Introduction to Cyberpunk Literature - Mar 2010

5:31pmLaurianquote: ‘We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.’

5:31pmzombieToastthe other one I say just actually says "the future is boring"

5:31pmzombieToast*saw

5:32pmzombieToastI managed to turn in the assignment by the way

5:32pmDoreneGod, I'm still writing mine

5:32pmzombieToastwhats the next one?

5:32pmDoreneI went to a TEDx event on Saturday and was totally inspirationally sidetracked

5:32pmzombieToastTEDxwhere?

5:33pmDoreneTEDxTacoma

5:33pmDorenewhich is near Seattle

5:33pmDorenein Washington State

5:33pmzombieToasthaha ok got it on the 3rd

5:33pmzombieToastwho spoke?

5:34pmDoreneQuite a few people

5:34pmDoreneI don't think any are well known, but they did a wonderful job

5:34pmDorenewww.tedxtacoma.com

5:35pmzombieToastonly one i recognize is the cyborg

5:35pmLaurian?

5:35pmzombieToastPaul Martin

5:35pmzombieToasthe;s the Blade runner

5:35pmDoreneLOL

5:35pmDoreneYes, he is

5:35pmDoreneand honestly

5:35pmLaurianhave someone VK-ed him?

5:36pmDoreneof all the speakers he was my least favorite

5:36pmDoreneNot that he was bad

5:36pmDorenejust that the others were better for me than he was

5:37pmDoreneColleen Wainwright was really good...though she doesn't necessarily feel like she was

5:37pmDorenehttp://www.communicatrix.com/

5:38pmLaurianinteresting

5:38pmzombieToastah he's not the bladerunner :/ I have my amputees mixed up

5:39pmzombieToastthats this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pistorius

5:40pmLaurianyay, future implants

5:40pmLaurianI wonder if somebody would choose amputation and implants just for the increase in performance

5:40pmzombieToastyeah they wouldn't let him compete in the regular olympics

5:41pmzombieToastunfair advantage

5:41pmLauriancomplicated

5:41pmLaurianI wonder where you can se the limit

5:41pmzombieToastYou'll have noticed the paralympics posters on the walls in GITS...

5:41pmLaurianimagine an athlete with an overclocked pacemaker

5:42pmzombieToastthey should just have a free-for-all olympics

5:42pmLauriannow we even have brain pacemakers, brain deep stimulation is quite interesting field, we'll get close to the penfield device

5:43pmzombieToastno holds barred for chemical/biological/prosthetic ehancement in the games could make things pretty intersting

5:43pmLaurianbtw, what should I do with the assignments' deadlines?

5:44pmLaurianzombieToast: amputate legs before competition, keep the on ice, after competition remove prostetics put legs back...

5:44pmDoreneWhat is the participation laurian? I'm not seeing much coming through...is it just us or are there others?

5:44pmLaurianDorene: there are no others, just us

5:45pmDorenewow, darn

5:45pmzombieToastdana & j9...

5:45pmLaurianyup

5:45pmDoreneam I the only one who hasn't finished the assignment?

5:45pmLaurianI'll try to get data from the other courses, I really wonder how are they doing

5:46pmLaurianafaik there is no submission for the last one, let me check again

5:46pmLaurianDana promised that she'll get back on track, new job, etc

5:46pmDoreneHonestly, I have it halfway written...and many nebulously organized thoughts about the rest of it

5:47pmzombieToastLaurian: can you post the next one up before the weekend?

5:47pmLaurianyup

5:47pmLaurianzombieToast: yup

5:49pmzombieToastcool thx

5:49pmLaurianNext book, movie are not fiction

5:50pmLaurianare history, scary one

5:50pmLaurianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Crackdown

5:50pmzombieToastbeen a while since I read it

5:50pmLaurianavailable online

5:51pmLaurianit is a nice read, events 20 years ago

5:51pmLaurianscary clash of cultures

5:51pmzombieToastit's actually my favorite work by Bruce

5:51pmzombieToast(out of what I've read so far)

5:51pmLaurianhe did a great work on documenting those times

5:52pmzombieToastyeah, you can't make that shit up

5:52pmLaurianpdf: http://pdf.textfiles.com/books/hackcrac.pdf

5:52pmLaurianand as documentary Freedom Downtime - The Story of Kevin Mitnick (2003)

5:52pmLaurianhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6746139755329108302#

5:53pmDoreneThose links will be posted somewhere, correct?

5:54pmDoreneI couldn't find either from local sources

5:54pmLaurianyup

5:54pmLaurianI'll post them

5:55pmLaurianthe documentary is scary

5:56pmzombieToastyeah, sucks to be kevin in that scenario

5:57pmLaurianso many years later the system (read: the matrix) still cannot understand and have no idea how to handle technology

5:58pmzombieToastyeah "The last straw was when it was revealed that Stephen Timms –- the minister for Digital Britain – was under the impression that "IP address" referred to "intellectual property", rather than internet protocol."

5:58pmzombieToasthttp://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/09/digital-economy-bill-backlash

5:58pmzombieToastgood times

5:59pmzombieToastk guys I have to go catch a train

5:59pmzombieToastsee you next week

5:59pmLaurianzombieToast: yeah, in the UK it is crazy, they voted the Digital Britain thing, worse than DMCA

5:59pmLaurianzombieToast: have a safe trip, by

5:59pmzombieToastACTA is good fun too btw...

6:00pmzombieToastlater guys

6:00pmLaurian:)

6:00pmLaurianDorene: I'll post the assignment later today, if my net doesn't drop (21st century broadband...)

6:01pmDoreneOkay...I will really try to finish up my current one

6:01pmDoreneI feel badly now

6:01pmLaurianno pressure :)

6:01pmDoreneI just wish the class, me included, were a little more dynamic

6:02pmDoreneI enjoy the subject, for sure

6:02pmLaurianany suggestions on how to animate the others?

6:03pmDoreneI don't

6:03pmDoreneit's hard to do even when students HAVE to participate

6:04pmDorenein this situation, while we all have enthusiasm for the subject, life has a tendency to derail us for some reason

6:04pmDoreneI feel if there were more overall activity, though, I'd be more excited to participate

6:04pmDoreneI've enjoyed the chats...especially when we had a couple more folks

6:05pmDoreneIt's like there is a critical mass of actitivity we haven't been able to achieve

6:05pmDoreneHard to gain momentum without it

6:05pmLaurianyup, hmmm, we need tools to evaluate critical mass :)

6:06pmDoreneLet me know when you find 'em!

6:06pmLaurian:)

6:08pmLaurianok, I'll extend the deadlines, and post the next assignments and see how can we push the critical mass, hmmm, neutron reflectors may work :)

6:08pmDoreneGIANT mirrors

6:09pmDoreneI am determined to finish all assignments...maybe having another one will push me a little bit

6:09pmLaurianok, can I post 10 assignments? :)))

6:10pmDorenewell, now, let's take it one step at a time!

6:12pmLaurian:)

6:12pmDoreneI will say the P2P interface is a little hard to navigate

6:12pmLaurianit is

6:12pmLaurianthey will change things

6:12pmDorenenot hard, difficult

6:13pmDorenejust a little cumbersome, too many steps

6:13pmDoreneeasy to get sidetracked along the way

6:13pmLaurianyup

6:13pmDoreneand boy do I get sidetracked easily

6:13pmLaurian:)

6:13pmLaurianwho doesn't

6:13pmLaurian?

6:13pmDorenePretty much the nature of the beast

6:13pmLaurianDorene: I'll have to run now :(

6:13pmDoreneOkay

6:13pmDorenetalk to you later

6:14pmLauriansee you next week

6:14pmLaurianbye

6:14pmDoreneBye

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