Cerebral Stasis

I think it will not be like that.True, it may eventually have voice recognition for the impaired, but keyboards are really the best way to get information across to the computer; typing is fast and accurate, while speech-to-text programs aren't. Computers can already "read" information to a user, but I find the toneless droll to be dull and annoying in most cases; it hardly replaces a human reader.Concerning that little assistant, the 3D web browsers, and such, I don't see the point. There's much more to the internet than information, or that may be the case. Websites have applets, pretty graphics, etc. etc. that couldn't be displayed in a 3D eviroment (not to mention the 3D thing would become confusing, annoying, and slow, since one can now simply type a short address, click a couple links, and have the information one wants at their fingertips). Furthermore, I would consider the "assitant" to be annoying. I know that, when I use programs (MS Word, for example), I always turn off/hide the annoying little assistant that constantly bugs me, even if it is trying to help.The only true use of science-fiction-like AI would be to do our work quicker/for us, and to be a friend (assuming, of course, that we don't look down on them and cause them to revolt, resulting in world-wide extermination of humans due to machines that are all somehow connected in a way that noone can stop [bluetooth] and are bent on making us pay for viewing them as things that we created, even though it would be the truth [i'm sure God can relate]).I don't claim to be able to see the future, or even to have even remotely accurate foresight on what will come with technology, but as far as I can see, things like that, although "cool", are not practical, economically efficient, or necessary.

I never got into the single player story/stories much (although I didn't try very hard, either), but I think that NWN has the BEST multiplayer of all the RPG games out there (I like REAL multiplayer, not just people chatting in a fantasy world - it must be in character). However, it's difficult to find a good multiplayer server that has all the features I want/like and doesn't take forever to become powerful enough to stay alive on one's own.I'm looking forward to NWN 2 - I hope it can combine prettier graphics with more custom-creation options and even better, and bigger, game mods.

The graphics/physics on this game look excellent. I especially like the concept of procedurally-generated areas/NPC needs/non-interactive conversations (forests are generated by the computer in order to be random and new, NPCs have certain needs, such as food, sleep, etc. so they act more realistic, and you can get quests by eavesdropping on another person's conversation). I just hope that the fighting/magic system, and especially the gameplay, is better than Morrowind. If they manage to pack a good story in with excellent, replayable gameplay, and all the other little perk features, this may very well win a game of the year award (at least).

I played it mostly because I wanted to see how time and trials changes one's character, but I was disappointed when my character looked as evil as he was going to after only a few hours worth of gameplay, so considering that there wasn't much left to see (save hoards upon hoards of monsters), I quit.

It sounds interesting to me. I've always considered the possibility that humans (or someone/thing else) was at least as advanced as we are today (or farther) sometime in the distant past.By the way, the Bible never claims that the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil was an apple; people apparently just assume it was.

One could just read text on a computer screen and get the same result. What can it hurt? No less easily than one twice the size (if constructed right). Of course it will cost more; the company (or companies) will charge at least twice the price that it costs to make it. Otherwise, they won't make a profit.

How old of a copy are you looking for? You can download the two DOS copies for free here and here. If you are just looking for spelling/grammar games, there are also the Super Solver games Spellbound and Midnight Rescue (if you child is a bit older), which are both from The Learning Company (same company that made the Reader Rabbit games) as well. I can personally vouch for the success that comes from playing the Super Solver games (I used to play them a lot as a child), and in my own experience, I found them must more interesting/educational than the Reader Rabbit games (of course, I was for or five at the time, but I always considered the Super Solver games to be much more interesting). If you're looking for later Reader Rabbit games, you may want to search on Ebay for the best/cheapest results.

Funny, I thought the wheel was invented just a few years ago. Very informative, Saint. Thanks for the information. In my opinion, however, there was an age of humans that came before the Paleolithic age (a pre-stone age, if you will, when man first discovered him/herself).

There was an image posted in the topic of this thread: After a bit of searching, I've found this one as well: It looks pretty clear, but if you wish to find more images, you could always do a Google search, although from what I've seen, it looks like these two may be the only images of Siemens' paper-thin screen technology currently circulating the Internet.

I can't help but doubt that "flying cars" will ever really be used by the masses (at least within the foreseeable future), since cars can get us places reasonably fast, and if it's not fast enough/if roads get too crowded, there are alternatives (subways, airplanes, etc.). It just isn't economically efficient to buy a flying car (since it would use much more power than a land vehicle, meaning expensive new technology and the need of more fuel).

The biggest difference is that lives are at stake if one's printing cartridge runs out in the middle of the process.As was said, I wouldn't hold my breath on this one. It will take decades to perfect, assuming it's even possible (it would have to be able to print almost instantly, else risk death of the already-printed cells, or possible contamination).

It seems to make perfect sense, Dark God. I don't see why so many people have put so much faith in Einstein's theory that nothing can pass the speed of light, since he had no proof, nor any way of testing his theory. Until we have the technology to see if that theory is fact, I suggest we keep an open mind and don't get ahead of ourselves.

Remember, they said that they aren't trying to replace computer hard drives. There is nothing wrong with write-once technology, although it would limit the disks to commertial use (but it would mean some very high-quality videos or very large computer/console games).

I'm sure that anyone who would have their explosives shot out of the sky without inflicting any damage would be quick to appologize (or make up a story) as well.As some have said, there is almost no way a human could use this weapon the way they do in Star Wars/Trek. First of all, the target/aircraft would be moving too fast for human reflexes to react properly. Secondly, the laser would be invisible; it wouldn't be the neat little colored beam that one sees in the movies. A computer would have to control the weapon (which may cause potential hacking of the weapon to become a problem).Concerning the use of a laser as a weapon on general, it seems to me that it wouldn't be very difficult to defend against; one must simply cover the missle/plane with a highly reflective surface, since a laser is simply intense light.As for the comments concerning a light saber, don't hold your breath; that's a completely fictional concept, and there is no proof that suggests a thick laser that completely ends at a certain point is even possible.

As was mentioned, the idea of using oil means that it will be very expensive (as for the idea of using vegetable oil from restaurants, the oil will be contaminated by the fats that came out of the food that has been fried, and there would not be enough oil to be able to use the oil as a mass fuel), and that means that noone will use it. Concerning hydrogen cars, the current problem is that there currently isn't an efficient enough engine to make the burning/creation of hydrogren into a mobile power source. As for electric power, mentioned earlier, the problem, of course, is that electric motors use a lot of electricity, so in order to get enough power to move, one would need a gigantic battery, which would weigh down the car, as well as require hours to recharge.Concerning water and wind electricity, true it's free and it's renewable, but it's not always avaliable (for winds die down and rivers dry up). The most world-widely efficient and free souce of energy would probably be conversion of the heat beneath the Earth's crust into useable energy (using a system similar to that currently used by fossil fuel/nuclear power plants; the heating of a boiler which then turns water into steam which then turns large turbines which produce electricity), but this would, of course, require a lot of time/money in order to develop the technology/build the plant.

I didn't bother. Considering their support thus far, I highly doubt they would compensate me for the shipping I paid for just because they didn't get the package to me in time.

This article never claimed that they are growing plants on Mars; it is just saying that, in order to establish a colony on Mars, they will need to.Plants, from what I've read, CAN grow on Mars (at least in theory), since it's soil is fairly fertile, there is pleanty of water (frozen), the air is thick enough for plants and has enough carbon dioxide to support them. The only problem is the extreme cold, but if one builds a greenhouse of sorts, that may be able to be at least partially remedied.

Most of the renders are directly from the game, meaning that they're low-poly 3D model images. However, there are some that are very high-quality. Thanks for the link, Saint; I may actually give this whole sig thing a whack with renders like this avaliable.By the way, they made a mistake; it's "Deus Ex"; not "Dues Ex."

Unless I'm mistaken, the intelligence advisors are a side-order that comes with the presidental meal, so the finger in the bean chili is part of the meal, and thus the meal that was ordered can be to blame, especially when the toy that comes with the meal is less than satisfactory (toy being the problems that have come to pass because of Bush being president).

Just a little update; the reason I didn't recieve the package on time is because the UPS plane missed my package, even though I paid good money for it to get there (here) on time. All in all, I wasted at least fifteen dollars by putting my trust in UPS (possibly even more, since the package itself was mostly intended to entertain me during this vacation).

It can't be completely wireless; there has to be some connections to transfer the energy to where it needs to go. It could, however, use very thin circuit relays (like those in a keyboard, if you've ever seen one taken apart). There are certainly ways to transfer the electricity without needing thick wiring, but it would need some kind of controlling boards, but they wouldn't have to be inside or even very close to the actual "screen" itself.

To be frank, it is not very good. The colors are ugly and they don't blend/contrast well with each other. The design is almost too simple, and overall, it's grainy and unappealing.I would use a solid color blackground before I'd use that.Try again, and perhaps ditch PSP.

Chances are he used Photoshop; it looks like Photoshop's render->clouds filter with the levels modified.As was mentioned, you may want to tweak the levels a bit more, since the lightning doesn't look completely seperate from the cloud yet. Furthermore, if you use lightning as a signature, DO NOT use an animation like you did here; 500+ Kb is WAY too much for a signature that will be displayed beneath every post.One could say yours is a big large as well, Wow. Animations are fancy and all, but they're hell for 56kers, and can be distracting and annoying for the rest of us (I don't mean to speak for anyone else, but images that move too much draw my eye away from the text I'm trying to read, and that bugs me).

Although I could be wrong, I'm pretty positive that these paper-thin televisions haven't yet been released on the commercial market. Therefore, your friend is either lying or is mistaken (maybe he thinks you meant a thin-screen LCD or plasma television?). The television technology that this thread is talking about would be much smaller than an inch thick; paper-thin. As for it taking a decade, technically, one could say it has taken centuries (if one considers every major and/or minor invention that lead to the television a part of "making" it). If you mean with just the concept of using this paper-thin screen technology, I doubt it's been around, or at least not widely known of/studied for an entire decade; technology works faster than that, and one must keep in mind the tools avaliable ten years ago (when Windows 95 was the new thing).

This is a rather pointless topic. Few people would buy a powerful computer just to use DOS and early Windows versions on it, and as for those of us who have later operating systems installed, the least you could probably do (aside from idling) would be to write something in a basic text editor program (such as notepad). It doesn't get much simpler/more basic than that.