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Either fate looks like curtains for life. If the end comes in fire, the Big Crunch would melt down everything, even subatomic particles. If, on the other hand, the universe winds up cold and dark, life might hang on for a long time--say, by extracting gravitational energy from black holes. But trying to make a living once everything has subsided to pretty much the same temperature--a tad above absolute zero--is like trying to run a water mill on a dead-still pond...
Similarly, advanced civilizations in the far future might be able to melt down stars and even entire galaxies to make gigantic campfires, or otherwise tilt the long-term odds in their favor. Life in the waning cosmic twilight might be jejune, but it could last a long time. Consider the marshaled resources of all the natural and artificial intelligences in the observable universe over the next, say, trillion years. Which would you bet on to prevail--that level of smarts or a claim, based on 19th century thermodynamics, that they're doomed...
...should melt the hearts of cynical Americans everywhere to see the U.S. Senate behaving in such a magnanimous manner. Wednesday, 100 senators voted to repeal the current Social Security penalties on workers 65 and older. That's right: It was unanimous, and there was no name-calling. OK, it is an election year, and older Americans do make up the most powerful voting bloc in the country, but all that aside, isn't it wonderful to see Democrats and Republicans working together, even if they can't agree on real Social Security reform...
Some people melt over wafer-thin notebook PCs. Others get finger twitches thinking about their next death match in Quake III. But what really brings out the techno-geek in me is a killer search engine that finds just what I'm looking for, and fast. That's why Google has made it to the top of my bookmark file. The engine was developed by two Stanford Ph.D. students and named after the mathematical term googol, which stands for 10[100th power]. The great thing about Google is that it works...
...atmosphere of gold rush - of 24-year-olds in Gap khakis making billions - creates invidious expectations and a simmering resentment of Why Not Me? The stock market flaps higher and higher, soaring magnificently, but something in us expects the sun to melt its wings and bring it down like Icarus. Free-floating anxiety causes anger...