Sci-Fi itself is dead (on TV) The channel that used to go by that name is now SyFy and shows mostly horror, Ghost Hunters, wrestling, more ghost hunters, and reruns
AFAIK the only Sci-Fi show still being made is Dr Who, and the resurrection of The Doctor has been part of that show from the beginning. BTW the BBCA also shows reruns of TNG and X-Files
LOTR is fantasy, not Sc-Fi (and Buffy and Harry Potter are also fantasy.
Anyway Season Ending Cliffhangers, where the main character(s) may die (or not, tune in next year to find out) are a part of 'normal' TV drama. Sometimes its part of contract negotiations with the actors.
If you could walk fast enough to make a difference, your body would wear out real fast.
Sure they have measured time differences in atomic clocks that have traveled on jet planes, but imagine the stress on your joints and bones if you could walk at 600mph, not to mention the likelyhood of having an accident (most people can barely cope with car driving speed in terms of reaction abilty..
Somebody mentioned (DC comics) The Flash. How come he doesn't burn up from the heat of air resistance?
If the target vessel is a speedboat packed with explosives, or an incoming anti-ship missile (which are probably the types of threats the laser would be designed to stop) then maybe the disabling would lead to the destruction of the target, and prevent the destruction of the navy ship it was defending.
Remember the USS Cole, and the HMS Sheffield, these days the biggest threat to a ship is a small suicide boat or a missile.
countries in africa, asia and the middle east do use their lethal weapons 'at home' to preserve the power of the current regime and have done for a long time. In spite of the success of some of these 'revolutions' in recent months (Egypt, Tunisia) I can't see that changing much.
Heres an extra layer of security for your password. You take another post it note and stick it to your monitor over the top of the one with your password on. To access your password just lift up the top sticky note.
By 2050 we may have Fusion. Europe has a lot more Fission power plants than the US, and theres wind. Also coal fired plants will probably be forced to pollute less than they do now. (Of course they will still put out CO2 but petrol and diesel engines still put out more other crap per energy produced than (new) coal fired power stations.
Transport companies pull out all the FM radios from their trucks drivers are told to find their own entertainment truckers listen to their own Ipods or MP3 players or CD players
advertisers stop advertising on radio radio stations go broke Record companies lose even more money
Then surely that is a matter for the Australian Trade commision, or whatever it is that oversees business and monopolies in Ozzie land, and presumably similar Goverment orginazations in other countries (I guess in Spain it would be the Spanish Inquisition)
Who said anything about firearms? They had plenty of bows and arrows in Middle Earth, although you would not expect the same sort of accuracy from a Hobbit as you would from an Elf, or even a human.
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Sci-Fi itself is dead (on TV)
The channel that used to go by that name is now SyFy and shows mostly horror, Ghost Hunters, wrestling, more ghost hunters, and reruns
AFAIK the only Sci-Fi show still being made is Dr Who, and the resurrection of The Doctor has been part of that show from the beginning. BTW the BBCA also shows reruns of TNG and X-Files
LOTR is fantasy, not Sc-Fi (and Buffy and Harry Potter are also fantasy.
Anyway Season Ending Cliffhangers, where the main character(s) may die (or not, tune in next year to find out) are a part of 'normal' TV drama. Sometimes its part of contract negotiations with the actors.
If you could walk fast enough to make a difference, your body would wear out real fast.
Sure they have measured time differences in atomic clocks that have traveled on jet planes, but imagine the stress on your joints and bones if you could walk at 600mph, not to mention the likelyhood of having an accident (most people can barely cope with car driving speed in terms of reaction abilty..
Somebody mentioned (DC comics) The Flash. How come he doesn't burn up from the heat of air resistance?
a space elevator aka beanstalk aka orbital tower.
Once you get out of earths atmosphere and gravity well, you're halfway to anywhere (in the solar system)
If the target vessel is a speedboat packed with explosives, or an incoming anti-ship missile (which are probably the types of threats the laser would be designed to stop) then maybe the disabling would lead to the destruction of the target, and prevent the destruction of the navy ship it was defending.
Remember the USS Cole, and the HMS Sheffield, these days the biggest threat to a ship is a small suicide boat or a missile.
I guess it will work better once thte Republican Congress repeals the Laws of Thermodynamics
Of course more people probably use them more for work, but they want to use them for games, so its more popular.
And in other news minesweeper and Solitaire top the 'most often used PC applications' list
Gyro Gearloose and Ludwig Von Drake
and of course Rodney Copperbottom
Around here we have a 100 year flood every year.
Yeah, it must have been found with its passport showing where it had traveled.
I'm still waiting for the new species of dinosaur to be discovered off Japan
Set phasers on 'destroy'
countries in africa, asia and the middle east do use their lethal weapons 'at home' to preserve the power of the current regime and have done for a long time. In spite of the success of some of these 'revolutions' in recent months (Egypt, Tunisia) I can't see that changing much.
Heres an extra layer of security for your password.
You take another post it note and stick it to your monitor over the top of the one with your password on. To access your password just lift up the top sticky note.
I bought an Apple ][+
Now that woz a good computer
Yeah, but midnight which time zone? GMT? EDT ? PDT ? Or do we have to wait for Hawaii
The world will end in Dec 21, 2012
By 2050 we may have Fusion. Europe has a lot more Fission power plants than the US, and theres wind. Also coal fired plants will probably be forced to pollute less than they do now. (Of course they will still put out CO2 but petrol and diesel engines still put out more other crap per energy produced than (new) coal fired power stations.
Transport companies pull out all the FM radios from their trucks
drivers are told to find their own entertainment
truckers listen to their own Ipods or MP3 players or CD players
advertisers stop advertising on radio
radio stations go broke
Record companies lose even more money
655,360 should be enough for anybody
I think that would have been during the Pertwee era or maybe Tom Baker. (Both of whom made better Drs than the current one.)
Then surely that is a matter for the Australian Trade commision, or whatever it is that oversees business and monopolies in Ozzie land, and presumably similar Goverment orginazations in other countries (I guess in Spain it would be the Spanish Inquisition)
I buy my music from Amazons mp3 store. Who says Itunes has a monopoly?
Yeah, don't forget the ability for it to be reconfigured to emit a tachyon pulse. That can be very useful in many situations.
Who said anything about firearms? They had plenty of bows and arrows in Middle Earth, although you would not expect the same sort of accuracy from a Hobbit as you would from an Elf, or even a human.
Or Nostradamus
Besides if you were going from the Earth to Mercury, trying to catch the solar wind is not going to help you much.