A Thought

You are a genious. I love the fax machine, too.

Never do anything that is a waste of time and be prepared to wage long tedious wars over this principle - Michael O''Connor

I bet you won''t feel so fortunate when you die a few months before the immortality pill is approved by the FDA.

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Original post by Crispy
You are a genious. I love the fax machine, too.

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Yeah. I ordered a wirelessly networked fax/copier/scanner for the office and it takes up less space than the old copier. Sweetness.

And why would anyone want to live forever?

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Original post by Crispy
You are a genious.

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What''s a genious?

I wouldn't want to live forever, but the human lifespan seems awfully short to me. Never enough time to learn all the stuff you're interested in, and do all the cool things you want to (while attending to all the mundane things you need to deal with). I bet I could take care of everything I want in a couple hundred years.

[edited by - micepick on May 31, 2003 11:29:12 AM]

Technology is fantastic. Quite possibly the greatest of all is the ability to "google" song lyrics:

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Listen up everybody if you wanna take a chance.
Just get on the floor and do the New Kids'' dance.
Don''t worry ''bout nothing ''cause it won''t take long.
We''re gonna put you in a trance with a funky song, ''cause you gotta be
Hangin'' tough, hangin'' tough, hangin'' tough.
We''re rough.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Everybody''s always talkin'' ''bout who''s on top.
Don''t cross our path ''cause you''re gonna get stomped.
We ain''t gonna give anybody any slack.
And if you try to keep us down we''re gonna come right back,
and you know we''re
Hangin'' tough, hangin'' tough, hangin'' tough.
Are you tough enough?
Hangin'' tough, hangin'' tough, hangin'' tough.
We''re rough.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Get loose everybody ''cause we''re gonna do our thing.
''Cause you know it ain''t over ''till the fat lady sings.
Hangin'' tough, hangin'' tough, hangin'' tough.
Are you tough enough?
Hangin'' tough, hangin'' tough, hangin'' tough.
We''re rough.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, just hangin'' tough, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, hangin'' tough.




And you couldn''t possibly miss out on:

Too legit... Too legit to quit (three times)
Sweat running all over my chest (chest) i don''t quit no!
I just press harder (Yea!) than i ever did before going for
The dreams that i have in store in my mind (mind) and i know
That i''m makin it i gotta get mine and nobody''s takin it away
(No!) cause hammer don''t play that you try to get mine
boy you better step back freeze (freeze) cause
You don''t want none i hustle for my muscle and you look
Weak son (real weak) yea!... i''m goin for all that i can get
Kickin at the top cause i''m too legit to quit...sing!...

Chorus
Too legit... Too legit to quit (hey...hey...) Too legit...too
legit... Too legit to quit...(hey...) Too legit... Too legit to quit
(too legit...) too legit... too legit to quit...

when i feel high post don''t you play me close a dig ''em smack
a get you back and i''ll hit with a dose of oaktown power
and charge you by the hour i''m shakin like a quake and funks
get devoured i choose to abuse, misuse and confuse
competitors who think they''re makin up all the rules, fools
in the game lame and insane it''s a shame i gotta do this but
i remain the same unchanged gettin better never known
as a sweater kickin it at the top cause i got myself together
so roll with a guy who''s physical and fit knows the time
and too legit to quit...sang!

Repeat chorus x2

step to the rhythm of a sho-nuff winner (winner) i been
here before (yo!) i ain''t no beginner (word) but i been new
tried and true survival of the fittest yo!..it brought me through
my crew (talk) we''re ready to strike trained for the mission
so believe the hype and sweat it (sweat it) cause you''re gonna
regret it the day that you dissed us you''ll wish you never met us
you remind me of a real short story one hit record and you
star to bore me get ready cause this is it your crew is
through and we too legit to quit...sang!...

chorus

Too legit... Too legit to quit...Too legit... Too legit to quit
Too legit... Too legit to quit...Too legit... Too legit to quit
get buck...get buck...get buck...get buck...get buck...(many times)

my people we don''t know defeat we crush the strong and
percolate the weak daily (everyday) we make our moves to
improve our groove because we love to rule where we
lay yo!..(Yo!) work and play we started at the bottom and
now we''re leading the way and yea!..(yea!) i''m havin a fit kickin it
at the top because i''m too legit to quit...sang!...

chorus

hey...hey...hey...hey... too legit to quit.. too legit to quit..
we''re rolling on...we''re rolling on...we''re rolling on...we''re rolling on...
he''s on top...he''s on top...he''s on top...he''s on top...
goin to burn it up...goin to burn it up...goin to burn it up...
goin to burn it up...
too legit to quit...too legit to quit
we''re rollin on..hey..hey..hey...too legit.

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Original post by Voice Of Tango
What''s a genious?

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That''s what I want to know. I find it ironic how many people mispell the word genius.

Oh, and:

Step by step
Ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl
Step by step (AH!)

Step by step
Ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl
Step by step
Ooh baby
Really want you in my world

(step) hey girl, in your eyes
I see a picture of me all the time
(step) Hey girl, when you smile
You got to know that you drive me wild
(step by step) Ooh baby
Your always on my mind
(step by step) Ooh girl,
I really think its just a matter of time

Step by step
Ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl
Step by step
Ooh baby
Really want you in my world

(step) Hey girl, can''t you see
I''ve got to have you all just for me
(step) And girl, yes it''s true
No one else will ever do
(step by step) Ooh baby,
Your always on my mind
(step by step) Ooh girl
I really think its just a matter of time

Step by step
Ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl
Step by step
Ooh baby
Really want you in my world

(step)
(step)
(step)
(step by step)

Step 1: We can have lots of fun
Step 2: There''s so much we can do
Step 3: It''s just you and me
Step 4: I can give you more
Step 5: Don''t you know that the time has arrived
(AH!)

(step by step)

Don''t you know i need you
(step by step)

Yes I do girl
(step by step) Ooh baby,
Your always on my mind
(step by step) Ooh girl
I really think it''s just a matter of time

Step by step (step by step girl)
Ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl (to you girl)
Step by step (yeah)
Ooh baby
I want you i need you I want you in my world

Step by step (ooh ooh oooooh)
To you girl
Step by step (oh girl)
Really want you in my world

Step by step
Ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl

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Original post by Voice Of Tango
What''s a genious?

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I guess it was a typo. I plead for temporary insanity. It''s like people writing "more then" or "comming" - one of those words that simply pop out slightly the way you spell them when typing on the keyboard.

Never do anything that is a waste of time and be prepared to wage long tedious wars over this principle - Michael O''Connor

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Original post by kordova
I feel genuinely fortunate for living when I do in terms of the currently available technologies... so many fascinating, mind-boggling things to become lost in. Cheers.

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I agree, to a point. But i''m sure people a few years back were thinking "Wow! The typewriter! Technology is so great!" I''m sure in 50 years things will be even better. So, I don''t know how fortunate I can feel, because ever generation surely feels that way too, which means i''m not special


Waaaahh

They lied to me in elementary school.

I don''t get people who don''t want to be immortal, i mean who wants to die instead of being alive and lose everything you have learnt and experienced in your life for eternity in oblivion. I suppose if you''re religious you believe in an afterlife, but still many non-religious people are adverse to the thought of being immortal. Why? I mean if you get bored of immortality you could always suicide

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Original post by Eskhan
I don''t get people who don''t want to be immortal, i mean who wants to die instead of being alive and lose everything you have learnt and experienced in your life for eternity in oblivion. I suppose if you''re religious you believe in an afterlife, but still many non-religious people are adverse to the thought of being immortal. Why? I mean if you get bored of immortality you could always suicide

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I don''t have any problem with immorality

OK you know what.. i realized a typo there, but i''m going to leave it because it actually has to do with what i''m going to say.


I don''t have any problems with immortality. But I believe many people do because of "losing" other people. I''ll be honest with you all; given the choice to be a vampire or not, I would choose to be a vampire, even though it would mean everyone around me would die. I would have no problem with being a "creature of the night" and taking the lives of innocents to survive the ages.

Just like anyone else, I fear death. Besides, I look at it in the way that if I become something above human, I can look at them the way we look at cattle or other animals.

So uhm.. I don''t know. Call me immoral... but really.. life is good. It''s just like anything else though.. you will do what you can get away with.

I don''t know. I think i''m not articulating very well right here... but I think people get the gist.

I don''t think i''m a bad person, but I really don''t see how anyone would give up immortality for others.

If you have immortality, then you are no longer forced to conform to the morals and rules of humanity, because you are no longer human.

What prompted my reply except for one of the replies higher up was a poll that a swedish science magazine (Forskning & Framsteg for you swedish people) had done where it asked it's readers to estimate when specific scientifics breakthroughs would be accomplished. They noted that many people didn't like the idea of a technology that would make you immortal, even though this would mean that not only they, but everyone had access to immortality meaning that their friends and relatives could also achieve immortality.

Edit- typo

[edited by - Eskhan on May 31, 2003 12:47:38 PM]

I agree wholeheartedly(sp?) on the on the modern technology deal. Think about it: we live in the age of magic. We currently have the ability to harness a huge amount "unseen" forces to do our bidding. All an individual needs to do is spend a few years studying "arcane" sciences and languages to have the ability to understand these things (wizards?). Example: we now have these little magic boxes with a door on the front that has a window that works such that you can put food in the box and press a few buttons and BAM!!! a little light comes on, the food spins around, and after a few minutes max the food is hot!!! To paraphrase something Arthur C. Clarke once said (I think it was him...): magic is technology beyond the scope of comprehension of the viewer.

peace and (trance) out

Mage

A genius is anyone with an IQ of 140 or more.

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when I grow old I want my brain transplanted to a new body specially designed by me. the body would only be a child so I could live a whole life again. cool uh!?

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Original post by zer0wolf
A genius is anyone with an IQ of 140 or more.

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No, it depends on the IQ test.

I scored higher than that on an IQ test, but I was still considered 5 points below genius.


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The technology we have access to is definately amazing. It''s wierd to think that a lot of the things I love would be completely gone without computers though.

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Original post by mittens
The technology we have access to is definately amazing. It''s wierd to think that a lot of the things I love would be completely gone without computers though.

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Like your girlfriend, virtual valerie?

j/k.





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