My sci-fi, others' fantasy
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mollyringleI seldom come up with science fiction ideas, but here's one that occurred to me lately while dealing with our flooded basement (puddles and rivulets, not inches or feet, but still a nuisance):
Once science has figured out how to teleport matter, maybe involving those odd particles that act on one another at a distance or something, the world can set up a water exchange program. Via the future's version of the internet, a person or group who has too much water can hook up with someone who doesn't have enough, and, poof!, the water gets whisked away from the flood-stricken and given to the water-needy. So, for example, our basement's water could go to some parched home garden in Australia. Or, on a larger scale, the floodwaters rampaging riverfront property in the state of Washington right now could be spirited away to supply the city of Los Angeles or other desert metropolises. Handy, huh? Get on that, science.
In totally different news, I finally got around to watching the "making of" featurette for HBO and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
grrm (George R.R. Martin)'s "A Game of Thrones," and I am officially excited!
Yowza, talk about eye candy--on the part of actors and set dressing alike. Scenery, too, as apparently they filmed in both Northern Ireland and Malta. And the cool thing about Martin's story is that it's not merely eye candy; it's brain candy as well. Mind you, given the sex-and-violence level, I'll have to find a way to watch it when my kids aren't around, but this looks worth it.
Once science has figured out how to teleport matter, maybe involving those odd particles that act on one another at a distance or something, the world can set up a water exchange program. Via the future's version of the internet, a person or group who has too much water can hook up with someone who doesn't have enough, and, poof!, the water gets whisked away from the flood-stricken and given to the water-needy. So, for example, our basement's water could go to some parched home garden in Australia. Or, on a larger scale, the floodwaters rampaging riverfront property in the state of Washington right now could be spirited away to supply the city of Los Angeles or other desert metropolises. Handy, huh? Get on that, science.
In totally different news, I finally got around to watching the "making of" featurette for HBO and
grrm (George R.R. Martin)'s "A Game of Thrones," and I am officially excited!Yowza, talk about eye candy--on the part of actors and set dressing alike. Scenery, too, as apparently they filmed in both Northern Ireland and Malta. And the cool thing about Martin's story is that it's not merely eye candy; it's brain candy as well. Mind you, given the sex-and-violence level, I'll have to find a way to watch it when my kids aren't around, but this looks worth it.
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Date: 2010-12-15 12:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-16 01:05 am (UTC)Star Trek
Date: 2010-12-18 10:38 pm (UTC)http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/upminster_prof_designs_star_trek_style_invisibility_cloak_1_729531
Like magic...
The Illusionist
Re: Star Trek
Date: 2010-12-24 04:04 pm (UTC)God Jul!
Dances with Dragons
Date: 2010-12-21 07:32 am (UTC)In other news, if I didn't find this link here...
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2010/12/08/41237-the-%E2%80%9Chobbit%E2%80%9D-cast-is-looking-good-really-good-oooooooh-yeah-realllllly-good/
... then where *did* I find it?
Re: Dances with Dragons
Date: 2010-12-24 04:05 pm (UTC)Telportation made possible
Date: 2010-12-21 10:39 am (UTC)Take a look if it seems interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZJVWXb92gA
The Illusionist
Re: Telportation made possible
Date: 2010-12-24 04:06 pm (UTC)provides access
Date: 2011-01-16 10:11 pm (UTC)