Re: The Singularity is near — and it has a university

Michael Anissimov — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:14:45 -0000

Vinge's definition puts the spotlight on greater than human intelligence, not accelerating technology.

Re: Somewhat Haunted: Nine Inch Nails’ New Album, Ghosts I-IV

Michael Anissimov — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:51:50 -0000

This album is pretty good, it's a nice change of pace to have it instrumental. Dull? Not really, especially given the upbeat bpm of tracks on Ghosts III and IV. I admit Ghosts I and II are mostly slow.

I've never listened to albums as a coherent whole except for my very favorites. It's just too much to expect every song to be good. If people customarily listen to the entire album, I believe it means they have a lack in taste.

It's not meant to be "real songs", as NIN has been making real songs for decades now, and they obviously wanted to try something different, unbound by the record labels. To me, the lack of "real songs" is made up by the volume of material.

Favorite tracks so far:

3 (tribal beats with NIN industrial flavor)
19 (here it starts to get more industrial)
24 (my favorite one in general)
26 (this one could be a "real" song if it had lyrics)
27 (this one also)
the rest of Ghost IV is hard enough not to make me fall asleep.

It is dark ambient, which is what it is meant to be. I find it good for writing to. It's must more downbeat than the far harder music I actually like listening to regularly, i.e., gabba or metal...

I never thought Reznor's voice was so amazing anyway, so this instrumental suits me fine.

Re: Asteroid-impact Software Shows Where It Hurts

Michael Anissimov — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:16:42 -0000

And for info on the other huge risks, most of which are man-caused, I recommend visiting the Lifeboat Foundation.

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