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The concept of singularity is dealt with in an extremely clever way in Accelerando by Charles Stross (official web-site here).

I don’t find the story or plot in the book very clever or interesting and the prose is not that captivating but the way that Charles Stross depicts a post-singularity world and its conditions for humanity is fascinating.

What will it be like to be human when computers have surpassed us in intelligence? Are we going to be in charge? Does AI mean benevolent dictatorship - a sort of Platonic dream of aristocracy come true - or are computers going to by malicious tyrants? Does we need concepts like good and evil in a post-singularity world? How will the transition feel like? Will we feel it or observe it at all? Scary stuff or just business as usual? A better world or hell?

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A beatiful sculpture by portuguese artist Tomas Costa in the garden of Museo do Chiado in Lisboa.

David is caught in the seconds before he throws the rosck at Goliath!

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My first post from a Mac - I have to say that this stuff is niiiiice. DAMMIT.”

(Via a | a | B | O | O | K - un/officialy Morten Lund.)

Finally I lawyer friend who has seen the light

Jeg har nu anskaffet mig en MAC. En lille hvid sag…: ”

Jeg har nu anskaffet mig en MAC. En lille hvid sag - Apple iBook.
Den er meget nem at sætte op (med lidt hjælp fra min gode ven Martin Grønbæk - som nu også har anbefalet MAC længe :-))!
Det virker og kan anbefales.

Apple - iBook G4

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(Via [ peter lind nielsen - weblog ].)

A large numbers of the lawyers at Mazanti also use Macs. But we are still considered silly non-conformists within the Danish lawyer community.