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Provost Harrison is offline Provost Harrison
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The farce is strong with this one.
Feb 2000
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  Old Post 26-01-2003 16:54
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A fusion powered car
Clinical immortality
A personal forcefield
A deathstar
The ability not to need to sleep (or for very short period of times)
Brain manipulation

Skanky Burns is offline Skanky Burns
Deity
Skanky Bastard Quartermaster
Aug 2001
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Originally posted by UberKruX
i discussed this with some people in my minds and machines (cognative science) classes, and the general consensus is that it would be great for a lot of things (imagine being able to define any word by thinking about it, recalling historical facts etc) but there are a LOT of drawbacks.


Very true indeed. This idea mainly came from reading Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F Hamilton, and he gets around many of the drawbacks by routing the "neural net" through a sentient supercomputer (the habitat), which can censor negative broadcasts. The AI was also brought up to be honorable.

Implemented properly, it has a lot of potential.

quote:
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but dear Skanky, money do grow on trees here in Finland.


Ship one of those plants over here then!

Starchild is offline Starchild
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a raving alcoholic drama queen with a penchant for the biosciences
Jan 1970
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  Old Post 26-01-2003 17:01
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I'm going to be very humble here and just request one of those Goa'uld hand weapons from Stargate SG-1. Stylish, eyecatching, and with a gesture I can send people flying backwards or shatter all the bones in their body.

With additional ability to make my eyes glow when angry please.

The Mad Monk is offline The Mad Monk
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of Ice Cream
Mar 2000
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  Old Post 26-01-2003 17:11
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Longevity Vaccine.

Of course I plan to live forever...but a thousand years will do. Even five hundred would be nice.

Provost Harrison is offline Provost Harrison
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Feb 2000
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I went for the slightly higher secret project Mad Monk

The Mad Monk is offline The Mad Monk
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of Ice Cream
Mar 2000
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True...but I'd rather keep my body, thankyouverymuch.

Provost Harrison is offline Provost Harrison
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Feb 2000
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Don't knock being a brain in the car. As long as I could have complete control over lots of devices and nanotechnology and stuff and the ability to expand my mental capacity boundlessly, I would be quite happy

The Mad Monk is offline The Mad Monk
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of Ice Cream
Mar 2000
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Yes, but you wouldn't be very popular with the ladies, now would you?

Az is offline Az
King
MACEDONIA - It's the name of the sovereign country to the north of Greece
Apr 2000
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  Old Post 26-01-2003 17:57
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So, nothing would change, really...


sorry, I had to...

Sandman is offline Sandman
Prince
Sinister Penguin
Aug 2001
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A time machine.
A cloaking device.
A hover pack.
'Wrap-around vision' glasses.

Edan is offline Edan
Chieftain

Dec 2002
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A time machine.


Gives Sandman a clock. Hey, you didn't say what kind of "time machine", did you?

Edan is offline Edan
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Dec 2002
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The ability not to need to sleep (or for very short period of times)


72+ hours isn't enough?

Of course, one can't think all the clearly at that point.

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Redneckland, People's Republic of Maryland
Aug 2002
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To be president of the US (so I could have control of all those nuclear weapons...), but that will never happen, since I don't have millions of dollars or a powerful father.

Provost Harrison is offline Provost Harrison
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Feb 2000
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Originally posted by Azazel
So, nothing would change, really...


sorry, I had to...


Watch it, I never set up that joke, so I could deem it as an insult

JohnT is offline JohnT

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Capitalist
Mar 1999
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You guys don't want much, do you?

Why not just answer "everything"?

Me, I'm content with my little old jetpack.

DinoDoc is offline DinoDoc
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AECCP loves Democracy
Sep 1999
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Me, I'm content with my little old jetpack.

Phaser!

Drake Tungsten is offline Drake Tungsten
Prince
Knee deep in alien womyn...
Oct 2001
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Fembot!

loinburger is offline loinburger
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Sweet Sauce Jones
Jul 1999
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Some kind of neural interface thinginabobber that lets me scan books/movies/etc. in an instant, allowing me to read/view/whatever them at my leisure and also allowing me to process them at vastly increased speeds.

Also a drunk-chip -- flip it on, and you're anything from tipsy to smizzashed. Cheap, and no hangover. A must-have for anybody who's ever been knurd.

Oh yeah, and ocular implants. I hate contact lenses, and besides, it'd be cool to be able to see in infrared.

Urban Ranger is offline Urban Ranger
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May 1999
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a spaceship that looks like a jet fighter, but can go to space, and fly as fast as you can, even faster than life...


Faster than life?

JohnT is offline JohnT

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Mar 1999
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Maybe he meant faster than life on crack...

DinoDoc is offline DinoDoc
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AECCP loves Democracy
Sep 1999
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Fembot!

Screw your fembot!

Drake Tungsten is offline Drake Tungsten
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Knee deep in alien womyn...
Oct 2001
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quote:
Screw your fembot!


That's the general idea...

loinburger is offline loinburger
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Sweet Sauce Jones
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Exactly.

Edit: Bloody cross-posts. They can administer ass-wrappage.

Odin is offline Odin
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Biology Nerd at Minnesota State University Moorhead
Sep 2000
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  Old Post 26-01-2003 23:15
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Imortality, just give me some chromosomal telomerase enzyme and I shall be immortal, I SHALL BE A GOD!

Proteus_MST is offline Proteus_MST
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Dec 2001
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Imortality, just give me some chromosomal telomerase enzyme and I shall be immortal, I SHALL BE A GOD!


You will be immortal but with less and less Brain-Cells

You loose more Neurons every year than are regrown. So IŽd expect you to be a real "No-Brainer" after maybe 200-300 years

Az is offline Az
King
MACEDONIA - It's the name of the sovereign country to the north of Greece
Apr 2000
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quote:

Watch it, I never set up that joke, so I could deem it as an insult

you didn't, It was Mad Monk who did.

GePap is offline GePap
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Nov 2001
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You dare deny us SLEEP with your Enertron!!!!

BLASPHEMERS! HERETICS! INFADELS!

A personal "infinite" checking account
Access to all things ever written, or ever to be written at the touch of a button.
The do-hicky that warps time.

Edan is offline Edan
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Dec 2002
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An Improbability Drive.

Az is offline Az
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MACEDONIA - It's the name of the sovereign country to the north of Greece
Apr 2000
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I like sleep. I hate NEEDING sleep.

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AECCP loves Democracy
Sep 1999
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Infidels, GePap, Infidels.

 
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