R. Paul McCarty wrote: > > DaBoss Mariachi wrote: > > > > According to me combustion and digestion are the most widespread(ok, ok.......i know they are not that efficient!!) and convenient methods of energy production. I am talking about a fully mobile humanoid unit who can > > 1> trek > > 2> go to african jungles > > 3> remote mountain tops > > 4> white water rafting > > ad infinitum, ad nauseum > > > > However, if you are in-silicon, there is no need to actually have your > brain and body in the same place, since you can relay sensory/motor > signals over the air. Besides if you were going to plan on living for X > million years would you do something as silly as throw yourself in a > vehicle and climb up a mountain risking death? This is a good point - why not make simple, cheap remote-presence bots, and use them to 'do' things, recording and/or transmitting the experience to the 'brains' residing in safe places (orbit, the Moon, etc)? A bonus is that you could 'buy' a copy for semi-vicarious thrills, and not even need the bot to still exist. -- Pete Hardie | Goalie, DVSG Dart Team Scientific Atlanta | Digital Video Services Group | -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org
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