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Post Number: 42
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adeadlyintegral
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Posted on: Jun. 01 2000,18:56 |
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even if all energy sources are finite, finite numbers can get really big :-) i mean it's good to plan for the future and all, but a few billion years is just asking for a headache... out of curiosity one of you black hole people: i read a sci-fi book once where a loony scientist dropped a quantum singularity through the surface of mars and eventually it consumed mars (took about a year)... would that actually happen? cause then it would suck if a lil black hole flew in and hit, i dunno the sun or china or somethin =D
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Post Number: 43
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xaustinx
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Posted on: Jun. 01 2000,19:43 |
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i dunno if i can comprehende something not being infinte.. i mean i can look at too objects as say hey those are almost equal.. but no matter how hard i try i cant look at a horizin line, or into a camcorder hooked into the tv and then pointed at the tv, and see that blue screen as infinity... *shrug* mebbe that's just me.. and prolly none of u care..
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Post Number: 48
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Slicer
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Posted on: Jun. 03 2000,12:15 |
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2 Short Things.1. I think the reason the machines in the matrix used humans could be some sort of hardcoded programming. I think its somewhere in Asimov's books, but robots are not supposed to harm their creators, humans. By storing humans in vats and leeching energy from them, they are fulfilling this directive, and also gaining energy for themselves. 2. Couldn't the fusion they had support the humans? I know its not possible now, but some wierd sort of energy conversion to sustain our lives might work. Also, you guys are so concerned about the finiteness of energy, but think about it, there are not that many machines, and fusing molecules just on earth could keep them going for a very long time. Slicer
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Post Number: 49
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adeadlyintegral
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Posted on: Jun. 03 2000,14:13 |
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Nah they couldn't have been following asimov's three rules cause the 1st was to never harm humans and the 2nd was to follow any order that a human gave them(i think)... which woulda made the entire matrix prison thing real simple the first time a human asked the robots to end it... they also tryed to kill poor little neo several times :-(
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Post Number: 50
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