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Forecasting Doomsday
Boccaccio writes "James Lovelock, the planetary scientist famous for his Gaia Theory, writes in today's Independent of his belief that it is already too late to divert an environmental catastrophe which will see much of human civilisation destroyed. Fearing it too late to be green, he instead suggests communities plan for survival in a Mad Max type world with limited resources ruled by violent warlords. "We have to keep in mind the awesome pace of change and realise how little time is left to act, and then each community and nation must find the best use of the resources they have to sustain civilisation for as long as they can." He suggests we should be writing a practical guidebook printed on long lasting paper containing "the basic accumulated scientific knowledge of humanity.""
He suggests we should be writing a practical guidebook printed on long lasting paper...
Won't creating more paper just hasten the coming apocalypse? Hopefully it's at least post-consumer chlorine-free recycled paper printed with soy-based ink.
Bradley Holt
I realize it's Monday, but it must be one hell of a slow news day...
After doomsday strikes, who do you want to be?
- Water pirates ****
- Mad Max ***********
- The kids beyond Thunderdome *
- CowboyNeal ***
communities plan for survival in a Mad Max type world with limited resources ruled by violent warlords.
We're already pwned by violent warlords!-
One Bush President
- Two Bush Governors
- A Governator
Ack!He suggests we should be writing a practical guidebook printed on long lasting paper containing "the basic accumulated scientific knowledge of humanity
Why don't we stamp it into something a bit tougher like tungsten or titanum....or the back of Dubya's head
Calling for printing out a few dozen pages from Wikipedia, some medical history book, and a lifetime's amount of porn? (It'd make good bartering fodder for the Thunderdome wannabes!
And they said zombies weren't real!
welcome our new road warriors overlords...
He suggests we should be writing a practical guidebook printed on long lasting paper containing "the basic accumulated scientific knowledge of humanity."
Send a bunch of scientists off to a deserted island and have them write the Encyclopedia Tera?
"I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1
All I'm asking for is that it ends before tomorrow's deadline.
world with limited resources ruled by violent warlords
Oil & Bush & Co. anyone?
Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'I can't configure Debian'
...uh...nevermind...I forgot where I was going with this joke anyways
A goal is a dream with a deadline
Confirmed: Christ followers are bonkers.
> The Revenge of Gaia' is published by Penguin on 2 February.
Unless Lovelock sees his shadow, in which case we'll have another six weeks of civilization.
He suggests we should be writing a practical guidebook printed on long lasting paper containing "the basic accumulated scientific knowledge of humanity."
So, he's saying we need to set up a Foundation to start work on the Encyclopedia Galactica?
Perhaps he's a psychohistorian. Perhaps just an historical psycho.
Either way, he reads too much Clarke.
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"but isn't he being a little melodramatic? "
No, he's beyond melodramatic well into neurosis and with a little nudge he could easily pass right into full-on crazy.
You were mistaken. Which is odd, since memory shouldn't be a problem for you
On a side note, I think it would have been a more interesting read if he'd mixed in the plots of Army of Darkness and Debbie Does Dallas.
Err. He did. It's called "Dallas does Darkness".
Two wrongs may not make a right, but three
Haha, when I finished watching "The Day After Tomorrow", one of my first thoughts was, "wow, it's a good thing a whole bunch of people froze to death. It'll make the transition to a world with less arable land much easier."
"There have been people who play chess for years and yet French people will turn their noses up at British cooking."
OMG! It all makes sense now. You, sir, are a genius!
First thing we do is smash all the secret Scientology vaults -- because after emerging from a Logan's Run type complex after hundreds of years underground, the last thing people need is a Personality Test! You can spot the vaults by their special signs in deserts and parking lots.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Long-lasting paper will save us all. The Lovelock Plan is Pefect. Personally I would like a position among the speakers in the Second Foundation. Maybe I could make the coffee?
and bad fiction at that.
Bad? BAD? You insult all bad things by saying this. This book is to bad what bad is to "a little big troubling". It was horrible beyond mesaure. And I don't even give a crap about the politics involved, I mean the story itself is nothing but a CS graduate's thesis on computer-generated books. Every character is as cliched as you could possibly get. The plot was... dear God, did I just say plot? Excuse me, that was uncalled for!
Here's a list of characters, in case you haven't read it yet:
A superman non-environmentalist, who can do everything, speak every language, fly any sort of air-transportation across the globe faster than a cruise missle, decrypt encoded information in his head in real time, has an infinite amout of resources at his disposal, and can fuck your wife just by glancing at her through binoculars, and still leaving you thankful that he did... Oh and he's perfect. And also, perfect, and I love him.
(main character) Naive do-godder yuppie hippie who has to be taught the wrongs of his environmentalist ways through some "tough love" and stern looks by the father figure superman above, but who eventually gets to sleep with women once he figures out how wrong he was.
Retarded actor who literally hugs trees and is eaten alive by friendly natives for his hubris and compassion. Oh and it's funny when he dies, HA HA gotcha you hollywood hippie, you are so stupid for having good looks and lots of money that you don't deserve, die die!
A couple of interchangeable sluts. Sure one has blonde hair and one is a brunette and can do judo, but it is very clear that thier ony REAL job is to fawn madly over complete nitwits and make out with them from time to time, often saving thier lives, of course, and then thanking for the opportunity to do so.
Mu ha ha ha type mad scientist/lawyer who builds very very intricate plans that require millions of dollars, unfounded science that may or may not ever work, and a great deal of effort and yet goes out of his way to publish every step of his detailed plans in places where they are easily found and yet is flummoxed by how the good guys seem to be on to his every step. Has to kill people with octopus juice because a bullet in the head is way harder, I suppose.
Also EVERYONE drives a Prius. I mean, it's a freaking Prius orgy.
"Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"
If you lived in London, you'd know that it would be perfectly possible to kill someone in the street while everyone walked around you pretending not to notice ;-)
Dum spiro spero
You say these people are BAD characterizations??? Have you BEEN to California??? They all live there, on the same street no less!