2012-02-13, 00:08 | Link #442 |
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Space 1999 was fun too, in a weird sort of way. Star Trek (Original Series) provided an optimistic view of what we could become...but it also predicted that we would nearly destroy ourselves before we realized it (World war III, or an equivalent). That was before the Utopian Next Generation model came out.
Some of the tech from Star Trek (any form) has actually come to pass. And in some cases is actually more advanced that the Star Trek version of it. Some of that tech was on the drawing board....others were inspired by the program and say "I can make that" and eventually did. Reality is stranger than fiction. Just sometimes the tech desn't go where you think it will. or even at what pace you think it will. Some things have happened way faster than expected...other things....seem centuries away still, if not "impossible". Though I do hope Hawkings is still working on that Warp Drive problem like he said after being a guest star on the show.
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2012-02-13, 00:29 | Link #443 |
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Well, I thought advancement in space including building of stations would come faster than cyborg techs.
But the rapid advancement in medical cybernetics of the past few years completely rendered that line of thinking false. Then again, still no flying cars. We were promised flying cars damnit! We may already have the Jetsons like TV phones, but without the flying cars and pesky maid-bots, it ain't the same.
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2012-02-13, 01:03 | Link #444 | |
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2012-02-13, 01:07 | Link #445 |
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well someone said we have a flying car...but no one knows how to classify it...as a car or as an airplane.
The trouble with flying cars...you will need an infrustructure and a whole lot of laws to get that to work. i would love to see a Back to the Future II style skyways (2015), but can you imagine the regulations and training you'd need for that. People have a hard enough time changing lanes in 2D....now you want them to do it in 3D? How do you avoid hitting or cutting off the guy vertically below you when you want to get to the "off ramp"? How high is it still considered a car and not an airplane? Will they follow aircraft regulations? There are "traffic lanes" in the sky presently... they are just several hundred feet apart from each other vertically. And there are generally not all that many planes in one location/altitude, except around airports. (I use to ride in small single engine aircraft several times a year, so I got to know some of the regulations and have experiance in what things look like from the air, and with watching for other aircraft to avoid incidents.)
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2012-02-13, 01:33 | Link #446 | |
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2012-02-13, 04:03 | Link #448 |
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I had a talk once about using a high speed lane (maglev or something) for modified cars on the long distance freeways (Like Interstate 5 for example). Were the cars are on autopilots so they can be within a foot of each other so that only the first one needs to actually defeat wind resistance while moving at or over 120 mph. It would take over the current carpool lanes and only have specific requirements for use...first being a car equipt to handle the technology. Your trip would be preprogrammed, but have emergeny features in case of either car or person having serious issues. There would need to be a transition lane of some sort to get the cars up to speed and allow the programming to slip a car into the line. There would need to be some form of protection between the maglev (or anti-grav tech, whatevers) lane and the normal lanes. One to protect against any high speed crashes, and to to prevent morons from trying to enter the maglev lane with a roadster speed demon car that is not on the program...but might be able to make 120+ mph.
In theory it would increase fuel economy for everyone except whoever was in the lead, as they would get air resistance. However these cars would also need to be able to operate off the maglev or whatever since not all roads will have the techology, nor would all roads need the technology. You don't need that sort of high speed system in downtown suburban towns or major cities were people are constantly turning, changing lanes, and stopping at all sorts of places. It was something of an idea. No idea how viable it is. Just that Americans like their cars and don't care all that much for public transit as they like thr "freedom" to go wherever they want.
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2012-02-13, 05:14 | Link #449 | |
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2012-02-13, 12:05 | Link #450 |
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Maybe you'll get a chance to re-live the fun:
"They've been rebooted, re-imagined and uncut, but now Space 1999 is getting its own on-screen revival next to sci-fi classics Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek and Star Wars." See: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02...e_imagination/ |
2012-02-13, 19:28 | Link #451 | |
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2012-02-16, 14:43 | Link #454 |
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Mac OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" has been announced with a supposed release date for summer 2012. It's been less than a year since 10.7 "Lion" was released... that's very fast. People suspect that Apple has reverted to a "tick-tock" release cycle, where one release introduces a lot of new features and the next major release has less of a focus on new features and more on optimizing what's there (similar to how OS X 10.5 "Leopard" and OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" were).
If they keep the price low (Lion was $30, if I remember correctly), I guess I won't mind too much... but I don't particularly like the increased speed of the upgrade treadmill. (Edit: this may be a nice time to remind people that I created an Apple User Group social group on AnimeSuki. It's fairly dead, but if you want to discuss Apple-related stuff, feel free to chatter there.)
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2012-02-16, 16:49 | Link #455 | |
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2012-02-16, 18:34 | Link #458 |
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No matter. The flight got called off.
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2012-02-16, 18:59 | Link #459 | |
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