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Theodoric
02-09-2006, 18:35
There seems to be more and more interest in extending you lifespan nowadays, with all sorts of claims starting to appear. So, do you think that you will celebrating New Year 2100 AD? It's far too late for me, but some of you youngsters might make it.
Of course, the pessimists will claim that civilisation will have collapsed by 2050.
PS Cryogenic freezing does not count (not unless they pour that glass of single malt through your frozen lips, of course)!
Graham M
02-09-2006, 18:40
Yes, as long as I live to 115 :)
Theodoric
02-09-2006, 18:41
Yes, as long as I live to 115 :)
The world record is 126; some French lady who died quite recently.
I'd love to be there - this is going to be such an exciting and challenging century.
Unfortunately I, too, am probably too old to benefit from such an advance in medical science. So I'll have that single malt now, thanks.
Theodoric
02-09-2006, 18:43
I'd love to be there - this is going to be such an exciting and challenging century.
Unfortunately I, too, am probably too old to benefit from such an advance in medical science. So I'll have that single malt now, thanks.
Probably just as well to have it now. By 2100, whisky could well be banned on some grounds or other.
greencreeper
02-09-2006, 18:57
I'd be 123 - I think. It's a depressing thought.
Probably just as well to have it now. By 2100, whisky could well be banned on some grounds or other.
Oh my giddy aunt. The only time I want to hear "ban" and "whisky" in the same sentence is when you are referring to Loch Nam Ban.
We could be wetware by then - uploaded intelligences, then just download into cloned bodies built from our original DNA. If you want a challenging view of this, try Charlie Stross's Accelerando
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Accelerando/dp/1841493899/sr=8-1/qid=1157225923/ref=pd_ka_1/202-5223195-6146232?ie=UTF8&s=gateway
It's a bit of a challenging read, but chock-full of left-field ideas.
MadGamer
02-09-2006, 20:50
I dont know how old id be
TheDaddy
02-09-2006, 20:52
I dont know how old id be
112 possibly ;)
MadGamer
02-09-2006, 21:34
my my my i cant bear the thought of it.
I'll still be waiting for ntl to sort out my final bill!!!!!
Creative
02-09-2006, 21:47
I dont know how old id be
Why dont you?
Is your maths that bad?
MadGamer
02-09-2006, 22:06
Why dont you?
Is your maths that bad? Yes it is, i got an F for maths in my GCSE's :erm: :)
Creative
02-09-2006, 22:09
Yes it is, i got an F for maths in my GCSE's :erm: :)
You seriously cannot add 100 to your age as it was in 2000?
I'm pretty sure my 8 year old neice could work this out.
I fear for our future. :dozey:
What do you plan to do in the future? You aren't planning on University obviously.
dilli-theclaw
02-09-2006, 22:18
Well I'll definately have pegged it by then - In fact I doubt I'll see 2020 let alone 2100
This is a nice cheery topic isnt it lol
I try not to think of it, it's a bit of a morbid thought...... It would be cool to still be around though....see what the world is upto in those many years from now.
sir_drinks_alot
02-09-2006, 22:31
I will be here bet ya all £100!
TheBlueRaja
02-09-2006, 23:08
Maybe i'll be reincarnated as a butterfly or something according to some.
Personally, i think i'll be worm food...
Still, i've already been dead for nearly 4 billion years so a few billion more wont make a difference.
Time to party!
All though I would like to be here I am guessing I will just be ash long before then
Omygoodness.
I can see it now..the fantastic 2100 AD New Year celebrations totally goofed up because of the nations increasing numbers of old age pensioners can't get their hover chairs through the melee of Trafalgar Square...
:D
- Telephone numbers will be 46 digits long.
- We will open doors by the power of our minds.
- Telephones with personal mini satellite dishes attatched to a back-pack will allow people to use phones up to 200 yards from their home.
- 48% of all homes built in the 1990s will be insulated by safe, warming asbestos.
Ooops, sorry.... these are predictions for the year 2000 made by Leonard Nimoy in 1968.
http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/saturn/nimoy.htm
My Grandma lived through 5 Monarchs (born 1874). The way this one is going I might manage 2 :rofl: (if the monarchy survives longer than me) ;)
Dont know about you lot but i plan to be here for the next millenium..:D :D :D
Dont know about you lot but i plan to be here for the next millenium..:D :D :D
If you can't take it with you, I'm not going! :D
Tezcatlipoca
03-09-2006, 19:27
Of course, the pessimists will claim that civilisation will have collapsed by 2050.
2050? I thought it was meant to be 2012..... ;)
2050? I thought it was meant to be 2012..... ;)
2012 - I thought it was going to be 2006! (best renew my insurance, then :dozey: )
I wonder what new Millenium Bug will have hit computers by then.
I wonder what new Millenium Bug will have hit computers by then.
Howzaboutdisden? Y2K38
http://www.furrfu.com/magpies/comp_date.html
Computer Date Roll-over
Computer date roll-over is a problem less understood by the general public. It is also more difficult to make an issue of because, unlike the Y2K problem, when it hits is different for each system.
Most computer systems provide for some form of numeric representation for dates or date/time combinations. These are useful because manipulating or comparing single numbers is faster than comparing text strings. The problem is that numbers within computers (as opposed to the mathematical context) have limited bounds. If a date is represented by a 32-bit number, then the dates which can be expressed are limited by the number of combinations which can be expressed in that number.
For example, the standard Unix date/time value is the number of seconds elapsed since 1 January 1970. This is expressed in a type named time_t, which was initially a 32 bit signed value. (time_t is now defined to be at least 32 bits.)
For that scenario, you fill up the 31 available bits on 18 January 2038. Other date standards have other roll-over points, some sooner, some later. (The date format in Java is only good for another few million years.)
And here are another few
http://www.theiet.org/publicaffairs/scs/problemdates.cfm
TheDaddy
03-09-2006, 22:05
I'll still be around, I am going to be stuffed ;)
Creative
03-09-2006, 22:20
I wonder what sort of education levels we will be at by 2100?
103% pass rates maybe going by responses here.
Yes, as long as I live to 115 :)133 for me :(
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I will be here bet ya all £100!Ki nd of a win-win thing you got going there :D
I'd be 135, and probably still talking to you lot about religion/muslims/the telly license. What a depressing thought... :(
111... Which is actually possible :D
See ya'll then :)
I dont care much about the year 2100, just so long as I don't have to put up with the DFS sale ends soon, or some loan advert or accident claim adverts while I am on the holodeck with Jessica Alba in a mudbath having....... ..ahem
112, I'm sure I can make it :)
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