From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Fri May 10 2002 - 22:53:30 MDT
On Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 12:04 am, Lee Corbin wrote:
> Yes, I was talking about how within a century we may expect that
> all the resources making up the Earth will be used to sustain
> computation, and that one would have to be crazy to keep any of
> it non-converted. Rock climbing and camping are great fun, but
> they'd be just as much fun after one uploads.
Oh, boy.... This is where the rubber hits the road. Are you proposing
that we throw away all property rights and forcibly assimilate people's
land and possessions into computronium? If not, don't you expect some
significant fraction of property owners, not to mention countries, might
object to having their territory destroyed?
Besides, I still propose that we only assimilate the inner 99% of the
earth and leave the surface the way it is as a lobby and waiting room.
The entire planet's mass can be converted except for a hundred feet of
topsoil, oceans and atmosphere. There won't be a large percentage of
the mass budget, but would have the affect of leaving the earth
virtually unchanged. You can have 99% of what you want without
destroying the earth, why destroy the whole planet for that measly last
1%?
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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