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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: 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.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(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.