"Joy imagines a future where self-replicating nanobots run out of control, consuming all living matter and converting it into more nanobots.
No...no he doesn't.
If you'd read and understood Joy's "famous essay" you'd know that's not what he's worried about, or only peripherally. You can actually tell from the title that's not what he's worried about. You don't actually even have to read it.
...but I understand, we're mouth breathing sci-fi types and really not very capable of understanding complex details like what Joy thinks the big threat of the century is.
Gray goo is a threat, but it's probably a fairly merciful death compared to some we might call up.
...or is it not about audience, just about getting the post out as fast as humanly possible and realizing that any sins you commit will be so far downstream by this time tomorrow you'll never have to apologize?
No...no he doesn't.
If you'd read and understood Joy's "famous essay" you'd know that's not what he's worried about, or only peripherally. You can actually tell from the title that's not what he's worried about. You don't actually even have to read it.
...but I understand, we're mouth breathing sci-fi types and really not very capable of understanding complex details like what Joy thinks the big threat of the century is.
Gray goo is a threat, but it's probably a fairly merciful death compared to some we might call up.
...or is it not about audience, just about getting the post out as fast as humanly possible and realizing that any sins you commit will be so far downstream by this time tomorrow you'll never have to apologize?
For your $16 a story...do you think you could at least remove the dups from your goole search before you post them?
Why are any of the pictures there? Are these really very large revelations for anybody who's over the age of 16 or doesn't have pretty profound Asperger's syndrome?
It is indeed a list of ten things.
It is indeed a list of ten things.
"Check into the Hobbit House, a dome shaped abode (similar to the furry-footed folk from the J.R.R. Tolkien book) of Montana!"
I find this sentence confusing. People should feel free to explain it to me, but it's not that I'm not actually capable of understanding written English, it is more that it seems poorly constructed.
I find this sentence confusing. People should feel free to explain it to me, but it's not that I'm not actually capable of understanding written English, it is more that it seems poorly constructed.
That's because she's well drawn, right? Katniss is stubborn and self-centered and sometimes slow when it comes to people--the books actually wouldn't work if she wasn't that way.
You made a funny.
Well...it's a spectrum, and sure, we're all on it. I suspect the average IO9 reader averages a few points closer to the actual disorder than the average pink* walking down the street outside though.
& I'm including myself.
*I'm using this in the Stang-ian sense, read "normal" or "mundane" or whatever your word of choice is for them, the other, the non-geeks.
& I'm including myself.
*I'm using this in the Stang-ian sense, read "normal" or "mundane" or whatever your word of choice is for them, the other, the non-geeks.
Enjoyed the article. As a note, the British didn't lose because we were hiding behind the rocks and the trees, or because Mel Gibson killed them all. The British would have -crushed- us if they weren't busy fighting another colonial power.
That's the only reason we're not the biggest chunk of the empire on which the sun never sets.
That's the only reason we're not the biggest chunk of the empire on which the sun never sets.
Scientific American?
A broken cable is the worst case scenario. It wouldn't be unlikely that such an event could destroy cities. I think that's probably part of the rational for putting on water, not that I'd expect much mitigation from that--just fewer cities to hit if you place it correctly.
Annalee--hard to say this without it sounding backhanded--not my intention: This is the second science article I've read from you recently that impressed me, entertained me, and didn't make me feel pandered to. It's appreciated.
Annalee--hard to say this without it sounding backhanded--not my intention: This is the second science article I've read from you recently that impressed me, entertained me, and didn't make me feel pandered to. It's appreciated.
Yeah...very promising looking. Guessing too much. However...I'll fantasize about it being cool for a few weeks until it's clear it won't be.
Stay classy San Diego!
Agree. & appreciate Alasdair making the distinction between causation and correlation, though it might lead to a subtle misunderstanding here.
& yes, this would be an 'extraodinary claim' and would require 'extraordinary proof.'
& yes, this would be an 'extraodinary claim' and would require 'extraordinary proof.'
An internet conservative?
So...what this story is saying...is that when your title...doesn't match your contents...it might upset people?
Hmmm. Will have to think on that. Sounds familiar.
Hmmm. Will have to think on that. Sounds familiar.
Brian. I respect you way more than the panderers ocver at IO9, I do...but...no. I'm sorry.
Remind me to withdraw your social safety net. You clearly don't need it, right?
Drive on freeways, live in a free country, expect fire protection?
We got you those things. You're an idiot. Go away.
Drive on freeways, live in a free country, expect fire protection?
We got you those things. You're an idiot. Go away.
Unless humans are fairies, or fairies are humans, cannibal fairies would, by definition, eat other fairies.
Fairies that ate people would be "carnivorous." Say it with me, "car-ni-vor-ous."
Fairies that ate people would be "carnivorous." Say it with me, "car-ni-vor-ous."
Yes, that's what Io9 does. They're not dumb, so I assume it's policy to drive mouse clicks.
As a visitor there for a week--I didn't notice. & I spit gum on the sidewalk with no consequence. I believe I also had a business man offer to secure for me "anything" I might fancy (it was an oblique conversation, so don't quote me on that)--so I suspect the rules apply primarily to the poor and the people on the street.
I'm not really arguing that they have draconian laws & justice, I bet they do. ...but they aren't a monolithic police state.
& it is a charming, damp city full of interesting people & with lots of nooks and crannies to explore.
I'm not really arguing that they have draconian laws & justice, I bet they do. ...but they aren't a monolithic police state.
& it is a charming, damp city full of interesting people & with lots of nooks and crannies to explore.
