50wordstories.ca » data https://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 The Key to the Internet https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=405 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=405#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:21:49 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=405 “I hold, in my hand, the entire Internet!”

“What, in this tiny USB key?  Impossible.  The Internet is ever-changing.”

“This device holds not the data of the Internet, but the fractal algorithm which can iteratively generate all the content that will ever be on the Internet.”

“Cool.”

“I thought so.”

]]> https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?feed=rss2&p=405 0 Fab 4 Forever! https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=144 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=144#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:00:26 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=144 In the year 2768, scientists puzzling over the seemingly eternal popular appeal of some popular musical acts from the twentieth century decided to create AI simulacra of The Beatles.

The first versions took some data too literally, which led to a George Harrison AI that was just a little too quiet.

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