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(That is, the actual person, not the character that he plays on The Colbert Report.)
(That is, the actual person, not the character that he plays on The Colbert Report.)
21 October 2006
http://lifeboat.com/ex/warning.signs.for.tomorrow
Basically, this is what happens when someone thinks about the risks that a future humanity might be subject to given the assumptions central to various pieces of science fiction...and designs warning icons for them. Beautiful and brilliant; as a bonus, includes quick explanations for why some of these things are (or may become, or might be) dangerous. Where else are you going to find standardized warning signs for:
and quite a few more like them?
(It's hard for me to tell just how seriously this site as a whole takes itself. But it's interesting nonetheless.)
Basically, this is what happens when someone thinks about the risks that a future humanity might be subject to given the assumptions central to various pieces of science fiction...and designs warning icons for them. Beautiful and brilliant; as a bonus, includes quick explanations for why some of these things are (or may become, or might be) dangerous. Where else are you going to find standardized warning signs for:
- nonstandard spacetime
- macroscale quantum system
- nanoparticle hazard
- memetic hazard
and quite a few more like them?
(It's hard for me to tell just how seriously this site as a whole takes itself. But it's interesting nonetheless.)
I'm experimenting with this new theme, which is intended to resemble the look & feel of my home page (http://www.ics.uci.edu/~jmadden). Feedback actively solicited.
One question: this theme doesn't seem to present a permalink automatically, which is very annoying. Any idea how I can modify it to do this?
One question: this theme doesn't seem to present a permalink automatically, which is very annoying. Any idea how I can modify it to do this?
