January 2010

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Tuesday Links

Largest book in the world to go on display

Kiwi high school issues shot heard around the open source world

Is AI really possible?

Tesla officially calls Chicago home

Norway’s Turbine City to power 120,000 homes, feature offshore hotels

Hunt for Earth’s ‘twin planet’ takes leap forward

Oh well.

If humans could fly in cars that travel at speeds of mach 4, that would be neat. If humans could find a way to travel faster than the speed of light in space-ships… that would be neat. If humans could eliminate poverty, that would be neat. If humans could eliminate aging… that would be neat. If humans could eradicate ego-dystonic homelessness, that would be neat. That is all I shall write at this time, for now.

Oh well.

How? Theoretically?

True Value

What is “true” value? Monetary transations take place all the time… so what is… _real_ value?

Meh. It’s probably subjective. lol :)

Afghanistan

Partly, it seems, the war in Afghanistan, against the Taliban is about perceptions. Who perceives they are going to win? Who is actually going to win? It is almost a horrible comparison, but war, is a little like sports in certain respects, except in war, death is more of a statistically likely potential. Then also, arguably, war has more political and social implications than sports.

I hope peace rains violently on to the region. I hope this manifests as a lack of killing and death and a manifestation of calm and happiness on everyone. Perhaps that is unrealistic at this point. Perhaps eventually however, that is inevitable to a certain degree, on a certain level. Oh well; time shall tell.

Airport security will probably be more secure. If everyone had their own private jet, all of this might not be an issue… perhaps not too much more than everyone having their /private/ car. lol. What a funny thought that is to me. Everyone has private cars… why not private jets?

The Internet is… faster for most… on average, perhaps. The Internet is reaching more human beings around the world. Good. Where will this all lead in a decade?