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matts
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Nanotech--pretty kewl stuff
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Dec 4 18:06 UTC 1994 |
Imagine, molecule-size machine that could develop anything by simply
arranging atoms in the appropraite order. this technology could make
anything, extemely fast and cheap, and make it perfect. From reparing
te body internaly, to ultimat warfar. This is called NANOTECH, the brain
child of K. Eric Drexler, a professor at MIT. Has anyone else heard of this?
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popcorn
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response 1 of 48:
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Dec 4 18:17 UTC 1994 |
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scg
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response 2 of 48:
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Dec 4 22:37 UTC 1994 |
Let me guess...
"Can you believe it? You will. It's coming from AT&T."
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rcurl
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response 3 of 48:
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Dec 4 23:44 UTC 1994 |
I've heard of it. The name may be someones "brain child", but it has
been clear ever since the inudustrial revolution started that making
things smaller to accomplish things is often advantageous.
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tnt
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response 4 of 48:
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Dec 5 01:11 UTC 1994 |
But will it run WINDOWS 95?
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steve
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response 5 of 48:
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Dec 5 01:38 UTC 1994 |
For a general understanding of Nanotechnology, read
_The Engines of Creation_ by Drexler.
There are certainly dangers in this technology, just like any
other. But I think that it will evolve slowly enough (to disagree
with Drexler on the speed) that none of the horror situations of
nanotech will come about.
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raven
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response 6 of 48:
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Dec 5 06:28 UTC 1994 |
This item is now linked to cyberpunk. Come join us in our discussions
of the fronteirs of technology.
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polygon
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response 7 of 48:
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Dec 5 14:42 UTC 1994 |
I thought Drexler was out in California somewhere.
The final application of nanotechnology will be an insatiable,
self-replicating little machine that turns everything it touches
into worthless gray goo. In a matter of hours, Earth will become
a ball of gray goo. This may be inevitable, but I'm not exactly
looking forward to it.
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remmers
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response 8 of 48:
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Dec 5 14:50 UTC 1994 |
You mean the equivalent of Vonnegut's "Ice-9" may become a reality?
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doorknob
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response 9 of 48:
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Dec 6 00:10 UTC 1994 |
If you want to see an interesting spin on nanotech, read "Blood Music"
by Greg Bear. It give's a glimpse of what may yet be. After all, you
and I are made up of thousands of tiny machines...
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tsty
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response 10 of 48:
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Dec 6 11:18 UTC 1994 |
Chemistry aRe Me - Go! Ions! Go!
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kt8k
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response 11 of 48:
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Dec 6 12:42 UTC 1994 |
I expect that the biological nano-machines (both part of us and not) would
overcome the non-biological ones sooner or later. Probably some virus
would be offended and would clobber the little robots before they got too far.
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rcurl
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response 12 of 48:
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Dec 6 17:23 UTC 1994 |
Nanobytes (ala troglobytes, etc) have had roles on several occasions
in Star Trek Next. They have been both good, and bad.
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dadroc
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response 13 of 48:
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Dec 7 18:13 UTC 1994 |
Gee, I wonder if there will be laws like the Fergeson Narcotics Law of 1912
that declares users that do not follow the directions of use for this
comodity felons. Busted for recreating or gaining capital via nano-tech, the
plot-lines for tv are endless.
And Murder VIA nano-tech, OOOh, so cool!
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cyberpnk
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response 14 of 48:
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Dec 7 18:44 UTC 1994 |
I've heard about nanotech for a long time. If you want to read two fictional
sources that deal with nanotech, read Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams and
Cyberpunk 2020 from R. Talsorian Games.
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nephi
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response 15 of 48:
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Dec 8 05:35 UTC 1994 |
Actually, I think that the most likely form of nanotech will probably be
in the form of biologically manipulated living creatures. Actually, come
to think of it, we have been doing this for a long time. Beer is made
this way, etc.
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kt8k
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response 16 of 48:
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Dec 8 12:29 UTC 1994 |
I want some nano-thingies that will massage the endings of all my pleasure
nerves on command! Who needs drugs!
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peacefrg
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response 17 of 48:
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Dec 8 15:58 UTC 1994 |
HERE!!
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cyberpnk
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response 18 of 48:
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Dec 10 18:57 UTC 1994 |
Re #16: Yeah, and if you do that, we'll be attending your funeral in two weeks
<or however long it takes him to starve.>
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nephi
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response 19 of 48:
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Dec 11 08:08 UTC 1994 |
What about water? He'd be a goner in two days flat....
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cyberpnk
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response 20 of 48:
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Dec 12 21:03 UTC 1994 |
This is true. For those who don't know what's going on, someone here wants to
wire their pleasure centers to a switch that they could throw every time they
wanted a jolt. This <as fun as it might sound> is stupid, because when they did
experiments like this in the 60's and early 70's with rats, the rats ignored
everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, food, sleep, sex, whatever- in order to get
that all-important jolt. About a week later, the rats all dropped dead. Of
course if this person STILL wants to get it done, go ahead; just let us know
what type of flowers to bring to the funeral.
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raven
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response 21 of 48:
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Dec 13 04:26 UTC 1994 |
Ofcourse people aren't rats and hopefuly would remember to eat
and drink :-).
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other
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response 22 of 48:
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Dec 16 16:19 UTC 1994 |
For an interesting article on nanotech, see the issue of MONDO2000 with
musician Jane Siberry on the cover. It's a quarterly, and I thnk this is the
last issue, not the current one.
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olmec
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response 23 of 48:
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May 24 01:14 UTC 1995 |
Nanotechnology is interesting but who want living
parasite changing things inside of thier body?
Just think if I wanted to assasinate a president I could develope
a robot and place it inside his or her body. I love technology but
I don't we are that mature for them at this time
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mju
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response 24 of 48:
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May 27 18:39 UTC 1995 |
Huh? You already have thousands of parasites living inside your
body, everything from mites in your eyelashes to E. coli in your
intestines. I think your body would be hard-pressed to keep
working properly if you got rid of them all.
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