Frolix-8 http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/ A not-so-Vast Active Living Intelligence System en-US Thu, 24 May 2012 08:39:50 +0100 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/QDuPVLcOi_A/w-13.html http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2012/05/w-13.html The Days of Perky Pat - "Back off! I wanna buy a customised human" The Simulacra - "This is bio-mimicry, when technology imitates nature." --- Dick-Headline --- Russia and Japan aim for the Moon

   
The Days of Perky Pat - "Back off! I wanna buy a customised human"
The Simulacra - "This is bio-mimicry, when technology imitates nature."


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Russia and Japan aim for the Moon
]]> Books Current Affairs Philip K Dick palmer_eldritch Thu, 24 May 2012 08:39:50 +0100 http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2012/05/w-13.html Which PKD Story Are We In Today ? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Frolix_8/~3/HePYqmUSOCY/w-12.html http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2012/05/w-12.html The Hood Maker - "Her reasoning is that it would prevent identification mistakes and even allow soldiers to identify combatants from non-combatants." Martian Time-Slip - "In experiments at six public universities, students assigned randomly to statistics courses that relied heavily...

   
The Hood Maker - "Her reasoning is that it would prevent identification mistakes and even allow soldiers to identify combatants from non-combatants."
Martian Time-Slip - "In experiments at six public universities, students assigned randomly to statistics courses that relied heavily on “machine-guided learning” software -- with reduced face time with instructors -- did just as well, in less time, as their counterparts in traditional, instructor-centric versions of the courses."
]]> Books Current Affairs Philip K Dick palmer_eldritch Wed, 23 May 2012 08:20:30 +0100 http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2012/05/w-12.html Which PKD Story Are We In Today ? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Frolix_8/~3/QG3pmvpr_EU/w-11.html http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2012/05/w-11.html Clans of the Alphane Moon - "To find out if it’s optimally designed, we need to consult a higher authority. Namely, slime mold." The Crack In Space - "Look all I’m saying is I want a women with three boobs...

   
Clans of the Alphane Moon - "To find out if it’s optimally designed, we need to consult a higher authority. Namely, slime mold."
The Crack In Space - "Look all I’m saying is I want a women with three boobs on there, it’s every mans dream right? Let’s keep it classy though and make sure she has stars covering her nipples."
]]> Books Current Affairs Philip K Dick palmer_eldritch Tue, 22 May 2012 08:17:29 +0100 http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2012/05/w-11.html Which PKD Story Are We In Today ? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Frolix_8/~3/wsNbV2FRoeM/w-10.html http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2012/05/w-10.html Last Of The Masters - "I know I'm irrationally anthropomorphizing, but watching the machines in action, I almost feel sorry for them." The Penultimate Truth - "Paranoid? Perhaps." Radio Free Albemuth - "The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) warned lives could...
   
Last Of The Masters - "I know I'm irrationally anthropomorphizing, but watching the machines in action, I almost feel sorry for them."
The Penultimate Truth - "Paranoid? Perhaps."
Radio Free Albemuth - "The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) warned lives could be damaged by problems of mistaken identity and raised the prospect that service providers could use the vast data to profile their users for commercial gain. "
Ubik - "Of course, teenagers aren't the only ones who feel the ill effects of a disconnect between biological time and social time. "
]]> Books Current Affairs Philip K Dick palmer_eldritch Mon, 21 May 2012 08:12:15 +0100 http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2012/05/w-10.html Which PKD Story Are We In Today ? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Frolix_8/~3/bidWMETkFjo/w-9.html http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2012/05/w-9.html Radio Free Albemuth - "There is one, simple fact: from health records to criminal records, employment details and other personal data, government databases are not only open to abuse, but are actively being exploited by the very people we supposedly...
   
Radio Free Albemuth - "There is one, simple fact: from health records to criminal records, employment details and other personal data, government databases are not only open to abuse, but are actively being exploited by the very people we supposedly trust with our data."
The Ganymede Takeover - "For the first time they will have their own organic ability to engage targets."
The Hood Maker - "Our ability to act on forensically-sound, time-critical information, from SMS to images contained on a device quickly gives us an advantage in combating crime, notably in terms of identifying people of interest quickly and progressing cases more efficiently."
Sales Pitch - ". . .a computer-implemented method includes enabling advertisers to associate advertisements with one or more environmental conditions to allow the advertisements to be provided to users whose environmental conditions match the environmental conditions associated with the advertisements."


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Are musicians our external brains?
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