Isn’t it interesting that in the old Star Trek series (the original, back in the late 60s, for you youngsters out there) that the main power of the Enterprise came from the use of “dilithium crystals” and today… what do we mostly use for batteries and power? Lithium. Lithium is Read more
Ouch. New York Times suing Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement. This is a no-win scenario. Whatever happens it’s bad. I am not a fan of AI as it currently is engineered. Too many unknowns, too much brute force and too much training from the social and psychological sewer known Read more
I have had it with Microsoft. Allow me to explain… (he said, with a theatrical flourish). If you read these post (rants) you know already that Micrisoft isn’t exactly at the top of my Ethical Companies list. Not since Mr Gates retired from control of the thing. Without his vision Read more
Once in a Thousand Years… yeah, right.(1) The Rumor Mill (that is, the News) has it that Southern California yesterday had a “once in a thousand year storm”. My memory tells me that that’s for the 2nd time this year, however — 4″ in an hour last August, only 3″ Read more
The opposite of science is not religion as too many science-ists and too many relgion-ists would try to tell you. (Do try to tell you.) The opposite of science is superstition. Superstition can have an overlap with Religion. It can also have an overlap with Science. Science is merely how things Read more