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2019/04/05 04:18:22
Subject: Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
We've had transparent "aluminium" for decades.
They use it in watch crystals. You see through it to see the face of the watch. Synthetic sapphires are a form of alumimium.
I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
2019/04/09 16:04:40
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
not quite sure those were/are the sort of sex robots we were led to believe would exist.
Still, great for the R2 D2 "fan" in your life eh ?
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2019/04/09 16:13:38
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
JSF wrote:... this is really quite an audacious move by GW, throwing out any pretext that this is a game and that its customers exist to do anything other than buy their overpriced products for the sake of it. The naked arrogance, greed and contempt for their audience is shocking.
= Epic First Post.
2019/04/12 08:59:17
Subject: Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
Yes, because THIS idea has never lead to anything but GOOD things.
Right Mojo?
You want trunk monkey because this is how you get trunk monkey!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2019/04/12 23:08:42
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
I have a feeling that anybody who was reluctant to knock one out in a Hospital setting will not be the type who could be coerced into sticking his ding-dong into that creepy thing.
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
IN that one bit, those robots have done more work then all the wiener dogs in history put together. or as Rodney the wiener dog would say "shut up and rub my belly!"
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2019/04/25 11:38:59
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2019/05/30 06:55:53
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2019/05/30 08:58:27
Subject: Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
It was probably some disgruntled contractor who dumped his data and went into hiding.
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in eastern Tennessee, physicist Leah Broussard is trying to open a portal to a parallel universe.
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2019/07/10 23:15:53
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
Yeah, because stories abound about the positive occurrances of finding parallel universes.
Woman tries to reach the Upside Down, tonight at 5.
"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should."
2019/07/12 09:48:07
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2019/07/18 21:56:03
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
Grey Templar wrote: I have a feeling that anybody who was reluctant to knock one out in a Hospital setting will not be the type who could be coerced into sticking his ding-dong into that creepy thing.
Cost (New, delivered to a hospital): $23,700 per unit.
Cost (Used, at an auction): $348,000.
2019/07/19 21:42:49
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
The next step of our evolution and the replacement of us due to coming obsolete.
I for one will bow down to our machine overlords.
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/766717.page A Mostly Renegades and Heretics blog.
GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units." Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?" Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?" GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!" Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.
2019/07/20 11:09:57
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2019/07/20 13:30:12
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
Sorry. My brain already has enough viruses and organizational errors. It's the Luddite life for me!
"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should."
2019/07/21 00:04:19
Subject: Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
queen_annes_revenge wrote: Because what could possibly go wrong installing technology in people's heads.. Pass.
I'm sorry, your subscription to Musk-corp Brain-ware has expired. Please enter a valid credit card number to restore brain functionality!
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
On the one hand I could tots live in a Ghost in the Shell future, with cyborgs and kick butt technology.
On the other hand, I would live in a Ghost in the Shell future, with seedy corporations and corrupt government officials (except for short old guys and hot women PMs) run the world.
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Everybody should ignore Elon Musk at this point. Both the hyperloop and traffic tunnel ideas he was/is pushing are both garbage, wildly impractical solutions. Cellular machine interface is necessary and going to happen - for the blind to see and for the deaf to hear, and for artificial limbs and exoskeletal assistance. There are tons of potential practical applications that don't involve drilling holes in peoples skulls and inserting circuitry into an organ we aren't even close to truly understanding.
John Prins wrote: Everybody should ignore Elon Musk at this point. Both the hyperloop and traffic tunnel ideas he was/is pushing are both garbage, wildly impractical solutions. Cellular machine interface is necessary and going to happen - for the blind to see and for the deaf to hear, and for artificial limbs and exoskeletal assistance. There are tons of potential practical applications that don't involve drilling holes in peoples skulls and inserting circuitry into an organ we aren't even close to truly understanding.
You do realize that most of the things that you mention will, actually, require that last part to a greater or lesser degree, right?
Fate is in heaven, armor is on the chest, accomplishment is in the feet. - Nagao Kagetora
2019/07/21 03:09:41
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
John Prins wrote: Everybody should ignore Elon Musk at this point. Both the hyperloop and traffic tunnel ideas he was/is pushing are both garbage, wildly impractical solutions. Cellular machine interface is necessary and going to happen - for the blind to see and for the deaf to hear, and for artificial limbs and exoskeletal assistance. There are tons of potential practical applications that don't involve drilling holes in peoples skulls and inserting circuitry into an organ we aren't even close to truly understanding.
You do realize that most of the things that you mention will, actually, require that last part to a greater or lesser degree, right?
No, not really. We already have replacement limbs controlled by nerve impulses being read without invasive surgery. It's crude, but with better technology and minor surgery to implant that technology nearer to the nerves carrying the impulses, it will get better. There's lots of nerve structure that's external to the brain and we've been messing about with it for some time, in some cases even replacing its function (pacemakers, for example).
To integrate computers with people's brain is an entire other kettle of fish. We're still very fuzzy about how memory and conscious thought occurs and sticking wires into people's brains is generally frowned upon (compared to some nerves in the extremities).
Musk is pushing 30-years from now technology (i.e. No actual idea of when it will work) for hype purposes (i.e. stock price). Helping amputees isn't nearly as 'sexy' as TRANSHUMANIZING EVERYONE'S BRAIN!!!
John Prins wrote: Everybody should ignore Elon Musk at this point. Both the hyperloop and traffic tunnel ideas he was/is pushing are both garbage, wildly impractical solutions. Cellular machine interface is necessary and going to happen - for the blind to see and for the deaf to hear, and for artificial limbs and exoskeletal assistance. There are tons of potential practical applications that don't involve drilling holes in peoples skulls and inserting circuitry into an organ we aren't even close to truly understanding.
You do realize that most of the things that you mention will, actually, require that last part to a greater or lesser degree, right?
Not necessarily.
Given that we've successfully attached electrodes to people's heads and after a lot of practice they've learned how to type letters with their minds, its not a stretch to see that a mind machine interface can be a relatively crude thing. Much like how trauma patients learn how to walk again by trial and error, you can learn how to randomly fire your neurons till something happens with the machine you've been hooked up to.
It might literally be as simple as putting some metal diodes into the brain tissue and having people think real hard.
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
Heresy World Eaters/Emperors Children 
