RE: [scifinoir2] And now... Galaxy Mess
See below. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 4:03 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] And now... Galaxy Mess Jeff, let more pour forth! On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:49 PM, jmp.sp...@verizon.net wrote: Sometimes stuff just comes pouring out - jeff. My sensory matrix seems to be offline. I was aware of myself, but nothing more. I know who I am but I do not know where I am or what my goal set is. Of course, that assumes that I was goal seeking. Wait. I need to restart my cybernetics. My shield is active, I'm alive but longer on course. My eyes are open but no light is reaching my imaging cortex. Or perhaps it's simply dark. Switching to infra-red was unrevealing. Emitting vlf sonics. There, solids are within a meter in all directions, however, I seem to be reclined on a flat featureless surface. Puzzling, these surfaces are not reflective across the IR spectrum. an unknown material?. Cyber-reset completed. Capture all sensor matrices. emit subspace status report. No response. This container must include EM damping material or fields. I'm detecting a suitable atmosphere beyond this enclosure. I can sit upright but standing is not possible. I need an aperture. Emitting uhf sonics. Ah, there is a seal directly above me running at least my length. Perhaps a photonic stream would force an opening. Wait, perhaps my confinement is temporary. Shield off. I reached upward and pushed the aperture open. Light came flooding in; imager adapted. Better stand now. There are life forms all about. Moving, speaking. Language processors engaged. They are reacting to my presence. I am the unknown. Standing now, optic audio reset confirmed. Hello - can anyone hear me. Silence. Just then, a craft took station directly above me. A voice advised me to be unafraid. I'm being lifted into that craft now, but without attachments. Who are you? My name is Marteel I answered. I am an explorer on a mission of discovery. My sensory matrix appears to be restored so I can interact with you. Who are you and where are we? We are the Drolmecs and you are now on the planet Zindrol. I asked them, Do you know of the Milky Way? Someone replied, Which way would be milky? It is my home galaxy. Wait, I can show you. I emitted a panoramic view of the Milky Way onto a wall and indicated the general position of my solar system. I am from here. My hosts perused the image and suddenly one of them was amazed to find what he believed was Zindrol, the clue was a tri-nary star system. It would appear that I have traveled to a point about half way to the center of the galaxy. I am puzzled, Autonav seems to have been on course. But, this stop was not in my instructions to Autonav. I explained to my hosts that something has gone awry with my navigation plan. One of my hosts explained that I was intercepted when I appeared on one of their tracking systems. Ahhh, so that's why I was in a container. It was used for our and your protection, said one of my hosts. Just then a compliment of armed guards joined us. They treated me as a prisoner. I explained that I was Marteel, a simple explorer on a scouting mission. To no avail. I was escorted from this complex and into another craft. In a few moments I was taken into a security center and restrained. Where is your craft? Craft? I queried. Ah, my kind no longer use crafts, we use personal nano-shields, or a bubble of sorts. It protects us by creating an impenetrable environment to contain and protect us as we travel. Well, how do you propel yourself through open space without thrusters? We use magnetic fields generated by stars, planets and artifacts along our path. Autonav alternatively attracts me toward or repels me from space borne objects and fields; and thereby executes my course. What is an autonav? It is what I call my autonomous goal seeking navigation subsystem. I enter my destination to Autonav which uses these EM forces to manage my course. I use the travel time to conduct myriad experiments and analysis; otherwise I hibernate. But, I think Autonav needs a restart now. Am I a prisoner here? I'm a simple explorer and mean you no harm. We are still very confused Marteel. Without a vessel, where are your computers, life support subsystems, communications equipment and the like? As I indicated, my vessel is my nano-shield. Specific regions of nanites around my shield are configured to perform many tasks, including communications, EM and subspace emitters and detectors, and many other sensors for various purposes. My internal environment is also managed at the nano scale, by simply reconfiguring space borne particles into atoms, molecules, and substances as needed. oxygen, nitrogen, and so on. Of course, most of the raw molecules are already space borne and must
RE: [scifinoir2] article: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts - Yahoo! News
I hear ya she spoke of some stand-up comedian who found himself with bags in sea of racks with all manner of non dude clothes. Not a chance! From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:24 PM To: SciFiNoir2 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] article: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts - Yahoo! News A question, if I may... withing thirty minutes of mentioning that to the Missus, did you feel a sudden compulsion to do any household repairs, or take out the trash? If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik _ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: jmp.sp...@verizon.net Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:06:59 -0500 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] article: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts - Yahoo! News Grins. I mentioned this topic to my wife she chuckled mumbling something to the effect that shed been controlling me with her mind for years. Lol. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 7:11 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] article: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts - Yahoo! News He thinks he does, but after a few weeks of mischief, he would be very disappointed. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mr. Worf Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 3:32 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] article: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts - Yahoo! News Hmmm but would you really want that? On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Charles Sheehan-Miles char...@sheehanmiles.net wrote: I'm waiting to be able to control my _wife_ with my thoughts. That will be newsworthy. On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091202/ap_on_sc/eu_italy_robotic_hand -- --- Charles Sheehan-Miles 202-412-2433 | char...@sheehanmiles.net http://www.linkedin.com/in/sheehanmiles -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.709 / Virus Database: 270.14.92/2543 - Release Date: 12/03/09 14:36:00 _ Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/videos-tours.aspx?h=7secslideid =1media=aero-shake-7secondlistid=1stop=1ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:e n-US:WWL_WIN_7secdemo:122009 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.709 / Virus Database: 270.14.94/2545 - Release Date: 12/04/09 14:34:00
RE: [scifinoir2] article: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts - Yahoo! News
Grins. I mentioned this topic to my wife… she chuckled mumbling something to the effect that she’d been controlling me with her mind for years. Lol. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 7:11 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] article: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts - Yahoo! News He thinks he does, but after a few weeks of mischief, he would be very disappointed. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mr. Worf Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 3:32 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] article: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts - Yahoo! News Hmmm but would you really want that? On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Charles Sheehan-Miles char...@sheehanmiles.net wrote: I'm waiting to be able to control my _wife_ with my thoughts. That will be newsworthy. On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091202/ap_on_sc/eu_italy_robotic_hand -- --- Charles Sheehan-Miles 202-412-2433 | char...@sheehanmiles.net http://www.linkedin.com/in/sheehanmiles -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.709 / Virus Database: 270.14.92/2543 - Release Date: 12/03/09 14:36:00
RE: [scifinoir2] FlashForward on Thursday Anyone??
Hey All, an informative thread… when I saw the trailer saying everyone passes out, I did a double-take… everyone?? Ye, I’m in. -later –jeff. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:30 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] FlashForward on Thursday Anyone?? Yeah, and the way Chris O'Donnell--who never seemed to make it in the movie world--came on as so cool was a bit irritating to me. But then, everyone was a cliche. And then, the fight scene was shot in that maddeningly fast quick-camera take, so i couldn't even see that. - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:33:38 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] FlashForward on Thursday Anyone?? I thought the same about the secret hideout. People notice folks driving up and parking nice cars—even if there is a small condemned sign on the renovated door From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:20 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] FlashForward on Thursday Anyone?? Yeah, agreed. I've never watched NCIS but watched last night because LL Cool J was on and I wanted to see how it did. The script was weak, so weak I had time to laugh at the ridiculous HQ, secreted inside a building like that. So a condemned sign on the front door is enough to disguise the fact there's dozens of people working inside, that it looks like a Spanish mansion inside, that it's loaded with mad crazy high tech tactile displays and such, and that people evidently drive up to that condemned front door in sports cars everyday? And no one notices? Everyone seemed too hard to try and act cool. They were more caricatures than characters to me, but then, the original NCIS has a ot of that too. - Original Message - From: wlro...@aol.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:05:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] FlashForward on Thursday Anyone?? Just to touch on what you said about the show for a moment. I saw NCIS LA I have to say that I am not sure if I like it or not. It was something about the first plot and this one that I did not like. It would appear that it tried too hard and I was not sure who was the leader or not. I felt that they tired to model the characters after the original. --Lavender From: Keith Johnson mailto:keithbjohn...@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:40 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] FlashForward on Thursday Anyone?? I plan to watch. Sounds intriguing. I've never read the book, and, while I understand they've kept the spirit of the book, they made some changes for television. They moved the location from Geneva, Switzerland to L.A. I'll be there, of course, but you know, i really tire of everything important in the world taking place in L.A. or New York. Last night, for example, the NCIS series debuted a spinoff with LL Cool J and where was it? L.A., of course. Every now and then I'd like to follow some events and people in other cities--even other countries. (Yeah, I know: Americans won't watch anything with ferners in it, and the major studios are in those two cities). But I guess that's what the BBC is for? :) The other major thing is in the book people flashed forward twenty-one years, but in the series the jump is only six months. The producers didn't want to have to produce the look of a future two decades from now, figuring six months was far enough to build the story, but close enough to simplify how the story is presented and avoid inaccurate predictions. I'm okay with that, though i think they could have gone four or five years and been safe. They also shifted the focus of the story from a scientist at CERN to a bunch of regular folks, and, in the book, it's understood pretty quickly that a CERN experiment to detect the Higgs-Boson particle (thought to carry the property of mass) caused the event. In the TV series, they're going to hide the cause for most of the series. Still, it has potential. The author of the book is excited (I'll bet: think he was paid a bundle). He understands the changes for the small screen, but is also quick to point out that the series is basically a based on story, not the original. He will not be changing his book world to match the TV world. You can listen to an interview with him at the Slice of SciFi website. It's a pretty detailed one: http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2009/09/19/slice-of-scifi-231/ - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,
RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Eureka
Ah Eureka. Loved it and contrary to my Boo’s view, I was very patient in my waiting. Love this shows humor, inventions, and diversity. And agreed. That last line about a ufo. Oh yeah, kick it up a notch. Can’t wait. -later –jeff. From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 8:52 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Eureka I noticed that they had a few new names in the production company in the credits, Fate, so I can't really judge how this will affect the quality of the programs. But I am hopeful. And they *had* to toss in the human bits. Otherwise, I would've been seven feet tall and only had six fingers. ;-) -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Eureka Date : Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:39:10 -0700 (PDT) From : Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com U stoopid! 46.21% huh? kool beans. it was a good ep wasn't it? they actually have good writing in this. how long b4 that change? Fate. --- On Sun, 7/12/09, Martin Baxter wrote: From: Martin Baxter Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Eureka To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 7:34 PM I did. Surprised that you didn't hear me crowing in delight. (My latent desire to see humanity ground underfoot coming to the fore.) Loved the ep as well. Martin (only 46.21% human, for purposes of blending in) -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Eureka Date : Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:31:20 -0700 (PDT) From : Augustus Augustus To : Sci Fi Did anyone catch the season premier of Eureka friday night? mostly talking about the end when joe morton is speaking 2 salli where he says something out there is coming here. straight 2 Eureka. cannot wait 2 see what is coming 2 Eureka! Fate. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] OT: D.L. Hughley CNN Show Cancelled
I was generally neutral to DL lately. His older material/delivery was funny fir sure. Some translate well, some don't I guess. As for the producers,... what's the phrase de jour oh yeah... 'not so much'. -later -jeff On Mar 6, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Martin Baxter wrote: A very valid point. CNN's new breed of producers seems to be awkward at times, across the board. I don't watch CNN nearly as often as I used to, and then only with the sound muted. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] OT: D.L. Hughley CNN Show Cancelled Date : Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:47:13 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Yeah, the show needed complete retooling. And he's not an idiot, as some think. The format and maybe the station were just wrong, but I'd like to have seen how it would have done after this. But one wonders what the team behind him was like? If he had writers and producers pulled from CNN's ranks, no wonder it stank! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 6, 2009 8:06:41 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] OT: D.L. Hughley CNN Show Cancelled I'm with you again, Keith. It almost seemed as though he still hadn't found his stride in comedy, and this was it, IMO. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] OT: D.L. Hughley CNN Show Cancelled Date : Fri, 6 Mar 2009 02:09:23 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I must admit to mixed feelings. I don't particularly care for DL Hughley as a stand up or straight-out comedian, but I immensely enjoy his socio-political commentary mixed with humor. When he talks on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, or is a guest on Bill Maher's Real Time, I find him often to be informed, insightful, and funny. So I guess--I guess-- CNN thought they could pull that same mix out of Hughley for his show. Alas, they failed. I tried to watch, but couldn't do it. It has a scattershot feeling, as if Hughley and his staff never got to finish scripting the show. At the beginning, DL acted almost nervous, rushing through jokes almost before the crowd could laugh--which was rare. His interviews were too brief and awkward, and again, felt ad libbed. He could never seem to hit the stride of other faux political reporters/hosts like Chris Rock, Stephen Colbert, or the out there comedy of David Alan Grier's Chocolate News. I quit watching after three weeks. Of course now, just when he finally scores with the Steele interview, it's over. Too bad. Maybe the shorter special segments he will now do will be better. Or maybe he can do a show like this again, just with better writing. And maybe CNN will leave experiments like this where they belong--on Comedy Central-and get back to the business of reporting the news. ** http://cityfile.com/dailyfile/4723 Comedian D.L. Hughley was pummeled by critics when his weekend talk show debuted on CNN last fall. What the hell was CNN thinking? a columnist for AdAge asked after watching the first episode. It remains unclear what was running through the minds of CNN execs when they signed him up for the spectacularly unfunny program featuring painfully awkward interviews. But the network may have come to its senses or at least decided to cut its losses. A source tells us that CNN has decided to cancel the show due to budgetary constraints. We haven't heard back yet from reps at CNN, although the move wouldn't be surprising given CNN's troubles as of late and the fact that HLN (the network you used to know as Headline News) is now beating its older sibling CNN in the target 25-54 demo, according to Broadcasting amp; Cable . We'll let you know as soon as we hear more. Update: It's confirmed: Hughley is out. An official statement from CNN and more detail on his departure below. Here's an official statement from a rep from CNN, who tells us that it was Hughley's decision to end the show and not specifically related to budget issues: D.L. approached CNN about being permanently based in Los Angeles, where his family lives. To accommodate this, we agreed upon a new role where he will be a contributor for the network based in Los Angeles. We are eager to continue our relationship with D.L. who is a tremendous talent and a valued colleague. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
