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Cosmic Variance
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Wave of the Future

by Sean Carroll

In the progression from magazines to blogs to Twitter feeds, the tea leaves are clear. I think we need a new social network, on which updates will take the form of nothing more than a single “0″ or “1″.

We can call it “Bitter.”

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February 23rd, 2009 7:04 PM
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17 Responses to “Wave of the Future”

  1. 1.   Peacnik Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    01001100 01001111 01010110 01000101

  2. 2.   tcmJOE Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    I’d imagine such a service would find much use for people who idly wonder “I wonder if so-and-so has dropped off the face of the Earth yet.” 0 for no, 1 for yes.

    It would serve an essential service like http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

  3. 3.   Tim Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    zero

  4. 4.   Freiddie Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    01010011011001010111001001101001011011110111010101110011011011000111100100111111

  5. 5.   Peacnik Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    @Freiddie:

    1

  6. 6.   TheYear2000 Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    BINARY SOLO!!

    100010001010110001000100010001000

  7. 7.   Sean Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 10:16 pm

    Also: http://www.isgeorgewbushstillpresident.com/

    0.

  8. 8.   Elliot Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 10:27 pm

    maybe John Wheeler can follow with “itter from bitter”

    e.

  9. 9.   Moth Eyes Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 4:00 am

    2.

  10. 10.   greg Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 8:11 am

    http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/

    0.

  11. 11.   No. 9 Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    Twitterers (“Twits”) have already tried, and rejected that idea, in favor of an even more brief communication protocol developed by the government during the last administration: “Unary”, consisting solely of zeros.

  12. 12.   john Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    There are only 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those who do not.

  13. 13.   Gavin Flower Says:
    February 25th, 2009 at 2:43 am

    !

  14. 14.   luis sancho Says:
    February 25th, 2009 at 10:54 am

    lol rephrase, there are 2 species in the planet, machines who understand numbers and humans who used to understand wor(l)ds… and now understand nothing but worship machines who understand numbers… those are called… scientists

  15. 15.   Sili Says:
    February 25th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    4e 6f 77 2c 20 77 65 27 72 65 20 74 61 6c 6b 69 6e 67 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 20 69 73 20 6d 61 64 65 20 66 6f 72 20 6d 65 2e

  16. 16.   agm Says:
    February 27th, 2009 at 4:39 pm

    3 a 2 d 2 9

  17. 17.   cycleflight Says:
    March 3rd, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    @TheYear2000

    Affirmative.





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