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Monthly Archives: June 2003
Robots will always be cheaper
Found an interesting thread on Slash today about human versus robotic space exploration. As I have mentioned, I’ve always favored robots. It’s simple economics: Robots give you far more science for far less money. This will always be true.
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I doubt Microsoft will bend
So the WaSP has issued another manifesto now that Microsoft has declared that it will no longer build standalone, free browsers for Windows and Apple machines. Now I say this as a long time supporter of the WaSP, but I … Continue reading
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I know it's bloody pointless
So I have just spidered my site and, oh man, I have a lot of dead links. One of the drawbacks to using your web log as a hot link list is that a lot of stuff dies or gets … Continue reading
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Genetic and Molecular Engineering
Genetic engineering, at least in the States and in the developing world (Where they are forced to buy from whoever is cheapest, namely the States.), has conquered agriculture. Now it seems ready to invade that small specialization of agriculture, the … Continue reading
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The Man in the White Suit
So bright sparks in Dallas, Texas and Dublin, Ireland have figured out how to cheaply make and weave nanotube fibers of arbitrary length. The science fiction fans in my audience will recognize the implications of this in a shot: Sinclair … Continue reading
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Why I'll never go into education
People have told me on many occasions that I have talent for explanation. Some have even said that I should be a teacher. Every time I’ve heard this, I’ve rolled my eyes and sighed ruefully. Education stinks. Barring tremendous improvements … Continue reading
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Nothing you do really matters
Ten to the tenth to the one-hundred and eighteenth power meters away, there is in exact duplicate of you doing exactly the same thing as you are now. Assuming that a level one multiverse exists outside our hubble volume, this … Continue reading
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More thoughts about African Cyberpunk
As I mentioned earlier, Gibson and Stephenson got it wrong: The place where all the technology will be churning in the decades to come will not be Asia. China and India are already sort of established and old hat now. … Continue reading
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