Re: [silk] Three arguments against the singularity

2011-06-23 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: Ohh! My favorite kind of essay: one that takes a dig at Singularitarianism and Libertarianism. Like he said. I can't prove anything either for or against, but I am somewhat sceptical about AI itself, let alone AI bootstrapping

Re: [silk] Three arguments against the singularity

2011-06-23 Thread Charles Haynes
I loved the reference (in the Moravec link) to the Dalai Lama's discussion of the possibility that someone could be reincarnated as a computer. Excellent. (Also the link in there to a paper by Eugen) -- Charles

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-06-23 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
On 06/21/11 22:06, Jon Cox wrote: Institutions with the market share of Mt Gox become part of the de-facto monitary policy. Hence they are not external to the currency at all. I'd say there's multiple layers. Bitcoin is defined by name in a paper describing the crypto algorithms.

[silk] Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden

2011-06-23 Thread Nishant Shah
Dear All, I am sure this is going to be of interest to a lot of people on the group. Please do come for the lecture if you are in Bangalore. Also, feel free to distribute this widely to people and communities that you think might find this interesting. I apologies for cross-posting. Warmly

Re: [silk] Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden

2011-06-23 Thread Anish
Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden I have to admit I am suprised by your choice of speaker. BTW I have met Casper while I was at MSR Cambridge Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

Re: [silk] Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden

2011-06-23 Thread Biju Chacko
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Anish anish.moham...@gmail.com wrote: Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden I have to admit I am suprised by your choice of speaker. BTW I have met Casper while I was at MSR Cambridge Why? -- b

Re: [silk] Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden

2011-06-23 Thread Nishant Shah
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Anish anish.moham...@gmail.com wrote: Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden I have to admit I am suprised by your choice of speaker. BTW I have met Casper while I was at MSR Cambridge Sent from my

Re: [silk] Anyone in Berlin?

2011-06-23 Thread Bernhard Krieger
Am 21.06.2011 00:28, schrieb Dinesh Venkateswaran: Announcing the Silklist Lurkers meet at Berlin, 29 June 2011. Hi Dinesh, the 29th is fine for me in the late afternoon / early evening. Should we fix the silklist meetup at 6pm somewhere in Mitte? Cheerio Bernhard

Re: [silk] Anyone in Berlin?

2011-06-23 Thread Dinesh Venkateswaran
Hi Bernhard, Just found that I would reach Berlin rather late on the 29th. Evening of 30 or 1 July would suit me best. Google says Mitte is not far away from the venue or my place of stay (riverside hotel) so it suits me! Thanks Dinesh On 23 Jun 2011, at 14:17, Bernhard Krieger

Re: [silk] Bitcoin

2011-06-23 Thread Andre Manoel
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Jon Cox j...@experiments.com wrote: [..]  Regulatory structures in the US are so weak that most folks will  remain in a state of nervous denial until it's too late for them.  When all debt obligations are factored totaled, we supposedly  owe $500k/person.  I

[silk] Mailing lists

2011-06-23 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Some nostalgia, and some looking around at the present and future. Fast Company put this list [1] together for the 25th anniversary of ListServ, perhaps the first mailing list software. I think that email is still the least-common-denominator glue that holds the rest of the net together. For

Re: [silk] Anyone in Berlin?

2011-06-23 Thread Dinesh Venkateswaran
CheersDinesh On 23 Jun 2011, at 14:17, Bernhard Krieger b.krie...@cantab.net wrote: Am 21.06.2011 00:28, schrieb Dinesh Venkateswaran: Announcing the Silklist Lurkers meet at Berlin, 29 June 2011. Hi Dinesh, the 29th is fine for me in the late afternoon / early evening.