Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:38:19 +0100 (CET) From: Michael Elbel <Michael.Elbel@consol.de> To: tlambert@primenet.com Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Nanotechnology, was Re: NetBSD/Linux 'distribution' Message-ID: <199902221338.OAA42239@fourier.int.consol.de> References: <199902220508.WAA29696@usr07.primenet.com>
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In lists.freebsd.advocacy you write: >People are made of atoms. If I can push atoms around effectively >for free, this means I can do two really provocative things: first, >if an atom moves somewhere I don't want it to, I can put it back >where it came from; second, I can make exact duplicates of anything, >sans spin direction on the copy's electrons. [...] >Nanotechnology AltaVista found about 52482 Web pages for you. [...] Interesting that you should write this while I'm reading "The Diamond Age" by Neal Stephenson that touches almost the same subject - namely what happens if you take nanotechnology to some logical extreme, coming to the conclusion that information in its various forms is all that's left. Michael -- \|/ -O- Michael Elbel, ConSol* GmbH, - me@consol.de - 089 / 45841-256 /|\ Fermentation fault (coors dumped) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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