Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!border-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 05:33:41 +0000 Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc 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> From: "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> Organization: wokiesux Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:33:41 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <53c5ce5c-c82e-bd9b-c8e3-115ecb14e465@example.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: Lines: 59 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 99.101.150.97 X-Trace: sv3-xo7ywaeLvk1H66P6BC9Iv6HuBINLl97M2kLIqkpuFCM4OY6auerQLLKT3xTnGov0Jvf2wFn0LbJzpkk!Qs3G6SR7nPulcJo0ZqaXseEPOIxu48i5+CVdD6XJJuR2Xmv8DllDsvOUJKA6JJvw6FvmETElSgUS!qlEj2URm869WiJefrMQU X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 On 12/23/24 6:34 AM, D wrote: > > > 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? IN MY EXPERIENCE - it's not really a myth. >>  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! Highly recommended by Woden. >>  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? Um ... don't think any made it off the planet. The tech waste that'd be involved developing that kind of tech infrastructure would STILL be obvious. But as I implied, 'tech' as we tend to think of it may not be an indicator of intelligence. Diff environs, diff facts, pointy stone bits and such may not have been much needed.