tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post918652324366544004..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: A Brain in Jar? A Bodiless Star!Big Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-40208263165442703452013-02-28T13:15:06.651-05:002013-02-28T13:15:06.651-05:00Fire up the bassoons!Fire up the bassoons!zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-24686113288775882042013-02-27T22:48:15.573-05:002013-02-27T22:48:15.573-05:00That HTML right there is a real drone's breakf...That HTML right there is a real drone's breakfast...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-19240370428468444102013-02-27T15:42:28.269-05:002013-02-27T15:42:28.269-05:00fecking tags. I blame thunder, and through him, O...fecking tags. I blame thunder, and through him, Obama.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-47802329507627424502013-02-27T15:42:03.442-05:002013-02-27T15:42:03.442-05:00No I didn't.
[url=http://youtu.be/I71OlRUDCQQ...<a href="http://youtu.be/gyzW2H3Ey_Y" rel="nofollow">No I didn't.</a><br /><br />[url=http://youtu.be/I71OlRUDCQQ]Oh wait, yes I did.[/url]zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-42521488725089088692013-02-26T22:04:17.151-05:002013-02-26T22:04:17.151-05:00Did someone say The Brain that Wouldn't Die?Did someone say <a href="http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-brain-that-wouldnt-die-1984" rel="nofollow">The Brain that Wouldn't Die</a>?Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-83997455150999786922013-02-26T20:41:14.848-05:002013-02-26T20:41:14.848-05:00Sure, if you put an evil brain in a jar
WHO IS TH...<i>Sure, if you put an evil brain in a jar</i><br /><br />WHO IS THE SNITCH?Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-29813106695114572532013-02-26T15:55:56.021-05:002013-02-26T15:55:56.021-05:00A BRAIN IN A GLOBE shares.A BRAIN IN A GLOBE <a href="http://youtu.be/Gq8eddCUPvo" rel="nofollow">shares</a>.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-56137731174484288442013-02-26T14:45:35.097-05:002013-02-26T14:45:35.097-05:00Did someone mention the Brain Preservation Foundat...Did someone mention the <a href="http://eusa-riddled.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/i-thought-you-said-you-could-just-read.html" rel="nofollow">Brain Preservation Foundation?</a><br /><br /><i>Sure, it would suck to have your brain stuck in some facility on a remote planet running the sewer system</i><br /><br />A lot of alien cultures use human brains as convenient bio-computers for menial tasks, but most prefer to keep them physically encased in the original bodies, to save on duplicating the life-support equipment.<br /><br />The <a href="http://arthritistrust.com/Directors/scifi/WeFusedOnes.pdf" rel="nofollow">"two bodies per processing unit"</a> design is popular, to support functionality while keeping the sleep / wake cycle, but then there is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfbane_%28novel%29" rel="nofollow">eight-body design</a> for distributed multi-processor power.<br /><br />Brains themselves are more likely to end up <a href="http://www.trashfiction.co.uk/silver_eggheads.html" rel="nofollow">writing pulp novels in an age when the craft of narrative has been forgotten</a>.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-19679652867294659492013-02-26T13:59:02.831-05:002013-02-26T13:59:02.831-05:00Wow.
zrm turns his nose (IF he has one still!) up...Wow.<br /><br />zrm turns his nose (IF he has one still!) up at sausage brains?<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-53190434195815152762013-02-26T13:09:03.578-05:002013-02-26T13:09:03.578-05:00I would like it if aliens took Taylor Swift's ...I would like it if aliens took Taylor Swift's brain, put it in a jar and make her look at it, while playing "We Are Never Getting Back Together" ad nauseum. That girl needs help. She is emotionally unavailable. LolPatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885426575922045330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-5533826339958930682013-02-26T12:56:37.149-05:002013-02-26T12:56:37.149-05:00Sorry.. I've still got the He-Man "HEYYEY...Sorry.. I've still got the He-Man "HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA" song going through MY brain. <br /><br />Can't think, brain dumb.<br />Inspiration won't come.<br /><br />And with that...<br />I shall leave you. ;)<br /><br />((hugs))<br />LauraLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18206086996758491041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-71702414414538430942013-02-26T12:30:49.243-05:002013-02-26T12:30:49.243-05:00i prefer my brains free-range and preservative-fre...i prefer my brains free-range and preservative-free.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-81740971633367085382013-02-26T10:46:37.474-05:002013-02-26T10:46:37.474-05:00The Brain That Wouldn't Die<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYebuwQ8RPw" rel="nofollow">The Brain That Wouldn't Die</a>Sirius Lunacynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-61638512849745500082013-02-26T10:41:52.422-05:002013-02-26T10:41:52.422-05:00Seriously, there was an amazing story on This Amer...<i>Seriously, there was an amazing story on This American Life about a guy trying to operate a cryogenics business, and while harrowing, it was also hilarious and touching.</i><br /><br />Thanks for the link!<br /><br /><i>But it's a LOT more likely that we'll accomplish that at some point than we (or anyone) will manage interstellar travel - at least in any timeframe shorter than millennia...</i><br /><br />Don't worry, immortal Taylor Swift will still have time to break up with every sentient male being in the universe.<br /><br />Ya know, "Taylor Swift IN SPAAACE" would be hilarious.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-10999986845179058222013-02-26T10:16:03.969-05:002013-02-26T10:16:03.969-05:00It certainly seems reasonable that if we can figur...It certainly seems reasonable that if we can figure out the brain's data storage protocol (and it works more like persistent storage than RAM and retains data after the "power" is turned off) then, with the proper preservation and extraction methodologies we should be able to at least "play it back". It seems less certain that it could be harnessed to a platform with sensors and a speech synthesizer and emulate the original personality.<br /><br />But it's a LOT more likely that we'll accomplish that at some point than we (or anyone) will manage interstellar travel - at least in any timeframe shorter than millennia...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-4844886543570019952013-02-26T09:06:09.232-05:002013-02-26T09:06:09.232-05:00"Abby Normal....yes, that's it, Abby Norm..."Abby Normal....yes, that's it, Abby Normal."<br /><br />Seriously, there was an amazing story on This American Life about a guy trying to operate a cryogenics business, and while harrowing, it was also hilarious and touching.<br /><br />It's been a long time since I've listened to it, but it's a good story. <br />http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/354/mistakes-were-made?act=1Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.com