If we set up a solar array on the moon that tapped 1% of the Sun's energy, converted that energy to microwaves, which would be beamed to earth and received by microwave towers, it would supply all the power we'd need.
http://www.envsci.rutgers.edu/~veron/moon.pdf
I think the reason people pirate (new) movies is not because that they think celebrities are already rich. Going to the theater is usually a not-so-great experience. Not only do you have to drive there, but you have to deal with annoying people, pay $8 a ticket, and suffer through ten minutes of bad trailers. Then, once you finally think you are going to enjoy the movie, the people behind you talk or chomp annoyingly loud on their popcorn. Not to mention that it seems the best movies these days often are a limited release, so your *only* option is to pirate it.
Somebody needs to offer a nice service where you can buy theatrical releases for $5, that become unplayable in 24 hours.
You know, as much as I want to return to the Moon (building a large solar array there to harness 1% of the Sun's energy could replace fossil fuel plants on Earth--just 1 good reason to go back) and then go to Mars, I'd rather send a robotic submarine to Europa. I am DYING to see what is under the ice.
The human body will be obsolete well under 100,000 years. We'll be on to bigger and better things, no longer chained to mortal flesh and organs that can too easily break down.
Peter Jackson won't be done with The Lovely Bones until next year, he's remaking The Dam Busters, and he's producing Halo. So if the producers aren't stupid and decide to wait out for him, I imagine we won't be seeing it until 2009 at the earliest.
I think Peter says in one of the documentaries he didn't particularly enjoy the Scouring of the Shire. There's a better chance of the Silmarillion making it to the screen. We'll have to live with Galadriel's mirror images.
But yes, an adaptation of the Tripods trilogy would be very cool. I'd also like to see Asimov's Foundation series, but given the monstrosity that was I, Robot,I wouldn't have high hopes. I LOVED Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials, and I'm praying they don't screw up The Golden Compass, and they make the rest of the trilogy.
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If we set up a solar array on the moon that tapped 1% of the Sun's energy, converted that energy to microwaves, which would be beamed to earth and received by microwave towers, it would supply all the power we'd need. http://www.envsci.rutgers.edu/~veron/moon.pdf
Apple doesn't even use CD keys.
I think the reason people pirate (new) movies is not because that they think celebrities are already rich. Going to the theater is usually a not-so-great experience. Not only do you have to drive there, but you have to deal with annoying people, pay $8 a ticket, and suffer through ten minutes of bad trailers. Then, once you finally think you are going to enjoy the movie, the people behind you talk or chomp annoyingly loud on their popcorn. Not to mention that it seems the best movies these days often are a limited release, so your *only* option is to pirate it. Somebody needs to offer a nice service where you can buy theatrical releases for $5, that become unplayable in 24 hours.
You know, as much as I want to return to the Moon (building a large solar array there to harness 1% of the Sun's energy could replace fossil fuel plants on Earth--just 1 good reason to go back) and then go to Mars, I'd rather send a robotic submarine to Europa. I am DYING to see what is under the ice.
The human body will be obsolete well under 100,000 years. We'll be on to bigger and better things, no longer chained to mortal flesh and organs that can too easily break down.
Peter Jackson won't be done with The Lovely Bones until next year, he's remaking The Dam Busters, and he's producing Halo. So if the producers aren't stupid and decide to wait out for him, I imagine we won't be seeing it until 2009 at the earliest.
I think Peter says in one of the documentaries he didn't particularly enjoy the Scouring of the Shire. There's a better chance of the Silmarillion making it to the screen. We'll have to live with Galadriel's mirror images. But yes, an adaptation of the Tripods trilogy would be very cool. I'd also like to see Asimov's Foundation series, but given the monstrosity that was I, Robot,I wouldn't have high hopes. I LOVED Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials, and I'm praying they don't screw up The Golden Compass, and they make the rest of the trilogy.