[Aaron]

Interesting

http://www.scottmcleod.org/didyouknow.wmv

[Bas]

where did you get it?

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'I')nteresting

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')e are living in exponential times

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bas', 'w')here did you get it?

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bas', 'w')here did you get it?

[jboogy]

where are we headed? based on the estimated computing power at the end of the video , I'd say terminator world. Aaron , whatever happened to your walking robot man ? whenever I used to see him I would stop and just watch him for at least 5 seconds , something almost hypnotic about that thing.

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jboogy', 'w')here are we headed? based on the estimated computing power at the end of the video , I'd say terminator world. Aaron , whatever happened to your walking robot man ? whenever I used to see him I would stop and just watch him for at least 5 seconds , something almost hypnotic about that thing.

[jboogy]

thanks , was good to see him again

[morph]

cool video with some interesting facts

[cynicalheretic]

Of course everytime you reply to this thread the video pops up. Aaron, its all nice and clever of you, but seriously, it fucking annoying.


Interesting video though

[rsch20]

If you are one of those people that scoff's at the 'techno-fix' this should give you pause.

not only is the 'techno-fix' not completely inconsequential, it is an issue equal to or greater than PO itself, the only difference being that it might have an upside.


If you aren't aware what the terms 'Omega Point' 'Singularity' or 'Law of Accelerating Returns' mean and signify, then (imo) you aren't nearly as educated on the world as you think you are.


Fun Fact: the most powerful computer on earth is 'Seti At Home', running at 15 TeraFlops (15 trillion floating point operations per second)