Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Don_from_AZ Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:29:01 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 43 Message-ID: <877c7q1hyq.fsf@comcast.net.invalid> References: <45923010-96be-72d0-9ccc-9a43f25f35c4@example.net> <3Nqcncx9-a5sKsL6nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@earthlink.com> <305d5af9-8a24-b375-323e-c250bdc27e94@example.net> <308f34aa-6ce1-f0d0-a31d-7ff5d389237a@example.net> <17951ff3-9385-90a5-d3b9-406e9a550b23@example.net> <14f2a483-1cba-a906-b67d-b8fdd8dd54c4@example.net> <0vOcnYBW0-xdK_r6nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <53c5ce5c-c82e-bd9b-c8e3-115ecb14e465@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:29:02 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6e0547c7727dcef990e21659982d862a"; logging-data="1351324"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/kIRrfZFZ9EttVzkkKwFxgrcvkvvMv/rk=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ziztt9jYh9goMxb4pVoN1guG3b4= sha1:IS4ffyDtkFshoicY5hJVxmasfMA= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62969 D writes: > On Sun, 22 Dec 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > >>>>  in any useful way - but his giant rocket CAN transport >>>>  LOTS of stuff into orbit or to the moon. >>> Rockets are boring! I was space elevators and shooting magnetically >>> accelerated loads into space! >> >> >> And PRIME terrorist targets :-) > > This is the truth! But we'll guard those targets with lovely and spiritual > Habermassian dialogue! ;) > >> Alas, human brains just aren't really wired for that. >> There tend to be 'trades' - and 'stability' is often >> one of them. 'Double-alpha' people, who have it all, >> are VERY VERY rare. > > I wonder if it is an urban myth that the smarter someone is, the bigger the > chance some mental problems? > >> BIRD brains ... there are some species that have >> spectacular IQ in their little nut-sized brains. >> The 'wiring' is a LOT better than in mammals. > > I like ravens. Very cute birds with personality! > >> Might be the dinos were a LOT smarter than we like >> to believe ... lack of 'tech' does not = stupid. >> Could be it took 65 million years for Socrates to >> pick up where they left off :-) > > I vaguely remember a book from when I was a child that ended with the dinosaurs > leaving the planet on a space ship. I have one distinct image from the end of > the book when they are leaving. That's all I remember. I wonder if I made it up? > Don't know about the leaving, but "The Homecoming" by Barry B Longyear has highly intelligent dinosaurs coming back to reclaim the earth as their home. -- -Don_from_AZ-