Submitted by Steve D (not verified) on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 09:23.
It's not the nodes, it's the servers. If the server is in New York or London, it doesn't matter how robust the network is - the data is gone. I'm assuming the stuff about replicating people is poetic license - if there are 10^24 complex molecules in the human body and you replace a million every nanosecond, that's still 10^9 seconds = 31 years. This is a bit more complex than building something of a single material. And I'd really like to see the microprinter that can replicate titanium. Also, POTUS 2.0 won't know he's POTUS unless someone uploaded POTUS 1.0's memories. Figure a petabyte per person? The possibilities for hacking are intriguing. Obama 2.0 is programmed to be a teabagger?
It's not the nodes, it's the servers. If the server is in New York or London, it doesn't matter how robust the network is - the data is gone. I'm assuming the stuff about replicating people is poetic license - if there are 10^24 complex molecules in the human body and you replace a million every nanosecond, that's still 10^9 seconds = 31 years. This is a bit more complex than building something of a single material. And I'd really like to see the microprinter that can replicate titanium. Also, POTUS 2.0 won't know he's POTUS unless someone uploaded POTUS 1.0's memories. Figure a petabyte per person? The possibilities for hacking are intriguing. Obama 2.0 is programmed to be a teabagger?