Comments on: Excerpt from Rapture of the Nerds, Charlie Stross's and my comic novel of the Singularity http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/excerpt-from-rapture-of-th.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Andrew Dalke http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/excerpt-from-rapture-of-th.html#comment-1450383 Andrew Dalke Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166268#comment-1450383 Since Huw orders the pool to appear, why can't she order the changes to meet her preferences? For that matter, since the Burj can run Huw-instances to optimize towards the types of video she would like to watch, why can't the Burj use the same technique to figure out how she wants the champagne hot tub to work? Unless, perhaps, the hotel determined that hyper-real is the type of environment she's most comfortable in, so she can enjoy her misanthropy? Since Huw orders the pool to appear, why can’t she order the changes to meet her preferences? For that matter, since the Burj can run Huw-instances to optimize towards the types of video she would like to watch, why can’t the Burj use the same technique to figure out how she wants the champagne hot tub to work? Unless, perhaps, the hotel determined that hyper-real is the type of environment she’s most comfortable in, so she can enjoy her misanthropy?

]]> By: Teirhan http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/excerpt-from-rapture-of-th.html#comment-1449534 Teirhan Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166268#comment-1449534 peeing into the champagne jacuzzi?  way to keep it classy, posthuman existence. peeing into the champagne jacuzzi?  way to keep it classy, posthuman existence.

]]> By: Anne Noise http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/excerpt-from-rapture-of-th.html#comment-1449416 Anne Noise Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166268#comment-1449416 Looking forward to reading this much much.  Two of my favorite specfic/SF authors teaming up! Looking forward to reading this much much.  Two of my favorite specfic/SF authors teaming up!

]]> By: Brandon F http://boingboing.net/2012/06/14/excerpt-from-rapture-of-th.html#comment-1449405 Brandon F Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166268#comment-1449405 Well that was interesting.  It addresses to the main issue I have with the Singularity -- if we ever had all that computing power what would we even do with it?  Immortal beings of pure thought interacting with flesh and blood humans from the pure thought perspective -- I don't think that fiction can address that in a way that is still comprehensible. Well that was interesting. 

It addresses to the main issue I have with the Singularity — if we ever had all that computing power what would we even do with it?  Immortal beings of pure thought interacting with flesh and blood humans from the pure thought perspective — I don’t think that fiction can address that in a way that is still comprehensible.

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