worldsayshi

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by worldsayshi 14y ago
Can we sustain a ecosystem capable of sustaining human life in a desert without atmosphere or other protection from background radiation yet then? It seems like figuring this out should be the first step. Then again, sustainable colonies on
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
Then we will have to find ways to make it enjoyable, or give up the prospect all together.
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
The fact that we don't choose to live in deserts shows that it's highly likely that living in deserts - and all the more in even less hospitable environments - is not sustainable given our current way of living. Unless we can show that we c
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
"I'll believe in people settling Mars at about the same time I see people settling the Gobi Desert. The Gobi Desert is about a thousand times as hospitable as Mars and five hundred times cheaper and easier to reach." - [Bruce Sterling]( htt
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
I don't see how it can be made feasible to return humans from Mars for a very long time. Think about the expenditure and infrastructure required to launch a vehicle to escape velocity on earth. Shipping that kind of equipment to Mars seem
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
How would you substitute one for the other?
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
"nonsense" feels like an understatement. It competes with our food sources and even more so with ecological diversity. It should be one of those factors that assure that food prices rise to the sky with fuel prices and as they both go up, n
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
Put the neuroscientists on the task of specifying lawyers pronto.
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
"This would not be good enough to replace a lawyer." And proof checkers doesn't replace mathematicians. But the existence of proof checkers puts (a subset of) mathematics into the software realm. I feel that it is probably inevitable that a
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
"The crowd was told a recording would be made available later in OGG or WebM format." Two lines down. I guess that line could have been added later..
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
About classifying computer viruses as a form of life: "Maybe it says something about human nature, that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive." Other (constructive) computer programs could just as well be seen a
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
And cut all backwards compatibility in doing so? Risky move indeed. Not so sure the benefits would make up for it.
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
1. This is great! 2. Does this bring an interesting/problematic angle to net neutrality? (Not really right?)
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
Dunno, kind of makes you think of this guy: http://www.sfi.se/PageFiles/8142/Spirited_-Away03.jpg
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
Ahem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gartner_Hype_Cycle_for_Eme...
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by worldsayshi 14y ago
Yea. A good workplace is one in which calling "that one is my fault" is a natural part of your work flow and doesn't cost you points (unless you become to frequent).