6/18/2007

Grabbing Kurzweil’s Singularity

Filed under: Books, Culture, Technology — Tim @ 8:25 pm

ray-kurzweil.jpgIf you haven’t had a chance to read it, or just want an easy-to-access copy, here is a pdf Ray’s magnum opus.

The topic came up at a late dinner with David the other day; we were explaining the potential computational power within an ordinary rock to his girlfriend.

I’m sure most other women would have certainly appreciated that conversation.

Also, if you have any kind of advanced mathematical background, you may enjoy the short academic paper Kurzweil cites in his section on the limits of computation and reversible computing: Universal Limits on Computation.

See also Seth Lloyd: 1 2 3

How big is the intended audience?

Filed under: Culture — Tim @ 7:54 pm

young-buck.JPGSo while Mim’s has never really explained the foundational reasons for “This is Why I’m Hot,” to paraphrase Rich Boy, I doubt it has anything to do with Throwing D’s on anything.

Perhaps Young Buck might be onto something when he suggests that the champagne is frozen.

Or maybe it doesn’t have to make sense, because The Prisoner still hasn’t divulged anything useful.

One thing is for sure, to the chagrin of “Boy Looka Here,” Aaron Copland probably wasn’t thinking of females when he entitled the rodeo classic “Hoe Down.”