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jji7skyline · 2012-07-16 19:58:01

wolvesstar97 wrote:
You know, this is probably how the world is going to end up.

This is how the software side of the Technology industry has ended up, so eventually, a large part of the hardware industry will end up like this as well.

soupoftomato · 2012-07-16 20:28:37

But you're forgetting, we used to see the future as the place that would have flying cars.
That never happened. Instead of transportation we focused on communication and computers. Whose to say we don't switch again?

jji7skyline · 2012-07-16 20:30:56

soupoftomato wrote:
But you're forgetting, we used to see the future as the place that would have flying cars.
That never happened. Instead of transportation we focused on communication and computers. Whose to say we don't switch again?

So you're saying we'll have flying cars instead of 3D and Circuit printers? Sounds like a good trade off to me big_smile

@Paddle2See: That's the article I originally read that got me interested in this. It's a bit out of date though, which was why I wanted to know if there was an update thing. smile

777w · 2012-07-16 20:32:25

soupoftomato wrote:
But you're forgetting, we used to see the future as the place that would have flying cars.
That never happened. Instead of transportation we focused on communication and computers. Whose to say we don't switch again?

i hope not
i still want computers for my head, eyes, feet, lunchbox, etc

jji7skyline · 2012-07-16 20:35:22

777w wrote:
soupoftomato wrote:
But you're forgetting, we used to see the future as the place that would have flying cars.
That never happened. Instead of transportation we focused on communication and computers. Whose to say we don't switch again?
i hope not
i still want computers for my head, eyes, feet, lunchbox, etc

You could have computers for your head, eyes, feet, lunchbox, etc; in your flying car smile

16Skittles · 2012-07-16 20:37:26

soupoftomato wrote:
But you're forgetting, we used to see the future as the place that would have flying cars.
That never happened. Instead of transportation we focused on communication and computers. Whose to say we don't switch again?

Computers and communication have made great leaps in the recent years, but they will similarly be necessary to drive transportation in the future. Code will be everywhere. It would be impossible to have today's aircraft without software that is able to automatically detect problems, stable the aircraft, and ensure that the plane is not going to crash. In, say, a flying car, it would be lunacy to not have well built computers that make sure it does not flip over and go out of control. From the invention of computers, there was never going to be a way to do things without them. They are relatively more compact than a mechanical way of doing things such as stabilizing flying cars, and the power of code means that automatically, for free, with no work, the performance of the device can improve.

777w · 2012-07-16 20:37:32

jji7skyline wrote:
777w wrote:
soupoftomato wrote:
But you're forgetting, we used to see the future as the place that would have flying cars.
That never happened. Instead of transportation we focused on communication and computers. Whose to say we don't switch again?
i hope not
i still want computers for my head, eyes, feet, lunchbox, etc
You could have computers for your head, eyes, feet, lunchbox, etc; in your flying car

id rather have it all while wearing my jetpack
pchoooooooooo

soupoftomato · 2012-07-16 20:40:07

16Skittles wrote:
soupoftomato wrote:
But you're forgetting, we used to see the future as the place that would have flying cars.
That never happened. Instead of transportation we focused on communication and computers. Whose to say we don't switch again?
Computers and communication have made great leaps in the recent years, but they will similarly be necessary to drive transportation in the future. Code will be everywhere. It would be impossible to have today's aircraft without software that is able to automatically detect problems, stable the aircraft, and ensure that the plane is not going to crash. In, say, a flying car, it would be lunacy to not have well built computers that make sure it does not flip over and go out of control. From the invention of computers, there was never going to be a way to do things without them. They are relatively more compact than a mechanical way of doing things such as stabilizing flying cars, and the power of code means that automatically, for free, with no work, the performance of the device can improve.

This isn't about flying cars.
I just meant, we could change our focus on developments drastically before this stuff happens.
Maybe looking into how we can use the growing Quantum Mechanics research to our advantage.

jji7skyline · 2012-07-16 20:42:09

We can use quantum mechanics to make better conductive inks big_smile

soupoftomato · 2012-07-16 20:53:10

jji7skyline wrote:
We can use quantum mechanics to make better conductive inks

Nah.

I like my technology the way it currently is, but running faster and better graphics. smile

16Skittles · 2012-07-16 20:54:20

soupoftomato wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
We can use quantum mechanics to make better conductive inks
Nah.

I like my technology the way it currently is, but running faster and better graphics.

Or you could use quantum mechanics to have it faster, better, and] smaller. smile

bananaman114 · 2012-07-16 20:59:01

Imagine how easy that would make terrorism, though...

jji7skyline · 2012-07-16 21:02:44

Theterroristbay.org

Torrent a turret today! We have the latest missile launchers! tongue

16Skittles · 2012-07-16 21:26:29

jji7skyline wrote:
Theterroristbay.org

Torrent a turret today! We have the latest missile launchers!

Dangit, I don't have any money to register the domain! tongue

jji7skyline · 2012-07-16 21:31:43

16Skittles wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Theterroristbay.org

Torrent a turret today! We have the latest missile launchers!
Dangit, I don't have any money to register the domain!

Theterroristbay.tk lol

videogame9 · 2012-07-16 21:57:54

bananaman114 wrote:
Imagine how easy that would make terrorism, though...

We should all just move to Mars. There are no terrorists on Mars.

CheeseMunchy · 2012-07-16 22:01:18

Why don't we just wait and find out. :D

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Wickimen · 2012-07-16 22:15:25

videogame9 wrote:
bananaman114 wrote:
Imagine how easy that would make terrorism, though...
We should all just move to Mars. There are no terrorists on Mars.

The terrorists will move too

777w · 2012-07-16 22:17:31

Wickimen wrote:
videogame9 wrote:
bananaman114 wrote:
Imagine how easy that would make terrorism, though...
We should all just move to Mars. There are no terrorists on Mars.
The terrorists will move too

unless they want to construct a giant interplanetary cannon to shoot mars from earth

Wickimen · 2012-07-16 22:18:12

777w wrote:
Wickimen wrote:
videogame9 wrote:

We should all just move to Mars. There are no terrorists on Mars.
The terrorists will move too
unless they want to construct a giant interplanetary cannon to shoot mars from earth

Good plan

CheeseMunchy · 2012-07-16 22:19:08

Wickimen wrote:
videogame9 wrote:
bananaman114 wrote:
Imagine how easy that would make terrorism, though...
We should all just move to Mars. There are no terrorists on Mars.
The terrorists will move too

No.
We will ban terrorists from Mars.

16Skittles · 2012-07-16 22:25:57

CheeseMunchy wrote:
Wickimen wrote:
videogame9 wrote:

We should all just move to Mars. There are no terrorists on Mars.
The terrorists will move too
No.
We will ban terrorists from Mars.

We tried banning terrorists from Earth. All that happened was that we wasted billions if not trillions of dollars on a war with no goal. Although in the last four years it has been taking a turn for the better: we moved out of Iraq and have taken down Bin Laden and others.

Mokat · 2012-07-16 22:31:49

Paddle2See wrote:
By the way, a quick Google turned up this interesting article on research at MIT on 3D printing.

isn't scratch mit though??

CheeseMunchy · 2012-07-16 22:33:24

Mokat wrote:
Paddle2See wrote:
By the way, a quick Google turned up this interesting article on research at MIT on 3D printing.
isn't scratch mit though??

Yes, Scratch was made by MIT.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

CheeseMunchy · 2012-07-16 22:34:38

16Skittles wrote:
CheeseMunchy wrote:
Wickimen wrote:

The terrorists will move too
No.
We will ban terrorists from Mars.
We tried banning terrorists from Earth. All that happened was that we wasted billions if not trillions of dollars on a war with no goal. Although in the last four years it has been taking a turn for the better: we moved out of Iraq and have taken down Bin Laden and others.

I was joking. :p

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