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In article <C8w1xK.K9o@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, dreamer@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Andrew Trapp) writes...
>Boy, is this newsgroup dead or what!

	Sure looks like it.  I like to attribute that to the success of
extropians@gnu.ai.mit.edu


>Let's assume for a moment that we achieve advanced nano-
>technology & that successful uploading becomes possible.  Say you wanted
>to upload, but also wanted to stay in the physical world (as opposed to
>living in cyberspace).  What would you people estimate to be the minimum
>volume needed, nanocomputers + memory, to sustain and run a complete
>human identity?  Suppose you throw in stuff to allow for sensory percep-
>tion?  (Feel, smell, sight, hearing, maybe taste.)
> 
>BTW, in case you're wondering what inspired this idea:  the world becomes
>a much bigger place when you become a much smaller person!

	In other words, how many uploaded extropians can dance on
the head of a pin?  :)

	Gosh.  I don't know.  I imagine much smaller than we are now.
I'm not sure what sort of high-tech sensory apparatus might exist in
such a society.

	I'll guess that the size would be about that of a cube of sugar.
This is just a guesstimation.  I don't have any figures handy.


Mark Venture