Slaughter Posted July 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 These robotic friends are becoming very popular, aren't they? Puppies, humanoids, and now dinosaurs...are they taking over?Yep. Terminator, Matrix and all the other movies are just visions of a possible future. Even if they don't start thinking themselves, we are very dependent on machines. It may easily get overboard... @Strong Bob: Hehe, yep, stupid discussion. FA and myself will stop now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Yep. Terminator, Matrix and all the other movies are just visions of a possible future. Even if they don't start thinking themselves, we are very dependent on machines. It may easily get overboard... I've always wondered how far off that sort of thing is. It does seem ridiculous, but I can't see anyone in the future going "Ok boys, that's enough technology. Back to nature and real women for a while."Although it does always remind me of that episode of Futurama where Mom's Friendly Robot Company rebels."Take over Earth, us bastards" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted July 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Good question. I think it will come FAR. People that say "No use in studying faster than light travel because it is impossible" will never invent faster than light travel. Those are the same kind of idiots that said "We'll never find a way to fly" a long time ago. How I'd love to kick one of them off a cliff Anyway, going away for the weekend now. Have fun here, and behave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivory Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 hate star wars yes-but not for the same reasons as your thinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Do tell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 You talking about the same people who said no computer would ever want nor need more than 640kb of RAM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Bob Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Or perhaps the same people that said, around the 1950s I think, that black people were incapable of holding their breath underwater for the same amount of time as a white person because their brains were too small and needed more oxygen to function as well? Here's a word of advice. Research facts, then listen to theories. In 20 years, you'll be surprised how much of our current science is a load of crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir-roosio Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 as good as faster than light travel would be, well need to invent faster than light sight first so that you can see whats behind you! Einstein imagined himself sat on a beam of light looking in a mirror, He deduced that he would never see his reflection as it would not be able to reach the mirror. In the same vain, if he turned round, I think he would have seen an endless string of Einstiens stretching out behind him, as the light from his own image would be travelling at the same speed as him, hence he would llok back and see all his states at any given moment at once. think on that for a moment, its great fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accounting Troll Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 We already know that gravity waves travel faster than light, so the light barrier isn't as absolute as Einstein thought a century ago. Of course, there will be some weird effects, just like there is with sound. When a jet fighter streaks past, the sound appears to be emanating from a point some way behind the aircraft. The doppler effect would be a problem. The light waves from stars in front of you would be so scrunched up that the radiation could become a serious hazard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivory Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 BORD NOW! :stop: i dont like star wars cos the film titles are in the wrong order for the releases. ive never got past that to th efilms in afraid-little things hamper my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accounting Troll Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 I don't like Star Wars because the Empire can't be bothered to train its soldiers and fighter pilots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 Probably cause they figured they'd save on money.1000 untrained morons can take down 1 trained soldier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accounting Troll Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 This reminds me of that joke in which King Edward I led an army to invade Scotland. At the border, they saw a Scottish warrior on top of a hill and he started shouting abuse at the English. The king was enraged, so he sent his best knight out to teach the Scotsman a lesson in manners. They dissappeared behind the hill and after the sound of some fighting, the Scotsman went back to the top of the hill and started shouting more abuse before ducking down behind the hill again. The king then ordered ten soldiers to go and teach the Scotsman a lesson in manners. When the sound of fighting died sown, the Scotsman went to the top of the huill, shouted more abuse at the English and ducked down behind the hill again. This time, the king decided to settle matters once and for all. He sent over half his army against the Scotsman. The fighting from behind the hill went on for over an hour. Eventually one wounded soldier staggered back to report to his king. "Sire, it's a trap. There's two of them" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivory Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 isnt a hjoke meant to be funny?... anyway-point is the film is a HUGE failure in my eyes, if it cant even get my bum on a seat to give it a chance-then it doesnt matter what the films like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accounting Troll Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 You would find it funny if you were Scottish or Welsh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 anyway-point is the film is a HUGE failure in my eyes, if it cant even get my bum on a seat to give it a chance-then it doesnt matter what the films like! Which film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Sorry to revive an old thread, but if we're going to be slating Jurassic Park, we need all the facts. Firstly, Michale Crichton wrote the book before the film. READ THIS BOOK. Makes the film even less enjoyable when you read what could have been And, if it's not already been mentioned, a billiionaire would muchrather call his dinosaur theme park Jurassic Park than Cretaceous Park. Jurassic just sounds better and will pull in more punters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Crichton's books have been fodder for filmmakers for decades ('The Andromeda Strain' was one of his, I think) and although his books are good, I've never found his characters to be particularly 'human'. He writes like a scientist struggling to write fiction.And I think Cretaceous Park would do just fine, if Jurassic Park had never existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Jurassic is a whole lot easier to spell off the top of your head than Cretaceous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Admittedly I did have to think for a second when yping it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted September 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 I read the book a LONG time ago, and it's great! At least it was when I was 12... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 The sequel's also pretty good. The first JP book had some tenuous ties to the film, but The Lost World is 97% different to the second film! The Lost World had some cool chameleon dinosaurs that blended in perfectly with their background. Crichton raised an interesting link with Chameleons there, and at the same time created an even scarier foe (though they didn't get too much mention in teh book - the raptors were still the deadliest enemy). The first book does rock though, when the lawyer uses Muldoon's mini-launcher and blows the leg of a Raptor. Muldoon's a LOT better kitted out in the book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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