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September 7th, 2004, 06:54 PM
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Re: OT: Nanotech?
Nanotech is the Holy Grail of moder civilization, much like nuclear energy was in 50s. But Nuclear Age of Prosperity turned into the Cold War and the treat of mass destruction. Now meditate on the fact that nuclear bomb is just a toy compared to 1(!) advanced selfreplicating nanoassembler.
And in spite of my fear of this alien future, I'm delighted with huge amount of possibilities which nanotech will bring to our life. Of course informational security will be a question of survival, not just erased data. It sounds absurd for us, but it will be a common fact for our grandchilds.
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September 7th, 2004, 07:52 PM
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Re: OT: Nanotech?
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Nanotech is the Holy Grail of moder civilization, much like nuclear energy was in 50s. But Nuclear Age of Prosperity turned into the Cold War and the treat of mass destruction. Now meditate on the fact that nuclear bomb is just a toy compared to 1(!) advanced selfreplicating nanoassembler.
And in spite of my fear of this alien future, I'm delighted with huge amount of possibilities which nanotech will bring to our life. Of course informational security will be a question of survival, not just erased data. It sounds absurd for us, but it will be a common fact for our grandchilds.
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Its not the informational security that worries me. Its the idea that what worms/viruses/trojans do to computers, nanobots might do to humans. The possibilities for weapon use are scarey
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September 7th, 2004, 08:28 PM
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Re: OT: Nanotech?
My point was that those times human body will turn into high perfomance bioinformational system, including medical computer, connections with outer infosphere and defensive nanosystems.
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September 7th, 2004, 08:35 PM
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Re: OT: Nanotech?
Including coorporations ruling everything, your rights only enforcable to the end of the range of your weapons and human life thought of as cheap?
That IS cyberpunk.
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September 7th, 2004, 10:12 PM
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Re: OT: Nanotech?
I wonder when we'll have nanites that can cure cancer and other diseases by selectively destroying cancer cells and pathogens in the body?
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