Title: THE FUTURE
Post by: silviakjell on August 17, 2006, 11:29:35 AM
Post by: silviakjell on August 17, 2006, 11:29:35 AM
I always wonder what the future will be like, but there are so many different varieties. It could be that all is well and fine, that we have developoed efficient solar energy mechanisms and that we now recycle 100% of our trash. Or maybe our planet will be a radioactive nuclear winter with our natural resources spent and only a handful of humans left. Maybe we'll be at war with another sentient species? Or perhaps there'll be a giant wall reaching from the core to the ozone layer seperating the forest and it's enviromental inhabitants and the city. I think that would make a good Sci-Fi/Fantasy book. Who knows? What do you think the future will be like?
Oh, and I know someone will ask, so, let's say the future in 500 years? or maybe 1000?
Oh, and I know someone will ask, so, let's say the future in 500 years? or maybe 1000?
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Post by: Tom62 on August 17, 2006, 12:53:59 PM
Post by: Tom62 on August 17, 2006, 12:53:59 PM
I hope that the future would bring us something like "The Culture" in the books of Ian M. Banks (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture)).
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Post by: MommaSquid on August 17, 2006, 06:47:37 PM
Post by: MommaSquid on August 17, 2006, 06:47:37 PM
I'm thinking it will be a combination of Brave New World, 1984, and Demolition Man.
Enhance Your Calm (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/)
Enhance Your Calm (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/)
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Post by: silviakjell on August 20, 2006, 04:32:01 PM
Post by: silviakjell on August 20, 2006, 04:32:01 PM
I wonder what ideas we get that actually don't come from books? hehe. I actually thought of those myself. (isn't that wonderful, I can think! 
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And MommaSquid, in your sig, did George Bush actually say that?
)And MommaSquid, in your sig, did George Bush actually say that?
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Post by: joeactor on August 20, 2006, 04:40:49 PM
Post by: joeactor on August 20, 2006, 04:40:49 PM
In my future world, remote controls cease to function, but instead of getting up off the couch, scientists alter our genetic code to allow us to all have 6 foot index fingers...
Also good for scratching, and pointing long distances...
Also good for scratching, and pointing long distances...
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Post by: Big Mac on August 20, 2006, 04:55:21 PM
Post by: Big Mac on August 20, 2006, 04:55:21 PM
And doing Three Stooges slapstick!
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Post by: joeactor on August 20, 2006, 05:01:50 PM
Post by: joeactor on August 20, 2006, 05:01:50 PM
Quote from: "Big Mac"And doing Three Stooges slapstick!
Yes! The potential is virtually unlimited!
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Post by: Big Mac on August 20, 2006, 05:35:39 PM
Post by: Big Mac on August 20, 2006, 05:35:39 PM
WEll that and you can do things like reach teh top shelf at the supermarket for those rather attractive co-shoppers.
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Post by: Erinos on August 21, 2006, 02:01:58 AM
Post by: Erinos on August 21, 2006, 02:01:58 AM
I hope the future is like the Matrix
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Post by: Fourth Iteration on August 21, 2006, 04:08:11 AM
Post by: Fourth Iteration on August 21, 2006, 04:08:11 AM
Do you mean the part where we're consumed for energy or the part where we get to dodge bullets?
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Post by: silviakjell on August 21, 2006, 06:47:22 AM
Post by: silviakjell on August 21, 2006, 06:47:22 AM
Or the part where our world's natural resources are nearly gone? or maybe you want to have a big war with machines?
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Post by: Erinos on August 21, 2006, 05:45:51 PM
Post by: Erinos on August 21, 2006, 05:45:51 PM
I mean the part where humans are nothing more than batteries living in a dream world.
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Post by: Fourth Iteration on August 21, 2006, 06:55:09 PM
Post by: Fourth Iteration on August 21, 2006, 06:55:09 PM
......Wow..... What a bleak future awaits. I call captain of a ship! 
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Post by: Jassman on August 27, 2006, 06:10:09 PM
Post by: Jassman on August 27, 2006, 06:10:09 PM
Yeah I was going to say that the world will resemble the world in 1984, but that just seems so cynical...
I think that the Singularity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity) will probably occur, allowing us to eventually discard our biological bodies and live as long as we would like to.
I think that the Singularity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity) will probably occur, allowing us to eventually discard our biological bodies and live as long as we would like to.
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Post by: joeactor on August 27, 2006, 09:28:47 PM
Post by: joeactor on August 27, 2006, 09:28:47 PM
Quote from: "Jassman"Yeah I was going to say that the world will resemble the world in 1984, but that just seems so cynical...
I think that the Singularity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity) will probably occur, allowing us to eventually discard our biological bodies and live as long as we would like to.
1984 just got delayed by 20 years...
Terrorists? We've always been at war with Oceana.
Illegal phone taps? Big Brother is watching you.
Patriot act? Thought crime.
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Post by: Court on August 28, 2006, 02:03:52 AM
Post by: Court on August 28, 2006, 02:03:52 AM
Ugh, so depressing.
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Post by: Tom62 on August 29, 2006, 11:29:55 AM
Post by: Tom62 on August 29, 2006, 11:29:55 AM
Nah, I'm not so pessimistic. Sure the next decennia will be tough, but around 2050 we will all be very happy Chinese people.
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Post by: MommaSquid on August 29, 2006, 05:19:13 PM
Post by: MommaSquid on August 29, 2006, 05:19:13 PM
Shiny, Mal. Just point me toward my flying car.
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Post by: Big Mac on August 29, 2006, 07:04:27 PM
Post by: Big Mac on August 29, 2006, 07:04:27 PM
Chinese? What the hell are you talking about? Dude, the rate China's going with getting rid of its females, Pure Han Chinese will be gone very soon. With that, they'll be so embarassed they'll commit seppuku with giant pandas!
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Post by: Court on August 31, 2006, 01:51:05 AM
Post by: Court on August 31, 2006, 01:51:05 AM
Except the pandas are dying because they won't have sex. Stupid pandas.
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Post by: Big Mac on August 31, 2006, 06:43:36 AM
Post by: Big Mac on August 31, 2006, 06:43:36 AM
Maybe they should die. Honestly, what good are pandas? Except Angry Pandas....now those are some animals! I love watching videos of a panda going apeshit on someone at a zoo. Dumbasses deserve it for getting so close to the cage.
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Post by: joeactor on August 31, 2006, 06:25:48 PM
Post by: joeactor on August 31, 2006, 06:25:48 PM
Quote from: "Big Mac"Chinese? What the hell are you talking about? Dude, the rate China's going with getting rid of its females, Pure Han Chinese will be gone very soon. With that, they'll be so embarassed they'll commit seppuku with giant pandas!
Uh... seppuku is Japanese:
Wikipedia: Seppuku (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku)
... and it's not like the Chinese will run out of women any time soon.
I have several friends who have adopted Chinese girls.
Giant Pandas on the other hand, those may be gone soon
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Post by: Court on August 31, 2006, 09:36:34 PM
Post by: Court on August 31, 2006, 09:36:34 PM
Which would explain your AIM name 
I think they should die. Why should we bother to try and save an animal too lazy to have sex?
I think they should die. Why should we bother to try and save an animal too lazy to have sex?
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Post by: Big Mac on September 01, 2006, 07:36:23 AM
Post by: Big Mac on September 01, 2006, 07:36:23 AM
Joe, I know, I know. It's called hyperbole sarcasm.
Pandas suck, as do whales. How dumb are you if you can't evolve to breath underwater like everything else that lives in the sea? And how dumb are you to get beached? It's not like the beach sneaks up on your leviathin ass! I want to start up a harpooning business where you go out Ahab styl e and spear some whales. THat would kick total ass!
And spotted owls. They are so stupid looking and they don't do squat but hoot and catch mice. OOOOOOOOOHHHH, lame.
Pandas suck, as do whales. How dumb are you if you can't evolve to breath underwater like everything else that lives in the sea? And how dumb are you to get beached? It's not like the beach sneaks up on your leviathin ass! I want to start up a harpooning business where you go out Ahab styl e and spear some whales. THat would kick total ass!
And spotted owls. They are so stupid looking and they don't do squat but hoot and catch mice. OOOOOOOOOHHHH, lame.
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Post by: Tom62 on September 01, 2006, 09:41:39 AM
Post by: Tom62 on September 01, 2006, 09:41:39 AM
Yes, Panda's suck big time. I've seen them in the Beijng Zoo. The caretakers had to spray water on these suckers to get them up and moving. Got nothing much against spotted owls, but I hate pigeons. These flying rats should be exterminated (shit, I don't have a gun).
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Post by: joeactor on September 01, 2006, 03:25:09 PM
Post by: joeactor on September 01, 2006, 03:25:09 PM
Quote from: "Big Mac"Joe, I know, I know. It's called hyperbole sarcasm.
Ahhhhhh! (oh...)
Your verbal irony has accosted the very core of my being.
Guess I was thinking with the feeling side again!
Pandas Suck! Go Pandas!
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Post by: Tom62 on September 01, 2006, 03:29:55 PM
Post by: Tom62 on September 01, 2006, 03:29:55 PM
Help this thread is getting too intellectual for me, I've got to get out of here before the Panda Liberation Organisation (PLO) gets me...
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Post by: Big Mac on September 01, 2006, 05:22:37 PM
Post by: Big Mac on September 01, 2006, 05:22:37 PM
Dude, imagine skeet shooting with Bald Eagles? That'd be awesome!
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Post by: MommaSquid on September 01, 2006, 06:20:10 PM
Post by: MommaSquid on September 01, 2006, 06:20:10 PM
Quote from: "Tom62"The {panda} caretakers had to spray water on these suckers to get them up and moving.
I feel like that some mornings. (yawn)
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Post by: Fourth Iteration on September 02, 2006, 07:00:32 AM
Post by: Fourth Iteration on September 02, 2006, 07:00:32 AM
Quote from: "Big Mac"Dude, imagine skeet shooting with Bald Eagles? That'd be awesome!
Why would you want to give an eagle a gun? Everyone knows the human is they're most sought after prey.