Frolix-8 http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/ A not-so-Vast Active Living Intelligence System en-GB Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:56:18 +0000 http://www.typepad.com/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Frolix_8http://feedburner.google.com Which PKD Story Are We In Today ? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Frolix_8/~3/gUVB_GFtT1k/w-3.html http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2009/11/w-3.html Go AdFreak The Commuter - "Google and the company that supplies its mapping data are unable to explain the presence of the phantom town and are investigating." The Impossible Planet - "". . .the long-term potential of robotics to extend...
The Commuter - "Google and the company that supplies its mapping data are unable to explain the presence of the phantom town and are investigating."

The Impossible Planet - "". . .the long-term potential of robotics to extend independent living is profound."

Foster, You're Dead! - "Now picture them after two weeks in a space so small that nobody can stand up and only one person can lie down at a time."

]]> Books Current Affairs Philip K Dick palmer_eldritch Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:56:18 +0000 http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2009/11/w-3.html Which PKD Story Are We In Today ? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Frolix_8/~3/zRkA6y1Pxac/w-2.html http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2009/11/w-2.html VALIS - "So could you be zapped with a mood-altering blast from across a room?" A Scanner Darkly - "[CCTV] is partly designed to reduce fear of crime ... this study demonstrates that in certain contexts it can have the...

VALIS - "So could you be zapped with a mood-altering blast from across a room?"

A Scanner Darkly - "[CCTV] is partly designed to reduce fear of crime ... this study demonstrates that in certain contexts it can have the opposite effect."

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ? - "Now watch the following video, and see how well robots do in interpreting human gestures and how well the humans do in interpreting robot gestures."

Ubik - "The idea is pretty simple, knock in a certain pattern and the door unlocks."

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All Your Characters Talk The Same — And They're Not A Hivemind!
 
]]> Books Current Affairs Philip K Dick palmer_eldritch Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:24:46 +0000 http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2009/11/w-2.html Which PKD Story Are We In Today ? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Frolix_8/~3/nsN33-mJFd4/w-1.html http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2009/11/w-1.html Faith Of Our Fathers - "While you ate, you could watch videos of Supreme Master Ching Hai, who, as I recall mentioned that she had come from the past." The Ganymede Takeover - "During their stay, guests would see the...

Faith Of Our Fathers - "While you ate, you could watch videos of Supreme Master Ching Hai, who, as I recall mentioned that she had come from the past."

The Ganymede Takeover - "During their stay, guests would see the sun rise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes."

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Found: Game Show From the Future
 
]]> Books Current Affairs Philip K Dick palmer_eldritch Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:25:28 +0000 http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2009/11/w-1.html Which PKD Story Were We In Yesterday ? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Frolix_8/~3/ACZoLmBncME/which-pkd-story-were-we-in-yesterday-.html http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2009/11/which-pkd-story-were-we-in-yesterday-.html Borked yesterday's post, sorry. Here it is again. A Scanner Darkly - "In all my twenty years of law enforcement I have never seen a person who has smoked marijuana to be in a condition of staggering, slobbering, and throwing...
Borked yesterday's post, sorry. Here it is again.

A Scanner Darkly - "In all my twenty years of law enforcement I have never seen a person who has smoked marijuana to be in a condition of staggering, slobbering, and throwing up. Too many times, however, I have seen booze drinkers in such a condition, and much worse."

The Gun - ". . .we take no responsibility for anything."

The Hanging Stranger - "The remains of the partially-skeletonized body will be examined Sunday, said medical examiner's investigator Korletta Howrish, and until then it's not clear how old the man was or his ethnicity."

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Robots, drugs, reality and education: How the future will change how we think
]]> Books Current Affairs Philip K Dick palmer_eldritch Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:16:37 +0000 http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2009/11/which-pkd-story-were-we-in-yesterday-.html Which PKD Story Are We In Today ? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Frolix_8/~3/-cOQi1YvxkA/w.html http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2009/11/w.html Yes, another Dark-Haired Girl Day. The Simulacra - "Neat idea, but the obvious flaw is that flies are the most annoying things ever, and may not be something you'd want people associating with your product long-term." The Game Players of...
Yes, another Dark-Haired Girl Day.

The Simulacra - "Neat idea, but the obvious flaw is that flies are the most annoying things ever, and may not be something you'd want people associating with your product long-term."

The Game Players of Titan - "The Affective Intelligent Driving Agent, or AIDA for short, is the result of a collaboration between Audi and MIT to try and find a way to humanize the relationship between nagging automated systems and a frustrated driver... by adding a face to the nagging systems. . ."

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Brainwave toys are back
 
]]> Books Current Affairs Philip K Dick palmer_eldritch Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:48:51 +0000 http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2009/11/w.html Which PKD Story Are We In Today ? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Frolix_8/~3/B-OIUgBpHDk/w-12.html http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2009/10/w-12.html So ends another Dark-Haired Girl Week. They're too short, really. Ubik - " Japanese researchers have developed an algorithm that can be used by emergency operators to determine just how long a caller has left." --- Dick-Headlines --- Don't worry...
So ends another Dark-Haired Girl Week. They're too short, really.

Ubik - " Japanese researchers have developed an algorithm that can be used by emergency operators to determine just how long a caller has left."

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Don't worry about yourself. You don't have one (a self).
 
Artist says, "We will rebuild the economy -- with antimatter!"
 
]]> Books Current Affairs Philip K Dick palmer_eldritch Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:01:03 +0000 http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2009/10/w-12.html