Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 02:08:53 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: me@freebsd.org Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nanotechnology, was Re: NetBSD/Linux 'distribution' Message-ID: <199902230208.TAA12722@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199902221338.OAA42239@fourier.int.consol.de> from "Michael Elbel" at Feb 22, 99 02:38:19 pm
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> >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. Note the authors idea of "active shields" -- the synthetic "immune system". It seems to address the liberty issues that arise. The question then is "How do we get there from here?". Another interesting read is Greg Bear's "Slant"; it's about more mundane (military) applications, as part of the backdrop. He coins the acronym "MGN" for "Military Grade Nano". Another interesting read is "Blood Music". Get the short story from a library copy of Analog, instead of the Novelized form; it's really a short story. It's also about Greg Bear; it's the archetypal "Gray Goo" scenario. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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