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SanAntonioBuck;1059938; said:
Just picked this up last weekend. Should finish it by this weekend. I like the pace in this one a bit better than his other books.
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IronBuckI
Calmer than you are.
Recently finished Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Incredible story...I'm kind of sad that it's over.
Currently I'm a little over half way finished with Xenocide by Orson Scott Card. Good book so far. Book number three in Card's series of books about Ender Wiggin(Ender's Game)
Currently I'm a little over half way finished with Xenocide by Orson Scott Card. Good book so far. Book number three in Card's series of books about Ender Wiggin(Ender's Game)
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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Raymond Kurzweil.
Its really heavy, both in weight and subject matter, but I picked it up at the library and read about 100 pages of it in the 3 weeks I had it. I got it for a good price used on Amazon and I'm determined to finish AND understand this bastard.
Kurzweil asserts that medical advancements will keep his generation alive long enough for the exponential growth of technology to intersect and surpass the processing of the human brain. Kurzweil explains how nanobots will eventually be able to repair and replace any part of the body that wears out, but relies on other methods of medical technology to prolong our lives long enough to reach the singularity.
The Singularity occurs as artificial intelligences surpass human beings as the smartest and most capable life forms on the Earth. Technological development is taken over by the machines, who can think, act and communicate so quickly that normal humans cannot even comprehend what is going on. The machines enter into a "runaway reaction" of self-improvement cycles, with each new generation of A.I.s appearing faster and faster. From this point onwards, technological advancement is explosive, under the control of the machines, and thus cannot be accurately predicted.
The Singularity is an extremely disruptive, world-altering event that forever changes the course of human history. The extermination of humanity by violent machines is unlikely (though not impossible) because sharp distinctions between man and machine will no longer exist thanks to the existence of cybernetically enhanced humans and uploaded humans.
Its really heavy, both in weight and subject matter, but I picked it up at the library and read about 100 pages of it in the 3 weeks I had it. I got it for a good price used on Amazon and I'm determined to finish AND understand this bastard.
Kurzweil asserts that medical advancements will keep his generation alive long enough for the exponential growth of technology to intersect and surpass the processing of the human brain. Kurzweil explains how nanobots will eventually be able to repair and replace any part of the body that wears out, but relies on other methods of medical technology to prolong our lives long enough to reach the singularity.
The Singularity occurs as artificial intelligences surpass human beings as the smartest and most capable life forms on the Earth. Technological development is taken over by the machines, who can think, act and communicate so quickly that normal humans cannot even comprehend what is going on. The machines enter into a "runaway reaction" of self-improvement cycles, with each new generation of A.I.s appearing faster and faster. From this point onwards, technological advancement is explosive, under the control of the machines, and thus cannot be accurately predicted.
The Singularity is an extremely disruptive, world-altering event that forever changes the course of human history. The extermination of humanity by violent machines is unlikely (though not impossible) because sharp distinctions between man and machine will no longer exist thanks to the existence of cybernetically enhanced humans and uploaded humans.
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Muck
Enjoy Every Sandwich
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Widdershins-Newford-Charles-Lint/dp/B000YT7KYG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213909143&sr=8-1]Widdershins[/ame] Charlies de Lint
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sepia5
JoePa apologists = Pendejo
Just finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. I somehow made it through high school and college without reading it, and man is it great. Sometimes I wonder if it isn't a blessing to have missed out on certain books when I was younger, only to read them later in life when they can actually be appreciated. Such is the case here.
Also just finished Cathedral by Raymond Carver, which is a nice collection of short stories, though I fancy myself more a reader of the novel.
Currently reading They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell. Slow so far, but I loved another of his works entitled So Long, See You Tomorrow. I always try to read a work of nonfiction at any given time, so I've slowly been moving through Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, by Douglas Blackmon, a journalist for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and it's pretty darn shocking, as the title implies.
Also just finished Cathedral by Raymond Carver, which is a nice collection of short stories, though I fancy myself more a reader of the novel.
Currently reading They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell. Slow so far, but I loved another of his works entitled So Long, See You Tomorrow. I always try to read a work of nonfiction at any given time, so I've slowly been moving through Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, by Douglas Blackmon, a journalist for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and it's pretty darn shocking, as the title implies.
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World Without End by Ken Follett (sequel to Pillars of the Earth)
Recently re-re-re-re-read The Long Walk by Stephen King as Richard Bachman. This is not a typical King book, and this stands as one of his better works (in my opinion). It's a one or two-sitting read, really, so if anyone's looking for a quickie, give it a go.
Recently re-re-re-re-read The Long Walk by Stephen King as Richard Bachman. This is not a typical King book, and this stands as one of his better works (in my opinion). It's a one or two-sitting read, really, so if anyone's looking for a quickie, give it a go.
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Just finished "The Venetian Betrayal" by Steve Berry and am starting "The Broken Window" by Jeffrey Deaver......
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