Osama and the internet

I've actually seen stories with things like that. Part of what I love about Science Fiction!

That day is not too far off, I guess. Just think about it! First it will be a state secret, then the domain of the rich and the famous, slowly but surely it will percolate to the ordinary and less than equals. Then commerce will be step-in. There will be people walking about, sponsored by TV channels, earning money. The daring will step into the dangerous to get that elusive "Exclusive" for their sponsors. The not so daring will face the hangers on asking inane questions about what they think about that incident, or any incident for that matter. We will have information, oodles and oodles of it! Just when we start at having fun, some other contraption will beam it all to the perception centers of our brains and we will switch. I can almost see and imagine my Grey cells frying, with all the electronic waves assaulting them. Just to complete my imagination-out-of-control imagery, I swear, that, if I am alive and kicking at that point of time, I will never ever have those implants. Because I need to drive to work. On the other hand, we will have self propelled vehicles by then, won't we?

And yet bin Laden himself did not have internet access. It makes you wonder if he would have been warned if he did. I think that the next issue might be like the implants or it might be some form of natural telepathy. It is interesting to think about all the changes, and it would be good to get recorded history from the people who remember it. I always regretted not getting some recollections recorded from my first husband's grandmother. She participated in the Oklahoma Land Run as a child, and flew in jet airplanes as an adult.

Yeah, kinda funny. I mean the person is supposed to be scared. He or she is not a reporter or a person in armed forces. May be telepathy will materialize. :)

Dawny, technology in 50 years will give us the option to see what kind of people we deal with. hell, i wish. wouldn't that be nice?

Technology is getting more and more advanced because we are in a "need to know" world. Everybody want to know everything at that moment, so as long as there is a demand for it I think technology is going to keep advancing with new ideas and research. I don't see it as a bad thing though.

Hi Dawn to be honest I dread to think where it is going But I was only thinking the other Day, it is amazing how we all adjust to the Changes though I can remember when all there was to watch was a TV, Telephones where only for People who had Money, it is amazing We grew up with none of this but now we would be lost without all the new Things

No telling where it will go but I wont worry about it in 50 years I will not be here anyhow lolololololol

I think that one of the challenges for governments in the future will be to control the speed and amount of information from operational theatres. We already have cell phones so small that they can be concealed in the palm of the hand. The next 50 years will see minituarisation continue and i am sure that something the size of a wristwatch will have the computing capacity of today's mainframe computers and the broadcasting capability of a major network. Oil will be so scarce that we will have had to identify and implement several successor energy sources by then and that might be where there is a problem. There are already "skins" made up of computer chips that can stimulate the body to do things and to assist it in the healing process. Literal mind mapping might allow us to store our memories, consciences even. There are going to be huge moral dilemmas ahead i think. If we can store the very essence of our being in bodies that rarely fail will there be any need for procreation of the species? If we make ourselves God what need will there be for spirituality and the development of wonder? Consciousness will simply be a commodity that can be reset when the mood takes us. Swift communication might be the least of our problems.

Buh-bye, Osama! Good riddens. It's hard to think technology can be topped any more than the way it is now, but over the years the unimaginable has become very real . . . so visionary implants could maybe one day happen (kinda scary though!). 50 years from now . . . hmmmmm, I wonder if I'll be around!!!

I just hope it's true,the news said Americans retrieved the body and DNA was also check.Let's just hope for the best, but many people are still in doubt if this could be the end of him.I've heard that his second in command a doctor will take his place.When will this end.You said about the news that someone is tweeting the event as it happens, wow it's like a movie.

Interesting how technology has evolved and yes I too agree that it will continue to get so lucrative that we actually will be witnessing events first hand. Maybe something like press a button and one can actually disappear to a safe haven, lol.. wishful thinking but then again anything seems to be possible for the upcoming years.

Yes that`s correct, He saw the Apache helicopters I presume, Which were out of the ordinary in that part of Pakistan because it wasn't exactly Tora-Bora it was an affluent neighborhood. He said he had no idea what was going on, and Since has shut his mouth about the whole thing. The government probably told him to keep his mouth shut, Supposedly hes a computer programmer and works all hours of the night... His tweet was wow helicopters in the middle of Abaatatown or whatever the city was called. Since then he has refused interviews and such, In a country like Pakistan, Your life does not mean anything and I am sure he is scared and wished he never tweeted anything. Its good we got him, But I fear for retaliation... He had like 300 twitter followers next morning he had like almost 100,000

I can imagine how some one could be tweeting the entire event. I think I would've be to busy figuring out how I could get a closer look at the action. As for technology, its actually amazing at the capabilities we have now. IM, tweets, phones you can watch and record on. You would think we would run out of options. Not to sound awful, but I really haven't thought 50 years down the line. I suspect I won't even be here then. Maybe I will be reincarnated into part of the media frenzy and you can see it through my eyes.

I think techmology is moving way too fast for alot of things. some of it may not be for our own good later in life. Some if it now, does come in handy though.

It is amazing how far we have come..like I remember when they had science fiction movies where they could make a call and see each other...now we just Skype! I don't know how much more it can advance!

A'La Star trek, id say. beam me here, beam me there, Scotty. seems most star trekkie things have come to pass. so i guess if the world stands that long. maybe so.

Hi dawn... Yes, i have noticed the same on news. But the real fact is the don of terrorism is no more and we are able to take the breath of peace. Great achievement by USA for the sake of world.

I've read articles suggesting that what you describe may be possible. I just think of "the Borg" and shudder.

Fifty years from now -- I think the world will become a small village. There may not be any boundaries. Throughout the world it will be a local call over phone or cell phone. Television would have advanced such that you can see a program in US TV in Australia or India simultaneously. Information will reach much faster than what it is today. Video phones would have become more popular.