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Started by The Good Reverend Roger, June 20, 2014, 04:37:24 PM

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#15
June 22, 2014, 07:10:34 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 22, 2014, 05:58:44 AM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on June 20, 2014, 10:38:24 PM
Perhaps we've had it wrong all along. Tucson is the afterlife, but it's not the one we thought it was.

It's not the afterlife you wanted, but it's the afterlife you need.

It's the afterlife we deserve.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

The Good Reverend Roger

#16
June 23, 2014, 01:19:56 AM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on June 22, 2014, 07:10:34 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 22, 2014, 05:58:44 AM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on June 20, 2014, 10:38:24 PM
Perhaps we've had it wrong all along. Tucson is the afterlife, but it's not the one we thought it was.

It's not the afterlife you wanted, but it's the afterlife you need.

It's the afterlife we deserve.

Let's not get all crazy, now.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#17
June 23, 2014, 01:37:19 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 23, 2014, 01:19:56 AM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on June 22, 2014, 07:10:34 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 22, 2014, 05:58:44 AM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on June 20, 2014, 10:38:24 PM
Perhaps we've had it wrong all along. Tucson is the afterlife, but it's not the one we thought it was.

It's not the afterlife you wanted, but it's the afterlife you need.

It's the afterlife we deserve.

Let's not get all crazy, now.

:lol:
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Q. G. Pennyworth

#18
June 23, 2014, 03:44:06 PM
This feels like something that could be built upon.

The Good Reverend Roger

#19
June 23, 2014, 03:48:05 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 23, 2014, 03:44:06 PM
This feels like something that could be built upon.

Working on that.

I posted a fragment that could be useful on the bar thread, but it got buried at the bottom of the page.

I'll haul it out later.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Q. G. Pennyworth

#20
June 23, 2014, 03:51:46 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 23, 2014, 03:48:05 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 23, 2014, 03:44:06 PM
This feels like something that could be built upon.

Working on that.

I posted a fragment that could be useful on the bar thread, but it got buried at the bottom of the page.

I'll haul it out later.

Awesome. It's too nice a little concept to leave in the corner collecting dust.

The Good Reverend Roger

#21
June 23, 2014, 03:53:02 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 23, 2014, 03:51:46 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 23, 2014, 03:48:05 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on June 23, 2014, 03:44:06 PM
This feels like something that could be built upon.

Working on that.

I posted a fragment that could be useful on the bar thread, but it got buried at the bottom of the page.

I'll haul it out later.

Awesome. It's too nice a little concept to leave in the corner collecting dust.

I am in LMNO's shoes.  At the moment, I don't have much time.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#22
June 23, 2014, 04:31:05 PM
There's a name for what we do.  We call it Cyborg Pride.

After all, a cyborg is just a person who has been augmented with machinery.   There is no rule that says that the machinery has to be actually implanted in the human.  We have pocket computers that assist us in every facet of modern life...and just as a more classic cyborg might allow bits of him/herself to atrophy, our memories - according to a couple of recent studies - are retaining less information...Because we don't NEED the retention.  Why memorize 800 phone numbers when you have speed dial (and when there are no land lines anywhere)?

Likewise, who needs to run 60 MPH when a car will do it easier?  Who needs super strength when there are a plethora of mechanical methods of accomplishing things requiring extra strength?

Another generation, and we'll hardly be considered the same species as we are now.  People will of course piss and moan, but the fact is, the things allowed to atrophy are not things that we need - or are even relevant - anymore.

This is the future.  Gibson and Williams totally missed this shit.  Their cyborgs were tragic figures.  The real life cyborgs are another step up in the apotheosis of the species.

Cyborg Pride.   Because when you're a cyborg, Hell is just another neighborhood.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Nephew Twiddleton

#23
June 23, 2014, 04:35:21 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 23, 2014, 04:31:05 PM
There's a name for what we do.  We call it Cyborg Pride.

After all, a cyborg is just a person who has been augmented with machinery.   There is no rule that says that the machinery has to be actually implanted in the human.  We have pocket computers that assist us in every facet of modern life...and just as a more classic cyborg might allow bits of him/herself to atrophy, our memories - according to a couple of recent studies - are retaining less information...Because we don't NEED the retention.  Why memorize 800 phone numbers when you have speed dial (and when there are no land lines anywhere)?

Likewise, who needs to run 60 MPH when a car will do it easier?  Who needs super strength when there are a plethora of mechanical methods of accomplishing things requiring extra strength?

Another generation, and we'll hardly be considered the same species as we are now.  People will of course piss and moan, but the fact is, the things allowed to atrophy are not things that we need - or are even relevant - anymore.

This is the future.  Gibson and Williams totally missed this shit.  Their cyborgs were tragic figures.  The real life cyborgs are another step up in the apotheosis of the species.

Cyborg Pride.   Because when you're a cyborg, Hell is just another neighborhood.

Ooooh! I love that last line
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The Good Reverend Roger

#24
June 23, 2014, 04:40:04 PM
Thing about Hell is...

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Luna

#25
June 25, 2014, 07:57:58 PM
How long until people rely on machines to do their feeling for them?
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I like the Luna one. She is a good one.

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#26
June 25, 2014, 08:56:07 PM
Quote from: Luna on June 25, 2014, 07:57:58 PM
How long until people rely on machines to do their feeling for them?
You mean soap operas?
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#27
June 26, 2014, 02:14:06 AM
Quote from: Regret on June 25, 2014, 08:56:07 PM
Quote from: Luna on June 25, 2014, 07:57:58 PM
How long until people rely on machines to do their feeling for them?
You mean soap operas?

:lulz:
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

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