense clones? Very nice treatment of the very real situations we’ll encounter some day not too many decades off.

Take it easy,

Mike

]]> By: Philip Ferris http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2007/02/clawing-my-way-into-the-future-i-want-to-bring-you-too/#comment-20937 Philip Ferris Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:13:38 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2007/02/clawing-my-way-into-the-future-i-want-to-bring-you-too/#comment-20937 For some previous commenting on Ray Kurzweil’s “The Singularity is Near“ Ezra Klein's blog entry from 2005 at http://ezraklein.typepad.com/blog/2005/09/all_hail_our_ne.html. It also makes mention in the comments of the matrix version of your overlords quote, (so do I get a cookie?). Cheers Phil For some previous commenting on Ray Kurzweil’s “The Singularity is Near“ Ezra Klein’s blog entry from 2005 at http://ezraklein.typepad.com/blog/2005/09/all_hail_our_ne.html. It also makes mention in the comments of the matrix version of your overlords quote, (so do I get a cookie?).

Cheers

Phil

]]> By: Climb to the Stars (Stephanie Booth) http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2007/02/clawing-my-way-into-the-future-i-want-to-bring-you-too/#comment-28049 Climb to the Stars (Stephanie Booth) Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2007/02/clawing-my-way-into-the-future-i-want-to-bring-you-too/#comment-28049 <!--%kramer-pre%-->Impact Lab - Amazing 3D Sidewalk Art Photos - Crazy. Must see. Pinko Marketing / My History - Tara Hunt explains how the Cluetrain impacted her life/job as a marketer. Setting up the Mac OS X 10.4 Terminal.app SécuriBlogue Clawing my way into the future - I want to bring you, too! » TinyScreenfuls.com - I can relate to a lot of this. Accelerando! - SF novel. CC. More... [RSS] <!--%kramer-post%--> links from TechnoratiImpact Lab - Amazing 3D Sidewalk Art Photos - Crazy. Must see. Pinko Marketing / My History - Tara Hunt explains how the Cluetrain impacted her life/job as a marketer. Setting up the Mac OS X 10.4 Terminal.app SécuriBlogue Clawing my way into the future - I want to bring you, too! » TinyScreenfuls.com - I can relate to a lot of this. Accelerando! - SF novel. CC. More… [RSS]

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