GammaGlobulin

Dear Folks, One thing that always freaks me out is....the.... Exponential Function. And, similarly, during the past decade, or more, since I arrived in Thailand, this trip, I have become worried about just how much data can be... Stored in the cloud.....SUSTAINABLY. Do you ever worry about this, too? Also, what is a zettabyte, anyway? And, let's keep in mind that the need for cloud storage of data has been increasing for awhile, yet the intensity of this increase is.....now.... INCREASING...as expected. SO then..... Since everyone here is familiar with the exponential function.... Something will give, sooner or later, and probably sooner. So, the question is: Do you believe that storage providers will be able to keep up with world demand, even though demand might be exponential. And, question TWO....do you think that the required energy for data storage will be sustainable? Here you can see the discrepancy between supply and demand for storage: The storage capacity in this chart is using exabyte units. But, perhaps, we are already into Zettabyte territory. Is it possible that, due to exponential growth, the energy demand for data storage will, someday soon.... Exceed, by a factor of 10, the energy production of the entire world? Might this cause a few problems, before 2030, for those who wish to store data, such as family photos, just one insignificant problem among other problematic problems? What will you do if/when cloud data becomes impractical? Where will you keep your data, then.....?

Yes. We know what you are alluding to.

Sometimes I do wonder. Why do hot stories come, and then go, so quickly. And, when they go, then they leave hardly a trace. Gabby's story is a case in point. She came, and then she went, leaving hardly a trace. When she was hot in the news, then almost nobody around the world could get enough of her story. Now, though, most people do not even care one-thousandth of what they once did. Why is that? Such a beautiful spirit was she, too....as you can plainly see: I have not forgotten her, even if you may have. Such a beautiful young woman, with great spirit. So then, why is this just too often the case, that we cannot get enough of a good thing, and then.... What once seemed good, is then forgotten, so quickly. Fickle. I mean, are we all just FICKLE? If not. Then, what is your take on this? Nice Van, for sure. And, she made it her home... Until, in the end.... It became her end. In China, the color white is symbolic of death. So strange that she chose this color for her van. Yet, not so strange, because.... In Florida, white is a popular color for vehicles. What with the hot sun, and all. Why do we forget stories, so quickly, the ones that caused us to stay riveted to our TV, for weeks, and then.... Almost nothing. Makes no sense to me.... Regards, Gamma Note: Still, as we all must admit.... One is only as good as one's last story. Stories come and go. And the maw always demands more.

If you commit a crime, you should be prepared to face the consequences. The death penalty must be abolished, around the world.

So then, concerning the usefulness of Gemini-Advanced.....for somebody like me.... One with a fertile imagination better than that of Gemini's puny imagination.... I would say that it is not worth upgrading to 5 TBytes of storage....just to...get.... Gemini-Advanced. Instead, just upgrade to 5-TBytes of storage because..... Having that much storage, or more....is COOL..... In itself. Also, IMHO....you should go for the 50 TByte plan....or, more realistically.... The 10-TByte plan, which I think is enough for some. In total, I have 20 TBytes on separate plans. And, this is just barely enough for me. BUT, then back to Gemini-Advanced. I still do not know what it might be used for, so far....that might be useful. Originally, I had asked Gemini to show me an image of a handsome young man riding a motorcycle along a narrow road in Martha's Vineyard, a dark unlit road, such as one recalls from A Clockwork Orange. The cool/cold air of summer hitting the rider in the face, at 3AM, as I remember well. Unfortunately, Gemini, which is anything but human, cannot generate an image based on a Martha's Vineyard of 1970, about which it has almost zero data Only HUMANS who have been there and done that can imagine what it was really like. Speaking of humans: Most humans are able to easily picture in their mind the juxtaposition of a Tom Cruise on a fast-bike, cruising at 3AM, on very narrow roads, with trees overhanging, and the smell of vegetation strong in the nostrils, helmet-less, and at very high speed, and crazy with delight. All you need do is think of this song, and this vid, and then you got it in less than a second. Gemini, by comparison is still brain-dead..... (Pleased click on this link, thank you: https://youtu.be/_ltwX603Ft4?t=10)

On my first attempt to use Gemini "Advanced", this puny AI failed me....Big Time... I issued my first command, as follows: Please generate an image of.... "HANDSOME YOUNG MAN of 17-yo riding Honda CB450 in the dead of night along unlit narrow roads, lined with overhanging trees, on Martha's Vineyard in the year 1970, with cool, almost cold, summer wind hitting him in the face" Also, I need the image to have a slightly Clockwork-Orange flavor The above is all I got from Gemini. Gemini-Advanced is just a free GIFT-WITH PURCHASE, when you subscribe to Google One. Nobody expected very much. And, if it's free...then.... Why would they? Can your AI do better than Gemini, at generating this image from text: "HANDSOME YOUNG MAN of 17-yo riding Honda CB450 in the dead of night along unlit narrow roads, lined with overhanging trees, on Martha's Vineyard in the year 1970, with cool, almost cold, summer wind hitting him in the face... Also, I need the image to have a slightly Clockwork-Orange flavor" Have a go. Only I know what the image was really like, back in 1970, on Martha's Vineyard.....

No. Such a thing happens mostly in the Bronx.

Sorry. I thought you said.... Ripping off studs. Anyway, I, too, must replace my breaker box. I will chose one of the highest quality. One from America. Square D. Schneider...all the way!

I have never before had a Police app on my phone. I might have used one...in the Bronx. However, I think there is no point in Thailand. The probability of getting into trouble in Thailand is quite low, compared to The Bronx. Why clutter my phone with an app that I will never need? a. I am a law-abiding person. b. I never go outside my compound walls, except to buy omelettes and canned tuna at Tops. c. When not outside my walls, I am happier than being outside them. d. I rarely see any tourists that might attack me. e. If I were obliged by law to install a Police app on my phone, then I would follow the regulation. f. But, until that day, even FaceBook's app, I removed from my phone. g. Here in SE Asia, I feel safe. East Asia I feel safe. It's only in the Bronx I feel the need for a Police app. Note: Thailand is just about the safest place in the world...for tourists. You can bank on it.

Just due to my idle curiosity..... Where did you attend school....meaning which country and were you at a public/private school? I attended an all-boys school.,,, And loved it. What about you? You and I are about the same age. I would like to think that you and I might be kindred spirits, of the type that have never forgotten the time when the importance of the Natural Sciences, when Science was seen as something both important and mysterious, was obvious, as we all watched Sputnik take over....and change our world. I clearly recall Sputnik flying overhead when I was young enough to have better eyesight. Those were the days when it was OK and encouraged to be interested in Pure Science, rather than.....High-Tech...without the Science, which is the case...today.... Maybe.

Send them to Chiang Mai, please. Thank you.

Yes. Also, back to the original Topic, if I may.... Do you believe that this Free Gift-Horse, from Google-One, namely Gemini-Advanced, is of any value? If so, the what is the value of it. How can one use it with Gmail, Docs, Sheets, etc., to improve the effectiveness of these tools? ===== What I would like to see is some Gemini-based Function which would help me to find what I am looking for, among my millions of emails, and spreadsheet Sheet data...not to mention help with finding the photos I sometimes need to find, such as ones that help me to support my claims for refunds after buying garbage products in this New World of disposable comsumer goods, including White Goods.....etc..... Also, can Gemini help me to restore my very old photos to...."like-new" quality, using some AI wizardry? Or, WHAT per se, is Gemini good for....for me, personally? This is the question of this Useless Topic, I guess. Or, is this Topic really useless? Maybe, ask Gemini, and not Gamma?

The older we get, the more whispers we seem to hear. And, we can never know just how accurate they might be.

This word, "plagiarized", is really not appropriate in the context of an AI assembling a reply to a query.

They are not ORBITS. They are just at different energy levels, of course. When an electron changes from one energy level to another energy level....then.... A PHUCKING PHOTON is emitted. This is what I learned back in 1967, when I was in 9th grade. And, this is what kids learn, today, in 7th grade. Anyway, here is what Gemini has to say about all this: Yet, this is still not completely correct. It's just based on the PARTICLE MODEL, as you know. Note: Seems Gemini backs me up on my 9th-Grade understanding of the Boring Bohr Model.... NOTE: Whatever you ask Gemini, then Gemini always agrees with you....HAHAHAHA....What a JOKE!

Well....sorry to burst your bubble...but.... Electrons do not travel in "orbits". Is this what Gemini told you? If so...then..... WRONG

OK. Best to leave the RANTING to you, I guess.... With the help of Gemini, of course.

Dear Folks, So far, I am not sure what Gemini might be good for. Does anybody know what time it is? Here's what I'm talking about: According to Google-One Drive-Storage Plans, anytime you subscribe to at least 5 TBytes of storage, then Google-One will kick-in this Gemini ADVANCED package. But what is it GOOD for, anyway? Why should one care if one has Gemini-Advanced, or NOT? i REALLY have no idea. Do you? Here is my plan, so far, on one of my accounts: I have had Gemini-Advanced, already, for about the past four hours...and yet..... I feel just the same as I did this morning. The world, my world, is no different than it was....yesterday. I WILL say, though, that I am happy to have this extra storage that I am paying for, via a monthly subscription....one which I think is extremely cheap and cost effective. I love Google Drive and Google One. (It's only the transmorgification of Google SEARCH that I find detestable, these days. And not Google, as a whole. The Google Tools, such as Google Docs, Sheets, and much more, are a veritable blessing for me, and I am grateful as HECK....believe me...!!!!) Still, I feel rather unsettled this evening by having been given, for free by Google, this Gemini-Advanced function on my Google One, while also realizing that I know not what benefit it might be to somebody like me. Can anyone please clarify for me why I should be super-pleased to have received this free gift of Gemini, today, and for the future? Will it make me money, for example? Will it make me even MORE intelligent? Here, on Google Search....I find that..... Gemini might be able to help members of TV with their RANTS!!!!! So, maybe this might be good for some TV members, but not for me. Any good pertinent ideas you can add? Thank you. I am worried that I have received a new free gift, yet lack the intelligence to know how to use this intelligence. Thank you. Thank you. Gamma (speaking about Gemini)

Or, better yet.... TRY CANADA.

The majority will vote for higher taxes if the majority do not need to pay taxes. This will increase tax revenue for the government. Therefore, what are they waiting for?

When will this begin to taper off and then die down?

What might the penalty be for this type of infraction?

a. The government knows the exact nature of the UFOs. b. However, if the government disclosed that the government knows, then this would reveal classified information concerning the government's surveillance capabilities. c. Therefore, the government must pretend that the government does not know. d. The government must feign ignorance in order not to compromise national security. e. This should be obvious to all, one would think.

Does behavior such as this cause the average landlord to increase rental prices for Farang? If I were a landlord, then maybe I might think twice about offering low rent. Sort of like the horror stories you hear about in the USA with AirBNB renters, periodically.

If they did shoot down these drones, and if they did find something worrisome, do you think that they would tell you? Also, this is not the first time that UFOs have been treated as classified information. In most cases, when something is very worrisome to the government, their first priority will be to reassure the public through minimizing any possible risk of danger. Also, it's very obvious that the US Air Force already knows EXACTLY what is taking place in the skies over New Jersey. How do we know this? Easy.... The resolution of the most advanced military radars used by the US government is fully capable of resolving any flying object down to, I would imagine, the size of a golf ball from over ten miles, provided that the object is not using stealth technology. The actual resolution data of military radars remains highly classified, I would imagine. But I would say that the newest radars can resolve a golf ball at over 10 miles. So, these drones over New Jersey haven't a hope in hell of staying hidden from the US Air Force, and I am not just talking about NORAD.