Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Mon, 23 Dec 2024, Don_from_AZ wrote:

D <nospam@example.net> writes:
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On Sun, 22 Dec 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
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 in any useful way - but his giant rocket CAN transport
 LOTS of stuff into orbit or to the moon.

Rockets are boring! I was space elevators and shooting magnetically
accelerated loads into space!

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 And PRIME terrorist targets  :-)

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This is the truth! But we'll guard those targets with lovely and spiritual
Habermassian dialogue! ;)
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 Alas, human brains just aren't really wired for that.
 There tend to be 'trades' - and 'stability' is often
 one of them. 'Double-alpha' people, who have it all,
 are VERY VERY rare.

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I wonder if it is an urban myth that the smarter someone is, the bigger the
chance some mental problems?
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 BIRD brains ... there are some species that have
 spectacular IQ in their little nut-sized brains.
 The 'wiring' is a LOT better than in mammals.

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I like ravens. Very cute birds with personality!
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 Might be the dinos were a LOT smarter than we like
 to believe ... lack of 'tech' does not = stupid.
 Could be it took 65 million years for Socrates to
 pick up where they left off   :-)

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I vaguely remember a book from when I was a child that ended with the dinosaurs
leaving the planet on a space ship. I have one distinct image from the end of
the book when they are leaving. That's all I remember. I wonder if I made it up?
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Don't know about the leaving, but "The Homecoming" by Barry B Longyear
has highly intelligent dinosaurs coming back to reclaim the earth as
their home.
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Hmm, maybe it served as inspiration. This was a short book, not more than 40 pages or so with plenty of drawings. I was about 6 years old I think.