August 2011
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The Government is Spying On You Through Facebook... →
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“In the 3rd World… Software companies could be selling their software at...”
– Geek News: ‘Try before you buy’ marketing actually might discourage piracy
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“Perhaps the major software publishers should be looking at the Third World with...”
– Geek News: ‘Try before you buy’ marketing actually might discourage piracy
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mikeschramm.com » Blog Archive » My time in The... →
“…though Batman Returns will always be my favorite Batman movie, and though the 1966 version will always have a place in my heart, The Dark Knight is definitely the greatest Batman movie ever made so far. But “maybe,” because I worked, for one day, as an extra on The Dark Knight when they were filming here in Chicago. And when I went to see it for the first time, I hoped that I was in...
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“Pruning of the Neural Connections How do the connections of the brain then...”
– smart content for smart people | contribute and share | hamilton institute - How does the brain work?
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RFC Goggles →
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“IBM on Thursday announced it has created a chip designed to imitate the human...”
– New IBM computer chip mimics the human brain - CNN.com
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“Ten years after President Bill Clinton announced that the first draft of the...”
– A Decade Later, Human Genome Project Yields Few New Cures - NYTimes.com
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“Bill Gates has blurbed Kurzweil’s books. Other admirers include Peter...”
– Cross-check: Singularity Schtick: Hi-tech moguls and The New York Times may buy it, but you shouldn’t
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acceleration alone isn’t enough to build the...
Kurzweil believes that, based on his calculations, technological change is accelerating at such a pace that by 2045 progress will become incomprehensibly rapid. Things like genuine artificial intelligence, self-replicating nanorobots, and human-machine hybrids will be effortless and prolific. Yet, in less than a decade, genomics has shown that improvements in the cost and speed of a technology do not guarantee real-world applications or immediate paradigm shifts in how we live our day-to-day lives.
Moore’s Law is moot and genetics (in terms of applications) is just beginning to boom. Back to the drawing boards, futurists: acceleration alone isn’t enough to build the future.
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“In terms of reductions in cost and speed, genomic sequencing has accomplished in...”
– Genomics Has Bad News For The Singularity | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine
CGSociety - J.P. Targete →
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“Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that...”
– A statement by Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization behind Sesame Street, responding to a change.org petition to allow Bert and Ernie to get married. (via officialssay)
The day Sesame Street had to remind the world that Bert and Ernie are puppets, not political tools.
(via aatombomb)
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Transformers 3-Dark of the Moon Wingsuit Featurett →
