Humanity's relationship with robots.

A humanoid robot is the least efficient robot design. Six wheels with strong grip, waterproof & some jumping capabilities make more sense. Humanoid/homonid design was, allegedly, for surveillance & energy conservation i. e. watching for predators & long-distance travel. Nothing wants to eat steel & plastic, & robots don't need to independently travel hundreds of kilometres. Humanoid robots are vanity creations or to just fool humans, which they seldom do. Any Terminator-type autonomous robots would not be of much use in the real world.

I can only imagine humans who are part robot (cyborgs) would make more sense than robots acting as humans. And with that, hopefully, we have ended all suspicion in some of a robot apocalypse with robots designed by Boston Dynamics (or Skynet) & other robotics companies. Even the four-legged robot would easily be rendered useless with a simple stick so it would be of little use in frontline combat or just anywhere with holes. Whereas my six-wheeled robot with jumping capabilities & steel wheels (I'll call it "Tsheketshe") would likely be more manoeuvrerable & less prone to damage than Spot. But I don't know much about robotics, I just know simple mechanics but would be happy to see a Spot versus Tsheketshe "square-up" in future in a Robot Wars-type battle.

I imagine that if you were a cyborg, your body could be engineered to get energy without eating or breathing - like a machine. So you could live easier on other planets than typical humans. The advantages of not needing to eat or breathe are obvious even on Earth. This could be done by your body simply having sodium-ion batteries or genetically engineered to gain energy through photosynthesis.

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Comprehensive classification of Ngoni / Nguni groups.

List of Ngoni / Nguni nations : • Bhaca • Hlubi • Mpondo • Ndebele (northern Ndebele in Mthwakazi & southern Ndebele in Gauteng, South Africa) • Ngoni / Jere / Jele (mainly in Malawi, northern Mozambique, southern Tanzania, Zambia) • Nhlangwini • Shangaan • Swazi • Tembu • Xhosa • Zizi • Zulu Altogether, twelve (12) "Nguni" groups are known to exist. From my knowledge in any case. Bhaca, Hlubi, Nhlangwini, Swazi & Zizi are the Mbo Entity . The Mbo Entity often declassifies itself from the Nguni group. Nhlangwini & Swazi are under a Dlamini dynasty while the Hlubi & Zizi are also Dlamini tribes. Ngoni & Shangaan are of Ndwandwe origin (a tribe assimilated by the Zulu Empire). Bhaca, Hlubi, Ndebele, Nhlangwini, Shangaan, Zizi & some Mpondo are often classified as Zulu. While it's unknown whether Mpondo & Xhosa qualify as Nguni, they are often grouped as Nguni. Using family groups to classify : • Mbo • Mpo...

Blog CV/Resumé

Just so readers of this blog can get to know a little about the writer. Name: Mthoko Mpofana Born: 1989 Place of Birth: Port Shepstone Race: Black / Sub-Saharan African Ethnicity: Zulu Height: 1,73 m Education : • Well versed in business studies & economics having done business studies & economics in high school & one year of a business management degree. • Well versed in computer studies, advanced data capturing & interested in software development. Trades : • Salesman • Restaurants / Take-away experience • Online trading Sports : • Football • Basketball • Biathlon • Cricket Pastimes : • Guitar • Keyboard • Chess (& Mlabalaba) • Sudoku Driving licence : • Licensed to drive all motorcycles. • Truck driving learner's license. Languages : • English (fluent) • Zulu (fluent) • French (semi-fluent) • ...

Ancient Zulu & Swazi architecture.

Some more important points I picked up from this research : • The earliest type of walling, Moor Park, dates from the 14th to 16th centuries and is located in defensive positions on hilltops in the midlands, from Bergville to Dundee. This area is historically known as belonging to the AmaTiti Kingdom. • Moor Park (known as Emhubeni in the native Zulu language), is one of the oldest iron-age sites in KwaZulu-Natal dating back to AD 1300, can be seen from the Makhabeni Hill. • From an archaeological perspective, the first appearance of Nguni speakers can be recognised by a break in ceramic style; the Nguni style is quite different from the Early Iron Age sequence in the area. This break is dated to about AD 1200. Cross section of the ancient ruins at Emhubeni. Seeing as the first iron tools** in South Africa (i. e. northern KZN) were carbon dated to be from 200 AD, it's possible that older (Zulu) tribes wh...

Ponderings of the Man from Mpofana...

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