I’ve been hearing the more radical conservatives complaining about a new “Obama internet kill switch” that is being concocted to destroy our freedoms. For instance, here’s what Norman E. Hooben (”Stormin’ Norman”) says about it:
There has been some publicity lately about the Dictator and his Czars taking over the control of the Internet…and believe it [...]
You already knew that, but I’m going to rant about this anyway.
I have a business account with paypal that I use for a business of mine. In general, things have been fine — until about a month ago, when I logged in and couldn’t access any of my account history. Nothing recent and nothing old. [...]
Is an artificial human brain only 10 years away? Prof Henry Markram, director of the Blue Brain Project, says yes:
“It is not impossible to build a human brain and we can do it in 10 years,” he said.
“And if we do succeed, we will send a hologram to TED to talk.”
They’ve already simulated elements of [...]
When it comes to home electricity, we’re still living in the 1950’s.
Take a look at the plugs in your house. I live in a two year old house — and yet, there are receptacles sticking out of the wall with large faceplates. They seem like an afterthought.
Worse, the plugs are freaking huge and clumsy. Three [...]
by VorJack
To the chronicles of the bizarre abstinence-only crowd, we can now add a “purity ring” app for the iPhone:
For just 59p, consumers can download an application that allows them to take a purity pledge and then display a silver ring on their phone to prove their commitment to abstinence.
Oddly, this application was produced in [...]
There is a new god in town, and her name is Google. Here are 9 proofs that Google is God, according to The Church of Google:
Google is the closest thing to an Omniscient (all-knowing) entity in existence, which can be scientifically verified.
Google is everywhere at once (Omnipresent).
Google answers prayers.
Google is potentially immortal.
Google is infinite.
Google remembers [...]
If technology evolved, would it look like this? Probably not, but it sure as hell looks cool:
When I was a Christian, I vehemently rejected the idea that artificial life (AI) could exist — I believed consciousness was a result of an immaterial soul (which, of course, conveniently cannot be tested).
Now I know better. I just starting reading Kurzwiel’s The Age of Spiritual Machines, and now it seems inevitable that by the end of [...]
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