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David Hamilton

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:47:12 +1200

I have a similar approach to junk patents – "would you be proud to explain it to Edison" – sadly only 2 of mine honestly pass that test

Ouch...that's a good test *cough*software patent*cough*.

Bob Munro

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:32:45 +1200

This is a all a bit like the Roald Dahl story William and Mary where the long suffering wife discovers after her husband’s death his brain and eye are being kept alive in a basin of cerebrospinal fluid. She prepares to exact her revenge on his still sentient being after…

Sam F

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:12:26 +1200

And then, as long as we maintain multiple copies of ourselves to protect against a system crash, we won't die.
Oh man, the (UK time) most recent episode of Doctor Who examines one dimension of this idea in a really heart-rending way. The "ghost" of a person, left imprinted on…

Islander

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:36:19 +1200

Cloning people we wish to honour seems a way more rational response than giving them tarnished (via 'the queen is the fount of al honours') wee glitteries which mean buggerall to most of us:
hmm, lessee- list of possible honourees:

*Shrek the Sheep?
*

Graeme Edgeler

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:14:36 +1200

I thought about multiple copies of Doug Graham and cried.

Doug Graham isn't a member of the Order of New Zealand.

You were crying because he hasn't been so honoured? :-)

Graeme Edgeler

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:07:24 +1200

But... does one Sir Ed hold the Order of Merit or do they all?

I'm pretty sure none of them did.

Tim Michie

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:26:16 +1200

But... does one Sir Ed hold the Order of Merit or do they all? Is it one Order of Merit between them or does that devalue the honour? And if there's 20 Sir Eds about, how does anyone else get a go?

What the insiginia for blogging by the way?

Eric Olthwaite

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:37:25 +1200

I thought about multiple copies of Doug Graham and cried.

Paul Campbell

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:36:50 +1200

probably worth noting the recent IEEE spectrum issue on the singularity – lots of good stuff in there on the off chance you were hoping to upload soon

Russell Brown

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:16:54 +1200

And then, as long as we maintain multiple copies of ourselves to protect against a system crash, we won't die.

Oh man, the (UK time) most recent episode of Doctor Who examines one dimension of this idea in a really heart-rending way. The "ghost" of a person, left imprinted on…

Bob Munro

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:09:52 +1200

Funnily enough the ability to order up more Jonathon Hunts and other un-imaginable horrors appears to be rapidly approaching. I was following connections to this story in yesterday’s New York Times about futurist Ray Kurzweil. The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least

The ideas are fleshed out in this…

Paul Campbell

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:56:20 +1200

I have a similar approach to junk patents – "would you be proud to explain it to Edison" – sadly only 2 of mine honestly pass that test

jon_knox

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:32:23 +1200

Dude you've pinched one from whaleoil and that crazy unfit parent from Riverton....you know the one who has the sense of humour failures.

Public Address

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:32:23 +1200

Discussion from blog post.