But here's the $64,000 question

Robert — 1/11/2006 9:33:49 PM (archived)

Just wait till folks' synaptic impulses are capable of being measured and exploited. Mind control, thought interference ('pirate' thinking ;-) and a nightmarish world where folks are aware their thoughts are not free of external interference. These are the last golden decades of blissful ignorance.

How can you be sure that it hasn't already happened? Is your blissful ignorance truly your own, or the result of soothing impulses already being beamed into your mind? Do you watch TV?

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HD-DVD versus Blu-Ray - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2006 12:05:42 AM
- The big questions are: - David F Mayer - 1/11/2006 5:23:30 PM
  - Availability not Specification - Doug Ellison - 1/17/2006 6:16:21 PM
  - BetaMax versus VHS - Robert - 1/12/2006 11:09:01 PM
    - "Now I'm going to have to buy the White Album again." - K - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2006 8:03:36 AM
      - re: "Now I'm going to have to buy the White Album again." - K - Robert - 1/14/2006 6:43:58 PM
        
        re: What irks me about Hollywood... - Scott Evil - 1/17/2006 9:47:45 PM
- wavelength? - Robert - 1/10/2006 10:25:55 PM
  - Spoken by... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/11/2006 1:13:44 AM
    - But here's the $64,000 question - Robert - 1/11/2006 9:33:49 PM
      - Hey, it's no sillier than Feng Shui, if you think about it. - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2006 2:07:28 AM
        
        Feng Shui, Mind Control etc. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/14/2006 8:53:03 AM
        
        Ever hugged a tree? - Robert - 1/12/2006 10:55:52 PM
        
        I've understood a tree. - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2006 11:47:39 PM
        
        No, not really - Robert - 1/13/2006 4:48:26 AM
        
        P.S. - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2006 6:18:50 PM
        
        The number of angels which may dance on the head of a pin is... - Robert - 1/13/2006 10:09:56 PM
        
        Plastic and paper - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2006 8:15:15 AM
        
        re: Plastic and paper - Robert - 1/14/2006 6:54:44 PM
        
        Oog impress tribe - RNE - 1/18/2006 6:36:44 PM
        
        Either way it's woodcraft (n/t) - Robert - 1/18/2006 9:08:28 PM
        
        re: No, not really - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2006 6:16:02 PM
        
        Do you view all living things... - alcaray - 1/13/2006 12:18:45 AM
        
        re: Do you view all living things... - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2006 6:11:25 PM
        
        Meat - Robert - 1/13/2006 10:21:27 PM
        
        re: Meat - SDG - 1/14/2006 4:42:55 AM
        
        Awwww.... - Robert - 1/14/2006 9:23:42 PM
        
        Yes we are in control - alcaray - 1/13/2006 6:27:08 PM
        
        "I think there is a big difference between a stack of lumber and a tree." - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2006 7:55:14 PM
        
        You need a walk in the forest. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/16/2006 4:55:36 PM
        
        I like walks in the forest. - Tom Brosz - 1/17/2006 5:52:20 AM
        
        I never met a typical tree-hugger. doesn't sound like anyone I know. - alcaray - 1/17/2006 5:00:36 PM
        
        "Tree hugger? What are these 'tree-huggers' of which you speak?" - Tom Brosz - 1/18/2006 12:00:44 AM
        
        Well at least you have a specific complaint in this last post - alcaray - 1/18/2006 5:40:33 PM
        
        Florida - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2006 5:46:49 PM
        
        Now that I think about it, aren't you pretty close to Big Basin? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/16/2006 7:26:13 PM
        
        Big Basin - Robert - 1/16/2006 10:01:56 PM
        
        Amazing place! - alcaray - 1/16/2006 10:50:10 PM
        
        "A stack of lumber is a house." - Robert - 1/14/2006 11:53:42 PM
        
        Bone! Pick! Call you on that one. - RNE - 1/18/2006 6:53:22 PM
        
        Speaking of bones - Robert - 1/18/2006 9:06:45 PM
        
        re: - RNE - 1/19/2006 12:48:55 AM
        
        misunderstandings - Robert - 1/19/2006 2:47:12 AM
        
        re: misunderstandings - RNE - 1/19/2006 3:54:47 AM
        
        understandings - Robert - 1/19/2006 5:29:31 PM
        
        Some great comments - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2006 6:04:42 PM
        
        Oddly enough Tom - RNE - 1/21/2006 3:58:39 AM
        
        I've noticed that. - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 7:28:19 PM
        
        BTW - Robert - 1/19/2006 9:37:41 PM
        
        Jared Diamond deserves the credit - Robert - 1/19/2006 7:59:26 PM
        
        Names, by any other name. - RNE - 1/20/2006 1:23:33 PM
        
        Fascinating - Robert - 1/20/2006 8:52:56 PM
        
        A few more comments, but moved over to Off Topic. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2006 6:49:33 AM
        
        Property rights. - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2006 12:59:34 AM
        
        "true" property rights. - Robert - 1/20/2006 4:58:37 AM
        
        Good point. - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 1:13:22 AM
        
        One last point. - Robert - 1/21/2006 9:09:48 PM
        
        Which brings up another point Robert - RNE - 1/21/2006 10:05:51 PM
        
        Not quite the last point after all - Robert - 1/21/2006 10:58:30 PM
        
        Let's see, the indexing title for this 'page' of Habitable zone is Geek. - RNE - 1/20/2006 4:24:29 PM
        
        re: Geek. - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 1:17:04 AM
        
        Now Tom - RNE - 1/21/2006 3:34:07 AM
        
        Let's see the moderator's name up at the top of the page is... - Robert - 1/20/2006 8:56:54 PM
        
        The Boss is always right - RNE - 1/21/2006 3:32:19 AM
        
        Meat - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2006 8:22:43 AM
        
        Spareribs...steak...chicken...mmmmmmm - Robert - 1/15/2006 6:19:13 PM
        
        Hunters - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2006 8:07:51 PM
        
        re: Don't you mean Fung Schway? - Scott Evil - 1/12/2006 2:24:40 AM
      - Don't go there. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/11/2006 10:57:37 PM
    - foil hats are so much cheaper (n/t) - alcaray - 1/11/2006 5:39:39 PM
- Licensing - RNE - 1/10/2006 8:12:43 PM

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