Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 11:24:22 AM
holy crap it's going to be great.
Do you guys ever think about that kind of stuff, too? :ksu:
Post by: puniraptor on April 08, 2013, 11:27:49 AM
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on April 08, 2013, 11:28:00 AM
Post by: ChiComCat on April 08, 2013, 11:33:06 AM
Google Glass is ridiculous imo, but I think it is technology before anyone knows how to use it well. What will that bring? When technology accelerates at a faster pace than there are reasonable uses for that excites me. I get pretty pumped that people are just creating and leaving others to figure out practical applications.
Post by: scottwildcat on April 08, 2013, 11:33:24 AM
The human race as we know it will be extinct in 100 years
mmm i don't think so.
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 11:34:02 AM
when every child is born, they will have a computer injected into their brainstem
super babies!
Bus seriously, how much did the old days suck? We didn't even have the internet when I was in grade school. People were idiots and thought it was OK for coaches to act like the Rice coach. Also during the renaissance they didn't have telephones. THE RENAISSANCE IS NOW.
The human race as we know it will be extinct in 100 years
the eff is this crap?
Post by: CNS on April 08, 2013, 11:34:30 AM
Boom! I now know Spanish!
Post by: ednksu on April 08, 2013, 11:36:18 AM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdvdmedia.ign.com%2Fdvd%2Fimage%2Farticle%2F859%2F859733%2Fgattaca-review-20080314041052316-000.jpg&hash=6bf7de29785f1b3cc623b92fa20531f483094708)The human race as we know it will be extinct in 100 years
mmm i don't think so.
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 11:37:46 AM
What blows my mind is there will be technology that we can't even think of now. My parents never would've dreamed of computers when they were not that much younger than me. Now, its iPads/smartphones.
Google Glass is ridiculous imo, but I think it is technology before anyone knows how to use it well. What will that bring? When technology accelerates at a faster pace than there are reasonable uses for that excites me. I get pretty pumped that people are just creating and leaving others to figure out practical applications.
YES!!! also we are learning more about ourselves, people are doing scientific research about being happy and laughing and crap, and we are learning more about our origins and just being smarter in general.
Post by: ChiComCat on April 08, 2013, 11:38:48 AM
I am really looking forward to wanting to know something, buying some sort of a knowledge upgrade on Amazon, then downloading it directly into my head.
Boom! I now know Spanish!
Maybe that is what would make Google Glass more practical. A translation system that translates other languages and then you say something back in english and it shows you a phonetic response in that language. You would have to repeat yourself but boom! Language barrier destroyed and hands free.
Post by: yoga-like_abana on April 08, 2013, 11:40:34 AM
Post by: puniraptor on April 08, 2013, 11:41:56 AM
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 11:44:45 AM
Its a little scary and interesting all at the same time. I think we should go down to the closest cafe with the best barista and discuss this michigancat
why is it scary? living in the most awesome time ever??
Post by: puniraptor on April 08, 2013, 11:46:53 AM
Post by: yoga-like_abana on April 08, 2013, 11:51:01 AM
I fear that human interaction will be non existent.. This is a time when others would rather text than talk. And if you walk around 90% of the people have their head down looking at a phone or ipod or something.Its a little scary and interesting all at the same time. I think we should go down to the closest cafe with the best barista and discuss this michigancat
why is it scary? living in the most awesome time ever??
Post by: SwiftCat on April 08, 2013, 11:51:34 AM
Post by: puniraptor on April 08, 2013, 11:53:16 AM
I fear that human interaction will be non existent.. This is a time when others would rather text than talk. And if you walk around 90% of the people have their head down looking at a phone or ipod or something.Its a little scary and interesting all at the same time. I think we should go down to the closest cafe with the best barista and discuss this michigancat
why is it scary? living in the most awesome time ever??
human interaction and device interaction will become indistinguishable. see: baby brain computer injection.
Post by: Bloodfart on April 08, 2013, 11:57:25 AM
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 12:00:09 PM
I fear that human interaction will be non existent.. This is a time when others would rather text than talk. And if you walk around 90% of the people have their head down looking at a phone or ipod or something.Its a little scary and interesting all at the same time. I think we should go down to the closest cafe with the best barista and discuss this michigancat
why is it scary? living in the most awesome time ever??
Are we not interacting right now? I guarantee you this interaction is more meaningful than whatever conversation I would have had with some dope on the train this morning.
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on April 08, 2013, 12:03:10 PM
I fear that human interaction will be non existent.. This is a time when others would rather text than talk. And if you walk around 90% of the people have their head down looking at a phone or ipod or something.Its a little scary and interesting all at the same time. I think we should go down to the closest cafe with the best barista and discuss this michigancat
why is it scary? living in the most awesome time ever??
#HotPeopleProblems
Post by: yoga-like_abana on April 08, 2013, 12:03:27 PM
this is probably true but did you try to initiate a conversation with some dope on the train? I think we possibly will become to reliant on technology, its already used as a crutch by many.I fear that human interaction will be non existent.. This is a time when others would rather text than talk. And if you walk around 90% of the people have their head down looking at a phone or ipod or something.Its a little scary and interesting all at the same time. I think we should go down to the closest cafe with the best barista and discuss this michigancat
why is it scary? living in the most awesome time ever??
Are we not interacting right now? I guarantee you this interaction is more meaningful than whatever conversation I would have had with some dope on the train this morning.
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 12:09:22 PM
this is probably true but did you try to initiate a conversation with some dope on the train? I think we possibly will become to reliant on technology, its already used as a crutch by many.I fear that human interaction will be non existent.. This is a time when others would rather text than talk. And if you walk around 90% of the people have their head down looking at a phone or ipod or something.Its a little scary and interesting all at the same time. I think we should go down to the closest cafe with the best barista and discuss this michigancat
why is it scary? living in the most awesome time ever??
Are we not interacting right now? I guarantee you this interaction is more meaningful than whatever conversation I would have had with some dope on the train this morning.
Of course not, didn't I tell you he was a dope? I heard him talking and he was just talking about his stupid weekend.
And reliance on technology is great, it frees up our mind to do more important things. I mean we got out of the stone age because we started relying on new fangled technologies like shelter and agriculture. (roughly).
Post by: Institutional Control on April 08, 2013, 12:11:22 PM
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 12:15:49 PM
I'll bet Caveman YGA was against people using fire.
Quote
guys, I'm worried we're becoming too reliant on this new technology, the wheel
obviously imperfect because they couldn't really talk (probably)
Post by: yoga-like_abana on April 08, 2013, 12:18:34 PM
Post by: OK_Cat on April 08, 2013, 12:20:04 PM
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 12:20:08 PM
when this world gets wall-ed I'm going to skype you all and tell you I told you so. but it probably won't be skype it will be something else by then
bro, we wouldn't have ever interacted if not for this place. munch on that for a little bit.
Post by: yoga-like_abana on April 08, 2013, 12:26:38 PM
Post by: puniraptor on April 08, 2013, 12:27:56 PM
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 12:29:34 PM
Don't get me wrong I love technology and change is usually always for the better. The question is really if mankind is ready for whatever new technologies are dropped into our lap
I think our growing understanding of science and the universe is equally fascinating and beneficial.
Post by: Cire on April 08, 2013, 12:30:05 PM
Post by: Bloodfart on April 08, 2013, 12:33:14 PM
I think it's going to be like demolition man.
You know it.
/thread
Post by: CNS on April 08, 2013, 12:34:14 PM
Post by: CNS on April 08, 2013, 12:34:35 PM
Post by: pissclams on April 08, 2013, 12:57:16 PM
this data will be data for the world.
Post by: star seed 7 on April 08, 2013, 12:58:23 PM
try to imagine a world without technology. now, imagine a world with endless ideas and creativity. now, imagine a world with some technology (not a lot, not a little) and with a medium amount of ideas and creativity. imagine living in a world with no borders (geographic, socioeconomic, linguistic). imagine the movement of information real time and the impacts of the borderless world developing at an unprecedented rate.
this data will be data for the world.
Thanks Obama.
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 12:59:54 PM
try to imagine a world without technology. now, imagine a world with endless ideas and creativity. now, imagine a world with some technology (not a lot, not a little) and with a medium amount of ideas and creativity. imagine living in a world with no borders (geographic, socioeconomic, linguistic). imagine the movement of information real time and the impacts of the borderless world developing at an unprecedented rate.
this data will be data for the world.
It's hard to imagine, but fun!
Post by: yoga-like_abana on April 08, 2013, 01:00:38 PM
try to imagine a world without technology. now, imagine a world with endless ideas and creativity. now, imagine a world with some technology (not a lot, not a little) and with a medium amount of ideas and creativity. imagine living in a world with no borders (geographic, socioeconomic, linguistic). imagine the movement of information real time and the impacts of the borderless world developing at an unprecedented rate.sieg heil!
this data will be data for the world.
Post by: pissclams on April 08, 2013, 01:00:53 PM
Post by: Rams on April 08, 2013, 01:42:09 PM
mind.
blown.
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on April 08, 2013, 01:48:20 PM
3d printing is going to be as big as the internet and probably at least as much if not more disruptive to the overall economy. I would guess we're probably about 20 years or so away from it being mainstream. imagine not ever having to order anything or go to a store to buy anything ever again. you just download the plans and print it.
mind.
blown.
GUNS!
Post by: kso_FAN on April 08, 2013, 01:51:15 PM
I'm sure this is luked, but its still pretty cool:
Price of 1 gigabyte:
1981 - $300,000
1987 - $50,000
1990 - $10,000
1994 - $1,000
1997 - $100
2000 - $10
2004 - $1
2012 - $0.10
Post by: Rams on April 08, 2013, 01:51:48 PM
well yeah...that's kind of the dark side of it.3d printing is going to be as big as the internet and probably at least as much if not more disruptive to the overall economy. I would guess we're probably about 20 years or so away from it being mainstream. imagine not ever having to order anything or go to a store to buy anything ever again. you just download the plans and print it.
mind.
blown.
GUNS!
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/download-this-gun-3d-printed-semi-automatic-fires-over-600-rounds/ (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/download-this-gun-3d-printed-semi-automatic-fires-over-600-rounds/)
Post by: raquetcat on April 08, 2013, 02:00:44 PM
3d printing is going to be as big as the internet and probably at least as much if not more disruptive to the overall economy. I would guess we're probably about 20 years or so away from it being mainstream. imagine not ever having to order anything or go to a store to buy anything ever again. you just download the plans and print it.
mind.
blown.
I really need to research this 3D printing thing, it sounds awesome. But would I have to assemble the product or does it print it fully assembled?
Post by: raquetcat on April 08, 2013, 02:04:12 PM
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38
I have to imagine voice recognition will get a lot better and also self driving cars (go google go)
:excited:
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 02:05:21 PM
But I think the medical implications will probably be bigger than home applications. BUT I COULD BE REALLY WRONG AND THAT'S AWESOME!!!
Post by: Institutional Control on April 08, 2013, 02:07:01 PM
Post by: star seed 7 on April 08, 2013, 02:09:20 PM
3d printing is going to be as big as the internet and probably at least as much if not more disruptive to the overall economy. I would guess we're probably about 20 years or so away from it being mainstream. imagine not ever having to order anything or go to a store to buy anything ever again. you just download the plans and print it.
mind.
blown.
I really need to research this 3D printing thing, it sounds awesome. But would I have to assemble the product or does it print it fully assembled?
3d printing can make fully functioning "things" inside a case. for example, puppeteers can use them to make doll heads, where all the moving parts are inside the head, but you can't access the inside at all (without cutting it open). jay leno uses one to replace impossible to find engine parts on his old cars. the uses right now are still pretty basic, but the potential is pretty great.
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on April 08, 2013, 02:10:28 PM
Post by: slimz on April 08, 2013, 02:15:41 PM
Post by: WillieWatanabe on April 08, 2013, 02:25:01 PM
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yes.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 08, 2013, 02:49:43 PM
We still haven't even cured cancer for Christ's sake.
I mean, touch screens blew my mind at the epcot center when I was 8, but we are still relying on the same basic forms of energy and transportation as we were in 1950. We have made huge strides in communication, so hopefully that will make the next 50 years more eventful than the last.
Post by: CNS on April 08, 2013, 02:53:22 PM
Also, I don't think many things get cured. The money is in the treatment. For example, I heard a thing on NPR this fall that said that there is a known drug that we could take to cure and prevent Lime disease, but that no one is producing it for humans because it wouldn't be profitable. The same doctor said that the drug is being produced, but that it is being made for dogs only right now. He said that they have heard many reports of ppl telling their Vet that they want it and having the vet prescribe it to the dog so that the owner can take it. It's not cancer, but the situation is pretty mumped up.
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on April 08, 2013, 02:53:38 PM
Eh, I kind of feel like the future is here and it's not nearly as exciting as I thought it would be. I mean, it's 2013 and the most impressive thing we have is an ipad. :jerk:
We still haven't even cured cancer for Christ's sake.
I mean, touch screens blew my mind at the epcot center when I was 8, but we are still relying on the same basic forms of energy and transportation as we were in 1950. We have made huge strides in communication, so hopefully that will make the next 50 years more eventful than the last.
:horrorsurprise: oh hell no
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on April 08, 2013, 02:53:49 PM
Eh, I kind of feel like the future is here and it's not nearly as exciting as I thought it would be. I mean, it's 2013 and the most impressive thing we have is an ipad. :jerk:
We still haven't even cured cancer for Christ's sake.
I mean, touch screens blew my mind at the epcot center when I was 8, but we are still relying on the same basic forms of energy and transportation as we were in 1950. We have made huge strides in communication, so hopefully that will make the next 50 years more eventful than the last.
That's what you think. Big Pharm won't let that happen
Post by: Institutional Control on April 08, 2013, 02:53:56 PM
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 08, 2013, 02:55:39 PM
Eh, I kind of feel like the future is here and it's not nearly as exciting as I thought it would be. I mean, it's 2013 and the most impressive thing we have is an ipad. :jerk:
We still haven't even cured cancer for Christ's sake.
I mean, touch screens blew my mind at the epcot center when I was 8, but we are still relying on the same basic forms of energy and transportation as we were in 1950. We have made huge strides in communication, so hopefully that will make the next 50 years more eventful than the last.
That's what you think. Big Pharm won't let that happen
Why are we placing so much faith in future tech and future pharm, then?
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on April 08, 2013, 03:00:30 PM
Post by: treysolid on April 08, 2013, 03:04:27 PM
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 03:06:08 PM
People will do anything to make $$ over helping society/mankind
I think you're being overly simplistic. I also think as people understand more about the body you will see more healing and less treatment. It will probably take the US nationalizing health care to make it more of a reality, which I think would be great.
Post by: pissclams on April 08, 2013, 04:27:56 PM
People will do anything to make $$ over helping society/mankind
3d printing new body parts
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 08, 2013, 04:31:26 PM
People will do anything to make $$ over helping society/mankind
3d printing new body parts
I plan on 3d printing me up some robot workers.
Post by: pissclams on April 08, 2013, 04:32:44 PM
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 08, 2013, 04:34:26 PM
Post by: pissclams on April 08, 2013, 04:37:09 PM
Post by: CNS on April 08, 2013, 04:58:31 PM
How long does it take to print a 3d printer? Is it faster or slower than the amount of time it would take for 2 robot workers to just manufacture one?
Maybe the first one or two, but once they follow the curve for a couple days, Clams will be crashing markets in southeast asia with his production levels.
QT will be giving out coupons for free 3d printers when you buy a hotdog. Problem is that no one will redeem them because the cost of shipping will make the 3d printer twice as expensive as just picking one up at Wal-Clams on the way back home.
Post by: Mr Bread on April 08, 2013, 05:04:19 PM
Post by: pissclams on April 08, 2013, 05:22:10 PM
wax on, wax off. tron will be asking me for loans, sons
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 06:55:38 PM
Post by: Saulbadguy on April 08, 2013, 06:58:31 PM
Post by: treysolid on April 08, 2013, 06:59:45 PM
I'm going to 3d print a time machine and go back to before bread just posted his last post and steal those ideas and then print double the amount of them that he was going to print.
wax on, wax off. tron will be asking me for loans, sons
you guys print all that stuff and you won't be making any scrilla because it'll all be so dirt cheap. extrude that, bitches.
Post by: Mr Bread on April 08, 2013, 07:03:16 PM
I'm going to 3d print a time machine and go back to before bread just posted his last post and steal those ideas and then print double the amount of them that he was going to print.
wax on, wax off. tron will be asking me for loans, sons
you guys print all that stuff and you won't be making any scrilla because it'll all be so dirt cheap. extrude that, bitches.
I'm going to print a treysolid and kill it.
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 07:05:05 PM
I'm going to 3d print a time machine and go back to before bread just posted his last post and steal those ideas and then print double the amount of them that he was going to print.
wax on, wax off. tron will be asking me for loans, sons
you guys print all that stuff and you won't be making any scrilla because it'll all be so dirt cheap. extrude that, bitches.
I'm going to print a treysolid and kill it.
no, you should "extrude" it and then murder it.
Post by: Stevesie60 on April 08, 2013, 07:08:05 PM
Post by: michigancat on April 08, 2013, 07:12:23 PM
michigancat in true hipster form today. "All this current stuff bores me. You know what's trendy? Stuff nobody knows about!"
jakesie60, the now is the most beautiful time to live in history. Nothing about today bores me. I love everything about today, and look forward to tomorrow.
Post by: kim carnes on April 08, 2013, 08:21:42 PM
Post by: Fldermaus on April 08, 2013, 08:26:10 PM
3D printers aren't real. They don't exist.
Neither does the future. But it's coming.
Post by: Shacks on April 08, 2013, 08:43:47 PM
Post by: CNS on April 08, 2013, 08:45:13 PM
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Post by: Institutional Control on April 08, 2013, 08:54:09 PM
Post by: jtksu on April 08, 2013, 09:01:25 PM
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 08, 2013, 09:52:01 PM
Post by: Katpappy on April 08, 2013, 09:57:59 PM
Finally, a man of sound body and mind. :fatty:I'm going to 3d print a time machine and go back to before bread just posted his last post and steal those ideas and then print double the amount of them that he was going to print.
wax on, wax off. tron will be asking me for loans, sons
you guys print all that stuff and you won't be making any scrilla because it'll all be so dirt cheap. extrude that, bitches.
I'm going to print a treysolid and kill it.
Post by: treysolid on April 08, 2013, 10:27:28 PM
I'm going to 3d print a time machine and go back to before bread just posted his last post and steal those ideas and then print double the amount of them that he was going to print.
wax on, wax off. tron will be asking me for loans, sons
you guys print all that stuff and you won't be making any scrilla because it'll all be so dirt cheap. extrude that, bitches.
I'm going to print a treysolid and kill it.
I have IP on all treysolids, so everytime you print one, you have to pay me. cha-ching! :kstategrad:
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 09, 2013, 08:11:48 AM
I'm going to 3d print a time machine and go back to before bread just posted his last post and steal those ideas and then print double the amount of them that he was going to print.
wax on, wax off. tron will be asking me for loans, sons
you guys print all that stuff and you won't be making any scrilla because it'll all be so dirt cheap. extrude that, bitches.
I'm going to print a treysolid and kill it.
I have IP on all treysolids, so everytime you print one, you have to pay me. cha-ching! :kstategrad:
Good luck enforcing that. 3d printer piracy will be even easier than internet piracy.
Post by: treysolid on April 09, 2013, 09:09:17 AM
Post by: treysolid on April 09, 2013, 09:12:25 AM
Post by: puniraptor on April 09, 2013, 09:13:54 AM
right now
we are futuring, bro!
Post by: sys on April 09, 2013, 09:23:00 AM
Post by: puniraptor on April 09, 2013, 09:29:01 AM
wars.
over water
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 09, 2013, 09:31:56 AM
No. It won't be easier than internet piracy since it will BE internet piracy. You need a CAD file to print anything, and those CAD files will live in the cloud. Unless you make all your own detailed 3D CADs, which I'm sure the casual user won't.
No, I'm going to steal people's plans by having my robot workers break into wherever those servers are stored and just swipe the data the old fashioned way. There's no risk at all because nobody will be able to trace my robots back to me if they get caught and I can just 3d print some more. Nobody will be able to trace where their data went like they could with internet piracy. I bet internet piracy is actually kind of hard to pull off in the future.
Post by: puniraptor on April 09, 2013, 09:45:37 AM
wars.
between genetically engineered ubersapiens and normos
Post by: Mr Bread on April 09, 2013, 09:54:18 AM
wars.
between genetically engineered ubersapiens and normos
Third-party robosapiens will also be involved.
Post by: michigancat on April 09, 2013, 11:31:39 AM
wars.
I don't know I think people are getting kind of tired with wars
Post by: puniraptor on April 09, 2013, 11:36:14 AM
wars.
I don't know I think people are getting kind of tired with wars
cybernetically enhanced mecha sunnis vs radiologically evolved bio shiites
Post by: steve dave on April 09, 2013, 11:41:16 AM
I've been thinking a lot about how freaking rad the future is going to be. I mean we're way smarter than we've ever been and technology is expanding at an exponential pace. Like my kids will never know a world without iPads. iPads will be like rotary phones to them. THINK ABOUT THAT! THINK ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT GENERATION WILL COME UP WITH!
holy crap it's going to be great.
Do you guys ever think about that kind of stuff, too? :ksu:
I'm excited about getting sent to a retirement home by my ungrateful kids because I assume I'll be playing 24/7 virtual reality games and just partying with the future technology
Post by: michigancat on April 09, 2013, 11:43:03 AM
I've been thinking a lot about how freaking rad the future is going to be. I mean we're way smarter than we've ever been and technology is expanding at an exponential pace. Like my kids will never know a world without iPads. iPads will be like rotary phones to them. THINK ABOUT THAT! THINK ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT GENERATION WILL COME UP WITH!
holy crap it's going to be great.
Do you guys ever think about that kind of stuff, too? :ksu:
I'm excited about getting sent to a retirement home by my ungrateful kids because I assume I'll be playing 24/7 virtual reality games and just partying with the future technology
it will be so rough ridin' boss. I will tell them all the time how much better things are now than the old days. I MEAN WE ONLY HAD LIKE 50 CHANNELS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP! ha ha, you kids have it so great. go eat some space ice cream.
Post by: CNS on April 09, 2013, 11:55:27 AM
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on April 09, 2013, 11:56:05 AM
Teleportation rendering airline miles useless. You want to go somewhere, just go. Don't worry about a hotel either, just come back when you are ready to sack out.
eff sd don't read that bro
Post by: Institutional Control on April 09, 2013, 11:59:09 AM
Post by: CNS on April 09, 2013, 12:04:14 PM
Teleportation rendering airline miles useless. You want to go somewhere, just go. Don't worry about a hotel either, just come back when you are ready to sack out.
eff sd don't read that bro
Rental cars will be useless too. You want a starbucks? Just teleport there and get one. Also, franchise chains will be useless. You want a Starbucks? Just teleport to Seattle and get it. Maybe the drive through window version of the teleport will happen too? Like, you call Seattle and then they teleport you a coffee to your countertop? Boom.
Guys, this has promise. Everyone should put their money in teleport stocks.
Post by: puniraptor on April 09, 2013, 12:05:33 PM
Post by: CNS on April 09, 2013, 12:06:30 PM
I'm going to be too lazy to teleport to the coffee shop. Any chance they can teleport the coffee right to my desk?
Evidently you need a teleporter to teleport words directly to your brain.
Post by: puniraptor on April 09, 2013, 12:08:24 PM
I'm going to be too lazy to teleport to the coffee shop. Any chance they can teleport the coffee right to my desk?
Evidently you need a teleporter to teleport words directly to your brain.
to be honest I used my future time machine to read your post before you had written that sentence. I see now the dangers of such power
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on April 09, 2013, 12:21:36 PM
I'm going to be too lazy to teleport to the coffee shop. Any chance they can teleport the coffee right to my desk?
Evidently you need a teleporter to teleport words directly to your brain.
Now we're talking!
Post by: kso_FAN on April 09, 2013, 12:24:51 PM
Teleportation rendering airline miles useless. You want to go somewhere, just go. Don't worry about a hotel either, just come back when you are ready to sack out.
eff sd don't read that bro
Rental cars will be useless too. You want a starbucks? Just teleport there and get one. Also, franchise chains will be useless. You want a Starbucks? Just teleport to Seattle and get it. Maybe the drive through window version of the teleport will happen too? Like, you call Seattle and then they teleport you a coffee to your countertop? Boom.
Guys, this has promise. Everyone should put their money in teleport stocks.
I need a decision from the future judges... can 3D printers print the coffee? Or food for that matter?
TIA.
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on April 09, 2013, 12:33:07 PM
Post by: michigancat on April 09, 2013, 12:58:28 PM
Teleportation rendering airline miles useless. You want to go somewhere, just go. Don't worry about a hotel either, just come back when you are ready to sack out.
eff sd don't read that bro
Rental cars will be useless too. You want a starbucks? Just teleport there and get one. Also, franchise chains will be useless. You want a Starbucks? Just teleport to Seattle and get it. Maybe the drive through window version of the teleport will happen too? Like, you call Seattle and then they teleport you a coffee to your countertop? Boom.
Guys, this has promise. Everyone should put their money in teleport stocks.
I need a decision from the future judges... can 3D printers print the coffee? Or food for that matter?
TIA.
http://www.psfk.com/2013/04/3d-printed-food.html
Post by: Dugout DickStone on April 09, 2013, 01:24:45 PM
Post by: CNS on April 09, 2013, 02:01:26 PM
Technically, you could print it. However, it would immediately spill all over and ruin your Clams Mart printer causing you to print another one with your back up Clams Mart printer-printed printer.Teleportation rendering airline miles useless. You want to go somewhere, just go. Don't worry about a hotel either, just come back when you are ready to sack out.
eff sd don't read that bro
Rental cars will be useless too. You want a starbucks? Just teleport there and get one. Also, franchise chains will be useless. You want a Starbucks? Just teleport to Seattle and get it. Maybe the drive through window version of the teleport will happen too? Like, you call Seattle and then they teleport you a coffee to your countertop? Boom.
Guys, this has promise. Everyone should put their money in teleport stocks.
I need a decision from the future judges... can 3D printers print the coffee? Or food for that matter?
TIA.
Or, you could just teleport to Clams Mart and buy a new one.
Grumblings that it will be quite some time before Clams Printer Emporium fixes that design flaw.
Post by: CNS on April 09, 2013, 02:02:22 PM
No one is worried about the apes? :dubious:
I don't plan on printing any, so no.
Post by: CNS on April 09, 2013, 02:03:55 PM
People are not going to have teleporters in their homes - they are going to be too expensive, at least initially. You will have to go to the teleporter station and pay to use one. Therefore SD will just have to convert from collecting airline miles to teleporter bucks.
Why, when he could just print a teleporter?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 09, 2013, 02:07:16 PM
Teleportation rendering airline miles useless. You want to go somewhere, just go. Don't worry about a hotel either, just come back when you are ready to sack out.
Yeah, teleportation is for suckers. You die when you enter, and some clone of you comes out the other side. I don't understand why anybody would do that. I mean, I could care less if there is some clone of me out there when I'm dead.
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on April 09, 2013, 02:08:50 PM
Teleportation rendering airline miles useless. You want to go somewhere, just go. Don't worry about a hotel either, just come back when you are ready to sack out.
Yeah, teleportation is for suckers. You die when you enter, and some clone of you comes out the other side. I don't understand why anybody would do that. I mean, I could care less if there is some clone of me out there when I'm dead.
Your clone would be so confused like wtf did I just teleport for I don't remember oh well I'll just go home and then the new clone would be confused why it is in a strange persons home... :lol: :lol: :lol:
Post by: CNS on April 09, 2013, 02:09:05 PM
Teleportation rendering airline miles useless. You want to go somewhere, just go. Don't worry about a hotel either, just come back when you are ready to sack out.
Yeah, teleportation is for suckers. You die when you enter, and some clone of you comes out the other side. I don't understand why anybody would do that. I mean, I could care less if there is some clone of me out there when I'm dead.
Pro Tip: that is propaganda being spread by airlines and the hotel lobby. completely untrue.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 09, 2013, 02:10:49 PM
Teleportation rendering airline miles useless. You want to go somewhere, just go. Don't worry about a hotel either, just come back when you are ready to sack out.
Yeah, teleportation is for suckers. You die when you enter, and some clone of you comes out the other side. I don't understand why anybody would do that. I mean, I could care less if there is some clone of me out there when I'm dead.
Your clone would be so confused like wtf did I just teleport for I don't remember oh well I'll just go home and then the new clone would be confused why it is in a strange persons home... :lol: :lol: :lol:
No, your brain would be reconstructed and have all of your memories. As far as your clone knows, he's you and just successfully teleported. Little does he know that the next time he walks into a teleportation device, everything is going to go black and he will cease to exist. Only some clone of him will live on.
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on April 09, 2013, 02:40:13 PM
Teleportation rendering airline miles useless. You want to go somewhere, just go. Don't worry about a hotel either, just come back when you are ready to sack out.
Yeah, teleportation is for suckers. You die when you enter, and some clone of you comes out the other side. I don't understand why anybody would do that. I mean, I could care less if there is some clone of me out there when I'm dead.
Your clone would be so confused like wtf did I just teleport for I don't remember oh well I'll just go home and then the new clone would be confused why it is in a strange persons home... :lol: :lol: :lol:
No, your brain would be reconstructed and have all of your memories. As far as your clone knows, he's you and just successfully teleported. Little does he know that the next time he walks into a teleportation device, everything is going to go black and he will cease to exist. Only some clone of him will live on.
Nope, the new clone will be totally confused and itll be hilarious
Post by: CNS on April 09, 2013, 02:45:55 PM
Post by: Mr Bread on April 09, 2013, 02:48:47 PM
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 09, 2013, 02:49:14 PM
May be a bad idea then. I mean, how many homeless underground tunnel cities can there be in the nation? Gotta think that the room will fill up quick with all the clones being created at Starbucks.
The original body that walks into the teleporter is vaporized, and the device vacuums his/her ashes out so nobody realizes what just happened. It's not like these devices are just creating extra people. One man enters, one man exits.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 09, 2013, 02:49:44 PM
Nuts Kicked has obviously seen The Prestige.
Yep. The Fly also applies, imo. Think about it. If Jeff Goldblum simply teleported from one chamber to the other, he wouldn't have had his DNA combined with that fly's. The chamber just vaporized him and that fly (they both died instantly) and created an entirely new being on the other side that just happened to share Goldblum's memories.
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on April 09, 2013, 02:55:42 PM
Post by: Institutional Control on April 09, 2013, 02:58:07 PM
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 09, 2013, 02:58:27 PM
So after you teleport a few times your brain is going to be total mush (well actually your clone's clone's clone's brain). That's already been documented in Muliplicity.
Multiplicity was a movie about experimental cloning technology, though. It's hard to say how long it will take us to perfect the process, but I'm confident that we will eventually get it down to where that no longer happens. There is just too much on the line for us not to.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 09, 2013, 03:01:02 PM
Movies aren't real, people. Teleportation could happen and it could be glorious.Movies aside, how could teleportation work without completely vaporizing your very being and then rebuilding you on the other side? How do you not effectively die during that process, and how do you know that it would be you that comes out the other side and not something that really is nothing more than your rebuilt cells?
Post by: CNS on April 09, 2013, 03:02:35 PM
I am really looking forward to the Google car.
Post by: michigancat on April 09, 2013, 03:03:14 PM
Movies aren't real, people. Teleportation could happen and it could be glorious.Movies aside, how could teleportation work without completely vaporizing your very being and then rebuilding you on the other side? How do you not effectively die during that process, and how do you know that it would be you that comes out the other side and not something that really is nothing more than your rebuilt cells?
well that's something we'll just have to figure out, isn't it?
Post by: puniraptor on April 09, 2013, 03:08:55 PM
Movies aren't real, people. Teleportation could happen and it could be glorious.Movies aside, how could teleportation work without completely vaporizing your very being and then rebuilding you on the other side? How do you not effectively die during that process, and how do you know that it would be you that comes out the other side and not something that really is nothing more than your rebuilt cells?
well that's something we'll just have to figure out, isn't it?
this won't be a big deal because your entire consciousness will exist in a computer. It will just be streamed from the data farm into your newly assembled body.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 09, 2013, 03:09:33 PM
Movies aren't real, people. Teleportation could happen and it could be glorious.Movies aside, how could teleportation work without completely vaporizing your very being and then rebuilding you on the other side? How do you not effectively die during that process, and how do you know that it would be you that comes out the other side and not something that really is nothing more than your rebuilt cells?
well that's something we'll just have to figure out, isn't it?
I don't really know how you can figure it out. It would be impossible to prove or disprove.
Post by: michigancat on April 09, 2013, 03:11:31 PM
Movies aren't real, people. Teleportation could happen and it could be glorious.Movies aside, how could teleportation work without completely vaporizing your very being and then rebuilding you on the other side? How do you not effectively die during that process, and how do you know that it would be you that comes out the other side and not something that really is nothing more than your rebuilt cells?
well that's something we'll just have to figure out, isn't it?
I don't really know how you can figure it out. It would be impossible to prove or disprove.
If you retain all your memories and are living on the other side, it's a success. who cares how it happens? I mean I can't explain how angry birds landed in my phone, but I can reap the benefits.
Post by: Institutional Control on April 09, 2013, 03:12:32 PM
Movies aren't real, people. Teleportation could happen and it could be glorious.Movies aside, how could teleportation work without completely vaporizing your very being and then rebuilding you on the other side? How do you not effectively die during that process, and how do you know that it would be you that comes out the other side and not something that really is nothing more than your rebuilt cells?
well that's something we'll just have to figure out, isn't it?
I don't really know how you can figure it out. It would be impossible to prove or disprove.
It is impossible today. But this thread is about the future.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 09, 2013, 03:13:59 PM
Movies aren't real, people. Teleportation could happen and it could be glorious.Movies aside, how could teleportation work without completely vaporizing your very being and then rebuilding you on the other side? How do you not effectively die during that process, and how do you know that it would be you that comes out the other side and not something that really is nothing more than your rebuilt cells?
well that's something we'll just have to figure out, isn't it?
I don't really know how you can figure it out. It would be impossible to prove or disprove.
If you retain all your memories and are living on the other side, it's a success. who cares how it happens? I mean I can't explain how angry birds landed in my phone, but I can reap the benefits.
If your experience is to enter nothingness when you step into the chamber and your former consciousness is reborn into a different body, then it's not really a success. You are simply dead.
Post by: Institutional Control on April 09, 2013, 03:47:26 PM
Post by: bubbles4ksu on April 09, 2013, 03:58:39 PM
this thing is going to be rough ridin' amazing. like, 97% of what we know of space beyond our solar system is due to the hubble telescope, which was launched in 1990 and orbits 347 miles up. the JWST will go up in 2018 and orbit one million miles out.
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on April 09, 2013, 03:59:23 PM
If you retain all your memories and are living on the other side, it's a success. who cares how it happens? I mean I can't explain how angry birds landed in my phone, but I can reap the benefits.
Pretty great point here.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 09, 2013, 04:00:52 PM
If you don't know you're dead, are you really dead?
Well, that's the question. I think you would be dead and the body that comes out the other end would just be some other person with your consciousness. Walking into that teleportation chamber would be the last thing you do. Your body and consciousness would still be there for everyone else, though. I certainly wouldn't be willing to try it. Best case scenario, you make it to the other side and still can't convince fence sitters like me that it's really you and not some copy just replacing your dead body. Worst case scenario, you never make it to the other side.
Edit: I don't really think the question is so much whether you will know if you are dead. Whatever comes out of the teleporter will be alive. You just won't know if you are still you. I think people are confusing thoughts and memories as existence. Just because a regenerated body shares your thoughts and memories, that doesn't mean that it is you and that you successfully survived a teleportation. There are plenty of living people today who have lost their thoughts and memories.
Post by: CNS on April 09, 2013, 04:22:13 PM
Post by: yoga-like_abana on April 09, 2013, 04:25:14 PM
Post by: CNS on April 09, 2013, 04:35:21 PM
all of you will be dead before the cool stuff comes out
Wrong.
Cryogenics.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 09, 2013, 04:47:31 PM
all of you will be dead before the cool stuff comes out
Wrong.
Cryogenics.
Not worth it. You would be worse than a 90 year old on a smart phone with pretty much every aspect of life when you arrive at the future. You would be living in an underground city with all the homeless mutants, shitting into a bucket.
Post by: CNS on April 09, 2013, 04:48:48 PM
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 09, 2013, 04:54:47 PM
BucketBathroom all you want. I am an extremely fast learner.
My biggest concern with going the cryonics route is that there would be absolutely no incentive for the future civilization to thaw me out. My money would be all but worthless to them. They would either keep me frozen or just pull the plug and let me die. Best case scenario, they thaw me out to run scientific experiments on.
Post by: michigancat on April 09, 2013, 05:00:23 PM
all of you will be dead before the cool stuff comes out
the cool stuff is already out, bro! There's just more cool stuff to follow! It's all going to be great in the meantime.
Post by: Shacks on April 09, 2013, 05:15:26 PM
BucketBathroom all you want. I am an extremely fast learner.
My biggest concern with going the cryonics route is that there would be absolutely no incentive for the future civilization to thaw me out. My money would be all but worthless to them. They would either keep me frozen or just pull the plug and let me die. Best case scenario, they thaw me out to run scientific experiments on.
I'm sure frozen people from today would be quite interesting to historians in 1000 years
Post by: puniraptor on April 26, 2013, 08:51:48 AM
Post by: pissclams on April 26, 2013, 08:54:01 AM
Post by: jtksu on April 29, 2013, 12:14:35 AM
BucketBathroom all you want. I am an extremely fast learner.
My biggest concern with going the cryonics route is that there would be absolutely no incentive for the future civilization to thaw me out. My money would be all but worthless to them. They would either keep me frozen or just pull the plug and let me die. Best case scenario, they thaw me out to run scientific experiments on.
Dude, the money in your accounts would just be sitting there, gaining interest for like a 1000 yrs. Everyone would want to thaw you out so they could murder you and steal your zillion dollars. So, there's that.
Post by: steve dave on April 29, 2013, 08:00:38 AM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic1.businessinsider.com%2Fimage%2F516889936bb3f7ca62000020-700-491%2Fnaam-grantham-is-wrong-07%2520%28700x491%29.jpg&hash=0c4a94c79bdc7b7ec3fe22f2b6cf2b8f9ec0e7fe)
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http://www.businessinsider.com/the-world-is-not-headed-for-disaster-2013-4
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on April 29, 2013, 08:28:09 AM
Post by: CNS on April 29, 2013, 08:59:32 AM
Post by: ben ji on April 29, 2013, 09:08:41 AM
Well guys, it's time to invest in solar.
Paging Beems...Paging Beems.
Post by: Stevesie60 on April 29, 2013, 12:29:14 PM
Well guys, it's time to invest in solar.
Paging Beems...Paging Beems.
I made this joke in the investing thread and no one commented, so I'm glad that you guys remember that.
Post by: KSUblumpkin on April 29, 2013, 12:40:34 PM
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10283909.htm
Post by: GCJayhawker on April 29, 2013, 12:43:26 PM
Pretty soon solar panels will be a thing of the past. Paint on houses will replace paneling (once efficiency is mastered). Pretty cool stuff. I hear Notre Dame and Iowa State are working together on this project.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10283909.htm
Your link didn't work but solar paint sounds pretty awesome
Post by: KSUblumpkin on April 29, 2013, 12:46:37 PM
Pretty soon solar panels will be a thing of the past. Paint on houses will replace paneling (once efficiency is mastered). Pretty cool stuff. I hear Notre Dame and Iowa State are working together on this project.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10283909.htm
Your link didn't work but solar paint sounds pretty awesome
Oops. This is a better link anyway.
http://news.nd.edu/news/28047-notre-dame-researchers-develop-paint-on-solar-cells/
Post by: puniraptor on April 29, 2013, 01:09:24 PM
Post by: CNS on April 29, 2013, 01:17:44 PM
Pretty soon solar panels will be a thing of the past. Paint on houses will replace paneling (once efficiency is mastered). Pretty cool stuff. I hear Notre Dame and Iowa State are working together on this project.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10283909.htm
There is a company (nanotech,iirc) that made a solar printable ink that could be printed onto foil and was something like 60% more efficient than a traditional panel type. They did this like 3 or 4 yrs ago and have been pumping out at max capacity in Germany ever since. The europeans have been keeping them busy at the large scale production plant level the the point that it hasn't filtered down to the consumer level yet. That said, paint for houses, window mullions for commercial buildings, car roofs, etc can't be too far away.
The main issue is storage. Batteries need to really come a long way to make it affordable.
Post by: bubbles4ksu on May 01, 2013, 12:36:43 AM
everyone is loving them some future, even the Catholics. and the stupid italians for crying out loud! things are looking up.
Post by: Stevesie60 on May 01, 2013, 03:10:50 AM
Post by: michigancat on May 01, 2013, 08:05:54 AM
The main issue is storage. Batteries need to really come a long way to make it affordable.
Batteries (or something new we haven't imagined yet) will get us there.
Post by: Emo EMAW on May 01, 2013, 03:04:45 PM
Post by: steve dave on May 01, 2013, 03:09:52 PM
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 01, 2013, 03:10:59 PM
In Apple's innovation lab they have a battery that can power an iPhone for a year and only takes 30 seconds to charge.
What do they hook it up to to charge it? It seems like you would need a much beefier power supply than a wall outlet for that to work.
Post by: star seed 7 on May 01, 2013, 03:12:38 PM
when the earth finally goes to one single currency it's going to make things a lot easier as well
oh boy, p1ke is going to blast you so hard. you better pick up a helmet and strap it on your head.
Post by: michigancat on May 01, 2013, 03:28:10 PM
when the earth finally goes to one single currency it's going to make things a lot easier as well
oh boy, p1ke is going to blast you so hard. you better pick up a helmet and strap it on your head.
a worldwide currency seems like a very lassiez-faire idea so I think he would support it.
Post by: star seed 7 on May 01, 2013, 03:32:21 PM
when the earth finally goes to one single currency it's going to make things a lot easier as well
oh boy, p1ke is going to blast you so hard. you better pick up a helmet and strap it on your head.
a worldwide currency seems like a very lassiez-faire idea so I think he would support it.
LOL bilderberg outed!
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 01, 2013, 03:34:25 PM
when the earth finally goes to one single currency it's going to make things a lot easier as well
oh boy, p1ke is going to blast you so hard. you better pick up a helmet and strap it on your head.
a worldwide currency seems like a very lassiez-faire idea so I think he would support it.
Could bitcoins end up being the world currency of the future?
Post by: puniraptor on May 01, 2013, 03:37:05 PM
Post by: Emo EMAW on May 01, 2013, 03:43:41 PM
In Apple's innovation lab they have a battery that can power an iPhone for a year and only takes 30 seconds to charge.
What do they hook it up to to charge it? It seems like you would need a much beefier power supply than a wall outlet for that to work.
No idea, didn't ask questions. But 115V @ 10Amps would do 8 W*hrs in less than 30 seconds (capacity of my SIII battery).
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 01, 2013, 03:48:46 PM
Will another sentient species develop on earth to rival humans? Octopus, Dolphins, Prairie Dogs, and Ants are my front runners.
African Killer Bees could be a force to reckon with some day.
Post by: michigancat on May 01, 2013, 04:58:59 PM
Will another sentient species develop on earth to rival humans? Octopus, Dolphins, Prairie Dogs, and Ants are my front runners.
won't happen in our lifetime
Post by: jtksu on May 01, 2013, 05:05:44 PM
Will another sentient species develop on earth to rival humans? Octopus, Dolphins, Prairie Dogs, and Ants are my front runners.
Chimps riding dolphins will one day rule the world.
Post by: JohnCurrie is Weird/Gross on May 02, 2013, 10:22:09 AM
Post by: CNS on May 02, 2013, 10:36:23 AM
In Apple's innovation lab they have a battery that can power an iPhone for a year and only takes 30 seconds to charge.
What do they hook it up to to charge it? It seems like you would need a much beefier power supply than a wall outlet for that to work.
No idea, didn't ask questions. But 115V @ 10Amps would do 8 W*hrs in less than 30 seconds (capacity of my SIII battery).
So, it has to be crazy expensive or unstable, right? I mean, why wouldn't that be everywhere now? Also, hasn't their stock been in troubs lately? Tech like that could cure all that ails a company I would think.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 02, 2013, 10:43:38 AM
In Apple's innovation lab they have a battery that can power an iPhone for a year and only takes 30 seconds to charge.
What do they hook it up to to charge it? It seems like you would need a much beefier power supply than a wall outlet for that to work.
No idea, didn't ask questions. But 115V @ 10Amps would do 8 W*hrs in less than 30 seconds (capacity of my SIII battery).
Your SIII battery doesn't have the capacity to run a phone for a year, though. Or were you saying that the battery would still need to be charged every day, and you would have to replace the battery after 1 year?
Post by: CNS on May 02, 2013, 10:45:12 AM
In Apple's innovation lab they have a battery that can power an iPhone for a year and only takes 30 seconds to charge.
What do they hook it up to to charge it? It seems like you would need a much beefier power supply than a wall outlet for that to work.
No idea, didn't ask questions. But 115V @ 10Amps would do 8 W*hrs in less than 30 seconds (capacity of my SIII battery).
Your SIII battery doesn't have the capacity to run a phone for a year, though. Or were you saying that the battery would still need to be charged every day, and you would have to replace the battery after 1 year?
Honestly, either a single charge for a year, or a daily 30sec charge would be a huge deal. Not on the same level as each other, but still huge.
Post by: michigancat on May 02, 2013, 11:07:48 AM
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Okay, so scientists can animate atoms. While that’s intrinsically cool, why does it matter? Well, it matters because these techniques can be applied to practical technologies. For example, use of a scanning, tunnelling electron microscope enabled scientists to store a bit of computer data into only 12 atoms last year. On your computer, it takes about 1 million atoms to store that data.
“Research means asking questions beyond those required to find good short-term engineering solutions to problems. As data creation and consumption continue to get bigger, data storage needs to get smaller, all the way down to the atomic level,” said IBM researcher Andreas Heinrich in a press release. “We’re applying the same techniques used to come up with new computing architectures and alternative ways to store data to making this movie.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/05/01/ibm-made-a-microscopic-movie-and-star-trek-pictures-with-individual-atoms/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_211263&feature=iv&src_vid=oSCX78-8-q0&v=xA4QWwaweWA
Post by: steve dave on May 02, 2013, 11:09:33 AM
Post by: bubbles4ksu on May 02, 2013, 11:31:37 AM
have you guys seen this graphene stuff? wow
one of the zillion potential uses for that stuff is to simulate the insanely small, ribbed structures on cicada's wings that function to pull apart bacteria under it's own weight. anything covered with that material would be totally resistant to bacteria. seems like something hospitals and public transportation could really benefit from.
Post by: Emo EMAW on May 02, 2013, 11:38:55 AM
Post by: CNS on May 02, 2013, 11:49:25 AM
Ya guys I don't know. I'm sure it's super expensive and/or impractical or something. But don't a ton of today's technologies start out as impractabilities? I don't doubt that they have something like that, I just wonder when we'll see it, if ever. I think defense spending pushing a lot of this stuff.
Yeah. Not shooting it down. Sounds amazing and I hope this isn't something that gets used specifically for the military for a long time before we all get it. Seriously, something like that battery, if adapted to other uses as other scales, could be a huge game changer for energy.
Post by: michigancat on May 02, 2013, 11:51:42 AM
Ya guys I don't know. I'm sure it's super expensive and/or impractical or something. But don't a ton of today's technologies start out as impractabilities? I don't doubt that they have something like that, I just wonder when we'll see it, if ever. I think defense spending pushing a lot of this stuff.
what don't you know? Of course almost all technologies start out impractical for the common consumer. YOU WILL SEE crap IN YOUR LIFETIME THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.
Post by: Emo EMAW on May 02, 2013, 02:04:23 PM
Ya guys I don't know. I'm sure it's super expensive and/or impractical or something. But don't a ton of today's technologies start out as impractabilities? I don't doubt that they have something like that, I just wonder when we'll see it, if ever. I think defense spending pushing a lot of this stuff.
what don't you know? Of course almost all technologies start out impractical for the common consumer. YOU WILL SEE crap IN YOUR LIFETIME THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.
I'm saying I don't know why it's not on the market today.
Post by: ChiComCat on May 02, 2013, 02:53:01 PM
Post by: ChiComCat on May 02, 2013, 02:55:26 PM
Pretty soon solar panels will be a thing of the past. Paint on houses will replace paneling (once efficiency is mastered). Pretty cool stuff. I hear Notre Dame and Iowa State are working together on this project.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10283909.htm
Your link didn't work but solar paint sounds pretty awesome
Oops. This is a better link anyway.
http://news.nd.edu/news/28047-notre-dame-researchers-develop-paint-on-solar-cells/
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“That’s why we’ve christened the new paint, Sun-Believable,” he adds.
eff yea
Post by: Cire on May 29, 2013, 11:50:34 AM
future is over bros. t's and p's.
Post by: michigancat on June 04, 2013, 01:31:27 PM
http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-is-kicking-around-an-idea-that-would-send-you-from-san-francisco-to-los-angeles-in-30-minutes-2012-7
:excited:
Post by: CNS on June 04, 2013, 02:10:38 PM
hyperloop!
http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-is-kicking-around-an-idea-that-would-send-you-from-san-francisco-to-los-angeles-in-30-minutes-2012-7
:excited:
I read something in USA Today about this last week. He described it as roughly a combo of flying and air hockey, or something like that.
I knew this guy was the Tesla guy, but didn't realize he was also in on creating Pay-Pal.
Post by: Mr Bread on June 04, 2013, 02:13:12 PM
hyperloop!
http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-is-kicking-around-an-idea-that-would-send-you-from-san-francisco-to-los-angeles-in-30-minutes-2012-7
:excited:
I read something in USA Today about this last week. He described it as roughly a combo of flying and air hockey, or something like that.
I knew this guy was the Tesla guy, but didn't realize he was also in on creating Pay-Pal.
He makes space shuttles too. Really concerned about getting us off this shithole to save the species.
Post by: pissclams on June 04, 2013, 02:42:13 PM
or something with magnets.
Post by: Emo EMAW on June 04, 2013, 02:43:45 PM
the answer is a tube like they use in a bank drive thru.
or something with magnets.
Was just thinking about the tube 'clams! Would basically float on air bearings.
Post by: CNS on June 04, 2013, 02:50:18 PM
the answer is a tube like they use in a bank drive thru.
or something with magnets.
Was just thinking about the tube 'clams! Would basically float on air bearings.
Roughly 350 miles per Google Earth at .5 hrs is about 60 MPH below Mach 1. Average Joe commuter riding something going just under the sound barrier for half an hour. This one seems a ways out there.
Post by: pissclams on June 04, 2013, 02:55:20 PM
pretty simple crap here guys.
Post by: pissclams on June 04, 2013, 02:57:42 PM
Post by: owl borland on June 04, 2013, 03:03:13 PM
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/futurama-in-real-life-high-speed-tube-transport-can-take-you-from-new-york-to-china-in-two-hours/ (http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/futurama-in-real-life-high-speed-tube-transport-can-take-you-from-new-york-to-china-in-two-hours/)
Post by: pissclams on June 04, 2013, 03:09:04 PM
San Fran to LA? you're thinking too small
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/futurama-in-real-life-high-speed-tube-transport-can-take-you-from-new-york-to-china-in-two-hours/ (http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/futurama-in-real-life-high-speed-tube-transport-can-take-you-from-new-york-to-china-in-two-hours/)
magnets, tubes, it's got it all.
Post by: CNS on June 04, 2013, 03:09:42 PM
San Fran to LA? you're thinking too small
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/futurama-in-real-life-high-speed-tube-transport-can-take-you-from-new-york-to-china-in-two-hours/ (http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/futurama-in-real-life-high-speed-tube-transport-can-take-you-from-new-york-to-china-in-two-hours/)
Oh man! Tube Credit Card Miles!
Post by: star seed 7 on June 18, 2013, 02:44:26 PM
:sdeek:
Post by: michigancat on June 18, 2013, 02:53:32 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DZrjXSsfxMQ
:sdeek:
Now in stores!!!
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/861483_Magical-NeverWet-arrives-in-stores.html
:love:
Post by: star seed 7 on June 18, 2013, 02:56:04 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DZrjXSsfxMQ
:sdeek:
Now in stores!!!
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/861483_Magical-NeverWet-arrives-in-stores.html
:love:
yeah, i'm looking around my apartment right now wondering what i want to test this stuff on.
Post by: hemmy on June 18, 2013, 02:58:07 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DZrjXSsfxMQ
:sdeek:
fantastic.
Post by: bubbles4ksu on June 18, 2013, 03:03:00 PM
Post by: puniraptor on June 18, 2013, 03:05:02 PM
Post by: OK_Cat on June 18, 2013, 03:15:02 PM
Post by: 8manpick on June 18, 2013, 04:37:54 PM
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on June 18, 2013, 04:39:39 PM
http://business.financialpost.com/2013/06/18/it-was-only-a-matter-of-time-developers-working-on-sex-game-for-oculus-rift/ (http://business.financialpost.com/2013/06/18/it-was-only-a-matter-of-time-developers-working-on-sex-game-for-oculus-rift/)
Post by: star seed 7 on June 18, 2013, 04:45:48 PM
White shoes
think how many scuffed shoe fights will be diverted.
Post by: CNS on June 18, 2013, 06:12:56 PM
Post by: Shacks on June 18, 2013, 11:10:01 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi230.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee105%2Floviehenley%2Fmoses.jpg&hash=ea470b0db880d9d504ea4666e3d4c3fdf7ceb3f9) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/loviehenley/media/moses.jpg.html)
Post by: CNS on June 19, 2013, 09:42:01 AM
What happens if you cover yourself with a bunch of that spray and jump into a pool? I'm picturing something like this.
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi230.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee105%2Floviehenley%2Fmoses.jpg&hash=ea470b0db880d9d504ea4666e3d4c3fdf7ceb3f9) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/loviehenley/media/moses.jpg.html)
Welp.
Post by: CNS on June 19, 2013, 09:49:11 AM
Post by: OK_Cat on June 19, 2013, 09:56:14 AM
Post by: CNS on June 19, 2013, 09:59:32 AM
what happens if you spray water with it? :sdeek:
I haven't read the can yet because it hasn't been delivered yet!!!!
Post by: OK_Cat on June 19, 2013, 10:01:07 AM
Post by: CNS on June 19, 2013, 10:06:57 AM
Also, I am going to spray my running shoes first. I hate how quickly shoes with netting on them turn all extra gross and stuff.
Post by: Emo EMAW on June 19, 2013, 10:08:20 AM
Post by: michigancat on June 19, 2013, 10:10:12 AM
Post by: CNS on June 19, 2013, 10:10:29 AM
Spray your balls.
The stripper thing already happened, Emo. I mean, I think that ship has sailed.
Post by: CNS on June 19, 2013, 10:11:00 AM
I don't think this product is intended for use on your skin, guys.
Well, I will take the shoes off first.
Post by: Emo EMAW on June 19, 2013, 10:14:38 AM
Post by: CNS on June 19, 2013, 10:20:58 AM
Post by: Mr Bread on June 19, 2013, 10:25:15 AM
Post by: michigancat on June 19, 2013, 10:30:55 AM
The obvious first choice of body parts to spray is the anus.
obvious
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on June 19, 2013, 10:43:15 AM
Post by: yoga-like_abana on June 19, 2013, 10:53:12 AM
Post by: OK_Cat on June 19, 2013, 11:06:47 AM
Post by: Asteriskhead on June 19, 2013, 11:44:54 AM
I've used some stuff similar to that for my hands when lifting :sdeek: it was really weird..
Liquid Chalk is great!
Post by: steve dave on June 19, 2013, 01:30:35 PM
Post by: michigancat on June 19, 2013, 01:53:35 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimgs.xkcd.com%2Fcomics%2Fthe_pace_of_modern_life.png&hash=ab72d67dafebf1485db1bdbc3750995f2be65e2c)
LOL, idiots say crap like this with every new technology. Like, Plato or Aristotle or someone said similar crap about writing stuff down - he thought you had to memorize crap to really know it. LOL what a dumbass.
Of course, the "beats all other kinds of locomotion into a cocked hat" was a great line.
Post by: steve dave on June 19, 2013, 01:56:23 PM
Post by: Cartierfor3 on June 19, 2013, 02:07:35 PM
my favorite was the one from 1895 about how kids shouldn't be cooped up inside but should be out playing like they used to. someone around me is good for a "kids today don't PLAY like we used to!" about once a month.
We just knew we had to be back home when the sun went down for supper.
Post by: Institutional Control on June 19, 2013, 02:13:44 PM
my favorite was the one from 1895 about how kids shouldn't be cooped up inside but should be out playing like they used to. someone around me is good for a "kids today don't PLAY like we used to!" about once a month.
We just knew we had to be back home when the sun went down for supper.
Exactly. When the sun started going down it was time to stop playing Atari 2600 at your buddies house and go home to watch Cosby.
Kids today couldn't have made it in my day.
Post by: mocat on July 26, 2013, 09:54:50 AM
http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/25/google-project-loon-launch-stream/ (http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/25/google-project-loon-launch-stream/)
Post by: slimz on August 12, 2013, 04:33:46 PM
http://jalopnik.com/the-key-innovation-that-makes-the-hyperloop-work-1113028439
Post by: hemmy on August 12, 2013, 04:49:43 PM
Post by: michigancat on August 12, 2013, 07:06:46 PM
Deets on the hyperloop out today. Has anyone seen booyahcat in a while? This has his stink all over it.
http://jalopnik.com/the-key-innovation-that-makes-the-hyperloop-work-1113028439
http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/blog_images/hyperloop-alpha.pdf
:users:
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on August 12, 2013, 08:38:44 PM
Deets on the hyperloop out today. Has anyone seen booyahcat in a while? This has his stink all over it.
http://jalopnik.com/the-key-innovation-that-makes-the-hyperloop-work-1113028439
http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/BL-DGB-28481
Seems like it would hurt to ride
Post by: michigancat on August 12, 2013, 08:58:00 PM
Deets on the hyperloop out today. Has anyone seen booyahcat in a while? This has his stink all over it.
http://jalopnik.com/the-key-innovation-that-makes-the-hyperloop-work-1113028439
http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/BL-DGB-28481
Seems like it would hurt to ride
it's designed for a max 0.5g on the tightest turns. He claims it will be more comfortable than a subway or airplane.
Post by: michigancat on August 12, 2013, 08:59:10 PM
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on August 12, 2013, 09:08:33 PM
Deets on the hyperloop out today. Has anyone seen booyahcat in a while? This has his stink all over it.
http://jalopnik.com/the-key-innovation-that-makes-the-hyperloop-work-1113028439
http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/BL-DGB-28481
Seems like it would hurt to ride
it's designed for a max 0.5g on the tightest turns. He claims it will be more comfortable than a subway or airplane.
Of course he does, he's selling it as an alternative to subways and planes.
He's also claiming its cheaper.
Post by: pissclams on August 12, 2013, 09:15:12 PM
I just hope California has the good sense push pause on High Speed rail and throw a few million at this guy and see what he can come up with...if california had any good sense at all, they wouldn't have gone forward with their shitty ass high speed rail solution
Post by: michigancat on August 12, 2013, 09:36:19 PM
Deets on the hyperloop out today. Has anyone seen booyahcat in a while? This has his stink all over it.
http://jalopnik.com/the-key-innovation-that-makes-the-hyperloop-work-1113028439
http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/BL-DGB-28481
Seems like it would hurt to ride
it's designed for a max 0.5g on the tightest turns. He claims it will be more comfortable than a subway or airplane.
Of course he does, he's selling it as an alternative to subways and planes.
He's also claiming its cheaper.
yeah, but he also includes data on minimum turn radii and things like that. Like I said, it's still worth throwing a few million government dollars at the thing to see if it all checks out.
Post by: michigancat on August 12, 2013, 09:37:00 PM
I just hope California has the good sense push pause on High Speed rail and throw a few million at this guy and see what he can come up with...if california had any good sense at all, they wouldn't have gone forward with their shitty ass high speed rail solution
well, they really haven't gotten that far
Post by: Emo EMAW on August 15, 2013, 09:35:55 AM
Post by: pissclams on August 15, 2013, 10:38:32 AM
Post by: mocat on August 15, 2013, 11:30:01 AM
Post by: Cartierfor3 on August 15, 2013, 11:33:46 AM
http://techandfacts.com/robot-programmed-to-fall-in-love-with-a-girl-goes-too-far/
Why do people think this is a good idea?
Post by: michigancat on August 15, 2013, 01:21:57 PM
http://techandfacts.com/robot-programmed-to-fall-in-love-with-a-girl-goes-too-far/
Why do people think this is a good idea?
It's a fascinating challenge that can teach us a lot, sort of like going to the moon.
Post by: Emo EMAW on August 15, 2013, 01:32:22 PM
http://techandfacts.com/robot-programmed-to-fall-in-love-with-a-girl-goes-too-far/
Why do people think this is a good idea?
Robots could be programmed to do anal.
Post by: michigancat on August 25, 2013, 12:54:15 PM
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/17/electric_roads_to_the_hyperloop_our_jetsons_future_starts_now/
:users:
Post by: 8manpick on August 25, 2013, 01:23:10 PM
oh yeah, wireless charging is just a novelty, @pissclams. :flush:
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/17/electric_roads_to_the_hyperloop_our_jetsons_future_starts_now/
:users:
That is really cool
Post by: fun muffin on August 25, 2013, 02:51:31 PM
in 20 years will pissclams, steve dave, and daris still be funny posters?
will the emoticons be even better?
what new words/terms will gE have created?
how many new fanbases will be here?
will this place be only socks of socks?
:runaway:
Post by: Rams on September 18, 2013, 08:32:50 AM
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100968210 (http://www.cnbc.com/id/100968210)
Post by: pissclams on September 18, 2013, 10:50:38 AM
oh yeah, wireless charging is just a novelty, @pissclams. :flush:
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/17/electric_roads_to_the_hyperloop_our_jetsons_future_starts_now/
:users:
oh boy, for a second there i thought i was in a thread about the future, but then ol'michigancat linked a story dated SATURDAY, AUG 17, 2013 01:00 PM CDT :lol:
Post by: kso_FAN on January 14, 2014, 01:49:31 PM
Post by: mocat on January 14, 2014, 01:51:43 PM
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57617166-76/how-3d-printers-are-changing-kids-lives-in-war-torn-sudan/
nothing worse than writers who don't know how to write
Quote
While tending his family's cows, the South Sudanese government dropped a bomb on rebel forces nearby, and the boy lost both his arms
Post by: Mr Bread on January 14, 2014, 01:57:34 PM
Post by: CNS on January 14, 2014, 02:00:04 PM
Post by: Mr Bread on January 14, 2014, 02:01:24 PM
Post by: CNS on January 14, 2014, 02:04:35 PM
Post by: Emo EMAW on February 18, 2014, 04:08:30 PM
Post by: puniraptor on February 18, 2014, 04:11:43 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_mbdtupCbc4
wow, i would ppv that
Post by: Emo EMAW on February 18, 2014, 04:22:42 PM
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Post by: OK_Cat on February 20, 2014, 08:26:58 AM
Post by: Emo EMAW on February 20, 2014, 08:33:41 AM
Post by: Cire on February 20, 2014, 08:37:28 AM
Post by: CNS on February 20, 2014, 02:21:31 PM
That takes a lot of work and I don't know how to do it and I'm not going to learn and I'm not going to ask someone else to do it.
Just print a 2d one then and tape it to that 3d new cube guy. The future!!!!!
Post by: michigancat on February 20, 2014, 02:30:13 PM
Post by: steve dave on February 20, 2014, 02:33:03 PM
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on February 21, 2014, 09:01:25 AM
That takes a lot of work and I don't know how to do it and I'm not going to learn and I'm not going to ask someone else to do it.
That's exactly what my grandpa would say if I asked him to use a fax machine.
Post by: puniraptor on February 21, 2014, 09:03:18 AM
That takes a lot of work and I don't know how to do it and I'm not going to learn and I'm not going to ask someone else to do it.
That's exactly what my grandpa would say if I asked him to use a fax machine.
thats what i would say if any old person in my office asked me to use a fax machine
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on February 21, 2014, 09:09:08 AM
That takes a lot of work and I don't know how to do it and I'm not going to learn and I'm not going to ask someone else to do it.
That's exactly what my grandpa would say if I asked him to use a fax machine.
thats what i would say if any old person in my office asked me to use a fax machine
I had to use one last week. It was awful. Much worse than the printer or copier.
Post by: pissclams on February 21, 2014, 09:18:30 AM
I used a rough ridin' 3d printer like 10 years ago. I thought this was a thread about the future.
that's funny because 11 years ago i used a 3D printer to print this thread. what now. (not a question).
Post by: Mr Bread on February 21, 2014, 12:03:42 PM
Post by: michigancat on February 21, 2014, 12:10:51 PM
Post by: pissclams on February 21, 2014, 12:27:39 PM
Take it to the history thread you morons
that's great because i 3D printed the code to the history thread and uploaded it via the wifi dongle on the 3D printer to our server's database (which I also 3D printed).
this is the history thread dumbass
Post by: CNS on February 21, 2014, 12:34:36 PM
Pfft.
Post by: yoga-like_abana on February 21, 2014, 12:36:18 PM
Post by: michigancat on February 21, 2014, 12:40:36 PM
future y-l_a is going to come back in time and slap the crap out of michigancat
gonna have to put in some overtime if you want to build a time machine, bud. :lol:
Post by: pissclams on February 21, 2014, 01:12:43 PM
I am glad this is the history thread since 'Clams is still using a dongle for wifi.
Pfft.
the 3D printer was from 10 years ago, downgrade. learn your role.
Post by: CNS on February 21, 2014, 01:14:41 PM
Post by: pissclams on February 21, 2014, 01:16:53 PM
Post by: Emo EMAW on March 05, 2014, 01:01:28 PM
Post by: kslim on March 05, 2014, 01:06:14 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A4vE_vpkr90oh my god, how much man?
Post by: Trogdor on March 05, 2014, 01:15:36 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A4vE_vpkr90
Are we more impressed with the board or the fact that tony hawk is like 80 and still skating
Post by: Spracne on March 05, 2014, 01:23:23 PM
Post by: michigancat on March 05, 2014, 01:23:37 PM
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on March 05, 2014, 01:42:01 PM
Post by: Emo EMAW on March 05, 2014, 01:43:15 PM
heard about this last year and signed up for the beta test version. ive got a link if anyone wants it. says the board is $1,500. pm me.
(https://www.netmeister.org/blog/images/typing.gif)
Post by: Stevesie60 on March 05, 2014, 01:52:14 PM
Scuttlebutt is that it's viral marketing for the BttF shoes Nike is releasing next year.
I was wondering why someone would spend so much money on a fake video. This makes some sense, at least.
Post by: Spracne on March 05, 2014, 01:55:10 PM
Post by: puniraptor on March 05, 2014, 04:03:31 PM
happens alot
but still
sometimes i get tired
of being the one
to tell everyone
nothing is real
Post by: michigancat on March 05, 2014, 04:08:21 PM
my coworker thought this was real.
happens alot
but still
sometimes i get tired
of being the one
to tell everyone
nothing is real
I bet
Post by: The Whale on March 09, 2014, 12:34:21 PM
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2454703,00.asp (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2454703,00.asp)
Post by: TheCatFanSpeaks on March 09, 2014, 05:15:15 PM
Post by: sys on March 10, 2014, 04:50:03 AM
Quote
Philosophers and political writers have waxed on about the dawning of a new utopia since the beginning of history. Few, however, have had the guts, the hubris, or simply the fatigue-induced insouciance to stamp a date on it.
Today Morgan Stanley joins that few:
chart redacted
The chart above, released as a part of a note we covered earlier, shows that autonomous cars will deliver a Phase 4 utopia in just 20 years. We actually think Morgan Stanley is grossly underselling the technology. Here is how they define Phase 4:
Autonomous capability: This is an “ideal” world akin to common science fiction in which all cars on the road have at least a Phase 3 level of autonomous capability (including retrofitting older cars), full V2V/V2X capability and the ability to drive from Point A to Point B with zero human intervention.
Scenario: A family of four wants to travel from New York to Chicago. They have dinner at home, climb into the vehicle at 9pm, watch a movie projected on the windscreen, and then go to sleep in their fold-flat seats, waking up at their destination the next morning.
Functions: Fully autonomous driving with no human intervention, with the focus likely to be on lifestyle/entertainment of occupants and manual car control as a back-up/supporting function (or disallowed). Cars will look very different from cars of today. Cars can also travel with no occupants. Remote control/disable functionality necessary.
Ideal worlds should be made of sexier stuff.
But let’s start with the bit we agree on: Cars can also travel with no occupants.
Sort of how after filming a movie or TV show, it can “also” be viewed later by someone else at a different location. Or how, in addition to running an operating system, computers can “also” run applications.
What we think this means is that the entire concept of a car as an appliance is replaced by cars as the physical backbone of a transportation network or cloud. Our family of four does not climb into “the vehicle”. They order transport from their home in New York to the destination in Chicago.
A vehicle is routed to their home. It belongs to a massive fleet of vehicles — our family happens to prefer gPort, though iGo is the marquee brand. Driven-cars today spend most of their time idle. Such low capacity usage means that the effective user costs of capital are high. In contrast, peak-time pricing, thick urban markets and smart dispatching ensure that the vehicle arriving to our family’s home is in nearly constant use or cleaning. Importantly, the battery inside of it is always, but always, being used or charged.
The savings from efficient capital use pile up quickly. Let’s say the average cost of a new car in the US is roughly $30k. A family with two cars is looking at a $60k capital outlay (ignoring the staggering of vehicle cohorts). A very generous estimate would put each car on the road for four hours a day. The other 20 hours — that ‘s 86% of the day — are spent rusting away in a driveway, parking lot, or garage.
Rather than owning 100% of a capital fleet that spends 14% of its time in operation, the family could effectively rent 14% of a vehicle’s usage from a retail transportation company whose fleet was in usage almost 100% of the time. For the very same user cost of capital, the family could ride in a $360K vehicle. Or, more practically given the trends in inequality, the costs of transportation would simply fall dramatically.
Now, 100% usage may seem crazy, but here is where we get to the real integration between electric vehicles and autonomous cars. The cost of the electric vehicle is all about the battery. Because autonomous cars can also travel with no occupants, they can be programmed to return unfailingly to the battery-switching station the moment their errands are over. The previous battery begins charging, and the cars are fitted with a new pack sized for the next appointment. Here again, smart dispatching allows battery packs to be pooled for cost-sensitive, long-haul commercial transportation and peak-pricing shifts scheduled so that retail customers never have to wait for an open battery.
This is a revolutionary new experience, no longer designed around the twin needs of the driver to effectively pilot the vehicle, and of the vehicle to be left idle until a driver is available. What we have now is a playground on wheels, one that is more expensive and likely more fun than most folks’ homes.
And this is just on the retail transportation side. The real action is commercial, where — freed from the cost of the driver — the fleet of delivery vehicles can easily expand six-fold; autonomous cars can be sent on cross-continent or even cross-globe errands; and tons of prefab materials can be massed at more remote locations — Williston Basin, North Dakota — well in advance of human arrival.
have to register to use the link.
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/02/25/1782472/are-we-there-yet-in-the-passenger-cabin-being-driven-autonomously-towards-utopia/
Post by: The1BigWillie on March 10, 2014, 08:11:05 AM
QuotePhilosophers and political writers have waxed on about the dawning of a new utopia since the beginning of history. Few, however, have had the guts, the hubris, or simply the fatigue-induced insouciance to stamp a date on it.
Today Morgan Stanley joins that few:
chart redacted
The chart above, released as a part of a note we covered earlier, shows that autonomous cars will deliver a Phase 4 utopia in just 20 years. We actually think Morgan Stanley is grossly underselling the technology. Here is how they define Phase 4:
Autonomous capability: This is an “ideal” world akin to common science fiction in which all cars on the road have at least a Phase 3 level of autonomous capability (including retrofitting older cars), full V2V/V2X capability and the ability to drive from Point A to Point B with zero human intervention.
Scenario: A family of four wants to travel from New York to Chicago. They have dinner at home, climb into the vehicle at 9pm, watch a movie projected on the windscreen, and then go to sleep in their fold-flat seats, waking up at their destination the next morning.
Functions: Fully autonomous driving with no human intervention, with the focus likely to be on lifestyle/entertainment of occupants and manual car control as a back-up/supporting function (or disallowed). Cars will look very different from cars of today. Cars can also travel with no occupants. Remote control/disable functionality necessary.
Ideal worlds should be made of sexier stuff.
But let’s start with the bit we agree on: Cars can also travel with no occupants.
Sort of how after filming a movie or TV show, it can “also” be viewed later by someone else at a different location. Or how, in addition to running an operating system, computers can “also” run applications.
What we think this means is that the entire concept of a car as an appliance is replaced by cars as the physical backbone of a transportation network or cloud. Our family of four does not climb into “the vehicle”. They order transport from their home in New York to the destination in Chicago.
A vehicle is routed to their home. It belongs to a massive fleet of vehicles — our family happens to prefer gPort, though iGo is the marquee brand. Driven-cars today spend most of their time idle. Such low capacity usage means that the effective user costs of capital are high. In contrast, peak-time pricing, thick urban markets and smart dispatching ensure that the vehicle arriving to our family’s home is in nearly constant use or cleaning. Importantly, the battery inside of it is always, but always, being used or charged.
The savings from efficient capital use pile up quickly. Let’s say the average cost of a new car in the US is roughly $30k. A family with two cars is looking at a $60k capital outlay (ignoring the staggering of vehicle cohorts). A very generous estimate would put each car on the road for four hours a day. The other 20 hours — that ‘s 86% of the day — are spent rusting away in a driveway, parking lot, or garage.
Rather than owning 100% of a capital fleet that spends 14% of its time in operation, the family could effectively rent 14% of a vehicle’s usage from a retail transportation company whose fleet was in usage almost 100% of the time. For the very same user cost of capital, the family could ride in a $360K vehicle. Or, more practically given the trends in inequality, the costs of transportation would simply fall dramatically.
Now, 100% usage may seem crazy, but here is where we get to the real integration between electric vehicles and autonomous cars. The cost of the electric vehicle is all about the battery. Because autonomous cars can also travel with no occupants, they can be programmed to return unfailingly to the battery-switching station the moment their errands are over. The previous battery begins charging, and the cars are fitted with a new pack sized for the next appointment. Here again, smart dispatching allows battery packs to be pooled for cost-sensitive, long-haul commercial transportation and peak-pricing shifts scheduled so that retail customers never have to wait for an open battery.
This is a revolutionary new experience, no longer designed around the twin needs of the driver to effectively pilot the vehicle, and of the vehicle to be left idle until a driver is available. What we have now is a playground on wheels, one that is more expensive and likely more fun than most folks’ homes.
And this is just on the retail transportation side. The real action is commercial, where — freed from the cost of the driver — the fleet of delivery vehicles can easily expand six-fold; autonomous cars can be sent on cross-continent or even cross-globe errands; and tons of prefab materials can be massed at more remote locations — Williston Basin, North Dakota — well in advance of human arrival.
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http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/02/25/1782472/are-we-there-yet-in-the-passenger-cabin-being-driven-autonomously-towards-utopia/
1. Alcohol sales are going to quadruple.
2. Pregnancy rates are going to go up.
3. What happens if little lucy has to pee 8 times an hour?
4. Is the convenience store as we know it, dead in the future? No QT? :(
Post by: michigancat on March 10, 2014, 10:10:25 AM
Post by: kso_FAN on March 10, 2014, 10:22:45 AM
Self driving cars will be amazing. Can't believe they didn't really mention the increased safety.
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:ohno:
Post by: pissclams on March 10, 2014, 10:23:00 AM
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Philosophers and political writers have waxed on about the dawning of a new utopia since the beginning of history. Few, however, have had the guts, the hubris, or simply the fatigue-induced insouciance to stamp a date on it.
i'd like to punch this author
Post by: pissclams on March 10, 2014, 10:24:27 AM
Post by: puniraptor on March 11, 2014, 04:13:43 PM
this is the human vs robot table tennis video
frustating slo mo and camera work makes it look staged and not real
i was hoping for a man vs machine sporting event.
the guy wasnt playing at all like he would be playing against and actual opponent.
Post by: michigancat on March 11, 2014, 05:34:55 PM
http://youtu.be/tIIJME8-au8 (http://youtu.be/tIIJME8-au8)
this is the human vs robot table tennis video
frustating slo mo and camera work makes it look staged and not real
i was hoping for a man vs machine sporting event.
the guy wasnt playing at all like he would be playing against and actual opponent.
looks completely fake
pretty hilarious tagline at the end, though.
Post by: bubbles4ksu on March 18, 2014, 07:12:41 PM
http://www.dwavesys.com/ (http://www.dwavesys.com/)
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Quantum Computation
Rather than store information as 0s or 1s as conventional computers do, a quantum computer uses qubits – which can be a 1 or a 0 or both at the same time. This “quantum superposition”, along with the quantum effects of entanglement and quantum tunnelling, enable quantum computers to consider and manipulate all combinations of bits simultaneously, making quantum computation powerful and fast.
How D-Wave Systems Work
Quantum computing uses an entirely different approach than classical computing. A useful analogy is to think of a landscape with mountains and valleys.
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Solving optimization problems can be thought of as trying to find the lowest point on this landscape. Every possible solution is mapped to coordinates on the landscape, and the altitude of the landscape is the “energy’” or “cost” of the solution at that point. The aim is to find the lowest point on the map and read the coordinates, as this gives the lowest energy, or optimal solution to the problem.
Classical computers running classical algorithms can only "walk over this landscape". Quantum computers can tunnel through the landscape making it faster to find the lowest point. The D-Wave processor considers all the possibilities simultaneously to determine the lowest energy required to form those relationships. The computer returns many very good answers in a short amount of time - 10,000 answers in one second. This gives the user not only the optimal solution or a single answer, but also other alternatives to choose from.
D-Wave systems use "quantum annealing" to solve problems. Quantum annealing “tunes” qubits from their superposition state to a classical state to return the set of answers scored to show the best solution.
Post by: Spracne on March 18, 2014, 07:17:31 PM
i don't pretend to understand the science here, but the Time article i read compared the function of a quantum computer to the human brain and i thought that sounded neat.
http://www.dwavesys.com/ (http://www.dwavesys.com/)QuoteQuantum Computation
Rather than store information as 0s or 1s as conventional computers do, a quantum computer uses qubits – which can be a 1 or a 0 or both at the same time. This “quantum superposition”, along with the quantum effects of entanglement and quantum tunnelling, enable quantum computers to consider and manipulate all combinations of bits simultaneously, making quantum computation powerful and fast.
How D-Wave Systems Work
Quantum computing uses an entirely different approach than classical computing. A useful analogy is to think of a landscape with mountains and valleys.
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Solving optimization problems can be thought of as trying to find the lowest point on this landscape. Every possible solution is mapped to coordinates on the landscape, and the altitude of the landscape is the “energy’” or “cost” of the solution at that point. The aim is to find the lowest point on the map and read the coordinates, as this gives the lowest energy, or optimal solution to the problem.
Classical computers running classical algorithms can only "walk over this landscape". Quantum computers can tunnel through the landscape making it faster to find the lowest point. The D-Wave processor considers all the possibilities simultaneously to determine the lowest energy required to form those relationships. The computer returns many very good answers in a short amount of time - 10,000 answers in one second. This gives the user not only the optimal solution or a single answer, but also other alternatives to choose from.
D-Wave systems use "quantum annealing" to solve problems. Quantum annealing “tunes” qubits from their superposition state to a classical state to return the set of answers scored to show the best solution.
As far as I can tell, the "quantum" in quantum computing is, at best, just a metaphor.
Post by: bubbles4ksu on March 19, 2014, 09:04:29 PM
As far as I can tell, the "quantum" in quantum computing is, at best, just a metaphor.they are creating quantum situations in these "qubits" but there isn't much computing being done. government agencies and defense contractors are investing mere tens of millions of dollars at this point. if/when the process gets closer to its potential it will be worth more money and more attention. it's exciting to see how far they've come in 10 years of existence.
Post by: Spracne on March 19, 2014, 09:35:38 PM
As far as I can tell, the "quantum" in quantum computing is, at best, just a metaphor.they are creating quantum situations in these "qubits" but there isn't much computing being done. government agencies and defense contractors are investing mere tens of millions of dollars at this point. if/when the process gets closer to its potential it will be worth more money and more attention. it's exciting to see how far they've come in 10 years of existence.
yawn, wake me up when we're creating wormholes.
Post by: The Big Train on April 17, 2014, 04:32:07 PM
Post by: pissclams on June 12, 2014, 08:05:07 AM
oh yeah, wireless charging is just a novelty, @pissclams. :flush:
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/17/electric_roads_to_the_hyperloop_our_jetsons_future_starts_now/
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Post by: F14ABE on June 12, 2014, 10:30:22 AM
Post by: CNS on June 12, 2014, 01:31:43 PM
I'm looking forward to the day when our washers & dryers fold and put away our clothes for us!
Yes, either that or spray on clothes that washes off easy in the shower.
Post by: Benja on June 12, 2014, 02:29:43 PM
QuotePhilosophers and political writers have waxed on about the dawning of a new utopia since the beginning of history. Few, however, have had the guts, the hubris, or simply the fatigue-induced insouciance to stamp a date on it.
i'd like to punch this author
What an unbelievably ridiculous article. How can any idiot equate a "utopian" existence with simply having nicer crap? Talk about the folly of man.
Post by: Benja on June 12, 2014, 02:31:32 PM
Post by: Benja on June 12, 2014, 02:32:53 PM
I'm looking forward to the day when our washers & dryers fold and put away our clothes for us!
The second someone invents this, rough ridin' utopia bro!
Post by: Emo EMAW on June 12, 2014, 02:34:53 PM
Like, what a rough ridin' nerd. Yeah, the second our cars drive themselves everything will be utopian as crap. Yep, that sounds about right.
I think his point is, at least how I interpreted it, is that with this extra time we save from not driving we will live better lives, care for our children better, be more productive, etc.
Post by: Benja on June 12, 2014, 02:43:14 PM
Like, what a rough ridin' nerd. Yeah, the second our cars drive themselves everything will be utopian as crap. Yep, that sounds about right.
I think his point is, at least how I interpreted it, is that with this extra time we save from not driving we will live better lives, care for our children better, be more productive, etc.
Yes I know the point he was going for.
Post by: Emo EMAW on June 12, 2014, 02:44:03 PM
Like, what a rough ridin' nerd. Yeah, the second our cars drive themselves everything will be utopian as crap. Yep, that sounds about right.
I think his point is, at least how I interpreted it, is that with this extra time we save from not driving we will live better lives, care for our children better, be more productive, etc.
Yes I know the point he was going for.
Seems like noble endeavors? :dunno:
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on June 12, 2014, 02:45:14 PM
Like, what a rough ridin' nerd. Yeah, the second our cars drive themselves everything will be utopian as crap. Yep, that sounds about right.
I think his point is, at least how I interpreted it, is that with this extra time we save from not driving we will live better lives, care for our children better, be more productive, etc.
Yes I know the point he was going for.
Shouldn't we already be living in a utopia since cars save us so much time vs riding around on horseback and washing machines save us time vs beating our clothes on a rock by the river?
Post by: Benja on June 12, 2014, 02:49:09 PM
Like, what a rough ridin' nerd. Yeah, the second our cars drive themselves everything will be utopian as crap. Yep, that sounds about right.
I think his point is, at least how I interpreted it, is that with this extra time we save from not driving we will live better lives, care for our children better, be more productive, etc.
Yes I know the point he was going for.
Shouldn't we already be living in a utopia since cars save us so much time vs riding around on horseback and washing machines save us time vs beating our clothes on a rock by the river?
Mrs. Gooch gets it! People have probably been saying that since the dawn of time. I mean, cool stuff is cool, and can possibly save you time, but a true utopia, which I personally believe humans are incapable of because it means we would stop striving for crap, would be when we are done inventing new "things" and move on to bigger questions.
Post by: steve dave on June 12, 2014, 02:49:26 PM
Post by: Benja on June 12, 2014, 02:51:22 PM
Like, what a rough ridin' nerd. Yeah, the second our cars drive themselves everything will be utopian as crap. Yep, that sounds about right.
I think his point is, at least how I interpreted it, is that with this extra time we save from not driving we will live better lives, care for our children better, be more productive, etc.
Yes I know the point he was going for.
Seems like noble endeavors? :dunno:
Sure, I mean go invent stuff. I'm not saying that's bad. I love my new phone.
Post by: Emo EMAW on June 12, 2014, 02:51:45 PM
Post by: Benja on June 12, 2014, 02:52:38 PM
plus the guy writes like someone I'd like to punch in the gut
I guarantee you he sucks to hang out with.
Post by: Emo EMAW on June 12, 2014, 02:55:30 PM
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And here you find civilized man.
Civilized man refused to adapt himself to his environment.
Instead he adapted his environment to suit him.
So he built cities, roads, vehicles, machinery.
And he put up power lines to run his labour-saving devices.
But he didn't know when to stop.
The more he improved his surroundings to make life easier...
...the more complicated he made it.
Now his children are sentenced to to years of school, to learn...
...how to survive in this complex and hazardous habitat.
And civilized man, who refused to adapt to his surroundings...
...now finds he has to adapt and re-adapt...
...every hour of the day to his self-created environment.
http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/g/gods-must-be-crazy-script-transcript.html
Post by: CNS on June 12, 2014, 02:59:07 PM
Post by: Benja on June 12, 2014, 03:00:23 PM
Post by: Benja on June 12, 2014, 03:00:37 PM
Post by: michigancat on June 12, 2014, 03:04:53 PM
Post by: Benja on June 12, 2014, 03:05:25 PM
driverless cars will be pretty sweet. can't wait.
utopia baby
Post by: pissclams on June 12, 2014, 03:27:02 PM
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on June 12, 2014, 03:27:52 PM
driverless cars will be pretty sweet. can't wait.Until they malfunction. :ohno:
Post by: steve dave on June 12, 2014, 03:34:12 PM
Post by: Spracne on June 12, 2014, 03:43:51 PM
Post by: Benja on June 12, 2014, 03:44:31 PM
Post by: Spracne on June 12, 2014, 03:46:53 PM
Post by: Benja on June 12, 2014, 04:17:59 PM
Post by: Emo EMAW on June 12, 2014, 04:19:46 PM
Is that a poem? I mean, it looks like a really shitty written poem.
Have you never scene the movie?
Post by: Emo EMAW on June 12, 2014, 04:20:12 PM
Post by: michigancat on June 12, 2014, 04:25:08 PM
Post by: Benja on June 12, 2014, 05:02:56 PM
great job kicking the crap out of utopia guy, guys. :cheers:
:thumbs:
Post by: F14ABE on June 13, 2014, 12:01:27 PM
I'm looking forward to the day when our washers & dryers fold and put away our clothes for us!
Yes, either that or spray on clothes that washes off easy in the shower.
ha, that would be really convenient. What if you get caught in the rain or wet somehow?
Post by: CNS on June 13, 2014, 12:04:43 PM
I'm looking forward to the day when our washers & dryers fold and put away our clothes for us!
Yes, either that or spray on clothes that washes off easy in the shower.
ha, that would be really convenient. What if you get caught in the rain or wet somehow?
Hmmmm. We're gonna have to start adding something to the water, I guess. I mean, it's either that or get back to folding.
Post by: Benja on June 13, 2014, 12:11:50 PM
Post by: star seed 7 on May 15, 2015, 08:57:09 PM
Post by: sys on May 15, 2015, 09:03:37 PM
https://youtu.be/4vGcH0Bk3hg
thank god someone finally invented a stickless selfie stick.
Post by: The Big Train on May 15, 2015, 10:44:03 PM
Post by: SdK on May 15, 2015, 11:11:13 PM
Post by: BringBackEcoKat on May 15, 2015, 11:56:27 PM
Post by: Tobias on May 16, 2015, 12:22:08 AM
I just really can't wait until my car drives itself so I can nap or blog during my car rides
you should check into whatever lib7 drives
Post by: star seed 7 on May 16, 2015, 11:34:18 AM
Post by: The Big Train on May 24, 2015, 05:28:22 PM
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150522105402.htm
Post by: sys on June 11, 2015, 09:47:23 PM
https://vimeo.com/128373915
Post by: puniraptor on June 11, 2015, 10:13:06 PM
interesting video.That made mine eyes really sweaty.
https://vimeo.com/128373915
Post by: The Big Train on June 18, 2015, 07:12:43 PM
http://gizmodo.com/nasa-we-are-going-to-europa-1712415156
Post by: The Big Train on November 08, 2015, 05:29:17 PM
https://vimeo.com/142766921
Post by: CNS on November 08, 2015, 06:40:42 PM
holy crap :excited:
https://vimeo.com/142766921
Just Super Early Bird'ed that. :drool:
Post by: Fldermaus on November 08, 2015, 07:26:48 PM
holy crap :excited:
https://vimeo.com/142766921
I'm missing why this is exciting.
Post by: The Big Train on November 08, 2015, 07:27:59 PM
Post by: Fldermaus on November 08, 2015, 07:31:18 PM
Post by: The Big Train on November 08, 2015, 07:32:54 PM
Post by: Fldermaus on November 08, 2015, 07:40:40 PM
the inability to see the cool stuff you could do with movies and any kind of engaging content in general gives me a hearty belly laughOkay, I missed that. I confused it for a video camera, which I thought had been around for quite a while. This device that captures video images is truly revolutionary.
Post by: The Big Train on November 08, 2015, 07:44:50 PM
Post by: Fldermaus on November 08, 2015, 08:10:20 PM
Zowie -- imagine the possibilities!!!
Thanks for sharing these technological marvels...
Post by: The Big Train on November 08, 2015, 08:16:22 PM
Blown away by that spectacular innovation where he fastened this groundbreaking "video image recording" technology on what appears to be some sort of hand-held rod apparatus. He was able to record not just what was happening around him, but was actually able to self-record footage of himself, without a film-crew!!! :excited:
Zowie -- imagine the possibilities!!!
Thanks for sharing these technological marvels...
You are very welcome
Post by: wetwillie on November 08, 2015, 08:33:58 PM
Post by: The Big Train on November 08, 2015, 08:41:45 PM
TBT have you seen the camera accessory product that allows you to wear a small device and it will automatically follow you up to 2000 feet? Looks pretty neat.
Yeah that mini 'copter thing? I think someone posted it somewhere but the promo video had like snowboarders and stuff, it was pretty cool
Post by: stunted on November 10, 2015, 08:51:25 AM
Post by: pissclams on November 10, 2015, 09:44:49 AM
my swegway comes soon :excited:
i'm holding out for a walk car
Post by: stunted on November 11, 2015, 08:41:18 AM
really need china to copy one of these asap
Post by: CNS on November 24, 2015, 10:11:20 AM
http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/24/technology/jeff-bezos-rocket-landing/index.html (http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/24/technology/jeff-bezos-rocket-landing/index.html)
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Jeff Bezos' rocket ship achieved a breakthrough Monday by traveling 329,839 feet into outer space and then landing upright upon its return to earth.
Post by: Emo EMAW on November 24, 2015, 10:37:46 AM
Reusable rockets for space tourism. Amazon Prime in space
http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/24/technology/jeff-bezos-rocket-landing/index.html (http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/24/technology/jeff-bezos-rocket-landing/index.html)QuoteJeff Bezos' rocket ship achieved a breakthrough Monday by traveling 329,839 feet into outer space and then landing upright upon its return to earth.
Pretty sure I was playing this game on a Macintosh in the 90's.
Post by: stunted on November 24, 2015, 02:54:10 PM
retardedly fun. been cruising around late at night with my roommate and it feels like we're exploring some video game map.
Post by: sys on May 07, 2016, 08:17:11 PM
Post by: The Big Train on May 07, 2016, 08:23:24 PM
Post by: sys on May 07, 2016, 08:25:24 PM
Post by: sys on May 07, 2016, 08:25:51 PM
Post by: The Big Train on May 07, 2016, 08:29:44 PM
Post by: sys on May 07, 2016, 08:32:31 PM
Post by: The Big Train on May 07, 2016, 08:35:20 PM
Post by: sys on May 07, 2016, 08:36:43 PM
how is this different than a water pipeline?
it is filled with beer. i swear you'd be able to answer these questions yourself if you tried.
Post by: The Big Train on May 07, 2016, 08:38:12 PM
how is this different than a water pipeline?
it is filled with beer. i swear you'd be able to answer these questions yourself if you tried.
So a system that lets out the released carbonation? :confused:
I mean this isn't a quantum computer or anything. I'm not trying to be an ass or sarcastic
Post by: sys on May 07, 2016, 08:58:25 PM
So a system that lets out the released carbonation? :confused:
they probably have to toss the first little bit in the mornings.
Post by: star seed 7 on May 07, 2016, 09:03:32 PM
Post by: The Big Train on July 20, 2016, 11:22:23 PM
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/755929747763245061
Post by: pissclams on July 20, 2016, 11:36:43 PM
Post by: Tobias on July 20, 2016, 11:43:29 PM
Post by: CNS on July 21, 2016, 09:18:33 AM
I want our state, and the surrounding ones, to install charge stations so I can leave for denver after work, wake up two or three times to plug the car in, then wake up in the morning in CO. That would be awesome.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on July 21, 2016, 09:20:36 AM
Wow. The fleet thing is awesome too.
I want our state, and the surrounding ones, to install charge stations so I can leave for denver after work, wake up two or three times to plug the car in, then wake up in the morning in CO. That would be awesome.
I think charging is too slow for stations to make much sense. It would be way better to have battery exchange stations. Just change them out like you do propane tanks.
Post by: mocat on July 21, 2016, 09:33:30 AM
Post by: Emo EMAW on July 21, 2016, 10:44:10 AM
Wow. The fleet thing is awesome too.
I want our state, and the surrounding ones, to install charge stations so I can leave for denver after work, wake up two or three times to plug the car in, then wake up in the morning in CO. That would be awesome.
I think charging is too slow for stations to make much sense. It would be way better to have battery exchange stations. Just change them out like you do propane tanks.
In the future charging will be nearly instantaneous.
Post by: CNS on July 21, 2016, 10:55:01 AM
Wow. The fleet thing is awesome too.
I want our state, and the surrounding ones, to install charge stations so I can leave for denver after work, wake up two or three times to plug the car in, then wake up in the morning in CO. That would be awesome.
I think charging is too slow for stations to make much sense. It would be way better to have battery exchange stations. Just change them out like you do propane tanks.
In the future charging will be nearly instantaneous.
From what I have read in the last year or two, we have the tech now to do this, but the concern is safety considering how stupid most American drivers are.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on July 21, 2016, 11:17:13 AM
Wow. The fleet thing is awesome too.
I want our state, and the surrounding ones, to install charge stations so I can leave for denver after work, wake up two or three times to plug the car in, then wake up in the morning in CO. That would be awesome.
I think charging is too slow for stations to make much sense. It would be way better to have battery exchange stations. Just change them out like you do propane tanks.
In the future charging will be nearly instantaneous.
Well, in the future it would be nice to have over-the-air charging infrastructure built into the roadways so that cars never need to stop to get a charge. We aren't nearly there yet and something needs to be done for the present, though.
Post by: _33 on July 21, 2016, 11:29:14 AM
Post by: Gooch on July 21, 2016, 11:57:52 AM
Most states can barely keep the roads they have now passable. These new magic roads ain't coming anytime soon.Wow. The fleet thing is awesome too.
I want our state, and the surrounding ones, to install charge stations so I can leave for denver after work, wake up two or three times to plug the car in, then wake up in the morning in CO. That would be awesome.
I think charging is too slow for stations to make much sense. It would be way better to have battery exchange stations. Just change them out like you do propane tanks.
In the future charging will be nearly instantaneous.
Well, in the future it would be nice to have over-the-air charging infrastructure built into the roadways so that cars never need to stop to get a charge. We aren't nearly there yet and something needs to be done for the present, though.
Post by: Emo EMAW on July 21, 2016, 01:50:25 PM
Wow. The fleet thing is awesome too.
I want our state, and the surrounding ones, to install charge stations so I can leave for denver after work, wake up two or three times to plug the car in, then wake up in the morning in CO. That would be awesome.
I think charging is too slow for stations to make much sense. It would be way better to have battery exchange stations. Just change them out like you do propane tanks.
In the future charging will be nearly instantaneous.
Well, in the future it would be nice to have over-the-air charging infrastructure built into the roadways so that cars never need to stop to get a charge. We aren't nearly there yet and something needs to be done for the present, though.
I mean the not so far future. The technology exists today. It just hasn't been commercialized yet.
Post by: Dub on July 21, 2016, 02:04:44 PM
Post by: The Big Train on July 21, 2016, 03:15:27 PM
Post by: The Big Train on August 23, 2016, 03:37:54 PM
https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/23/parrot-disco/
Post by: CNS on August 23, 2016, 03:48:02 PM
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on August 23, 2016, 03:49:40 PM
Post by: pissclams on August 23, 2016, 04:41:26 PM
Post by: wetwillie on August 23, 2016, 06:40:16 PM
Post by: The Big Train on January 06, 2017, 04:34:21 PM
http://kotaku.com/the-best-moments-from-a-twitch-conversation-between-two-1790907744
Post by: steve dave on January 06, 2017, 07:29:51 PM
Post by: Tobias on January 06, 2017, 07:33:46 PM
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Post by: The Big Train on January 06, 2017, 07:42:07 PM
Post by: steve dave on January 06, 2017, 07:45:33 PM
I love driving which is why I have never owned an automatic car
:lol:
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on January 06, 2017, 07:47:27 PM
Post by: Tobias on January 06, 2017, 07:48:23 PM
Post by: wetwillie on January 06, 2017, 07:50:06 PM
Post by: CNS on January 06, 2017, 10:17:58 PM
there are kids being born now that will never drive a car according to some people. that is exciting to me. I rough ridin' hate driving. I want my car to do that for me and be safe about it. also not worrying about your kids driving theirselves to a fiery death seems nice.
I want this but with flying cars.
Post by: mocat on January 06, 2017, 10:33:58 PM
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Post by: GregKSU1027 on January 09, 2017, 01:09:10 AM
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Post by: mocat on January 09, 2017, 06:37:31 AM
Post by: Asteriskhead on January 09, 2017, 06:49:07 AM
Post by: ChiComCat on January 09, 2017, 08:32:32 AM
this is a stupid thread. there is no such thing as the future. there is only now.
The point you call now is already the past. The past no longer exists. There is only the future.
Post by: michigancat on January 09, 2017, 09:18:39 AM
Post by: KITNfury on January 09, 2017, 09:29:04 AM
I just thought of an idea of making a car that runs on wind energy. Because you know how when you're driving there is a lot of wind because of how fast you are going (if you don't believe me just stick your head out the window while driving down I-70 sometime), well that would produce the electricity to run the car. Just have to figure out how to get the windmill on top of the car.Perpetual motion machines are proving to be a difficult endeavor.
Post by: yoga-like_abana on January 09, 2017, 09:29:31 AM
I love driving which is why I have never owned an automatic carDo you even know how to drive an automatic?
Post by: Asteriskhead on January 09, 2017, 10:45:56 AM
Does time even exist?
hard to tell what us humans have hallucinated and what we haven't at this point.
Post by: michigancat on January 09, 2017, 10:56:04 AM
Yes, it is.Does time even exist?
hard to tell what us humans have hallucinated and what we haven't at this point.
Post by: KITNfury on January 09, 2017, 10:59:56 AM
Post by: CNS on January 09, 2017, 11:05:46 AM
I also don't think space/the uni are infinite. I get that math and what not lean on that right now, but I think we just don't know the necessary physics to understand any different now. I mean, infinity exists in math, but I don't think it possible to exist in reality in any other way. We are just too small, and unknowing, to see space as anything but infinite, I bet.
Post by: chum1 on January 09, 2017, 12:28:37 PM
https://twitter.com/AustenAllred/status/814217068467736576
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on January 09, 2017, 01:07:54 PM
Post by: KITNfury on January 09, 2017, 02:08:30 PM
I don't think time can be anything but linear and uncontrollable.So you think we're essentially in a really big bottle? Could be true. But for me, it's easier to think space goes on infinitely than it is for me to think time has gone back infinitely. I mean, I can't really wrap my head around something/anything being here forever. Whether someone talks w/ religious ideology or strictly secular beliefs, the whole negative infinity timeline just gets glossed over. To me, the thought of the universe simply "always being here" or God "always being here" is incredibly difficult to comprehend.
I also don't think space/the uni are infinite. I get that math and what not lean on that right now, but I think we just don't know the necessary physics to understand any different now. I mean, infinity exists in math, but I don't think it possible to exist in reality in any other way. We are just too small, and unknowing, to see space as anything but infinite, I bet.
In our dimension time is obviously somewhat linear. Although we know it can be manipulated. I simply believe anther dimension exists where it can be completely manipulated, so there really is no beginning or end to time.
Post by: CNS on January 09, 2017, 02:46:02 PM
Also, infinity seems lazy to me as an explanation of anything outside of math itself.
Again, I think we are too small, or it's too big, to understand it at this point.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on January 09, 2017, 02:50:01 PM
Post by: KITNfury on January 09, 2017, 03:01:33 PM
I may be wrong, and maybe some physicscats can set me straight, but we can only manipulate time relatively, in how it is experienced from a point perspective by means of gravity(and probably speed or something). To me, that doesn't mean we are manipulating time, just your perspective of it.Correct, time can be manipulated by an objects perspective, but does that cheapen the effect. I mean, in a planet of the apes (the original) sense, how mind blowing is it that one person could live a few years while people from the place the traveler left are experiencing time much much faster. That's some crazy crap.
Also, infinity seems lazy to me as an explanation of anything outside of math itself.
Again, I think we are too small, or it's too big, to understand it at this point.
Time is actually a very difficult concept to define even by the world's smartest physicists. For instance, is time independent of change or simply a measure of change? Example, if everything in the universe simply froze, does time continue on? Obviously, our perception of time would stop and we wouldn't know anything happened if it simply started back up. We would be none the wiser. But if time is linear and independent of change, then time continued on during the freeze. But if time did continue on, what is time actually? When you attempt to explain it scientifically, it's very difficult. I watched a show where they were interviewing the physics whiz bangs and they really don't know what to say about it. At least not as a concensus.
Post by: KITNfury on January 09, 2017, 03:05:04 PM
If space isn't infinite, then what do you imagine you would find at the end of it?I don't agree with his assessment of finite space, but I do think there are limits to the contents of the universe. But there is no boundary IMO.
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on January 09, 2017, 03:10:08 PM
If space isn't infinite, then what do you imagine you would find at the end of it?
The universe is finite but it is expanding at a rate much greater than we would ever be able to travel therefore we could never reach the edge.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on January 09, 2017, 03:11:58 PM
If space isn't infinite, then what do you imagine you would find at the end of it?
The universe is finite but it is expanding at a rate much greater than we would ever be able to travel therefore we could never reach the edge.
What is it expanding into?
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on January 09, 2017, 03:13:17 PM
If space isn't infinite, then what do you imagine you would find at the end of it?
The universe is finite but it is expanding at a rate much greater than we would ever be able to travel therefore we could never reach the edge.
What is it expanding into?
Nothing
Post by: Brock Landers on January 09, 2017, 03:14:44 PM
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on January 09, 2017, 03:14:54 PM
If space isn't infinite, then what do you imagine you would find at the end of it?
The universe is finite but it is expanding at a rate much greater than we would ever be able to travel therefore we could never reach the edge.
What is it expanding into?
Nothing
So space, then?
Post by: CNS on January 09, 2017, 03:19:58 PM
I may be wrong, and maybe some physicscats can set me straight, but we can only manipulate time relatively, in how it is experienced from a point perspective by means of gravity(and probably speed or something). To me, that doesn't mean we are manipulating time, just your perspective of it.Correct, time can be manipulated by an objects perspective, but does that cheapen the effect. I mean, in a planet of the apes (the original) sense, how mind blowing is it that one person could live a few years while people from the place the traveler left are experiencing time much much faster. That's some crazy crap.
Also, infinity seems lazy to me as an explanation of anything outside of math itself.
Again, I think we are too small, or it's too big, to understand it at this point.
Time is actually a very difficult concept to define even by the world's smartest physicists. For instance, is time independent of change or simply a measure of change? Example, if everything in the universe simply froze, does time continue on? Obviously, our perception of time would stop and we wouldn't know anything happened if it simply started back up. We would be none the wiser. But if time is linear and independent of change, then time continued on during the freeze. But if time did continue on, what is time actually? When you attempt to explain it scientifically, it's very difficult. I watched a show where they were interviewing the physics whiz bangs and they really don't know what to say about it. At least not as a concensus.
The answer to that mindfuck is "It doesn't matter", I think. :dunno:
Post by: CNS on January 09, 2017, 03:24:14 PM
I am not a religious person, but the finite/infinite thing is the boundary of science and religion, imo.
I have no clue, but the idea that there is an endless nothing is weird. I mean, to a fly, KS probably feels infinite.
Post by: KITNfury on January 09, 2017, 03:29:15 PM
I get your point to a degree, but time is undeniably the most valuable of commodities in existence. Defining it is pretty important. Consider gravity, we have theories to what it actually is (the stretching of the fabric of space rough ridin' stretching space's "fabric" wtf! it is critical to the world we live in by virtual any measure. Time is equally, if not more, important.I may be wrong, and maybe some physicscats can set me straight, but we can only manipulate time relatively, in how it is experienced from a point perspective by means of gravity(and probably speed or something). To me, that doesn't mean we are manipulating time, just your perspective of it.Correct, time can be manipulated by an objects perspective, but does that cheapen the effect. I mean, in a planet of the apes (the original) sense, how mind blowing is it that one person could live a few years while people from the place the traveler left are experiencing time much much faster. That's some crazy crap.
Also, infinity seems lazy to me as an explanation of anything outside of math itself.
Again, I think we are too small, or it's too big, to understand it at this point.
Time is actually a very difficult concept to define even by the world's smartest physicists. For instance, is time independent of change or simply a measure of change? Example, if everything in the universe simply froze, does time continue on? Obviously, our perception of time would stop and we wouldn't know anything happened if it simply started back up. We would be none the wiser. But if time is linear and independent of change, then time continued on during the freeze. But if time did continue on, what is time actually? When you attempt to explain it scientifically, it's very difficult. I watched a show where they were interviewing the physics whiz bangs and they really don't know what to say about it. At least not as a concensus.
The answer to that mindfuck is "It doesn't matter", I think. :dunno:
Post by: CNS on January 09, 2017, 03:32:48 PM
I get your point to a degree, but time is undeniably the most valuable of commodities in existence. Defining it is pretty important. Consider gravity, we have theories to what it actually is (the stretching of the fabric of space rough ridin' stretching space's "fabric" wtf! it is critical to the world we live in by virtual any measure. Time is equally, if not more, important.I may be wrong, and maybe some physicscats can set me straight, but we can only manipulate time relatively, in how it is experienced from a point perspective by means of gravity(and probably speed or something). To me, that doesn't mean we are manipulating time, just your perspective of it.Correct, time can be manipulated by an objects perspective, but does that cheapen the effect. I mean, in a planet of the apes (the original) sense, how mind blowing is it that one person could live a few years while people from the place the traveler left are experiencing time much much faster. That's some crazy crap.
Also, infinity seems lazy to me as an explanation of anything outside of math itself.
Again, I think we are too small, or it's too big, to understand it at this point.
Time is actually a very difficult concept to define even by the world's smartest physicists. For instance, is time independent of change or simply a measure of change? Example, if everything in the universe simply froze, does time continue on? Obviously, our perception of time would stop and we wouldn't know anything happened if it simply started back up. We would be none the wiser. But if time is linear and independent of change, then time continued on during the freeze. But if time did continue on, what is time actually? When you attempt to explain it scientifically, it's very difficult. I watched a show where they were interviewing the physics whiz bangs and they really don't know what to say about it. At least not as a concensus.
The answer to that mindfuck is "It doesn't matter", I think. :dunno:
I am about to get super The Big Trainy here, but I skimmed an article a few months ago on IFLS that said they think they have identified two more fundamental forces and that they think gravity may soon be ousted as a fundamental force and that the combo of these two new forces are effecting what we experience as gravity. I should probably actually read the rest of the article, but thought I would wait until they played around with it a little more so that this isn't a "we found particles moving faster than light so watch out Sirr Parker because we are coming for your early season 1998 ass" moment.
Post by: KITNfury on January 09, 2017, 03:40:49 PM
Post by: puniraptor on January 09, 2017, 05:42:50 PM
Post by: chum1 on January 09, 2017, 05:49:35 PM
Post by: Asteriskhead on January 09, 2017, 05:53:41 PM
Post by: chum1 on January 09, 2017, 05:58:03 PM
Post by: Spracne on January 09, 2017, 06:09:10 PM
They have properties independent of thought. I suppose time does, too.Do they?
Post by: chum1 on January 09, 2017, 06:20:33 PM
They have properties independent of thought. I suppose time does, too.Do they?
Yes. Imagine two integers that no one has ever thought of before. Do they have a sum? Of course.
Post by: The Big Train on January 09, 2017, 06:22:24 PM
Post by: Spracne on January 09, 2017, 06:23:26 PM
Post by: chum1 on January 09, 2017, 06:42:05 PM
Well, that's question begging. But also, your hypo proves too much (for you).
The idea that there are integers no one has thought of is meaningless to you? It makes perfect sense to me. Just as much as the idea that there are parts of the Earth no one has seen.
Post by: Spracne on January 09, 2017, 06:45:27 PM
Post by: chum1 on January 09, 2017, 06:47:30 PM
Post by: Tobias on January 09, 2017, 06:50:07 PM
Post by: Spracne on January 09, 2017, 06:54:51 PM
Sounds arbitrary.I think numbers are more akin to symbols, just like language itself. It is an intellectual abstraction. Your hypo definitely requires application of logic in order to prove. Numbers do not exist without intelligent life abstracting them.
Post by: catastrophe on January 09, 2017, 06:55:20 PM
If space isn't infinite, then what do you imagine you would find at the end of it?
Such a fun question to think about. Almost makes me want to be an astrophysicist.
Post by: catastrophe on January 09, 2017, 06:57:53 PM
Post by: The Big Train on January 09, 2017, 06:58:48 PM
Sounds arbitrary.I think numbers are more akin to symbols, just like language itself. It is an intellectual abstraction. Your hypo definitely requires application of logic in order to prove. Numbers do not exist without intelligent life abstracting them.
You're splitting hairs here. Nothing truly exists without the concept originating within intelligent life's brain. So you can't have one without the other.
Post by: Spracne on January 09, 2017, 07:05:36 PM
Sounds arbitrary.I think numbers are more akin to symbols, just like language itself. It is an intellectual abstraction. Your hypo definitely requires application of logic in order to prove. Numbers do not exist without intelligent life abstracting them.
You're splitting hairs here. Nothing truly exists without the concept originating within intelligent life's brain. So you can't have one without the other.
The old tree falling in the forest canard? I knew that was a possible rebuttal, but honestly, I'm pretty phocking sure a tree falling in a forest still creates sound waves even if no one is around.
Or Schrodinger's cat? That puss is either alive or dead. Human knowledge doesn't change that reality.
I don't find those thought experiments very useful, tbh.
Post by: star seed 7 on January 09, 2017, 07:08:11 PM
it's not quite self driving, but i use the crap out of cruise control everywhere i go in town. (is this legal)
Obama :curse:
Post by: The Big Train on January 09, 2017, 07:13:47 PM
Sounds arbitrary.I think numbers are more akin to symbols, just like language itself. It is an intellectual abstraction. Your hypo definitely requires application of logic in order to prove. Numbers do not exist without intelligent life abstracting them.
You're splitting hairs here. Nothing truly exists without the concept originating within intelligent life's brain. So you can't have one without the other.
The old tree falling in the forest canard? I knew that was a possible rebuttal, but honestly, I'm pretty phocking sure a tree falling in a forest still creates sound waves even if no one is around.
Or Schrodinger's cat? That puss is either alive or dead. Human knowledge doesn't change that reality.
I don't find those thought experiments very useful, tbh.
I think they are pretty cool. Probably why I find quantum computing so fascinating.
Post by: chum1 on January 09, 2017, 07:20:55 PM
Sounds arbitrary.I think numbers are more akin to symbols, just like language itself. It is an intellectual abstraction. Your hypo definitely requires application of logic in order to prove. Numbers do not exist without intelligent life abstracting them.
I don't see why physicality isn't a property, like the property of being able to be summed with another number.
Post by: steve dave on January 09, 2017, 07:33:02 PM
Post by: Asteriskhead on January 09, 2017, 07:45:12 PM
To a caveman automatic headlights would seem astounding. Yet here we are and everyone has them.
That's a neat fantasy.
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on January 09, 2017, 08:50:39 PM
Imagine two integers that no one has ever thought of before.
No such thing. Name two integers that no one has ever thought of and I will prove you wrong.
Post by: chum1 on January 09, 2017, 09:00:30 PM
Imagine two integers that no one has ever thought of before.
No such thing. Name two integers that no one has ever thought of and I will prove you wrong.
I didn't mean to think about specific numbers. I was trying to get at an idea that something could have a property of an integer independent of anyone thinking about it. Just like a patch of Earth could have properties of granite even though no one has ever seen it.
Post by: catastrophe on January 09, 2017, 10:25:03 PM
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on January 09, 2017, 11:24:13 PM
Post by: The Big Train on January 13, 2017, 10:56:41 PM
https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/12/sf-district-attorney-lawsuit-against-lily-may-have-prompted-refund/
Post by: The Big Train on January 15, 2017, 08:16:22 AM
https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/15/technology-cant-replace-the-human-touch/
Post by: mocat on January 15, 2017, 09:16:26 AM
https://youtu.be/d-FgEyOV7bQ
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Post by: The Big Train on May 05, 2017, 10:59:20 PM
if you have never read about ethereum and the blockchain in general it is the definition of the future, guys.
fantastic article
https://hbr.org/2017/01/the-truth-about-blockchain
Post by: The Big Train on December 13, 2017, 04:57:00 PM
https://mobile.twitter.com/realsophiarobot
Post by: kso_FAN on February 06, 2018, 03:36:23 PM
https://twitter.com/hashtag/FalconHeavy?src=hash
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/960980984744370176
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Post by: The Big Train on February 06, 2018, 09:22:26 PM
Doesn't seem that hard to me :zzz:
:jerk:
Post by: puniraptor on February 06, 2018, 10:26:12 PM
Doesn't seem that hard to me :zzz:
:jerk:
does it seem harder if I tell you that the rocket took of with 3 and one crashed in the ocean?
Post by: star seed 7 on February 06, 2018, 10:27:42 PM
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on February 09, 2018, 02:17:01 PM
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Post by: The Big Train on March 10, 2018, 07:48:53 AM
http://www.grubstreet.com/2018/03/flippy-robot-one-day-on-the-job.html
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Post by: chum1 on March 19, 2018, 12:21:28 PM
Post by: The Big Train on March 19, 2018, 12:30:59 PM
https://twitter.com/rtjcooper/status/975778114289647616
First of all, how many miles have they driven without a fatality, and how does that compare to the general public. Second, the same physics still apply to autonomous cars. I highly doubt this thing just swerved into her, and she very well could have not been paying attention. An autonomous car still abides by the same physics so if it doesn’t have room to stop then this can happen. Third, as the software gets better it will prevent crashes and fatalities. Tesla had that fatality last year or the year before where it ran under a semi crossing the road. Even with that death it was statistically safer per fatality/miles driven.
That kind of comment is from an ignorant person who can’t see beyond their own nose. I’m sorry but that kind of reasoning without knowing what they are talking about just drives me nuts.
Post by: bubbles4ksu on March 19, 2018, 12:40:47 PM
Post by: cfbandyman on March 19, 2018, 12:43:06 PM
See, here’s the deal with this kind of headline and this response.
https://twitter.com/rtjcooper/status/975778114289647616
First of all, how many miles have they driven without a fatality, and how does that compare to the general public. Second, the same physics still apply to autonomous cars. I highly doubt this thing just swerved into her, and she very well could have not been paying attention. An autonomous car still abides by the same physics so if it doesn’t have room to stop then this can happen. Third, as the software gets better it will prevent crashes and fatalities. Tesla had that fatality last year or the year before where it ran under a semi crossing the road. Even with that death it was statistically safer per fatality/miles driven.
That kind of comment is from an ignorant person who can’t see beyond their own nose. I’m sorry but that kind of reasoning without knowing what they are talking about just drives me nuts.
Yeah, totally agree on that. Most people are texting on their phone eating a hamburger and putting on makeup, at least the driverless car is always attentive. And yes, statistically the driverless cars do perform better per mile, that headline though always has to be stirred up so people get talking about it.
Post by: star seed 7 on March 19, 2018, 01:01:44 PM
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on March 19, 2018, 01:08:41 PM
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on March 19, 2018, 01:18:08 PM
I kill less people per mile driven than these driverless cars.Same
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Post by: stunted on March 22, 2018, 12:43:56 AM
there's no way a person driving could have avoided it. i'm surprised the technology isn't there where it detects the pedestrian with lasers and crap.
Post by: The Big Train on March 26, 2018, 12:34:50 PM
https://twitter.com/TempePolice/status/976585098542833664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2018-03-21%2Fpolice-release-video-of-fatal-uber-autonomous-car-collision&tfw_site=technology
there's no way a person driving could have avoided it. i'm surprised the technology isn't there where it detects the pedestrian with lasers and crap.
https://www.pcmag.com/commentary/360054/ubers-self-driving-car-accident-did-ai-fail-us
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on March 26, 2018, 01:10:23 PM
Post by: The Big Train on May 05, 2018, 02:08:51 PM
https://twitter.com/ronamadeo/status/992515849750753280
Post by: DaBigTrain on August 09, 2018, 09:12:36 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tboPwZt4LrA
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Post by: DaBigTrain on March 27, 2019, 08:58:58 PM
This is the type of thread I thought you liked my posting in too :frown:
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Post by: DaBigTrain on July 04, 2019, 02:24:37 AM
https://twitter.com/misslaneym/status/1146580233212092417
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https://twitter.com/max_read/status/1176926061688496129
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We were promised an industrial revolution. What we got was a revolution in consumer convenience.
https://twitter.com/OConnellPostbiz/status/1206976658378506242
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https://twitter.com/drewharwell/status/1217135019338223618
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhND7Mvp3f4
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https://twitter.com/cnni/status/1309818272934768640
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Post by: puniraptor on December 29, 2020, 07:00:40 PM
I think it looks really scary when they have movements of separate robots synced up. Like end of humanity scary.
are these programmed dances or are the robots autonomously dancing to the music using AI. the answer will help determine my fear levels.
Post by: pissclams on December 30, 2020, 02:44:36 PM
I think it looks really scary when they have movements of separate robots synced up. Like end of humanity scary.question-does it scare you when humans, in synchronicity, do the robot?
if no, then maybe it’s time to look in the mirror
Post by: Stupid Fitz on December 30, 2020, 03:31:54 PM
I think it looks really scary when they have movements of separate robots synced up. Like end of humanity scary.
Large groups of dumb people are way scarier than these robots IMO.
Post by: pissclams on December 30, 2020, 06:40:39 PM
no response, that’s what i thoughtI think it looks really scary when they have movements of separate robots synced up. Like end of humanity scary.question-does it scare you when humans, in synchronicity, do the robot?
if no, then maybe it’s time to look in the mirror
Post by: chum1 on December 30, 2020, 07:28:12 PM
no response, that’s what i thoughtI think it looks really scary when they have movements of separate robots synced up. Like end of humanity scary.question-does it scare you when humans, in synchronicity, do the robot?
if no, then maybe it’s time to look in the mirror
Yes, humans doing the robot scares the crap out of me whenever I am a robot.
Post by: chum1 on February 25, 2021, 12:35:04 PM
https://twitter.com/LenKusov/status/1364640007101775872
Post by: Stupid Fitz on February 25, 2021, 02:27:14 PM
This info could save your life!
https://twitter.com/LenKusov/status/1364640007101775872
I want to see someone try this. Sort of like the training guy in the carpet covered bear suit that runs away from police dogs and gets bit until someone tells the doggie to stop. This would just be someone getting their fingers all pinched until they found the battery pack. Better than getting bit I guess :dunno:
Post by: steve dave on October 01, 2021, 05:38:08 PM
(https://www.supermarketnews.com/sites/supermarketnews.com/files/HyVee-Tally%20robot-frozen%20dept.jpg)
Post by: steve dave on October 01, 2021, 05:39:18 PM
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Post by: cfbandyman on April 06, 2022, 01:32:07 PM
The dichotomy of a robot dog with a hastily taped-on bullhorn is pretty great to me.
It is pretty hilarious.
Post by: mocat on April 06, 2022, 02:01:26 PM
Post by: KITNfury on April 06, 2022, 02:17:30 PM
my hy-vee has a robot thing that patrols the aisles and checks inventory. it's officially the future guys.Must be more shoplifting in the freezer section than I would have guessed
(https://www.supermarketnews.com/sites/supermarketnews.com/files/HyVee-Tally%20robot-frozen%20dept.jpg)
Post by: Fedor on April 06, 2022, 04:02:18 PM
Just look at that Sarpy Harpy getting ready to stuff some frozen lobster tails into her Lululemons.my hy-vee has a robot thing that patrols the aisles and checks inventory. it's officially the future guys.Must be more shoplifting in the freezer section than I would have guessed
(https://www.supermarketnews.com/sites/supermarketnews.com/files/HyVee-Tally%20robot-frozen%20dept.jpg)
Post by: mocat on April 06, 2022, 04:03:45 PM
Sarpy Harpy
lol
Post by: chum1 on June 06, 2022, 02:28:53 PM
Post by: bucket on December 16, 2022, 11:56:44 AM
@AST
@institutionalcontrol
Place an order with Walmart with drone delivery and then report back.
Post by: Dugout DickStone on December 16, 2022, 12:01:50 PM
https://twitter.com/issielapowsky/status/1533811417765359616
drones can't taze the crap out of their own ding dong. no thanks
Post by: chum1 on April 05, 2023, 02:41:04 PM
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Post by: Pete on April 05, 2023, 05:00:47 PM
The Future seems pretty lame.
I actually chuckled when I saw this thread get bumped because for some time now I have mostly accept that the future will be a dystopian hell hole and wondered "what now?"
Post by: star seed 7 on April 05, 2023, 05:01:44 PM
Can they make it sound like snoop dog saying that?
A civ6 streamer I watch paid a language ai company to reproduce Sean bean's voice to read all his donation/superchat stuff, it's not perfect but pretty good!
Post by: Skipper44 on April 06, 2023, 11:12:53 AM
Can they make it sound like snoop dog saying that?make it Pat Summerall and you will a can't miss cure for insomnia
Post by: chum1 on May 15, 2023, 10:21:56 PM
https://twitter.com/annatonger/status/1657973084736081920
Post by: Spracne on May 15, 2023, 10:26:04 PM
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Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on December 31, 2024, 12:57:48 PM
My kids are saying that the unquenchable electricity needs of the server farms that power AI are going to destroy the planet. Can anyone confirm?
A bottle of water per prompt
Post by: star seed 7 on December 31, 2024, 12:59:31 PM
Post by: steve dave on January 18, 2025, 09:58:53 AM
https://x.com/paynushurts/status/1880638077540188563