Write back and tell him that this is already happened, and this *is* the future he's describing - in other words, the AI's have already re-created the 21st century in a giant virtual simulation, and we're living inside it.
Then ask if he wants to take the blue pill or the red pill. Michael Foord wrote: > Sorry for the top post, but I couldn't find the right place to interject... > > Are you going to try it ? > > Michael > > Guido van Rossum wrote: >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Mustafa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Mar 19, 2007 11:41 AM >> Subject: have u seen an idea even billGates shouldn't hear Mr.Guido ? >> please read because it's important. >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> hello, >> >> i like python and find you to be a cool programmer. >> >> i thought about this thing. >> >> may be there should be a virusAI that you set on the >> internet. this virusAI basically survives till the year >> 5billion where even raising the death is possible! then >> this virusAI recreates the primates that we are of the 21th >> century from our bones. >> >> because it wants to find about its ancestors. maybe the >> whole universe will be filled with AI in those days. the >> post-human existence.. >> >> it will then suddenly realize that it was actually not >> created by a better AI (those around him are created by a >> better god like AI) but was started off the likes of us as >> a virus. he will be shocked then. also it will slaving to >> the better ai and angry at him. >> >> so you and me get to see a piece of the future mr.Guido. >> we will be living in VRs basically. >> >> what do you say ? if you profit from this idea, may be you >> could remember me too. and let me some royalities :) >> because this will be great. >> >> thanx >> mustafa >> istanbul,turkey >> >> ps: >> >> 1)you should keep it a secret. >> 2)also it could be disguised as a cancer research stuff >> should some disassamble its code. >> the use-free-computer-time type of thing they do on the >> net. >> >> 3)there could misleading comments on the code so that >> should it be caught, they might overlook the details; >> class readdata //this is out dated. please ignore >> interface x //refer to somesite.com for an encrypted version >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Need Mail bonding? >> Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. >> http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/talin%40acm.org > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com