What I really want to do is look at all of your web address info. including time signatures for the past 2 months and really see for myself if "we" are "collectively intelligent" or just spoiled, over- stimulated, hedonistic freaks...:) Maybe all of that. But if you pm me all the requested information I'm willing to study it.......

The proof is in the pudding........I think we are always looking for distractions. Advertisements and the constant barrage of marketing isn't making me a genius. Last night I played pretty good pool games on my computer for about 5 hours with my husband....We are brilliant. We probably have a lot of tools to solve all the problems of the universe, but we are busy aiming and shooting at colored balls digitally, thank you.:)

How computers enhance our lives. vs. Actually using computers to enhance our lives.

I really think you're painting with an overly broad brush. For example, if you look at the new oh hey strip sudoku, that looks cool . . . .

Porn is easier to get.

you can buy stock in Google?

http://moneycentral.msn.com/detail/s...te?Symbol=GooG

I can't. Others can...



Did someone say sritp pool? I thought I heard sritp pool...
:D

I think we'll all implode before any of this 'magic' happens.
Although they were thinking of putting chips in young children in case they got lost or kidnapped. Can't give you a link because it was so long ago., back when they were micro chipping animals. The argument was 'what's next?'. They were also thinking of micro chipping soldiers so there would be no need for dog tags anymore.

No, it's already here. I'm only describing a few minor interface tweaks.

Did you know that a highschool student built a nuclear reactor in his spare time with off-the-shelf components? Which, somehow, has something to do with what I'm talking about. The acceleration of technological achievement. By the time things are happening, they aren't a big deal anymore.

Are you referring to David Hahn, the "Radioactive Boy Scout"?

http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html

http://www.amazon.com/Radioactive-Bo.../dp/037550351X

Did you know the human head weighs eight pounds? :p

Sorry, couldn't resist.

What happened to the boy? Does the ending raise thoughtful questions or is it just sad? I am thinking it might be a good read for a college student?


funny
........and I didn't know that!

I think in the end of the book David is in the Navy, working on a nuclear sub or carrier.

I found the book to be interesting.

And there in lies the reason I won't give my ten year old a chemistry set. Am I holding him back? You bet your arse I am.:D I found him at the age of eight looking up a bomb site. (he wanted to make a water rocket) God help us all.

thanks!


@ lush,,, chemistry sets are pretty limited. Buy him one so he WON'T go to the net.

Sure, go for it.

We had our Radiation training a couple of weeks ago, I'm the Radiation Safety officer at my workplace, the instructor mentioned this guy, it's only a few miles us.
The latest part of the story is he got out of the Navy last year, and was soon arrested and convicted of stealing smoke detectors, one of his sources of Isotopes :eek:

So looks like he was up to his old tricks :greenface

It's covered on his wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn

and this is him, that's not acne those are Beta radiation burns
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3...vidhahnmu0.jpg