Anyway, this guy who gave a presentation called, "The Path to
Tomorrow." Okay! Finally, how to get leads and close sales in
Second Life! Not really. This was an old guy, though, and the
vision of the Future was a bit dated. Nothing worse than a dated
vision of the Future. Well, maybe a radical comb-over. He mentioned
"Web 3.0" in passing. Gee, I'm already staking out territory in Web
1101. It has a great view of all the lower webs and the sweltering
masses therein.
I know this guy is old, because he's about my age. I know that
because he said his dad took him to see The Angry Red Planet when he
was a kid. Wow! I remember The Angry Red Planet. That was one of my
favorite movies when I was a kid. Only the sexy babe rocket pilot
makes it back alive! Well, one other crewman, but he has green slime
covering his arm and nothing was going to stop that. The other guys
died from a giant rat-spider, and a massive amoeba with a rotating
eyeball! This stuff is deliriously terrifying and entertaining to
six year olds like me and Mr. Future.
But aha, he picked the wrong movie. The one he should have picked is
Forbidden Planet. That movie changed my life -- saw it when I was
around 7 years old, and I bet Mr. Future did too. A mad scientist
takes over the ultra-gigantic data center of the vanished race called
the Krel. Their data center inhabits the entire interior of the planet.
From my childhood memories of the movie comes a warning to the
arrogant Googles and Zillows. You see, the Krel developed the most
advanced computer system in the Galaxy. It was advanced to the point
where the Krel attached it directly to their brains (via 802.11n, I
think), and the computers did everything. The Krel almost made it to
the point where they could dispense completely with physical
instrumentality! Not only did the computers magnify the Krel
intellect, their advanced sense of beauty and meaning, their most
lofty aspirations, but it also magnified that tiny little speck of
nastiness deep within every Krel brain. The computers magnified
that, and the Krel ended up destroying each other until none of them
was left alive. Talk about a ragged cutover. There is volatility in
this new tech. Wither Zillow in five years? Still young and zesty,
or grey and ancient.. or vanished like the great Krel?!
Okay, I gotta pack up my computer now. If there are any more posts,
it'll be via thumbs and T-Mobile Sidekick until I get back to my
digs. Can't wait to be back home.
Doug via mac.com account
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