How do you live a life forever?
If you belong to generation [X](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X "X"), this might apply to you. If you belong to generation [Y](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Y "Y") or the mythical [Z](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Z "Z"), it most certainly does. The question is, are we already seeing the effects without even knowing it, and what would be the cause? "This", of course, being the likelyhood of advancements in science ([biological](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_extension "biological") & [technical](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading "technical")) in effect creating the opportunity for some to live forever.
English · Simulation · Transhumanism
3 minutes
Sony - please don’t punish good customers!
A few days ago I bought my second Playstation 3. Mostly for use as a media centre, but of course with the intent of using it for gaming as well. It’s nice having more than one room playstation-enabled. However, even though I must be considered a sucker^H^H^H^H^Hgood loyal customer, I feel somewhat punished. Sony does allow me to re-download all the content I’ve bought online to my new PS3 as well (I believe the actual limit is five separate systems), but there seems to be no added benefit of having two PS3s on the same network.
Console · English · Ps3 · Whine
1 minute
…is this diagram. It’s from [probably the best climate blog](http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/more-signs-of-the-sun-slowing-down/ "probably the best climate blog") I’ve ever read, and while there’s no question of the author’s own opinions it’s very well researched throughout. [While I’ve claimed](http://blog.troed.se/2007/03/16/its-the-sun-dammit/ "While I’ve claimed") the sun to be the culprit behind not only most other climate shifts in history, but also the latest slight warming (that stopped in 1998!), it’s from reading Watt’s entries I’ve become more than sure.
Climatechange · English · Globalwarming · Uncategorized
1 minute
Here is the text broken up into paragraphs: I’ll admit, I hadn’t read [Getting Things Done](http://www.davidco.com/ "Getting Things Done") until now. Sorry. I guess I never got around to do it. Luckily, I seem to be half a GTD’er to start with - which means the topic of security in this context has been on my mind for quite some time. While it’s not something swept under the rug completely (one example being the steps taken by [Evernote](http://blog.
Cloudcomputing · English · Evernote · Gtd · Internet · Security · Web20
3 minutes
“Thus, we need to abandon the Kyoto process”
I’ve just spent 1.5h this day before Christmas Eve doing something I wholeheartedly recommend everyone else to do as well - reading Bjorn Lomborg’s book on climate change. Named “Cool It” (and yes, while I am a quick reader it is quite short) it makes an excellent case explaining that even though humans indeed cause some of the climate change in the world our response to that should be to basically continue on the same path as we already are instead of throwing money on projects like Kyoto that actually might cause more harm than good.
Book · Climatechange · English · Globalwarming · Uncategorized
2 minutes
Blogs are nothing but distributed forum threads
Here is the text broken up into paragraphs: I like forums. They’re a one stop place for me to go to read up on various subjects, comment on them and read comments from others. The thread starter participates in the comments, and you refer to other similar threads or branch off if (when) the discussion becomes off topic. Blogs are nothing more than distributed forum threads. There’s a thread starter and comments, but the threads are grouped together by author or by subject, while on a forum threads usually span a wider subject area.
Blogs · English · Forum · Internet · Meev
3 minutes
Yes, humans are going to end up in life sustaining pods, fed nutrients through an automatic delivery system and with our nervous system connected to a huge computer network. The reason, however, is that it’s the natural progression from what we’re already doing today. We want to be always online, always connected, get real time status updates from friends, logged on to our favourite social networks and games wherever we are.
English · Internet · Simulation · Transhumanism · Virtualreality
1 minute
Erik Starck skriver ett mycket välformulerat inlägg ang. varför förflyttning av vår fysiska kropp i många sammanhang kommer att bli mindre viktigt, framöver. Det är inte bara bostadsmarknaden som kommer att behöva en justering - vad händer med alla dyra kontor när anställda lätt och ledigt kan mötas virtuellt hela dagarna utan att det måste ske i en viss stads centrum?
Internet · Simulation · Swedish · Transhumanism · Virtualreality
1 minute
[it’s teh book review](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Strange_Loop "I am a strange loop") A few weeks ago I read an interesting book; [I am a strange loop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Strange_Loop "I am a strange loop") - by Douglas Hofstadter. He’s quite famous for earlier works, and this book is supposed to set the record straight regarding some things he felt didn’t came out right earlier. I don’t know - I haven’t read his previous material. I liked this book, however, because it elaborated along the same views that I hold myself regarding the human consciousness - what constitutes an "I".
Book · Consciousness · English · Transhumanism
2 minutes
iTunes fraud - six months and counting
Here is the text, broken up into paragraphs: Six months ago, to this day exactly, I bought an album on iTunes. On my first listening through I noticed some of the songs sounded "cut off", and went to investigate. Using song length data from other sites I concluded that two of the songs were several minutes short on the iTunes store. The album is Progressive Trance - by Indoor, still available here as of this writing.
English · Itunes · Support · Whine
3 minutes