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To: the_wheel who wrote (4532)	6/8/2001 12:12:52 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi wheel, I agree with maurice's boosterism of the net. I believe that most people don't really 'get' the net yet, ie they think Web, e-mail, maybe newsgroups etc. These are really just simple rudimentary manifestations, baby steps if you will. The net won't come into its own until it is 'not there' ie seamless, ubiquitous and invisible. Now it is still the domain of the more technically inclined or adventurous, it's main interface still being the PC (or Mac :0). There is a giant leap though, from AI or collective behaviour to sentience. Ants like humans have a collective intelligence. If they were self aware I think we'd be in trouble :o) Of course proving they are not self aware is probably as easy as proving the existence / non-existence of God. Any one for an existential discussion on collective insects :0) I just though maurice was sounding a might too apostolic LOL. Back to my software. regards Kastel

To: the_wheel who wrote (4532)	6/8/2001 3:10:21 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

<His basic point is that one thousand years from now things will be substantially different from what they are now> We are not talking 1000 years here! This is a 20 year event...even in 10 years you will see a lot of change. Check out the last 10 years and the 10 years before that, for example. Check out the last 100 years. The trend is speed and more and more of it, faster and faster... Mqurice

To: the_wheel who wrote (4532)	6/9/2001 12:00:11 AM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

<I really think Maurice has some good points here. His basic point is that one thousand years from now things will be substantially different from what they are now> This is a good point?? <ie its more fun to speculate about the future of the universe than it is to speculate about the demise of csco. > Is this Silicon Investor, or Silicon pontificator??? <Most people on SI like to discuss whether CSCO or JNPR will have a market cap of XXX gazillion units of money in 2525> 2525??? I don't think so... dAK