Obviously didn't do his homework on how fruitless most genetic algorithms are....
I wonder what the thoughts are on Moon, where the plot relies on mining drinkable water in ice form under the crust.
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Allyson - Jun 24, 2004 3:31:59 pm PDT #754 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
DXMachina - Jun 24, 2004 3:42:38 pm PDT #755 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I wonder what the thoughts are on Moon, where the plot relies on mining drinkable water in ice form under the crust.
There's this:
Ginger - Jun 24, 2004 3:42:41 pm PDT #756 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Jack McKinney
Do you mean Jack McDevitt?
Typo Boy - Jun 24, 2004 3:46:02 pm PDT #757 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Vernor Vinge, the late Anderson, Larry Niven all hard science fiction writers who also do good charterizations and society. Many others too. But Anderson was at least much a fantasy writer as an SF writer. And the others were of a later generations who learned you could not get away with making your (non-sentient) rocket the main character. Of his generation, I think Heinlein was the only "hard" SF writer who did a decent job of characterization, universe building and society building. I should have said "of his generation" and hereby do.
Allyson - Jun 24, 2004 3:46:15 pm PDT #758 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
The core is liquid, and there is ice....but water as we know it? And drinkable? We'll give Ed a big glass and if he lives, we'll all go live on the moon.
DXMachina - Jun 24, 2004 3:52:06 pm PDT #759 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Allyson, ice is water. All you have to do is melt it.
sumi - Jun 24, 2004 3:56:04 pm PDT #760 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Well, not all water is potable.
DXMachina - Jun 24, 2004 3:56:56 pm PDT #761 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
What, they can't bring a Brita with them?
Allyson - Jun 24, 2004 3:58:02 pm PDT #762 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I deny your claim. It's liquid, and it's frozen, but is it water?
Allyson - Jun 24, 2004 4:02:37 pm PDT #763 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
When Pluto rolls in closer to the sun, the snow on the surface melts and creates a thin atmosphere. When it rolls out, the atmosphere freezes and it snows and becomes ice. But since the liquid is methane, it's a no go on drinking.
The only good thing about my job is that I know it snows methane on Pluto.