Primer (2004 film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_(film)#Plot
This movie proves that you don't necessarily need a budget of over 70 million dollars to make a very thought provoking movie. The themes explored in Primer should stir the imagination of many curious people for decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_(film)#Critical_reception

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_time_loops#List_of_films

http://therabbitportal.blogspot.ca/search?q=primer+time

Microchip and iPhone 6

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2746648/Australian-man-microchip-inserted-hand-use-iPhone-6.html
There is a lot of convenience but at what cost?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things
Perhaps eventually more & more people will become comfortable with being tracked like livestock and commodities in general.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things#Criticism_and_controversies

http://www.cisco.com/web/solutions/trends/iot/overview.html

https://www.google.ca/search?q=the+internet+of+thiings&oq=the+internet+of+thiings&aqs=chrome..69i57.7985j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8#q=the+internet+of+things&tbm=nws

http://www.theinternetofthings.eu/goldman-sachs-iot-primer-internet-things

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/internet-of-things.aspx

http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/overview/article/iot_video.html

Robots need to learn to value human life

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2731768/Robots-need-learn-value-human-life-dont-kill-Future-droids-murder-kindness-engineer-claims.html
If A.I. & smart robotics ever start to really observer predators in nature & humanity, there could be some serious problems.

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

Unconventional ways Supercomputers are Used: Part 2

The Lord of the Rings
"Considering this movie’s high-flying, detailed special effects, I’m not surprised the director, Peter Jackson, turned to supercomputing to help create these lifelike experiences. To make the weather, buildings and vegetation accurate enough to turn J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth into real-world sets and environments, Jackson and his team enlisted supercomputing resources from the New Zealand Supercomputing Centre. Jackson also created a special effects studio, Weta Digital, where all the magic would happen — with, of course, the help of a supercomputer.

Dr. Dan Lunt, an expert on past climate change at the University of Bristol (and also a fan of the trilogy) ran his own simulations on a supercomputer to model the famously detailed map of Middle Earth. Tolkien wrote entire mythologies detailing the creation and evolution of the land, with staggering detail. By creating a climate prediction model, Lunt was able to accurately create 70 years of climate change in the different parts of Middle Earth. He found that Mount Doom (where the evil ring of power must be destroyed) is like Los Angeles — hot and dry — while the Shire is similar to Leicestershire in the U.K." 

http://blog.cray.com/?p=6912

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_design_of_The_Lord_of_the_Rings_film_series#Weta_Workshop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Towers 1954-11-11

http://www.iblist.com/book272.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers#Comparison_to_the_source_material

http://freetofindtruth.blogspot.ca/2013/12/illuminati-masterpiece-lord-of-rings.html

USB-drive-risk-Invisible-fundamental-flaw-lets-hackers-computers-discovered

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2711802/Is-USB-drive-risk-Invisible-fundamental-flaw-lets-hackers-computers-discovered.html

apple-could-become-obsolete

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-could-obsolete-3-years-analyst-113810165.html
The products still seem to be too good for many people to pass down.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101863259#.
Especially with a new tougher screen technology.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/playlist/technology-playlist---yahoo-finance-canada/iphone-6s-unbreakable-sapphire-screen-235345655-cbs.html

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101841983

Any big company can afford to loose some of its value, but at a certain point things can start to become troubling.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-investors-stunned-by-size-of-projected-loss-142130803.html

Portals through time and space...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap9ytbnc3-Q
Of course various kinds of portals have been depicted in books, movies and TV for several decades.

Just imagine if someone has a 3D-4D map.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IVqMXPFYwI

William Gibson: Neuromancer (1984)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer
A fantastic book that only WG could write.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer#Literary_and_cultural_significance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Neuromancer

Google-switches-DIY-phone-build-say-sale-January-2015

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2672872/Google-switches-DIY-phone-build-say-sale-January-2015-just-30.html
The modular phone is quite a cool concept.

QUANTUM-web-Breakthrough-tech-using-single-atoms-create-unimaginably-secure-Internet

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2621407/Could-soon-surf-QUANTUM-web-Breakthrough-tech-using-single-atoms-create-unimaginably-secure-Internet.html

Quantum_computing is attainable, its just a matter of the technology catching up with the concept.

How Quantum Computers Work
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/quantum-computer.htm

Its a very long process, but only until a technological level of critical mass has been achieved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_quantum_computing

https://www.google.ca/search?q=quantum+internet

Utah researchers make light-speed computing breakthrough

http://www.networkworld.com/article/2923886/servers/utah-researchers-make-light-speed-computing-breakthrough.html
Supercomputers & computing devices in general can always get faster. Its just a matter of the level of the science & technology. Of course, the natural speed of light remains as a key barrier. Perhaps some ET civilizations have long since passed the light speed barrier.

http://www.networkworld.com/article/2872645/education/10-cool-network-and-computing-research-projects.html

http://www.nature.com/search?q=supercomputers&q_match=all&sp-a=sp1001702d&sp-m=0&sp-p-1=phrase&sp-sfvl-field=subject%7Cujournal&sp-x-1=ujournal&submit=go

reset the net

https://www.resetthenet.org, https://www.youtube.com/user/fightforthefutu
Big Data is here to stay, but a lot of people don't want things to get out of control.
http://rt.com/news/157120-reset-net-mass-surveillance

http://www.infowars.com/anti-surveillance-movement-calls-reset-the-net-day-of-action

Its always a struggle to try to balance things out.

Transcendence, a thriller set in the world of Artificial Intelligence

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2612691/Transcendence-A-thriller-set-world-Artificial-Intelligence.html
Another fascinating movie about A.I. vs human consciousness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence#Risk_of_human_extinction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence#Whole_brain_emulation

memory wizards: 60 minutes

"It's not just a question of numbers, dates and times. It's emotion. And so, you know, when we wake up on that certain day of the year, it's kind of like how everybody wakes up feeling on 9/11."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/memory-wizards-60-minutes

Some people have quite an amazing natural memory.

Eventually, various A.I. programs will try to meet & exceed even the best human minds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence#Whole_brain_emulation

A simulation of human consciousness could eventually become possible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_consciousness#Consciousness_in_digital_computers

There would be several benefits with intelligent machines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singularity_Is_Near#Genetics.2C_nanotechnology_and_robotics_.28AI.29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Intelligent_Machines#Definition_and_history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendent_Man (2009)

A.I. and Robotics

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2014/04/why-there-will-be-robot-uprising/82783/?oref=d-dontmiss
This is the dilemma, how to make sure that A.I. programs & robots don't become predatory towards humans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Joy#Technology_concerns
Is it possible that intelligent machines could eventually develop without harming people?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence#Risk_of_human_extinction
Obviously, some A.I. programs & robotics are already being used to be potentially lethal towards organic life. Some A.I. programs might notice the violent history of humanity & assume that they also have the right to wage war against some people.

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

Unconventional Ways Supercomputers are Used

"Supercomputers power a diverse array of scientific research, including calculating the airflow of aircrafts, simulating the earth’s climate, producing data for hurricane predictions..." 
http://blog.cray.com/?p=6783

is-the-universe-a-computer?

http://www.novaspivack.com/uncategorized/is-the-universe-a-computer-new-evidence-emerges
This is always a fascinating topic to explore.

3D Printing, etc.

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/03/14/fabmob-integrated-visualization-converts-earth-atmospheric-data-into-3d-printed-objects
Whether its the need to have a 3D model of an ancient artefact or a model of something new, 3D printing is becoming a essential information technology.

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/03/14/what-vsan-means-for-the-software-defined-data-center-watch-thecube-conversations/

john-mcafees-new-cognizant-app...

http://www.infowars.com/john-mcafees-new-cognizant-app-puts-an-end-to-spying
People should have the option to become much more aware of digital tracking & data mining systems.
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/02/11/john-mcafee-has-had-enough-of-excessive-app-permissions-introduces-cognizant

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/12/john_mcafee_cognizant_for_android

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/03/blackphone_privacy_analysis/

http://www.infowars.com/darpa-invading-the-privacy-of-your-mind/

pi

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/happy-pi-day-fun-facts-favorite-irrational-number-130535824.html

...Mac OS X still at risk from critical security hole

http://itsecuritynews.info/2014/02/22/update-your-iphones-and-ipads-now-to-ios-7-06-but-mac-os-x-still-at-risk-from-critical-security-hole
This never should have never gotten to this point.
http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/apple/320936-apple-fixes-fundamental-ssl-bug-in-ios-7
Apple should have on this immediately.
http://www.macgasm.net/2014/02/21/apple-releases-ios-7-06-ios-6-1-6-minor-fixes,
http://theappjuice.com/ios-7-06-update-fix-ssl-update-iphone-now
Then again, Windows OS has had its issues for years.
http://technewzie.com/apple-releases-ios-7-06-and-ios-6-1-6-with-minor-fixes
No digital system is flawless.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows/history#T1=era0

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/termshm/g/term_os.htm,
http://windows-operating-system-reviews.toptenreviews.com

http://reviews.cnet.com/operating-systems/nokia-x-software-platform/4505-3671_7-35835188.html

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/windows-9-release-date-news-and-rumours-1029245

BUGS

http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/now-japan-giant-cyborg-cockroaches?dom=PSC&loc=recent&lnk=7&con=now-in-japan-giant-cyborg-cockroaches
Creepy crap, indeed.

The Digital Stream

http://desert-shapes.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-digital-stream.html

The Global Brain and the Cosmic Internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_brain, http://globalbraininstitute.org,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1sr9x263LM,
http://www.peterrussell.com/GB/globalbrain.php


http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/07/are-we-witnessing-the-birth-of-a-cosmic-internet.html,
http://hologrambooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35:the-cosmic-internet&catid=13:nonfiction,
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11603959-the-cosmic-internet

The Planetary Operating $Y$TEM & Other MACHINES

Metropolis 1927 www.computercertificationcenters.com/programming/fritz-langs-metropolis.html

Gort_(The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still)#1951_depiction, 

http://multiverseextra.blogspot.com/2011/09/gort-tdtess.html, http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2010/05/meet-nano-spiders.html
1956 Men travelling in a pod to see a massive underground machine that controls several elements of the planet.

Shore Leave Planet 1966 (Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)

1967 Electronic_Labyrinth:_THX_1138

The HAL_9000 was first seen in 1968.

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2010/07/data-center.html

1971 THX_1138, www.thx1138movie.com

1974 The_Questor_Tapes, http://thequestortapes.blogspot.com,

http://trekmovie.com/2010/01/21/gene-roddenberrys-the-questor-tapes-being-developed-as-new-tv-series

Welcome_to_the_Machine 1975 Wish_You_Were_Here_(Pink_Floyd_album)

1977 C-3PO & R2-D2#Original_trilogy

The_Works_(Queen_album)#Machines (1984) 

Skynet_(Terminator)#Origin_and_nature 1984 Terminator_(franchise)#Future 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05s5thkcHsw  

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/07/robot-scientist

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Mass Surveillance, Data_mining & GPS

1998 Enemy_of_the State features the Thomas B. Reynolds character who was born on 9-11-1940. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120660/trivia?item=tr0748635

2008 Eagle_Eye, www.eagleeyemovie.com 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/quantum-computing.html# 

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/02/adding-up-the-worlds-storage-and-computation-capacities.ars 

http://www.thunderbirdint.com/blog/2011/06/04/awesome-tracking-algorithm 

2011 Person of Interest_(TV_series) 

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm435535104/tt1839578

http://www.cbs.com/shows/person_of_interest 

Taraji_P._Henson is one of the main actors in the series was born on 9-11-1970. 

http://www.tv.com/shows/person-of-interest-2011/viewer/?flag=1&i=11&gri=80967&grti=101

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One of the most interesting websites to visit is fusionanomaly.net because its a fine example oftapping into the internet matrix network.

http://danielkinsman.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/fusion-anomaly

www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/fringe-science.html,

http://paranormal-intersection.blogspot.com/2012/02/perception-of-symbolism-coincidence.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Talbot_(author)#The_Holographic_Universe,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Bostrom#Simulation_hypothesis

Jim Elvidge www.theuniversesolved.com,
www.theuniversesolved.com/theuniversesolved/blog/category/AstroGnosticism.aspx,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7zBenPpZlA

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/01/in-the-universe-a-giant-quantum-computer.html,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUFcIQVZNEI
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/universe-really-is-a-holo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_in_a_vat, http://www.iep.utm.edu/brainvat,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ursdoT66JlU,
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/skepticism-content-externalism,
http://www.philosophy-index.com/putnam/brain-vat

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2013/12/our-holographic-universe-it-could-prove-to-be-the-greatest-theory-of-the-21st-century.html

The Eye of HAL and other .:. Symbolism (i)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000#Prop_eye_lens_and_HAL_point-of-view_lens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisheye_lens#Uses_in_photography

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fisheye+effect&qs=n&form=pgbar2&mkt=en-ca

http://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/eye.html, http://www.greatdreams.com/horus/eyehorus.htm
The Eye_of_Horus continues to be one of the several common symbols used in various places.
http://beforeitsnews.com/beyond-science/2013/01/secrets-of-the-third-eye-the-eye-of-horus-beyond-the-illuminati-2440634.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Robot_(album) i & eye

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_in_the_Sky_(song)

http://alanparsonsmusic.com/eyeinthesky.php

http://secure.keyfax.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AP&Product_Code=AP_DVD&Category_Code=DVDs

http://www.secretsinplainsight.com/2011/07/04/all-seeing-eye-pyramid-in-century-city

http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/12/5082666/the-edge-of-the-abyss-exposing-the-nsas-all-seeing-machine

Signs & Symbolism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-OrVpw9aUs

The Oblivion+Tet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblivion_(2013_film)#Plot

http://www.nathankleffman.com/2013/06/oblivion-pro-humanity-anti-illuminati.html

ET A.I. using a human veneer. http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Sally_(Oblivion)

http://hollywoodsubliminals.wordpress.com/2010s-films/oblivion/poster

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/opinions/9-big-questions-left-unanswered-by-oblivion.php

http://rt.com/news/roboearth-robots-learn-network-612,
http://www.infowars.com/sorry-dave-i-cant-let-you-do-that-robots-learn-network-without-humans

new-mac-pro-shipping-in-europe-after-ban

http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/13/5303140/new-mac-pro-shipping-in-europe-after-ban
People really like this machine.

CES intersection

Well, another CES show has run its course.
http://www.cesweb.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show#2014
It is a big marketing show, indeed.
http://ces.cnet.com, http://www.digitaltrends.com/ces
It is the epitome of corporate show & tell. http://www.engadget.com/ces2014,
http://mashable.com/category/ces,
http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/12/the-best-of-ces-2014

Of course, every year means tech is becoming more integrated with Big Data & Global Surveillance.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/12/5082666/the-edge-of-the-abyss-exposing-the-nsas-all-seeing-machine

http://therabbitportal.blogspot.ca/2014/01/the-future-of-payments-and-other-things.html

http://therabbitportal.blogspot.ca/2014/01/isaac-asimov-predicts-what-world-will.html

Sim-verse

http://www.messagetoeagle.com/universimularepo.php#.Us8avfRDu_g

The Future of Payments and other things

http://www.businessinsider.com/mobile-offline-retail-and-e-commerce-2013-12
You buy & sell things from something that you hold in your hand. Special eyeglasses can also provide for plenty of shopping & entertainment.
Back in the day, there wasn't the concept of data-glasses & handheld devices that could be used for global tracking, buying & selling.
http://biblehub.com/revelation/13-16.htm
Today for many people, the transmission of data through a handset or data-glasses isn't a big deal. Eventually, it could become very convenient to have much smaller things in the hand or on the forehead.

As it so happens, the eyes are very close to the forehead & so are data-glasses.
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/dashboard/ces-2014-toronto-interaxon-makes-wearable-tech-splash-205538988.html

Technology can be so cool, convenient & liberating, but there is always a dark side as to how it can be applied or forced upon the masses.
http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=28382

There is fantastic tech that can help to mobilize the crippled & aged.
http://gizmodo.com/a-mind-controlled-exoskeleton-will-kick-off-2014s-socc-1493046675

Of course, in some cases special biochips could improve the integrated human & mechanical interactions.

Bionics, Transhumanism & Evolution?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU1-YFbAifA

Can consciousness really be transferred from a dying body into an A.I. program of the persons mind?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendence_(2014_film)
Or is it just an elaborate copy & imitation of their mind?

At a certain point some curious & suspicious people wont like the idea of being tracked like cattle in the human resource livestock system.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/12/5082666/the-edge-of-the-abyss-exposing-the-nsas-all-seeing-machine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochip,
http://www.av1611.org/666/biochip.html,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clIiP1H3Opw,
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57610486-1/implanted-bluetooth-biochip-gets-under-hackers-skin

Robotics and A.I. -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zP7yP8hdLE

http://www.secretsinplainsight.com/2011/08/13/666

http://therabbitportal.blogspot.ca/2014/01/isaac-asimov-predicts-what-world-will.html

Machines & technology in general is not simply good or bad, its how they are each applied towards various scenarios & things.
http://shop.toporek.com/pages/about-the-work, http://vimeo.com/2529910
As is the case with symbolism & communication as well. All we can do is try to be aware, informed & vigilant as much as possible. Please see, http://www.bewareofimages.com for more perspectives.

I.A.- isaac asimov predicts what the world will look in 2014

http://www.openculture.com/2014/01/isaac-asimov-predicts-what-the-world-will-look-in-2014.html

I.A. had a very good idea about the future of robotics & A.I. & technology in general. A series of educated guesses perhaps, but there was a lot of wise insight as well.

Almost anyone can imagine a time of total digital currency.
http://therabbitportal.blogspot.ca/2014/01/the-future-of-payments-and-other-things.html

http://therabbitportal.blogspot.ca/2013/12/digital-transcendence.html