Future Talk

On 14-Apr-2004, Horace Wimp <victor.l.bell@nospambigfoot.com> wrote:

> Visions of "Total Recall" are dancing around in my head....is it live or
> is it Memorex......

and does it matter?

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DesertFx

mostly harmless <tulwinn@OBVIOUSblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Pity they didnt keep the books going together though :-/ I didnt like
> Last Human which was written by one half of the duo. I like serious
> sci fi but RD is NOT serious sci fi, Backwards was better, IMO.

I've stayed away from Last Human because of the bad comments on Amazon
- but Backwards is really nice. For example, Cat gets laid in the
backwards universe (I leave the consequences to your imagination...).

Juergen Nieveler
--
Unix is user friendly - it's just picky about it's friends.

Villy Vonka <Villy@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:

>Hehe you wouldn't ever have to go anywhere, just download the "VR"
>version and travel the world from the comfort of your sofa!!

For those who would like to read a bit about sophisticated VR and
possible consequences, I'd recommend "Otherland" (four books) by Tad
Williams. Good stuff, as is his "Memory, Thorn and Sorrow". ;^)




JK'04 aka Elkrider

"Chicken Sandwich" <harryliuhao@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:33e53e75.0404140959.3bd90eff@posting.google.c om...
> The speed of evolution of microprocessor is doubling every 18 months,
> of GPU every 12 months. With such speed, in a few years we can see the
> dream of virtual reality come true.
>
> I don't mean VR will turn our world into "Matrix". You will still feel
> hungry and get to eat. I wonder and invite your imagination that how
> VR will change our world?
>
> To make a raw analogy I boldly use the replacement of film cameras by
> digital cameras. An article from photo.net 4 years ago talked about
> the choices of digital cameras. The first article emphasized digitals
> were no way to compare with the quality of film cameras. However,
> reading along the thread following the article, I found it amazing how
> fast the digital evolved than most people could foresee. Today when
> digitals are close but still get a few yards to go, even professional
> photographers are already convinced that digital cameras will totally
> replace films at a point, but stressed that it won't change the
> principles that photographers create arts.
>
> I wonder how the VR will "replace" our world. Yes, you will play BF in
> full VR world. You will talk to friends from another country "face to
> face" in real time. But what the world will be like? How it will
> change the way you do thing - the way you work, sport, rest,
> socialize, dating, and raise children? No idea is silly. Fire at Will!


TIME FOR DOOM AND GLOOM

If the banned! Climate report is to be believed,
then 20 years from now, massive floods and global warming ,
causing mass migration of millions, and disruption of life in the costal
regions,
this is the worst case scenario of course, hopefuly wont happen.
then production of mass market PCs and other luxury goods will stop.
People will be too busy fighting for real and just surviving.
A lot of minor wars are over rivers and water rights, it would escalate
drasticaly.
regards malcolm

On 15-Apr-2004, Horace Wimp <victor.l.bell@nospambigfoot.com> wrote:

> I think we should advance technology to a certain level and then hold
> up. But they'll always be some who'll take it further than it should
> go, even though there are some who think we've already taken it further
> than we should have.

Good luck on that one. I think we should have probably stopped pre-cell
phone, but that's just me.

--
DesertFx

Villy Vonka wrote:
> Argo12 wrote
>
>> I wonder if someday we could photographically record stuff in 3D (for
>> example, a trip to Paris), get all our friends on the net in VR, and have
>> them walk around in our 3D slide show. That would be far from boring!
>
>
> Hehe you wouldn't ever have to go anywhere, just download the "VR"
> version and travel the world from the comfort of your sofa!!
>

Visions of "Total Recall" are dancing around in my head....is it live or
is it Memorex......

The speed of evolution of microprocessor is doubling every 18 months,
of GPU every 12 months. With such speed, in a few years we can see the
dream of virtual reality come true.

I don't mean VR will turn our world into "Matrix". You will still feel
hungry and get to eat. I wonder and invite your imagination that how
VR will change our world?

To make a raw analogy I boldly use the replacement of film cameras by
digital cameras. An article from photo.net 4 years ago talked about
the choices of digital cameras. The first article emphasized digitals
were no way to compare with the quality of film cameras. However,
reading along the thread following the article, I found it amazing how
fast the digital evolved than most people could foresee. Today when
digitals are close but still get a few yards to go, even professional
photographers are already convinced that digital cameras will totally
replace films at a point, but stressed that it won't change the
principles that photographers create arts.

I wonder how the VR will "replace" our world. Yes, you will play BF in
full VR world. You will talk to friends from another country "face to
face" in real time. But what the world will be like? How it will
change the way you do thing - the way you work, sport, rest,
socialize, dating, and raise children? No idea is silly. Fire at Will!