January 26, 2003, 07:54
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A fusion powered car 
Clinical immortality
A personal forcefield
A deathstar 
The ability not to need to sleep (or for very short period of times)
Brain manipulation 
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Speaking of Erith:
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January 26, 2003, 07:55
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Originally posted by UberKruX
i discussed this with some people in my minds and machines (cognative science) classes, and the general consensus is that it would be great for a lot of things (imagine being able to define any word by thinking about it, recalling historical facts etc) but there are a LOT of drawbacks.
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Very true indeed. This idea mainly came from reading Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F Hamilton, and he gets around many of the drawbacks by routing the "neural net" through a sentient supercomputer (the habitat), which can censor negative broadcasts. The AI was also brought up to be honorable.
Implemented properly, it has a lot of potential.
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Originally posted by Andemagne
but dear Skanky, money do grow on trees here in Finland. 
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Ship one of those plants over here then!
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I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).
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January 26, 2003, 08:01
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I'm going to be very humble here and just request one of those Goa'uld hand weapons from Stargate SG-1. Stylish, eyecatching, and with a gesture I can send people flying backwards or shatter all the bones in their body.
With additional ability to make my eyes glow when angry please.
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Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
-Richard Dawkins
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January 26, 2003, 08:11
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Longevity Vaccine.
Of course I plan to live forever...but a thousand years will do. Even five hundred would be nice. 
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January 26, 2003, 08:13
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I went for the slightly higher secret project Mad Monk 
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Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith
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January 26, 2003, 08:18
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True...but I'd rather keep my body, thankyouverymuch.
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"We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work...After eight years of this Administration, we have just as much unemployment as when we started... And an enormous debt to boot!" — Henry Morgenthau, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Treasury secretary, 1941.
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January 26, 2003, 08:27
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Don't knock being a brain in the car. As long as I could have complete control over lots of devices and nanotechnology and stuff and the ability to expand my mental capacity boundlessly, I would be quite happy
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Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith
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January 26, 2003, 08:52
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Yes, but you wouldn't be very popular with the ladies, now would you?
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"We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work...After eight years of this Administration, we have just as much unemployment as when we started... And an enormous debt to boot!" — Henry Morgenthau, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Treasury secretary, 1941.
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January 26, 2003, 08:57
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So, nothing would change, really...
sorry, I had to...
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January 26, 2003, 09:41
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A time machine.
A cloaking device.
A hover pack.
'Wrap-around vision' glasses.
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January 26, 2003, 09:44
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Originally posted by Sandman
A time machine.
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Gives Sandman a clock. Hey, you didn't say what kind of "time machine", did you?
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January 26, 2003, 09:48
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Originally posted by Provost Harrison
The ability not to need to sleep (or for very short period of times)
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72+ hours isn't enough?
Of course, one can't think all the clearly at that point. 
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January 26, 2003, 10:00
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To be president of the US (so I could have control of all those nuclear weapons...), but that will never happen, since I don't have millions of dollars or a powerful father.
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January 26, 2003, 12:00
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Originally posted by Azazel
So, nothing would change, really...
sorry, I had to...
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Watch it, I never set up that joke, so I could deem it as an insult 
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January 26, 2003, 12:23
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You guys don't want much, do you?
Why not just answer "everything"?
Me, I'm content with my little old jetpack.
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January 26, 2003, 12:25
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Originally posted by JohnT
Me, I'm content with my little old jetpack.
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Phaser!
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January 26, 2003, 12:26
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Fembot!
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ASHER FOR CEO!!
GUYNEMER FOR OT MOD!!!
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January 26, 2003, 12:39
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Some kind of neural interface thinginabobber that lets me scan books/movies/etc. in an instant, allowing me to read/view/whatever them at my leisure and also allowing me to process them at vastly increased speeds.
Also a drunk-chip -- flip it on, and you're anything from tipsy to smizzashed. Cheap, and no hangover. A must-have for anybody who's ever been knurd.
Oh yeah, and ocular implants. I hate contact lenses, and besides, it'd be cool to be able to see in infrared.
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January 26, 2003, 12:57
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Originally posted by Azazel
a spaceship that looks like a jet fighter, but can go to space, and fly as fast as you can, even faster than life...
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Faster than life? 
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(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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January 26, 2003, 13:17
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Maybe he meant faster than life on crack...
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January 26, 2003, 13:19
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Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Fembot!
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Screw your fembot!
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January 26, 2003, 13:20
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Screw your fembot!
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That's the general idea...
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January 26, 2003, 13:20
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Exactly.
Edit: Bloody cross-posts. They can administer ass-wrappage.
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January 26, 2003, 14:15
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The attempt to produce Heaven on Earth often produces Hell. -Karl Popper
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January 26, 2003, 14:36
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You will be immortal but with less and less Brain-Cells
You loose more Neurons every year than are regrown. So I´d expect you to be a real "No-Brainer" after maybe 200-300 years
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Applications programming is a race between software engineers, who strive to produce idiot-proof programs, and the Universe which strives to produce bigger idiots. - software engineers' saying
So far, the Universe is winning.
- applications programmers' saying
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January 26, 2003, 14:50
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Watch it, I never set up that joke, so I could deem it as an insult
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you didn't, It was Mad Monk who did. 
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January 26, 2003, 15:19
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You dare deny us SLEEP with your Enertron!!!!
BLASPHEMERS! HERETICS! INFADELS!
A personal "infinite" checking account
Access to all things ever written, or ever to be written at the touch of a button.
The do-hicky that warps time. 
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If you don't like reality, change it! me
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"it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
"Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard Shaw
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January 26, 2003, 15:26
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An Improbability Drive.
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January 26, 2003, 15:30
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I like sleep. I hate NEEDING sleep.
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January 26, 2003, 15:31
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Infidels, GePap, Infidels.
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