Exactly, Farscape is little different from DS9. No one could confuse Lexx with DS9, but you could just sub in Sisko/Bashir/O'Brien for the male human in Farscape and it would be a DS9 episode.:)
Needless to say I'm a major fan of hard science fiction, but almost everything I've read/seen, that I would classify "Hard Science Fiction" ultimatly ends up being distopian.
What about Niven's Known Space? If you want utopian hard sci-fi, read his "Safe at Any Speed" short story.;)
She is amazing, I am surprised nobody mentioned her.
Having read the first book in the Wizard of EarthSea series, I am not surprised.
Her system of magic doesn't make any sense. At one point she says that everything has a true name, including islands. At another, she casually refers to an archipelago that has islands constantly split and join together because of waves and tides.
That, of course, applies to all islands. It's just that for some it's a merger of equals and for others it's a black hole swallowing an asteroid. This makes the control of their own land by villains absurd.
I guess I just can't understand how a grouping of atoms that's only concrete on our level could have some innate "true name".
I can't wait until the fourth Ringworld book comes out. When will authors learn that books should be about science and not plot or characters (seriously:).
Greg Egan show promise in that respect.
For soft literature, I'll take Douglas Adams, though Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert deserve honourable mentions.
P.S. Shakespeare and Eminem are equals. I don't mean that as a compliment to Eminem. I mean it as an insult to Shakespeare. The bastard just wrapped up reactionary, traditional, and absurd ideas in pretty words.
This doesn't seem to have been asked yet, but how did they get these screenshots? Did they social engineer their victims into installing some sort of spyware? Is that a built-in KaZaA function?
Imagine there's no traffic, It's easy if you try, No smog around us, Above us only sky,
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of monorails too... Imagine there's no Mazdas, It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to speed or drive for, No pollution too, Imagine all the people living life in peace...
Imagine no SUVs, I wonder if you can, No need for size or power, A mass transit for humans.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster Of monorails too... You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will live as one.
Imagine there's no traffic,
It's easy if you try,
No smog around us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine a Beowulf cluster
of monorails too...
Imagine there's no Mazdas,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to speed or drive for,
No pollution too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
Imagine no SUVs,
I wonder if you can,
No need for size or power,
A mass transit for humans.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster
Of monorails too...
You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
I am continuously being told by Yanks online that Abortion is murder and Rape isn't. Obviously, guns should not be used to shoot people in the process of committing rape.
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Hmm. Personally, I wouldn't include the "church" and "safe for kids" strings in the same sentence without having an "isn't" in there.
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Anyways, paedophiles are evolution in action. Kids who can't evade shouldn't be given the right to vote, drink, and take drugs anyways. j/k:)
How does planting forests stop global warming? Plankton does all of the real work in CO2 absorption and rainforests just have better PR (I do consider the survival of fellow primates to be of utmost importance, but that's another issue entirely).
Unless the US is going to turn the Great Plains into a forest and wants a credit for that, I don't see how it would deserve one.
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Am I the only one who learned these differential equations in high school?:)
: Would you call people who want to keep Mars from changing either Reddies or Brownies?
Oranges.:)
Excuse me, Walking Vocabulary, but "schadenfreude" is spelled with an 'e'.;)
::..."just as easy to close the browser."
:You obviously haven't been to any porn sites
You are obviously using Explorer. Get a real browser.;)
If this were a piece of computer hardware or software, you would probably not object, but it isn't so you do object.
Actually, I object to all patents.
When are people going to figure out that mice are reagents in experiments that will save countless lives and not cute furry creatures.
They are both.
Mmm, a sexalogy.
/me drools
To my mind, only DS9 attempted similar stories.
Exactly, Farscape is little different from DS9. No one could confuse Lexx with DS9, but you could just sub in Sisko/Bashir/O'Brien for the male human in Farscape and it would be a DS9 episode.:)
Garfield says:
Q: What do you get when you cross a cat and a dog?
A: You get a stupid cat.
I say:
Q: What do you get when Niven and Pournelle collaborate.
A: You get unreadable Niven.:)
"Planet" or "Mars"?
Needless to say I'm a major fan of hard science fiction, but almost everything I've read/seen, that I would classify "Hard Science Fiction" ultimatly ends up being distopian.
What about Niven's Known Space? If you want utopian hard sci-fi, read his "Safe at Any Speed" short story.;)
She is amazing, I am surprised nobody mentioned her.
Having read the first book in the Wizard of EarthSea series, I am not surprised.
Her system of magic doesn't make any sense. At one point she says that everything has a true name, including islands. At another, she casually refers to an archipelago that has islands constantly split and join together because of waves and tides.
That, of course, applies to all islands. It's just that for some it's a merger of equals and for others it's a black hole swallowing an asteroid. This makes the control of their own land by villains absurd.
I guess I just can't understand how a grouping of atoms that's only concrete on our level could have some innate "true name".
I'm pissed about Farscape, FWIW. What a waste. Finally an anti-Trek show with challenging plots adn characters comes along and (sniff) they kill it.
How is Farscape anti-Trek? It contains exactly the same tired, trite, over-sweetened plots with BS Good and Evil sides.
It looks different from Star Trek, but it ripped that off from Lexx, and Lexx had much better writing.
It has characters I despise but cheer on (Stanley!).
Why do you despise Stanley? He's the geekiest of them all.:)
I can't wait until the fourth Ringworld book comes out. When will authors learn that books should be about science and not plot or characters (seriously:).
Greg Egan show promise in that respect.
For soft literature, I'll take Douglas Adams, though Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert deserve honourable mentions.
P.S. Shakespeare and Eminem are equals. I don't mean that as a compliment to Eminem. I mean it as an insult to Shakespeare. The bastard just wrapped up reactionary, traditional, and absurd ideas in pretty words.
Mmm, 42 hours...
*drools*
This doesn't seem to have been asked yet, but how did they get these screenshots? Did they social engineer their victims into installing some sort of spyware? Is that a built-in KaZaA function?
Opera is just as fanatical about the title attribute as Mozilla.;)
There is a thread about long SimCity 2000 games at these forums. Theoretically, they can run for two billion game years.
SimEarth ends at the ten billion year mark, but it gets there in an hour or two.
Information wants to be fiery.:)
Imagine there's no traffic,
It's easy if you try,
No smog around us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine a Beowulf cluster
of monorails too...
Imagine there's no Mazdas,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to speed or drive for,
No pollution too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
Imagine no SUVs,
I wonder if you can,
No need for size or power,
A mass transit for humans.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster
Of monorails too...
You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
Imagine there's no traffic, It's easy if you try, No smog around us, Above us only sky, Imagine a Beowulf cluster of monorails too... Imagine there's no Mazdas, It isnt hard to do, Nothing to speed or drive for, No pollution too, Imagine all the people living life in peace... Imagine no SUVs, I wonder if you can, No need for size or power, A mass transit for humans. Imagine a Beowulf cluster Of monorails too... You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will live as one.
I am continuously being told by Yanks online that Abortion is murder and Rape isn't. Obviously, guns should not be used to shoot people in the process of committing rape.
Silly Yanks.;)
Surely you must mean www.autopr0n.kids.us. Only Micro$oft lackeys visit the Hun.;)
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Hmm. Personally, I wouldn't include the "church" and "safe for kids" strings in the same sentence without having an "isn't" in there.
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Anyways, paedophiles are evolution in action. Kids who can't evade shouldn't be given the right to vote, drink, and take drugs anyways. j/k:)
How does planting forests stop global warming? Plankton does all of the real work in CO2 absorption and rainforests just have better PR (I do consider the survival of fellow primates to be of utmost importance, but that's another issue entirely).
Unless the US is going to turn the Great Plains into a forest and wants a credit for that, I don't see how it would deserve one.