Comments on: I’ve Been Waiting for this Technology http://donklephant.com/2005/08/11/ive-been-waiting-for-this-technology/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom Grey - Liberty Dad http://donklephant.com/2005/08/11/ive-been-waiting-for-this-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-1208 Tom Grey - Liberty Dad Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:01:09 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/08/11/ive-been-waiting-for-this-technology/#comment-1208 I think it's mostly relevant for highly integrated voice-recognition software & aux. databases. When you really talk to your HAL quality computer, even if other folk can't. The MyDocuments folder copy is nice, but actually doesn't quite work -- there's lots of other settings to duplicate desktop behavior. (Silly MS) But if this means the OS, too, like all Win98 or all WinXP, that's better -- but seems like almost a waste of memory for copying the OS. "Soul" is a bit lousy; though "Soul of a New Machine" was a great book. I think it’s mostly relevant for highly integrated voice-recognition software & aux. databases. When you really talk to your HAL quality computer, even if other folk can’t.

The MyDocuments folder copy is nice, but actually doesn’t quite work — there’s lots of other settings to duplicate desktop behavior. (Silly MS) But if this means the OS, too, like all Win98 or all WinXP, that’s better — but seems like almost a waste of memory for copying the OS.

“Soul” is a bit lousy; though “Soul of a New Machine” was a great book.

]]> By: Joshua http://donklephant.com/2005/08/11/ive-been-waiting-for-this-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-1197 Joshua Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:56:36 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/08/11/ive-been-waiting-for-this-technology/#comment-1197 A few idle, silly thoughts: 1) If the data stored on a SoulPad includes a bunch of MP3s, regardless of their musical genres, do they qualify as "soul music"? 2) Does a computer's soul still weigh 21 grams (the supposed <a href="http://www.snopes.com/religion/soulweight.asp" rel="nofollow">"weight" of a human soul</a>)? I'm just talking about the soul here, not the SoulPad itself, which I imagine would weigh a bit more. 3) When artificial intelligence advances to the point that computers become aware that they have a soul, will they develop their own religions around it? (And in the meantime, will followers of certain human religions begin proselytizing to computers to save their souls?) A few idle, silly thoughts:

1) If the data stored on a SoulPad includes a bunch of MP3s, regardless of their musical genres, do they qualify as “soul music”?

2) Does a computer’s soul still weigh 21 grams (the supposed “weight” of a human soul)? I’m just talking about the soul here, not the SoulPad itself, which I imagine would weigh a bit more.

3) When artificial intelligence advances to the point that computers become aware that they have a soul, will they develop their own religions around it? (And in the meantime, will followers of certain human religions begin proselytizing to computers to save their souls?)

]]> By: jaed http://donklephant.com/2005/08/11/ive-been-waiting-for-this-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 jaed Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:59:13 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/08/11/ive-been-waiting-for-this-technology/#comment-1178 (Agree about the creepiness factor, though. ;-) Soulpad? Ack.) (Agree about the creepiness factor, though. ;-) Soulpad? Ack.)

]]> By: jaed http://donklephant.com/2005/08/11/ive-been-waiting-for-this-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 jaed Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:58:41 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/08/11/ive-been-waiting-for-this-technology/#comment-1177 Hmmm. I'm not so sure what's totally new about this; people have been copying their Home folders to thumb drives and iPods for a while now. You plug the drive into another computer and make a new user with its Home folder set to the one on the drive. Hmmm. I’m not so sure what’s totally new about this; people have been copying their Home folders to thumb drives and iPods for a while now. You plug the drive into another computer and make a new user with its Home folder set to the one on the drive.

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