Yes, it was the ads that did it for me. It just got too annoying and I swore off going to the theater. Haven't watched a movie on the big screen for over a year now.
I understand what you mean. My gut feeling though is that the rate of incoming threats would be slow. Moving the ribbon could be a leisurely process rather than resembling Neo dodging a hail of bullets.
They've done better than that. Instead of having to worry about each individual satellite, the base of the ribbon will be attached to a mobile platform on the ocean. The key word being "mobile"; they'll move the base about according to the schedule of satellite and orbital debris intercepts to shift the ribbon itself out of the way.
But they're not aiming to create carbon nanotubes a 1000 feet long. Instead, they figure a composite material containing nanotubes a few millimeters to a few centimeters long will suffice.
You people really should read their website FAQ; it answers the whole range of concerns people have raised here.
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Yes, it was the ads that did it for me. It just got too annoying and I swore off going to the theater. Haven't watched a movie on the big screen for over a year now.
I understand what you mean. My gut feeling though is that the rate of incoming threats would be slow. Moving the ribbon could be a leisurely process rather than resembling Neo dodging a hail of bullets.
They've done better than that. Instead of having to worry about each individual satellite, the base of the ribbon will be attached to a mobile platform on the ocean. The key word being "mobile"; they'll move the base about according to the schedule of satellite and orbital debris intercepts to shift the ribbon itself out of the way.
But they're not aiming to create carbon nanotubes a 1000 feet long. Instead, they figure a composite material containing nanotubes a few millimeters to a few centimeters long will suffice.
You people really should read their website FAQ; it answers the whole range of concerns people have raised here.