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technology in sci-fi
Sunday, July 23, 2006 12:35 PM
EST120
Sunday, July 23, 2006 12:38 PM
RMMC
Sunday, July 23, 2006 1:57 PM
CYBERSNARK
Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:00 PM
PENGUIN
CITIZEN
ODDSBODSKINS
Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:01 PM
Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:14 PM
VINTERDRAKEN
Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:38 PM
CHRISTHECYNIC
Sunday, July 23, 2006 3:08 PM
MICJWELCH
Sunday, July 23, 2006 3:22 PM
ONEMANSHORT
Sunday, July 23, 2006 3:37 PM
BELUGASMOM
Sunday, July 23, 2006 3:48 PM
MYCROFTXXX
Sunday, July 23, 2006 3:56 PM
GUYWHOWANTSAFIREFLYOFHISOWN
Sunday, July 23, 2006 7:34 PM
CALIFORNIAKAYLEE
Quote:not the every-bug-related-nightmare-you've-ever-had-is-coming-to-kill-you things from Stargate
Sunday, July 23, 2006 8:37 PM
NANITE1018
Sunday, July 23, 2006 9:27 PM
RODWY
Monday, July 24, 2006 2:11 AM
REVOLTIX
Monday, July 24, 2006 2:41 AM
CAUSAL
Quote:Originally posted by Rodwy: 6. Strider from Half Life 2(cause it would be all like "stomp, stomp, stomp" and you'd be all "AAGGGH! help!" And it'd be all "budda, budda, budda" and you'd be all "it's killing me!" and it'd be all "Stab-you-through-chest-with-foot: And you'd be all "oh no I'm dead" Heh heh. That'd be awesome........I mean BAD! That'd be BAD!)
Monday, July 24, 2006 10:47 AM
Quote:Originally posted by christhecynic: Only two things really stand out: 1 A Firefly, but since I can't fly it or keep it in repair that might be a problem. 2 The Tardis, but since I can't operate it or keep it in repair that might be a problem. I wonder if the fact that both things I'd like are modes of transportation say something about me, on the other hand they are also both homes.
Quote:Originally posted by christhecynic: Though we never do, to my knowledge, see the actual bedrooms in the Tardis, or the kitchen, or the bathroom, but you just know that they're there, down the hall somewhere.
Monday, July 24, 2006 11:16 AM
METTASUTRA
Monday, July 24, 2006 11:44 AM
Monday, July 24, 2006 12:08 PM
Monday, July 24, 2006 12:35 PM
Monday, July 24, 2006 1:05 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Causal: Quote:Originally posted by Rodwy: 6. Strider from Half Life 2(cause it would be all like "stomp, stomp, stomp" and you'd be all "AAGGGH! help!" And it'd be all "budda, budda, budda" and you'd be all "it's killing me!" and it'd be all "Stab-you-through-chest-with-foot: And you'd be all "oh no I'm dead" Heh heh. That'd be awesome........I mean BAD! That'd be BAD!) Is it bad that I find this extremely funny? ________________________________________________________________________ I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank.
Monday, July 24, 2006 1:40 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Rodwy: Quote:Originally posted by Causal: Quote:Originally posted by Rodwy: 6. Strider from Half Life 2(cause it would be all like "stomp, stomp, stomp" and you'd be all "AAGGGH! help!" And it'd be all "budda, budda, budda" and you'd be all "it's killing me!" and it'd be all "Stab-you-through-chest-with-foot: And you'd be all "oh no I'm dead" Heh heh. That'd be awesome........I mean BAD! That'd be BAD!) Is it bad that I find this extremely funny? ________________________________________________________________________ I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank. Yes it is very, very bad. --- http://www.phpbbforfree.com/forums/theinvaders.html
Monday, July 24, 2006 2:12 PM
FIZZIX
Monday, July 24, 2006 2:13 PM
Monday, July 24, 2006 4:04 PM
Quote:Originally posted by micjwelch: I think an android would be nice. One that doesn't complain much, and would do all my chores for me.
Quote:Hiroshi Ishiguro is a busy man. Between his two jobs, countless meetings and presentations, his demanding schedule was eating up all his time. So he built an android version of himself to pick up the slack. [. . .] "If I could have one at the university, and one at ATR, I would just do all my work from a hot-springs resort,"
Monday, July 24, 2006 6:59 PM
RCAT
Quote:Originally posted by BelugasMom: Ditto Replicators a la Star Trek." More precisely, the molecule recombiner/rearranger thingy machine from a book I can't remember. [I suppose if I describe the plot, SOMEONE on fff will know, so.....story starts out with some hideously rich father having an island made-out of nanotechnology, I think-for his daughter's birthday, then there was a "book", written as her life progressed, reflecting what happened in her life] Anyway, the machine took recombined molecules into whatever you needed, and also you could put waste materials into it, and THOSE molecules would be rearranged into something else.............Anyway, THE POINT BEING, these machine were in every home, even the poorest, so no one went hungry. Basic food stuffs with adequate nutrition were available at all times to everyone. Also, garbage dumps, recycling centers, etc were obsolete because these machine were all over and everyone just "recycled" refuse at the molecular level. PLEASE someone tell me the name of this book......I've been thinking alot lately about it, and all the ideas/inventions/new technologies in it, and I'd really like to have my own copy. OK, sorry, that was a bit long.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:56 AM
Quote:Originally posted by BelugasMom: Anyway, the machine took recombined molecules into whatever you needed, and also you could put waste materials into it, and THOSE molecules would be rearranged into something else.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 10:22 AM
MAL4PREZ
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:00 PM
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:03 PM
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:05 PM
CHRISISALL
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 1:32 PM
ZZETTA13
Wednesday, July 26, 2006 8:00 PM
Wednesday, July 26, 2006 10:02 PM
Wednesday, July 26, 2006 10:56 PM
PSYCHOTIC
Thursday, July 27, 2006 6:59 AM
CAVALIER
Thursday, July 27, 2006 7:49 AM
GABRIEL
Thursday, July 27, 2006 7:53 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Cavalier: How about the Jewel fron the Greg Egan short story Learning to be Me. It makes a continously updated copy of your brain, ready to replace it when it stops working. If you look at it the right way, it means that you need never truly die. That sounds pretty useful.
Thursday, July 27, 2006 6:46 PM
REAVERINA1985RIVIERA
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: I'd want the Delorean from Back To The Future, Well you're right, you're riiight Chrisisall
Friday, July 28, 2006 4:47 AM
Quote:Originally posted by ReaverInA1985Riviera: I prefer the Part 2 version= flying capability and a mini-fusion reactor(no Devo suit or deadly plutonium needed for timetravel)
Friday, July 28, 2006 7:46 AM
SUNNYJ
Friday, July 28, 2006 8:26 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Gabriel: Quote:Originally posted by Cavalier: How about the Jewel fron the Greg Egan short story Learning to be Me. It makes a continously updated copy of your brain, ready to replace it when it stops working. If you look at it the right way, it means that you need never truly die. That sounds pretty useful. Ah, but in that story, didn't the main character get trapped as a passenger inside his own head? There's usually a catch. ___ RIVER: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. MAL: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?
Friday, July 28, 2006 8:21 PM
STARFIGHTER66
Friday, July 28, 2006 8:37 PM
Friday, July 28, 2006 8:46 PM
PHOENIXROSE
You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.
Saturday, July 29, 2006 5:02 AM
Quote:Originally posted by starfighter66: a certain pretty blond companion.
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