Comments on: Computers, Narrative and Dystopia http://www.cyberfootprint.eu/computers-narrative-and-dystopia/ Leaving a mark in the blogosphere. Honza Felt takes on PR, marketing and career. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Johnak http://www.cyberfootprint.eu/computers-narrative-and-dystopia/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Johnak Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:29:41 +0000 http://www.cyberfootprint.eu/?p=193#comment-15 But I'm afraid micro black hole would either not have enought energy and nothing would happed (it would dissapear right after its creation) or it would have some energy and sucked up entire planet :-) I'll have to look it up. But it would be good as a capital punishment on a grand scale. :-) But I’m afraid micro black hole would either not have enought energy and nothing would happed (it would dissapear right after its creation) or it would have some energy and sucked up entire planet :-) I’ll have to look it up. But it would be good as a capital punishment on a grand scale. :-)

]]> By: Honza http://www.cyberfootprint.eu/computers-narrative-and-dystopia/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Honza Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:32:35 +0000 http://www.cyberfootprint.eu/?p=193#comment-14 <p>OK, good point on several levels. </p> <p>1) Geeks are outliers on the normal distribution bell curve. 2) I should have explained the targeting better - I meant that ordinary people are often scared as well as the geeks. 3) Geeks are not scared. They take it with a light sense of humor. Thank you for the clarification. :-) </p> <p>Oh, and being sucked into a black hole IS a super cool death. :-D I think that the states that still insist on capital punishment should institute this type of execution (of course on a micro level...)</p> OK, good point on several levels.

1) Geeks are outliers on the normal distribution bell curve.
2) I should have explained the targeting better – I meant that ordinary people are often scared as well as the geeks.
3) Geeks are not scared. They take it with a light sense of humor. Thank you for the clarification. :-)

Oh, and being sucked into a black hole IS a super cool death. :-D I think that the states that still insist on capital punishment should institute this type of execution (of course on a micro level…)

]]> By: Johnak http://www.cyberfootprint.eu/computers-narrative-and-dystopia/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Johnak Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:20:19 +0000 http://www.cyberfootprint.eu/?p=193#comment-13 I must say I don't much agree with you. For one I know many geeks and I don't remember any of them panicking about what will happen in the future. I'm not saying there aren't any but I've known literaly "hundreds" geeks and if two are like that, it is a lot. For what I known, people with less imagination or the "normal" people in general are more likely to be afraid of things like supercomputer or something like that. Geeks acknowledge it will happen but they make no big deal out of it. I've seen tons of jokes being told about the Large Hadron Collider for example while lots of other people were screaming it will destroy the planet. The LHC jokes make partialy fun of them. Geeks generally (and I mean generally, of course there are lots of exceptions) don't take this too seriously. That doesn't mean they don't believe it, just that they don't make an issue out of it. For example me? I tend to think it is probable that we will all die in a nuclear war sometime in the futere? Do I make an issue out of it. Nah. I grow up on a Fallout computer game. I'll duck and cover approach or I will hide in the fridge :D Also with LHC. Can there be a more cool death than to be sucked up by the black hole? :-) I would like to get to space on the other hand and I hope that space exploration will move on in my lifetime and it will be possible for me to go up there but I'm not holding my breath. :-) I must say I don’t much agree with you. For one I know many geeks and I don’t remember any of them panicking about what will happen in the future. I’m not saying there aren’t any but I’ve known literaly “hundreds” geeks and if two are like that, it is a lot. For what I known, people with less imagination or the “normal” people in general are more likely to be afraid of things like supercomputer or something like that. Geeks acknowledge it will happen but they make no big deal out of it. I’ve seen tons of jokes being told about the Large Hadron Collider for example while lots of other people were screaming it will destroy the planet. The LHC jokes make partialy fun of them. Geeks generally (and I mean generally, of course there are lots of exceptions) don’t take this too seriously. That doesn’t mean they don’t believe it, just that they don’t make an issue out of it. For example me? I tend to think it is probable that we will all die in a nuclear war sometime in the futere? Do I make an issue out of it. Nah. I grow up on a Fallout computer game. I’ll duck and cover approach or I will hide in the fridge :D Also with LHC. Can there be a more cool death than to be sucked up by the black hole? :-) I would like to get to space on the other hand and I hope that space exploration will move on in my lifetime and it will be possible for me to go up there but I’m not holding my breath. :-)

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