[AAABEST]

We're in the process of creating a silicon based life form.

I know that sounds tinfoilish but think about it. Think about how computers will progress if we survive another 500 years.

[vollmond]

Nothing like spending $350 million to run flawed climate models. (obvious slashdot joke: imagine a Beowulf cluster of these :)

[Prodigal Son]

Think about how computers will progress if we survive another 500 years.

It won't take 500 yrs. If Moore's Law holds up- it'll be more like 50 and 75 is the ultra conservative estimate for humans being left behind (or going with) by computers. So you're looking at before the end of the century- you might even live to see it.