agreed. short stories are a great resource of SF.
also, don't be afraid to mix it up with watching some scifi movies. maybe some old school Logan's Run, the orig Planet of the Apes, or something else.:)
Good scifi is not just about the laser beemz and the death rayz. It is and always has been about the PEOPLE. given that you have all this new technology, how does it impact humanity as a society and the individual's morality.
the point of science fiction is to project oursevles beyond the limitations of our current everydayness and examine where we stand on a much deeper level.
i wish i had understood this much when i took my scifi lit class in high school. hehe
it be a massive computer program seeded into the internet with no central core. its purpose to seek out assigned targets and deal with them. and we'll put AI algorithms into it.
and call it skynet
what if that little small grocery store just happens to be run and owned by a Mr. Toyota? Toyota is a common family name.
Should Ford be able to block any local mom and pop store whose store name is "Ford's General Store" ?
Should Apple be able to block an orchard that advertises "You pick apples on sale!" ?
well technically, you could get hit by a meteor. a meteor doesn't become a meteorite until it lands on the ground. if you got hit by the falling object, that'd be a meteor hit. if it impacted ground and fragmented into debris and hit you, then it'd be a meteorite hit.
what u think this is?/b/?...oh wait..it's not far from. ok so rule 34 applies. cause i'm sure the the REAL International Federation of Pornographic Industry won't be far behind when this trial goes through.
That simple word "no", was quite effective when dealing with all sorts of issues during my upbringing.
yea my parents said the word "no" and the belt if you didn't like it. heh. besides, if the parent buys the kid everything in the world, the kid never develops an appreciation for personal finance and responsibility.
Highly intelligent and well-informed people disagree on every political issue. Therefore, intelligence and knowledge are useless for making decisions, because if any of that stuff helped, then all the smart people would have the same opinions. So use your "gut instinct" to make voting choices. That is exactly like being clueless, but with the added advantage that you'll feel as if your random vote preserved democracy.
isn't it awesome to be part of the RIAA though? you get all this money from the record companies and get to use it without any recouping of costs. all they do is spend spend spend. track record for income is...zilch.
actually i gotta go read the book again. there was a reason the anchor was on an island and not a continental land mass on the equator...something about the harmonics of orbit
Actually the Geneva Convention has nothing about weapon types. Geneva Convention covers the treatment of POW's and civilians. It's the Hague Convention of 1907 that covered weapon types.
It's not legal to shoot a human target with a 50 caliber sniper rifle. However, it is legal to shoot the helmet he's wearing.
so when did the Japanese government get permission to use the Sri Lanka lands for the anchor of the Space Elevator. Don't we need to develop carbon nanotubes first? or are we going to use Buckminsterfullerene?
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American components. Russian components. ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!
Yea but then u'd have to worry about technicians swimming along and going "hey...did it just get really warm over here?"
agreed. short stories are a great resource of SF. also, don't be afraid to mix it up with watching some scifi movies. maybe some old school Logan's Run, the orig Planet of the Apes, or something else. :)
Good scifi is not just about the laser beemz and the death rayz. It is and always has been about the PEOPLE. given that you have all this new technology, how does it impact humanity as a society and the individual's morality. the point of science fiction is to project oursevles beyond the limitations of our current everydayness and examine where we stand on a much deeper level. i wish i had understood this much when i took my scifi lit class in high school. hehe
it be a massive computer program seeded into the internet with no central core. its purpose to seek out assigned targets and deal with them. and we'll put AI algorithms into it. and call it skynet
I would hardly call a settlement consisting of msdn subscription, all expenses paid for trip, xbox and games "giving in".
what if that little small grocery store just happens to be run and owned by a Mr. Toyota? Toyota is a common family name.
Should Ford be able to block any local mom and pop store whose store name is "Ford's General Store" ?
Should Apple be able to block an orchard that advertises "You pick apples on sale!" ?
well technically, you could get hit by a meteor. a meteor doesn't become a meteorite until it lands on the ground. if you got hit by the falling object, that'd be a meteor hit. if it impacted ground and fragmented into debris and hit you, then it'd be a meteorite hit.
what u think this is? /b/? ...oh wait..it's not far from. ok so rule 34 applies. cause i'm sure the the REAL International Federation of Pornographic Industry won't be far behind when this trial goes through.
yea but it'd be the difference between a pixel that's the same shade/color as the background vs a pixel that's not.
so did they take pix of the supposed apollo landing site to prove once and for all whether or not the moon landing was fake?
That simple word "no", was quite effective when dealing with all sorts of issues during my upbringing.
yea my parents said the word "no" and the belt if you didn't like it. heh. besides, if the parent buys the kid everything in the world, the kid never develops an appreciation for personal finance and responsibility.
Highly intelligent and well-informed people disagree on every political issue. Therefore, intelligence and knowledge are useless for making decisions, because if any of that stuff helped, then all the smart people would have the same opinions. So use your "gut instinct" to make voting choices. That is exactly like being clueless, but with the added advantage that you'll feel as if your random vote preserved democracy.
isn't it awesome to be part of the RIAA though? you get all this money from the record companies and get to use it without any recouping of costs. all they do is spend spend spend. track record for income is ...zilch.
don't you mean Clinton? I do not believe a blowjob is a sexual relation.
good to know. I was told that by an old marine friends. I thought he knew what he was talking about...I guess not hehe.
actually i gotta go read the book again. there was a reason the anchor was on an island and not a continental land mass on the equator...something about the harmonics of orbit
Actually the Geneva Convention has nothing about weapon types. Geneva Convention covers the treatment of POW's and civilians. It's the Hague Convention of 1907 that covered weapon types.
It's not legal to shoot a human target with a 50 caliber sniper rifle. However, it is legal to shoot the helmet he's wearing.
should have read Foutains of Paradise. you build two elevators at once. it's called redundancy :P
dyson sphere, warp drive, wormhole generation. yea...all of that
so when did the Japanese government get permission to use the Sri Lanka lands for the anchor of the Space Elevator. Don't we need to develop carbon nanotubes first? or are we going to use Buckminsterfullerene?
Let me know when they find some naquadah so I know when to start designing my own stargate.
why are u trying to hack the doomsday machine??!? if u access one wrong file, that'll be the end of the world. do not hack the gibson!
until they decide to invoke the almighty power of the scroll of patriot act.
.....when the laws of the land can be bypassed entirely, it makes the laws of the land utterly useless.
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so what are they? koni's ? bilsteins? kyb's? or are they lowest bidder ebay deal of the day? will it help cornering g's?