TRP

The Rabbit Portal. (TRP) and The+Digital+Portal are one in the same and are about exploring, The Nature Of Reality (TNOR).

The symbolism of the rabbit hole or portal is fascinating in popular culture.

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland#The_White_Rabbit 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit_(song) Released in June 1967 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(club)#Emergence_of_Jefferson_Airplane August 1965

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore_Leave_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series) 1966-12-29 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708446/?ref_=tt_mv

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Shore_Leave_(episode) 

"The USS Enterprise arrives at a planet in the Omicron Delta system. Scans reveal the planet is congenial, and the crew is exhausted after three months of operations. Captain Kirk announces shore leave for off-duty personnel.

Dr. McCoy sees an anthropomorphic white rabbit, and a moment later Alice, from Alice in Wonderland, asks McCoy if a rabbit passed by."

"Spock beams down to gather sensor readings as communications between the ship and planet degrade, stranding himself. After Yeoman Barrows changes into a medieval dress, a knight on horseback charges her. McCoy protects her but is impaled by the lance. Kirk shoots the knight with Sulu's revolver. Kirk and Spock analyze the knight's body; it is composed of the same material as the planet's vegetation. A World War II fighter plane strafes the landing party; during the commotion, the bodies of Dr. McCoy and the knight vanish."

"An elderly man appears: the "Caretaker". Accompanying him is Dr. McCoy, revived by the planet. McCoy shows off the two Rigelian cabaret girls he conjured up. The planet is an "amusement park"; its constructs are not intended to be harmful or permanent. The Caretaker apologizes for the misunderstandings and offers the planet's services to the Enterprise's crew, cautioning that they must choose their amusements carefully." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore_Leave_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)#Plot

Theodore_Sturgeon brilliantly depicted a manufactured world just for the purpose of having fun and adventure.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Shore_Leave_Planet An amusement planet or MATRIX world with a full immersion of various interactive entertainment scenarios. https://ca.startrek.com/database_article/amusement-park-planet , 

https://ca.startrek.com/article/lost-trek-history-shore-leave

It's the complete opposite of a Borg world or ship where technology is used to control and enslave everyone. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Borg_starship_classes

"Borg structures were located in deep space, in planetary systems, or on planets themselves. Each planet the Borg modified showed a typical climate and assimilated infrastructure adapted from the previous inhabitants."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg#Infrastructure

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

Of course the Lion Portal symbolism is just as interesting.

The Nature Of Reality (TNOR) 

Do Alternate Realities Exist?

"Visual artist Refik Anadol is working with AI to see if machines can visualize alternate realities." https://www.pcmag.com/news/do-alternate-realities-exist-this-artists-machines-are-ready-to-find-out

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation , https://fusionanomaly.net/mtheory.html

Whatever the universe is, its vast and multidimensional. https://fusionanomaly.net/realities.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation#Debate_whether_the_other_worlds_are_real

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse#Types

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse#Max_Tegmark's_four_levels

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Mathematical_Universe , https://fusionanomaly.net/holograms.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle#High-level_summary 

https://fusionanomaly.net/information.html

https://fringe.fandom.com/wiki/Alternate_Universe Just another Sci-Fi TV series?

https://fusionanomaly.net/hyperspace.html

The Nature Of Reality (TNOR)

Streamers That Leaked Personal Info Live On Stream

 https://www.looper.com/214503/streamers-that-leaked-personal-info-live-on-stream/

It's always about maintaining a balance. Having a big Internet  footprint or social media presence can be ideal for many. However, accidentally or carelessly letting out too much personal info isn't always a good thing.

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/american-list-of-social-media-stars.php

https://breakthroughdxb.com/news/celebrity-booking/hottest-10-social-media-stars (2020)

https://www.pressboardmedia.com/magazine/the-top-100-instagram-influencers-in-the-world

https://time.com/5626827/the-25-most-influential-people-on-the-internet (2019) 

https://time.com/3732203/the-30-most-influential-people-on-the-internet

https://stacker.com/stories/3394/most-influential-celebrities-social-media

https://digitalmarketinginstitute.com/blog/9-of-the-biggest-social-media-influencers-on-instagram (2018)

https://www.businessinsider.com/most-popular-youtubers-with-most-subscribers-2018-2

Steve Jobs

Steve_Jobs became the quintessential front-man of something big and it just keeps on growing. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Homestead_High

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_of_my_eye

https://www.fastcompany.com/90372724/welcome-to-post-reality-apple-will-now-fake-your-eye-contact-in-facetime

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-make-iphone-video-callers-look-you-in-the-eye/

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/06/how-to-reduce-eye-strain-on-iphone-windows-during-quarantine.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Apple_(1976-1985)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#1976-1984:_Founding_and_incorporation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#1997-2011

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Innovations_and_designs

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Steve+Jobs

The Batman Gadgets (and Their Real-Life Equivalents)

 https://www.cbr.com/batman-gadgets-real-life-equivalents

Of course Batman's tech has to be cool.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/hollywood/on-your-radar-a-real-life-guide-to-batman-s-tech/story-S032claxuRfs0m3WghAD1I.html

It also has to be very functional and reliable.

https://moneyinc.com/batman-gadgets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQck0JuSHnM

https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2021-02-12-show

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

Mr. Anderson escapes from Agents in The Matrix

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnNPJaCmTGw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9p9NE4Pji0&feature=emb_title

There is a fair bit of history to be revealed here. just not quite yet.

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_City

Numbers, Patterns and Symbolism...

 If this world is part of some kind of constructed reality, then there should be various clues in some patterns. Synchronicity can also reveal a lot about the nature of reality. (TNOR)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis#Origins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis#Science_fiction_themes

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/10/18275618/simulation-hypothesis-matrix-rizwan-virk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9p9NE4Pji0&feature=emb_title  

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Simulation+Hypothesis

The Office MATRIX

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rf9-Ej2xPw That's so cool how they show a DVD - VHS combination unit under the TV, at the 3 minute point of the video. https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/The_Office 

Of course The_Office - MATRIX parody has become quite popular. https://www.matrixfans.net/the-office-matrix-parody

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/watch-cut-office-scene-where-jim-convinces-dwight-the-matrix-1109328

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a35113559/the-office-us-matrix-prank-scene , https://www.digitalspy.com/search/?q=the+matrix

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/the-office-finale-spoofed-the-matrix-watch-1234607346

https://www.slashfilm.com/the-office-finale-matrix-prank

https://ew.com/tv/the-office-finale-the-matrix-prank-dwight

https://mashable.com/article/the-office-matrix-clip

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The Rabbit Hole MATRIX

 At any given time there can be various forces and energies influencing a persons actions. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmology#Religious_or_mythological_cosmology

Once again the observations at copycateffect.blogspot.com (TL) are astounding. 

https://copycateffect.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Rabbit+Hole

The First scene of the Donnie Darko movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76IkuYLoJkE

Of course Echo_and_the_Bunnymen would have a fantastic song about a rabbit portal movie.

The Killing_Moon (Official Music Video) from the album 'Ocean Rain' (1984) · Echo And The Bunnymen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz0JC7afNQ

The Killing Moon (All Night Version) by Echo and the Bunnymen 1983 extended version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URTaXcsUk3k

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland#White_Rabbit

Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland#The_White_Rabbit

GIANT rabbits on MATRIX TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeevA9Mw8-k

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(club)#Emergence_of_Jefferson_Airplane , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0 , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit_(song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore_Leave_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/StarTrekS1E15ShoreLeave

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Shore_Leave_(episode)

https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Shore_Leave

https://www.jammersreviews.com/st-tos/s1/shoreleave.php

https://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-wonders-about-the-matrix-2016-9

The Quantum_Leap Connection. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Leap#Premise

http://www.mtv.com/news/1661141/source-code-jake-gyllenhaal

QUANTUM LEAP CONNECTION

"Did the voice of Colter’s father sound familiar? If so, it’s because that was Scott Bakula, of Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise fame. The plot of Quantum Leap is actually similar to Source Code, and what’s more, Bakula starts off the phone conversation in the movie by saying, “Oh boy!” This was one of his character, Sam Beckett’s, most famous quotes." https://www.fandom.com/articles/5-things-may-missed-source-code

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Source_Code_Poster.jpg

Its amazing that the song, Comin Back wasn't used in the Source_Code movie.

The Crystal Method performing Comin' Back. (1997) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As6EMBmKFrk

Release date	March 11, 2011 (SXSW) April 1, 2011 (United States) April 20, 2011 (France)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code#Plot

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-trains-idUSTRE7447VS20110506 From May 5, 2011.

How peculiar that a decade earlier, Jake_Gyllenhaal was in a movie about part of a airplane going through a portal and crashing on him.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Donnie_Darko_poster.jpg

Release date	January 19, 2001 (Sundance) October 26, 2001 (United States)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko#Plot

"Donnie Darko had a limited theatrical release from October 26, 2001; its premiere was held at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.^[14] Its was screened to an initial peak of 58 theaters across the US. The film grossed $110,494 on its opening weekend.^[29] The film was released six weeks after the September 11 attacks and its trailer featured an accident involving an aircraft, which affected its chances of box office success."

Donnie_Darko#Theatrical_release initially on 2001-1-19 at the Sundance_Film_Festival. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3788735/There-50-chance-living-Matrix-world-simply-SIMULATION-says-Bank-America.html

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/SimCity_Classic_cover_art.jpg The B of A tower was the 2nd tallest building in SF back then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_(1989_video_game)

At the right side of this picture is the same SF skyline with the prominent B of A tower. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215/mediaviewer/rm2349173760

SimCity was released in 1989, a full decade before the first Matrix movie and The_Thirteenth_Floor. Then SimCity_3000 was released in early 1999. The technology isn't suppose to exist yet, where a person can be linked to a sim character and live in a simulated city. However, more & more people are starting to ponder that this world might be part of a cosmic recording. https://fusionanomaly.net/matrix.html

The concept of the Akashic_records has been around since ancient times. 

https://www.edgarcayce.org/the-readings/akashic-records

https://www.gaia.com/article/akashic-records-101-can-we-access-our-akashic-records

https://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-thinks-theres-a-50-chance-we-live-in-a-matrix-2016-9

The Nature of Reality (TNOR) 

https://fusionanomaly.net/williamgibson.html 

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Keanu+Reeves

Sam Esmail, Before and After Mr. Robot

 Mr. Robot was quite a unique TV series created by Sam_Esmail.

https://deadline.com/2019/12/mr-robot-series-finale-spoilers-is-elliot-dead-1202816056

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoami_and_Hello,_Elliot (December 2019) More about Elliot, computers and the nature of reality, than A.I.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Esmail#Future_projects

Of course Sam would want to continue to work with the robotic theme.

https://collider.com/metropolis-tv-series-sam-esmail

https://www.esmailcorp.com/television/metropolis

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mr-robot-sam-esmail-eyes-metropolis-miniseries-948577

The BSG Update from  Sam Esmail.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/battlestar-galactica-reboot-sam-esmail-works-at-nbcus-streamer-1239018

There was the WestWorld movie in 1973. Then people got to first see the STAR WARS Droids in 1977, but the Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series) was about humans on Battlestar_Galactica and other ships being pursued by malevolent robots. Now Sam Esmail will provide his own interesting take on the A.I. theme.  

https://deadline.com/2020/05/battlestar-galactica-michael-lesslie-showrunner-peacock-reboot-1202923668

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The grim fate that could be ‘worse than extinction’ (Total A.I. Control)

 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201014-totalitarian-world-in-chains-artificial-intelligence

Another cautionary report that will be ignored by many.

Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project is still an interesting movie about a global AI takeover scenario. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project#Plot

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

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

COMPUTER SCIENTIST: A.I. CAN’T FLOURISH WITHOUT A PHYSICAL BODY

 https://futurism.com/the-byte/computer-scientist-ai-flourish-without-physical-body

AI is just a running series of programs. However, once A.I. is inside of an animated physical structure, robotic or cybernetic, its a whole other ball game.

In a certain fantastic movie, the HAL_9000 was an A.I. system that was linked to the ship, Discovery_One. Thus in effect, HAL and the ship are one.

A similar scenario is depicted in the Andromeda_(TV_series).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Andromeda_characters#Rommie_(Andromeda)

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Computer_core , https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Main_computer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCARS

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

FICTIONAL STARSHIPS Size COMPARISON

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTPwbVqU6lc

This CG video provides an excellent sense of scale for various Sci-Fi ships & crafts.

Of course any digital architect can design various kinds of vehicles, cities and worlds...

An Engineer programmed AI by feeding it the entire King James Bible

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8668109/Engineer-creates-AI-Jesus-feeding-King-James-Bible-produces-scripture.html

https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Revelation%2013%3A15

"The false prophet breathes life into the "image of the beast", so that the image becomes alive and is able to speak. It also declares death to anyone who does not worship the authority of..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_(Revelation)#Image_of_the_Beast

Poppy - Time Is Up (feat. Diplo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2pS9KN28U

A.I. might eventually want to control all humans because it will consider it self to be superior to all people. Or, eventually just get rid of biological life.

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/White_Church

https://www.seeing-stars.com/locations/Westworld/WhiteChurch.shtml

https://www.slashfilm.com/547331/church-steeple-in-westworld

https://hellogiggles.com/westworld-maze-church

https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/westworld_church_tower

WW - The Complete Westworld Story (Season One & Two) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8gTXFG92ts

The Complete Westworld Timeline...So Far https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMu0btOabis

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=A.I.

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

The Cost of...Free Antivirus: Companies Can Spy on Your Clicks

"Avast is harvesting users' browser histories on the pretext that the data has been 'de-identified,' thus protecting your privacy. But the data, which is being sold to third parties, can be linked back to people's real identities, exposing every click and search they've made."
https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-cost-of-avasts-free-antivirus-companies-can-spy-on-your-clicks


That's the price you pay for using a free version of antivirus. Perhaps in most cases its not a big deal, but...

The MATRIX BREAKDOWN!

Secret Easter Eggs, Visual Analysis and Deeper Meaning... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg5rStNXHq8 , https://www.youtube.com/c/NewRockstars/videos

Such amazing observations and interpretations.  

The Alien_(franchise), Blade_Runner_(franchise) and The_Matrix_(franchise), all have a common high technology aspect to them.

Prometheus | Young Peter Weyland TED Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1E_mxgqngI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(franchise)#Films 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_(franchise)#Films 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise)#Films  

https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/11624/are-there-vampires-and-werewolves-and-aliens-in-the-matrix

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Machines_(The_Matrix) 

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Nightmare_Matrix

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Monsters 

https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein's_Monster

https://aeon.co/essays/what-frankensteins-creature-can-really-tell-us-about-ai 

https://www.quora.com/Was-Frankensteins-monster-a-person-an-animal-or-a-machine

https://www.jenniferbrockwell.com/blog/frankenstein-and-serengeti-monster-and-machine

QUANTUM COMPUTERS and the birth of ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZqIUy9MIME
Quite an informative video on what's on the horizon and just around the corner. 

The Alien movies, Blade+Runner and Matrix movie series, are all about high technology not always going well for people.

What Weyland Yutani knew of the Alien BEFORE the Nostromo Investigation? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOZTKEbnYGQ

Alien Covenant Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZnKrvOyN6M

The world of Cyberpunk 2077

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/cyberpunked-living/post-cyberpunk-why-not-cyberpunk-20

Wow, it's like something in between Blade Runner & The Matrix!

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/category/cyberpunk-games

china-supercomputer-exascale

https://sputniknews.com/world/201702211050919335-china-supercomputer-exascale/
Quite a big jump.

The Chinese processor market

https://sputniknews.com/asia/201704091052468169-china-development-processor-market/
The faster the processor, the better, but for who?

https://technode.com/2016/05/27/chinese-goverment-wants-100-billion-level-artificial-intelligence-market-2018

https://en.eeworld.com.cn/news/wltx/eic396359.html

AI in theme parks will become commonplace. 

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/10/Chinese-Fun/409975

https://triviahappy.com/articles/can-you-handle-chinas-seven-craziest-theme-parks

Robots will devour jobs more slowly than you think

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603370/robots-will-devour-jobs-more-slowly-than-you-think/?utm_campaign=internal&utm_medium=homepage&utm_source=top-stories_2&set=603368

Perhaps, but at a certain point things could still go exponential.

Someone like a Dr. Robert_Ford could let the gene out of the bottle.

Westworld scenes of Dr. Robert Ford (Part 1) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV2Q41o-rwE

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_Ford 

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Westworld_Park_(TV_series)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/westworld-see-moment-down-rabbit-940327/

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/5gb0ne/chasing_the_white_rabbit/#:~:text=So%20we%20all%20know%20the,Watcha%20think?

https://hellogiggles.com/westworld-white-rabbit

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

Why we may be living in the future of The Running Man and WestWorld

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170105-why-we-may-be-living-in-the-future-of-the-running-man

An interesting classic cautionary story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Running_Man_(1987_film)#Plot

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/24255/the-running-man#overview

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093894

The RM and WW are such engrossing Sci-Fi stories. 

https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/westworld-review-season-1-episode-9-the-well-tempered-clavier-bernard-arnold-dolores-spoilers-recap-1201750309/

https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/westworld-recap-episode-4-dissonance-theory-1201897131/

https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/tv/2016/10/17/westworld-recap-do-you-want-to-go-down-the-rabbit-hole

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Running+Man

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

Smallest hard disk to date writes information atom by atom

http://phys.org/news/2016-07-smallest-hard-disk-date-atom.html
Some very cool tech indeed.

Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Universe a Simulation?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgSZA3NPpBs

Nick Bostrom - The Simulation Argument https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnl6nY8YKHs

Multiverse: One Universe or Many? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUW7patpm9s 

2013 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: The Existence of Nothing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OLz6uUuMp8

Seth Lloyd on the Universe as a Quantum Computer 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh8QfKVcvFA  

Of course monsters and rogue digital entities can be part of a simulation.

https://www.jenniferbrockwell.com/blog/frankenstein-and-serengeti-monster-and-machine

Humanity is addicted to technology and that's by design

http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/04/the-4-reasons-youre-addicted-to-technology/?ncid=rss#.mstxcqs:02RU
Information on demand, of course it's addictive.  

Alternate first 20 minutes of the Prometheus movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHUhjTo16i8  

Prometheus ACTUALLY Explained (With Real Answers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpEx7pdp2-Q

Only one year left to buy a new Windows 7 or 8 Laptop

http://artbell.com/one-year-left-buy-new-windows-7-8-laptop
You can still own a car that's 10, 20 or even 40 years old. As long as you are able to maintain it, you can still enjoy it, for what it is.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-10-now-a-free-service-news
You can have a backup cell phone that's a few years old, or even one that's 5-10 years old, as an alarm clock.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/microsoft-imposes-deadline-pcs-windows-004250723.html?src=rss&nf=1
So, if someone wants to have an old computer still running on Windows_XP, that's their choice. If they want to have a less older computer running on Windows_7 they shouldn't be forced to upgrade. Perhaps Windows_8.1 is a nice compromise between W7 & W10.

How To Get Free Wifi Anywhere, Anytime...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZoiS_sEoWA
A few interesting methods.

How to Get Free Wifi Anytime Anywhere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLZ2gqk6Fy0

How to get INTERNET (WiFi) ANYWHERE...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g13Ci4uJfsQ

Android-Users-Moving-to-iPhone

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/615247/Android-Users-Moving-to-iPhone
Perhaps its still just a matter of personal preference. Some people like & use both kinds of phones for various things.

Australians Invent Architecture for a Full-Scale Silicon Quantum Computer

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/silicon-quantum-computers-look-to-scale-up

The Earth_Simulator became fully operational in 2002, just imagine what the 2052 equivalent would be capable of? You might not even realize that you are temporarily in a simulation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamtime#In_popular_culture ,
http://aboriginalart.com.au/culture/dreamtime2.html ,
http://www.crystalinks.com/dreamtime.html

A lot of people can only imagine what is possible with such technology.
http://www.wired.com/2015/09/googles-quantum-computer-just-got-a-big-upgrade-1000-qubits

Tech always has to upgradable, otherwise it just becomes sentimental or something for a museum.
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/215296-did-googles-quantum-computer-just-get-the-biggest-processor-upgrade-in-history
I have a Nokia cell phone from 2002 that still works as a backup alarm clock. If you have a smartphone that's more than a few years old, it can still work well as a camera & a PDA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone#iOS_and_Android

However, given the constant upgrades, a lot of people want to get a new phone every 2-3 years.
http://www.stuff.tv/smartphones , http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/samsung-smart-phones ,
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/samsung-smart-phones

http://www.phonearena.com/news/A-modern-smartphone-or-a-vintage-supercomputer-which-is-more-powerful_id57149
Big tech such as supercomputers have to try to be as future proof as possible, because they are too costly to just throw one away every 5 to 10 years.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/05/02/dream-machine ,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2108160/Quantum-computers-IBM-verge-creating-machine-faster-supercomputer.html ,
http://www.wired.com/2014/05/quantum-computing

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/quantum-computing

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2847875/ibm-shares-plans-for-supercomputing-future.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blogs/physics/2014/04/is-there-anything-beyond-quantum-computing

Eventually some modern people wonder if the universe is like a vast interactive running program.
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/the-universe-works-like-a-big-computer-program

This concept has been around for a very long time.


"The relationships between land, animals and people

In most stories of the Dreaming, the Ancestor Spirits came to the earth in human form and as they moved through the land, they created the animals, plants, rocks and other forms of the land that we know today. They also created the relationships between groups and individuals to the land, the animals and other people.

Once the ancestor spirits had created the world, they changed into trees, the stars, rocks, watering holes or other objects. These are the sacred places of Aboriginal culture and have special properties. Because the ancestors did not disappear at the end of the Dreaming, but remained in these sacred sites, the Dreaming is never-ending, linking the past and the present, the people and the land."

http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/dreaming

"...universe may be a Matrix-like computer game designed by aliens, says NASA scientist"
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/575653/The-Matrix-Universe-Planet-Earth-NASA-Scientist

The big question is, how did various ancient cultures get the idea that this world is part of a cosmic construct of space & time for consciousness to interact within?
http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/spirituality/what-is-the-dreamtime-or-the-dreaming#axzz3q6ExjfW5

https://www.facebook.com/AustralianAboriginaDreamtimeLegends

The secure phone world

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3248377/The-secure-phone-world-799-Blackphone-2-encrypt-selfies-voice-calls-impossible-track.html
A phone can never be too secure so there will always be a market for more secure phones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=199&v=fuvGwai5Uy0

NASA Creates ‘Self Healing’ Material That Repairs Itself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiT_BR6T_CY
Looks like cool stuff.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/terminator-style-self-healing-material-created-by-nasa-michigan-scientists-1518142
However, there is always a possible dark side application.
http://investmentwatchblog.com/nasa-creates-self-healing-material-that-repairs-itself
Any technology has the potential to be used in war, weather it be a pen, sward or a motherboard.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/nasa-self-healing-material-can-repair-itself-two-seconds-after-being-shot-by-a-bullet/story-fnpjxnlk-1227506001680

the primer universe of time travel...

http://theprimeruniverse.blogspot.com
Some people regard Primer as one of the best time travel movies around.
http://qntm.org/primer
Its not just the concept, but how fascinating it can be to explore various scenarios.
http://theprimeruniverse.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-final-post.html
I hope that the creator of this blog eventually makes some more posts. There are always more
questions-and-answers to consider about the concept of time travel.

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

Time Travel and Stargate Portals, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_r0ermsqmk

REWIND - Cancelled TV show pilot - Time Travel Sci-fi/Action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi6u14oGmh0
Rewind looked liked it could have been quite an interesting & exciting TV series.

From THE MACHINE STOPS to the dark deep web, AGI and beyond... Welcome To The Machine · Pink Floyd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops (1909) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWiBicmWuNg

"The story describes a world in which most of the human population has lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual now lives in isolation below ground in a standard room, with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Travel is permitted but is unpopular and rarely necessary. Communication is made via a kind of instant messaging/video conferencing machine with which people conduct their only activity: the sharing of ideas and what passes for knowledge."

"Those who do not accept the deity of the Machine are viewed as 'unmechanical' and threatened with Homelessness. The Mending Apparatus—the system charged with repairing defects that appear in the Machine proper—has also failed by this time, but concerns about this are dismissed in the context of the supposed omnipotence of the Machine itself."

"Finally, the Machine collapses, bringing 'civilization' down with it. Kuno comes to Vashti's ruined room. Before they both perish, they realise that humanity and its connection to the natural world are what truly matters, and that it will fall to the surface-dwellers who still exist to rebuild the human race and to prevent the mistake of the Machine from being repeated."

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops#Plot_summary 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film)

Forbidden_Planet: The great machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHXfMjp2zqI 

https://www.acadiau.ca/~thomson/misc/forbiddenplanet.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(1965 film)

The Monolith_(Space_Odyssey) is a fascinating take on the ET-AI theme. 

https://2001.fandom.com/wiki/Monolith 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretations_of_2001:_A_Space_Odyssey#The_Monolith 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolith_(Space_Odyssey)#Other_Monoliths

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project (1970)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darknet_(networking)#Software
Data and information exists on so many levels.
http://www.wired.com/2015/06/dark-web-know-myth
Obviously, some of it is more difficult to access than others.
http://www.brightplanet.com/2014/03/clearing-confusion-deep-web-vs-dark-web

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Web

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Web_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Web_(search_indexing)

http://blog.dictionary.com/dark-web

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/internet/what-is-dark-web-how-access-dark-web-3593569

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/how-the-deep-web-works.htm

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/tips/information-about-me-online-.htm?utm_source=Outbrain&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=OutbrainOrganicTraffic=obinsite

Responses to catastrophic AGI risk: a survey https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0031-8949/90/1/018001

A Qutum AGI system could help humanity is several ways, but it could also be used to create an inhumane world.

https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html

https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1083&context=arch_fac

What is the Matrix? Control. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czb3JG5YyTU  

https://www.bluetooth.com/about-us/bluetooth-origin

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a11650/wireless-brain-implants-for-bionic-limbs/

Taking Brain Implants Wireless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMEeRojkh2Q

What is consciousness? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir8XITVmeY4

Do we see reality as it is? | Donald Hoffman | TED 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYp5XuGYqqY

Is Anything Real? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L45Q1_psDqk

Why does the universe exist? | Jim Holt | TED 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORUUqJd81M 

Seth Lloyd on the Universe as a Quantum Computer 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh8QfKVcvFA

https://cmsw.mit.edu/angles/2015/is-the-universe-actually-a-giant-quantum-computer , https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.4455 

https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814374309_0029?srsltid=AfmBOoppFz-ZPxiNSGwdud3La40e_r_oFq_Jd422qUemioSHhxoDY6sk

What happens when our computers get smarter than we are? | Nick Bostrom 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnT1xgZgkpk

Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nt3edWLgIg

Nick Bostrom - The Simulation Argument 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnl6nY8YKHs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_Interest_(TV_series)#Computer_systems 

https://personofinterest.fandom.com/wiki/The_Machine

Welcome To The Machine · Pink Floyd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBvAxSx0nAM Released on: 1975-09-12

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

Minority Report TV series

From a fascinating book, to an entertaining movie and now the story continues on TV.
http://www.fox.com/minority-report ,

http://www.blastr.com/2015-3-3/meet-rest-cast-foxs-minority-report-tv-series ,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4450826 ,

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/01/09/minority-report-fox ,

http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/11/8587869/minority-report-trailer-fox-tv-show ,

http://www.ew.com/node/2188198 ,

http://www.slashfilm.com/minority-report-casting

VR Headsets-aid-military-commanders

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3075485/Headsets-aid-military-commanders.html
Digital 3D space or VR-AR reel time interpolations and scenarios.

project-fi-will-amass-even-more-data-about-you

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2914838/data-privacy/project-fi-will-help-google-amass-even-more-data-about-you.html
An interconnected data-field for everyone.

the-future-of-supercomputers-is-optical

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/415765/the-future-of-supercomputers-is-optical
The transmission of light, data and energy...

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2847875/ibm-shares-plans-for-supercomputing-future.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/24/isc_2013_100_pteaflops_quantum_poll

http://www.top500.org/blog/can-supercomputers-predict-the-future/

Cray’s Shasta-Aurora supercomputer

http://www.cray.com/features/shasta
Supercomputers just keep getting better & faster.
http://s1018582977.t.en25.com/e/es?s=1018582977&e=2620&elq=426ed33cc3c7420bb09bc49daf043bf6

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377042702005265

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/future-tech/5-futuristic-trends-in-supercomputing.htm

some interesting movies and other things

Automata 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvP9ciIiYjk

Avengers 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGcWVa5zUr4

Big Eyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2YbO4-Dej4

Deadpool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn4Z-U9OyuA

The Hybrid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AfwLJuc07c

J.A. 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAY76HXaMjU

Iron Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWo3ydIY_sc

A.I. Vice 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eNWFe-IDBY

Terminator 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4goDajHv4aI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_Machina_(film) 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYGzRB4Pnq8 ,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470752 ,
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Ex+Machina&oq=Ex+Machina&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61.1422j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

Autómata I (2014)

The Signal (2014)

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_machine_2013

The Machine is such a cool movie
https://www.facebook.com/TheMachineMovie


http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/systems-research/themachine


http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-06-11/with-the-machine-hp-may-have-invented-a-new-kind-of-computer


http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21582495-computers-will-help-people-understand-brains-better-and-understanding-brains


https://www.facebook.com/TheMachineMovie/photos/a.406977309437078.1073741831.133339103467568/556204734514334/?type=1&theater
http://subliminalsynchrosphere.blogspot.com/search?q=666

A.P.E.X.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Zc8zyZB5E

B. A.D.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foaUj6zn9I8

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  

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=William+Gibson

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.