Friday, 9. June 2006, 20:53:01
techmurmurs, mad science
Come on. Admit it. You envy machines. Life is so simple for them. They do what they can and they can do more if they are just upgraded. Examples are countless. Computers, cars, ships, star ships, trucks, mixers, electric tooth-brushes. They all have one thing in common. They can be up-to-date if they just get an up-grade.
But we, humans, can do minor things at that level. We can change our haircut or our clothes but, let's admit it, we can do nothing for our basic structure. Or should I say couldn't...
Science is a star ship that may have gone further than the galaxies we are imagining. So far that when it's news get back to us they are already obsolete.
Well, how would you like a new pair of ears combined with extra hearing capabilities? How about a new teeth paradigm that would render dental floss a museum thing? These and many more modifications can be made a reality here.
It's amazing what the human mind is capable of. Isn't it?
PS: In case you still haven't caught the drift this medical team member may help you a bit. 
Thursday, 1. June 2006, 19:39:19
mad science, science, techmurmurs
Imagine this dialog:
-Hey, babe, that's some beautiful bytes you have! Wanna get our sockets connected?
-Buzz off, looser. I wouldn't let you touch my private functions even if you were the last living object around here.
-Come on, sweetie. Just get my IP address in case you wanna sent a message.
-You'd better try somewhere else child. I'm tightly coupled to a system process and, believe me, you don't wanna mess with him.
Well, you might consider it a (most probably tasteless) geek-joke (and that's probably because I'm not a geek) but this might actually happen.
If computers could create a society, what kind of world would they make? Thanks to the work of an ambitious project that adds a whole new meaning to the phrase, ‘computer society’, in which millions of software agents will potentially evolve their own culture, we could be about to find out.
I'd propose that they (the agents) should be also let free to roam the net. In case this happens and one of them gets by this post then he/she/it will find the next hint really interesting: The Truth Is Out There, pal.
PS: Have a nice June and a wonderful summer. (Of course this wish doesn't apply to a few people who support the Iraq war, who want to attack Iran, who want to cut workers' wages or fire them in order to maximize their profits, blah blah blah.)
Saturday, 20. May 2006, 21:58:23
mad science, Iraq, Greece
R&D of ZeroG Inc. did it again!
We succeeded where everyone else failed!
We proved current genetic engineering obsolete!
A small step for us, a giant leap for mankind!
LIFE TRANSFORMATION IS FEASIBLE!
Yes, read it as many times as you need. It won't go away because we did it and we 're going to do it again.
Under strict laboratory conditions we succeeded in transforming an ordinary man to an ape and subsequently to an amoeba! (Unfortunately he/it can't say that much to the media, so we have to speak for him/it.)
He came to us asking for salvation from his human nature. He couldn't stand all this fuzz of his human fate. You know, working, family, thinking, talking etc. Several shrinks had diagnosed severe depression on him. He was a step before committing suicide so we had to do our best.
And we did it.
A surgery room was prepared immediately. Several TV screens were put in critical positions. We switched on several TV programs specifically selected for the purpose at hand. Most important were:
- protests against Da Vinci code,
- a collection of political speeches (mainly from neoliberals that want to kill Iran and finish Iraq),
- Eurovision contest (live*),
- a couple of gossip talk shows,
- a couple of come-to-be-famous big brotherian shows,
- mainstream news
All TV sets were then off and patient was lead into the room where we strapped him on a chair. Special electrodes were put on his forehead to supply IQ measurements. All precautions were taken so as not to hurt anyone (that is we got the hell out of there). Finally we switched on ALL the TV sets...
It didn't take more than 21 minutes and ta-daaaaaaa:
Who cares about DNA when there is TV?
*Those bloody Finish guys almost ruined everything but fortunately experiment was over long before they won.
WIDGETIZE