Tag: scifi

Star wars traceroute

rothfuss$ traceroute -q1 216.81.59.173
[…]
14 episode.iv (206.214.251.1) 360.289 ms
15 a.new.hope (206.214.251.6) 284.098 ms
16 it.is.a.period.of.civil.war (206.214.251.9) 269.723 ms
17 rebel.spaceships (206.214.251.14) 289.055 ms
18 striking.from.a.hidden.base (206.214.251.17) 316.657 ms
19 have.won.their.first.victory (206.214.251.22) 316.848 ms
20 against.the.evil.galactic.empire (206.214.251.25) 270.993 ms
21 during.the.battle (206.214.251.30) 278.327 ms
22 rebel.spies.managed (206.214.251.33) 268.359 ms
23 to.steal.secret.plans (206.214.251.38) 267.354 ms
24 to.the.empires.ultimate.weapon (206.214.251.41) 261.112 ms
25 the.death.star (206.214.251.46) 283.052 ms
26 an.armored.space.station (206.214.251.49) 349.085 ms
27 with.enough.power.to (206.214.251.54) 317.103 ms
28 destroy.an.entire.planet (206.214.251.57) 286.048 ms
29 pursued.by.the.empires (206.214.251.62) 283.335 ms
30 sinister.agents (206.214.251.65) 296.739 ms
31 princess.leia.races.home (206.214.251.70) 285.375 ms
32 aboard.her.starship (206.214.251.73) 276.528 ms
33 custodian.of.the.stolen.plans (206.214.251.78) 285.010 ms
34 that.can.save.her (206.214.251.81) 317.339 ms
35 people.and.restore (206.214.251.86) 282.054 ms
36 freedom.to.the.galaxy (206.214.251.89) 274.677 ms
37 0—–i——-i—–0 (206.214.251.94) 359.144 ms
38 0——————0 (206.214.251.97) 316.838 ms
39 0—————–0 (206.214.251.102) 397.795 ms
40 0—————-0 (206.214.251.105) 483.973 ms
41 0—————0 (206.214.251.110) 349.378 ms
42 0————–0 (206.214.251.113) 416.797 ms
43 0————-0 (206.214.251.118) 448.259 ms
44 0————0 (206.214.251.121) 299.694 ms
45 0———–0 (206.214.251.126) 282.940 ms
46 0———-0 (206.214.251.129) 267.170 ms
47 0———0 (206.214.251.134) 271.722 ms
48 0——–0 (206.214.251.137) 276.457 ms
49 0——-0 (206.214.251.142) 304.949 ms
50 0——0 (206.214.251.145) 313.470 ms
51 0—–0 (206.214.251.150) 312.838 ms
52 0—-0 (206.214.251.153) 336.959 ms
53 0—0 (206.214.251.158) 296.122 ms
54 0–0 (206.214.251.161) 272.652 ms
55 0-0 (206.214.251.166) 358.504 ms
56 00 (206.214.251.169) 300.241 ms
57 i (206.214.251.174) 284.062 ms
58 by.ryan.werber (206.214.251.177) 277.565 ms
59 blizzards.breed.ccie.creativity (206.214.251.182) 271.802 ms
60 please.try.again.tracerote.to.obiwan.scrye.net (206.214.251.185) 273.568 ms
61 read.more.at.beaglenetworks.net (206.214.251.190) 271.030 ms

Existence

I hope someone optioned this. Brin is a very strong scifi author.

2015-05-15: I finally read this. I’d give it 3.5 stars. The story is compelling, the thing that grates (a lot) are the constant sermons from Brin. He’s not wrong, i just find the way he makes his arguments to be really tedious (you can get a sample from his website), it is full of “I told you so” and “I wrote about this x years ago”. The constant self-slapping on the back really detracts.

Final Frontier

Gravity shows the great allure of the Final Frontier. Its explorers must bear the same skill and courage and honor of war… without the evil deeds or vile consequences.

TED spoof

this remains one of the better TED spoofs, even though it was made in the service of marketing prometheus.

Dalek Relaxation Tape

EXHALE INHALE EXHALE INHALE CALM RELAX EXHALE EXTERMINATE

Scifi formula

For all the great special effects and enormous, booming noises our films are bringing us now, the majority of science fiction films have forgotten the one thing science fiction is supposed to do: make us think about the future.

scifi flicks are following a predictable and boring formula: