Various amusing or interesting topics, or things that shock and appall me. Kind of a miscellaneous bin.
GoddessJ and I went to see Cowboys and Aliens a couple days ago. I have to say, it’s the best movie I’ve ever seen in the western-slash-science-fiction category. Of course, as GoddessJ puts it, that’s like being able to claim the title of best bullfighter in Alaska. 😉 Seriously though, it’s a pretty good SF …
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Because in fifty generations, our descendants will really be interested in our everlasting backup copies of Doom and Master of Orion II. 😉
Science fiction, computers, and security, all in one post? And it’s not something I’ve written?! 😀 (Seriously, it sounds like a pretty good idea.)
Um… this is a matter of excessive authoritarian zeal, personal opinion, or dollar signs (imagine all the people driving through their town that they could ticket for having these). Whichever it is, these people should be publicly slapped down for abusing the law. Leaving aside the obvious First Amendment issue, consider this: if testicles are …
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Well, turnabout is fair play. Computers have been driving us crazy for decades already. 😉 And does this mean that we’re ready to create the HAL-9000? 😉 (Really interesting ideas about brain research using neural nets, though I have my doubts that it will be very useful for most things until we understand the brain …
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I do not recommend trying this at home, for the reasons listed in the comments… but it is pretty neat-looking. 🙂
Oh, come on, guys. You’re obviously not real science fiction fans, if you think that this really proves that both time travel and intergalactic travel are impossible. I can name half a dozen possible ways other than faster-than-light travel for one or both of those: wormholes, temporal rifts, cold sleep, dimensional portals, tachyon communications, and …
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Interesting research, which suggests that parents don’t (and can’t) do much to influence the kind of adult their children will become, and should concentrate more on “just enjoying life together.” It wouldn’t surprise me to see more research in this direction in the future.
It’s a good thing that I’ve had a lot of practice at suspending my disbelief, or today’s shows would often be ruined for me. These (link NSFW due to language) are just some of the many, many reasons. At least with real science fiction shows, the writers generally goes out of their way to make …
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This is so unutterably geeky that I can’t believe it… but I want a set. 😉