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Thanks for that utterly spell-binding link !
"What Turing gave us for the first time (and without Turing you just couldn't do any of this) is he gave us a way of thinking about and taking seriously and thinking in a disciplined way about phenomena that have, as I like to say, trillions of moving parts.
Until the late 20th century, nobody knew how to take seriously a machine with a trillion moving parts. It's just mind-boggling." Daniel C. Dennett
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 Very nice. Just bought one.
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Hamsters killed it, can't see it, might want one as well 
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Nice.
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It's raining! oh no it isn't, nice
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That link might have pointed at Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka yesterday... 
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Ah! Right! I'll check that next time. Thanks.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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I don't know about y'all but I feel kinda simulated? 
clickity[^]
Quote: The theory basically goes that any civilisation which could evolve to a 'post-human' stage would almost certainly learn to run simulations on the scale of a universe. And that given the size of reality - billions of worlds, around billions of suns - it is fairly likely that if this is possible, it has already happened.
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Physicists really need to get a hobby. This is getting stupid now.
It's like Tyson, the dude has become nothing more than a professional interviewee.
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mikepwilson wrote: It's like Tyson, the dude has become nothing more than a professional interviewee.
And cameo appearances on B movies.
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Mike "Cheese Wiz" Hankey wrote: And cameo appearances on B movies.
I didn't think Neil had progressed beyond TV? 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1183205/[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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mikepwilson wrote: Physicists really need to get a hobby.
They should start working on the infinite improbability drive .
I'd rather be phishing!
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They might as well at this point.
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It is infinitely improbable that they will do so....
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I agree. Why would anyone doubt that god is a programmer?
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Shirley that's been posted before? Did you notice the date - 12th December 2012. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Clearly the Matrix is affected by the Millennium Bug.
Going to have to switch you all off for a few minutes while I fix it.
But you won't notice. Your snapshot files will save state and you'll carry on where you left off.
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Richard Deeming wrote: Shirley that's been posted before?
Nice Airplane reference. Wonder how many in the audience are too young to even get it?
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I do sometimes feel this is all just a computer simulation, but then the mice come along and tell me otherwise.
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Gregory.Gadow wrote: I do sometimes feel this is all just a computer simulation, but then the mice hamsters come along and tell me otherwise.
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The Hamsters were an upgrade, after the Mice discovered Brockian Ultra-Cricket and lost interest in the Question to the Ultimate Answer.
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