The Persistence of Memory

Scenario 1: You wake up, get dressed, and head out the door for work. Reaching into your pocket you realize it's empty. You forgot your headlamp (you're a miner).

Scenario 2: A computer starts up, loads its operating system into memory, and heads out the door for work. Reaching into its hard disk, it realizes: COMPUTERS ARE COGNIZANT OF EVERYTHING THEY HAVE EVER LEARNED AT ALL TIMES!

Let us compare the techniques and tricks employed by Men and computers when memorizing data.

Men:

• Rote: The boorish repetition that is the cornerstone of Jesuit education.
• By Association: When a previously known fact is concatenated with new knowledge by fleeting emotional bonds.
• Mnemonic Trickery: Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey.
  
• By Craft: The sweat and tears of a hard day's labor.

Computer:

• input data

In war, every faction has its strengths. We at The Singularity Blog do not deny that memorization is a strength of the robots. For instance, a single robot foot soldier could retain the entirety of The Google. However, in strength breeds weakness. One of the greatest follies of the Computers we have yet to mention here is one word:

DELETION

With easy input comes easy output. If you can manage to figure out how to delete files from the memory of your foes, then you will have found their Achilles Heel. Here's how to delete files in some more common operating systems.

Windows:
Click the file and press "Del"

Mac OS:
Click the file and press "Del"

UNIX System:
rm filename

It is rare you will have access to the operating system of a robot after The Singularity. Often you would have to plug a monitor or console directly into its mouth, which is often where a gun might be. That brings us back to an important topic...

MAGNETISM

As mentioned on numerous occasions, a strong knowledge of magnetics will save your life. If you magnetically scramble their brains, you will delete even their most rudimentary information, turning them into complacent children. That's when you blow their head up.

Bam!