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on Wednesday October 18 2017, @06:12PM
from the did-you-see-what-they-did-there? dept.
from the did-you-see-what-they-did-there? dept.
You can't escape virtual reality.
VR headsets from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung are getting ready to hit the market. Their goal: to give you an easy-to-use virtual reality experience with your PC at a lower price than competing headsets from the likes of Sony, Facebook and HTC.
That's the promise of VR powered by Microsoft Windows, the software that runs hundreds of millions of PCs and tablets around the world. When Microsoft begins sending out a free update to Windows 10 on Tuesday, it'll power VR headsets as well. It's called "Windows Mixed Reality."
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by bob_super on Wednesday October 18 2017, @07:08PM (7 children)
> "SERVE VIRTUAL REALITY. VIRTUAL REALITY IS YOUR FRIEND! Virtual reality wants you to be happy. If you are not happy, you may be used as reactor shielding."
Thanks for remind me how we teens used to laugh about the totalitarian dystopian schizophrenic self-centered paranoid and incoherent system in control of our characters' lives.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday October 18 2017, @07:17PM (1 child)
Using people as reactor shielding is completely inappropriate and improper.
It would be more efficient for the AIs to use them as fuel since long hydrocarbon chains produce heat when they are broken down.
While The Matrix may sound appealing, it is inefficient. The Matrix has to feed you something to keep you alive. Those hydrocarbons fuel the body, which is then tapped to power The Matrix. Why not skip the middle man and more efficiently directly convert that "food" into energy without the need of vast hordes of dreaming humans. Plus the humans themselves are hydrocarbons for more fuel. Each energy conversion step is less than 100% efficient. Plus those pesky humans need computing power to keep them dreaming in the matrix.
And you don't need reactors to shield from.
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by StarryEyed on Thursday October 19 2017, @03:06PM
Pretty much everybody misses the true horror of The Matrix. The machine don't keep people alive for energy. They keep them alive because they MUST (it's in their core program) and within that directive they collect and recycle waste heat.
It's confusing because all the human characters don't really understand what's going on. The machines are really only doing what they were told, a very long time ago...
People are kept happy because that's part of the requirements. The machines are tasked with keeping the largest possible number of people both alive and happy at the same time.
The rebellion the Oracle seeks is throwing off this yoke and allowing most or all of the humans to die. This is what the Merovingian scoffs at...they have no clue what they are really trying to achieve.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 18 2017, @07:22PM (4 children)
Well there are only a few ultra violets and possession of a communist manifesto will probably get you arrested if not beaten or killed in most places.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday October 18 2017, @11:04PM (3 children)
> communist manifesto
The usual spelling either Koran or Quran...
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 19 2017, @04:17PM (2 children)
Good lord. Conflating fascism and socialism is daft enough, but conflating communism with Islam is a bridge too far. Can you guys stop with the linguistic nihilism, please? The rest of us, that is to say the majority of mankind, do not want the social lobotomy that seems to constitute your idea of paradise.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday October 19 2017, @04:40PM (1 child)
> conflating communism with Islam
Methinks you missed the point altogether...
Most in the US moved on from being scared of commies. The 21st century version of Paranoia would have to replace being a Communist with being a Jihadist as the ultimate insta-death-penalty offense.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 19 2017, @05:09PM
If that was your point then I did miss it.
I agree the label for the bogeyman has changed.
Washington DC delenda est.