[time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie
It's a dark and quiet night, and list traffic is way down, so please forgive me for this way off topic request. I'm writing a book about automation and have a chapter on the future thereof. I have a dim memory of a TV show or movie in black and white that has the teeming billions of earth living in high-rise buildings, each in a self- contained room. Occasionally, they work by pedaling a machine that generates electricity for the tower. Their leader exorts them to work harder through a wall-sized TV set. Does anybody recognize that scenario? At least one writer has suggested welfare dormitories for the 50% of workers made redundant by automation around 2050. Would like to get it into the book if I had a reference. Note the use of a time in the future to stay near topic. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie
Are you sure it is fiction? It sounds like the only place Lance Armstrong will be allowed to ride his bike in 2050. Thomas Knox From: b...@iaxs.net To: time-nuts@febo.com Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:05:13 -0500 Subject: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie It's a dark and quiet night, and list traffic is way down, so please forgive me for this way off topic request. I'm writing a book about automation and have a chapter on the future thereof. I have a dim memory of a TV show or movie in black and white that has the teeming billions of earth living in high-rise buildings, each in a self- contained room. Occasionally, they work by pedaling a machine that generates electricity for the tower. Their leader exorts them to work harder through a wall-sized TV set. Does anybody recognize that scenario? At least one writer has suggested welfare dormitories for the 50% of workers made redundant by automation around 2050. Would like to get it into the book if I had a reference. Note the use of a time in the future to stay near topic. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie
Bill, Seems to me the movie Fifth Element had some kind of living quarters similar to what you are suggesting sans the bicycle thing. BillWB6BNQ Bill Hawkins wrote: It's a dark and quiet night, and list traffic is way down, so please forgive me for this way off topic request. I'm writing a book about automation and have a chapter on the future thereof. I have a dim memory of a TV show or movie in black and white that has the teeming billions of earth living in high-rise buildings, each in a self- contained room. Occasionally, they work by pedaling a machine that generates electricity for the tower. Their leader exorts them to work harder through a wall-sized TV set. Does anybody recognize that scenario? At least one writer has suggested welfare dormitories for the 50% of workers made redundant by automation around 2050. Would like to get it into the book if I had a reference. Note the use of a time in the future to stay near topic. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie
Hi Bill, El Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:05:13 -0500 Bill Hawkins b...@iaxs.net comentaba: I have a dim memory of a TV show or movie in black and white that has the teeming billions of earth living in high-rise buildings, each in a self- contained room. Occasionally, they work by pedaling a machine that generates electricity for the tower. Their leader exorts them to work harder through a wall-sized TV set. I think is Black Mirror's 2nd episode: Fifteen Million Merits (very insightful, indeed). Kind regards, -- Pablo Garaizar Sagarminaga Universidad de Deusto Avda. de las Universidades 24 48007 Bilbao - Spain Phone: +34-94-4139000 Ext 2512 Fax: +34-94-4139101 ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie
Not sure about your film reference but a Google search on humans pedal to generate electricity provides some 200,000 replies with quite a few indicating this is already being done, albeit on a smaller scale, from locations such as a Danish Hotel to Brazillian prisons, and with commercial and DIY projects aimed at individuals also available. It seems to be quite a common theme in fiction too so perhaps your film is somewhere in those results but I don't have time, spot the doomed attempt to keep at least vaguely on-topic again:-), to check them all. Amongst plenty of other works of fiction that include this concept as part of the plot, and the IMDB does indicate this one to be a work in progress as far as a proposed film is concerned, is a book entitled Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse. Whether or not the work itself is worthy of any consideration whatsoever I have no idea, but it deserves an award just for the title:-) Regards Nigel GM8PZR In a message dated 25/09/2012 07:05:55 GMT Daylight Time, b...@iaxs.net writes: It's a dark and quiet night, and list traffic is way down, so please forgive me for this way off topic request. I'm writing a book about automation and have a chapter on the future thereof. I have a dim memory of a TV show or movie in black and white that has the teeming billions of earth living in high-rise buildings, each in a self- contained room. Occasionally, they work by pedaling a machine that generates electricity for the tower. Their leader exorts them to work harder through a wall-sized TV set. Does anybody recognize that scenario? At least one writer has suggested welfare dormitories for the 50% of workers made redundant by automation around 2050. Would like to get it into the book if I had a reference. Note the use of a time in the future to stay near topic. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie
It sounds familiar, but I can't put a finger on it. For some reason, it reminds me of the Lovecraft story about the circular prison complex that the prisoners had to rotate one cell at a time via a big rope once a day. .. -Dave - Original Message - From: Bill Hawkins b...@iaxs.net To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 11:05:13 PM Subject: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie It's a dark and quiet night, and list traffic is way down, so please forgive me for this way off topic request. I'm writing a book about automation and have a chapter on the future thereof. I have a dim memory of a TV show or movie in black and white that has the teeming billions of earth living in high-rise buildings, each in a self- contained room. Occasionally, they work by pedaling a machine that generates electricity for the tower. Their leader exorts them to work harder through a wall-sized TV set. Does anybody recognize that scenario? At least one writer has suggested welfare dormitories for the 50% of workers made redundant by automation around 2050. Would like to get it into the book if I had a reference. Note the use of a time in the future to stay near topic. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie
Sounds like the OP's story was from Harry Harrison's nightmarish novel of overpopulation Make Room, Make Room!. Incidentally I do not know the Lovecraft story mentioned below, do you have a title? A circular rotating prison sounds like a nightmare from the 20th century's other great fantasist Borges, who also wrote stories where time was twisted and stopped, to remain true to the list :) On 25 September 2012 18:14, d.sei...@comcast.net wrote: It sounds familiar, but I can't put a finger on it. For some reason, it reminds me of the Lovecraft story about the circular prison complex that the prisoners had to rotate one cell at a time via a big rope once a day. .. -Dave - Original Message - From: Bill Hawkins b...@iaxs.net To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 11:05:13 PM Subject: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie It's a dark and quiet night, and list traffic is way down, so please forgive me for this way off topic request. I'm writing a book about automation and have a chapter on the future thereof. I have a dim memory of a TV show or movie in black and white that has the teeming billions of earth living in high-rise buildings, each in a self- contained room. Occasionally, they work by pedaling a machine that generates electricity for the tower. Their leader exorts them to work harder through a wall-sized TV set. Does anybody recognize that scenario? At least one writer has suggested welfare dormitories for the 50% of workers made redundant by automation around 2050. Would like to get it into the book if I had a reference. Note the use of a time in the future to stay near topic. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. -- Tom Harris celephi...@gmail.com ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie
Sounds like US in the future of a 'green' planet. Joe -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bill Hawkins Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 1:05 AM To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Subject: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie It's a dark and quiet night, and list traffic is way down, so please forgive me for this way off topic request. I'm writing a book about automation and have a chapter on the future thereof. I have a dim memory of a TV show or movie in black and white that has the teeming billions of earth living in high-rise buildings, each in a self- contained room. Occasionally, they work by pedaling a machine that generates electricity for the tower. Their leader exorts them to work harder through a wall-sized TV set. Does anybody recognize that scenario? At least one writer has suggested welfare dormitories for the 50% of workers made redundant by automation around 2050. Would like to get it into the book if I had a reference. Note the use of a time in the future to stay near topic. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie
Which was made into the movie Soylent Green. On 9/25/2012 5:34 AM, Tom Harris wrote: Sounds like the OP's story was from Harry Harrison's nightmarish novel of overpopulation Make Room, Make Room!. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie
Hi Which did indeed have a scene in it where they are peddling bikes to charge batteries as their source of power... Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Brent Gordon Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:21 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie Which was made into the movie Soylent Green. On 9/25/2012 5:34 AM, Tom Harris wrote: Sounds like the OP's story was from Harry Harrison's nightmarish novel of overpopulation Make Room, Make Room!. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
