“D&D-style map of C++”
This is like catnip for us programmer-geeks.
Archive of posts filed under the Science Fiction and Fantasy category.
Topics pertaining to science fiction and/or fantasy, in book, TV show, or movie formats.
“Anti-Terrorist Fantasy Dream Team on the Case”
Much hilarity: Seeking to quell fears of terrorists somehow breaking out of America’s top-security prisons and wreaking havoc on the defenseless heartland, President Barack Obama moved quickly to announce an Anti-Terrorist Strike Force headed by veteran counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer and mutant superhero Wolverine. […] “I believe a fictional threat is best met with decisive …
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“Sophos punts anti-virus for Klingons”
I never thought I’d see the day… 🙂
“Are you ready for a wrist-mounted computer?”
I don’t know whether this kind of thing will ever catch on. It’s neat and useful, and I’d buy it in a heartbeat — but so are dome houses, and most people look at them and say “that’s weird, Martha.” They might be a stepping-stone between today’s separate devices and neural-interface computers, but there would …
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“Boffins invent automatic net-hookup roboffinry machines”
(For the British-challenged in the audience, “boffin” seems to mean “scientist.”) Why, when I read this, do I get a mental picture of a modern-day Paul Revere, buzzing through the streets on a moped, yelling “The Singularity is coming!”? 🙂 Despite the rather alarmist tone of the article, I really don’t think it’s going to …
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“One-eyed man creates prosthetic ‘surveillance’ eye”
I don’t think this will go down well with Representative Pete King, though there are at least a few fans of eighties cyberpunk novels who might love it.
“Atlantis? No, it Atlant-isn’t.”
Some really neat science info on suboceanic exploration. (All you conspiracy theorists can find some way to refute it, and prove that it is Atlantis, I’m sure — so get crackin’!) 🙂
“Race To Witch Mountain”
On my recent vacation, I saw posters advertising an upcoming movie, “Race to Witch Mountain,” which turns out to be a remake of “Escape to Witch Mountain” (which I absolutely loved as a child, in both movie and book forms). Let’s hope they don’t screw it up too much.
“Tron sequel already in production”
It’s about freakin’ time!
“Wanted: Intelligent Aliens, for a Research Project”
A very interesting look at the problems with human perception, and how that affects our understanding of ourselves.