[extropy-chat] Depressing thought of the day

[Spike]

> Ones and zeroes.  We can see them completely and clearly; the 
> entire realm is absolutely under our control; it is a world that we
built 
> and that runs entirely on our rules.  Destroying the intruder is as
easy as 
> making the decision.
> 
> And yet we still can't get rid of spam.
> 
> Active shields against grey goo?  Yeah, right. Eliezer S. Yudkowsky


> Jef Allbright:
 
> I think Eliezer's post was intended more as poetry, rather 
> than the more comprehensive style for which he is well known...


Oh no, I very much disagree, Jef.  Had Eliezer's post been
intended as poetry, he might have written thus:

Zeros and ones,
(Please pardon the puns)
I see them clearly and completely,
I control this realm
With just me at the helm
And it all comes out very neatly.

Its a world built by me,
>From messiness free,
Runs entirely by my clear-cut rules,
There's nothing here rude,
Reality dare not intrude,
We're never forced to tolerate fools.

We know just what to do
About the threat of grey goo,
About that threat we don't give a damn,
When I finish this rhyme
Ill spend all my time
Just deleting the Nigerian spam.

{8^D

spike