Look at what science has done!
1. Someone's built an orbiting habitat that revolves around Earth at twice the distance of the moon. You're offered free passage, and food, drink and shelter, as long as you help finish setting up the habitat build things, grow food, be part of the experiment to see if the humans can all cooperate enough to be self-sustaining. Do you go? Why or why not? If you go, what is your role?
I would not go because MJ would not go with me. If I did go I would be middle manager type. Make sure the schedule made sense, ordering supplies, being the go between from knuckle draggers to power positions. Glamorous? No. Needed? Sadly, yes.
2. Cryogenics is not an issue anymore. You're offered free passage on a vessel to Alpha Centauri, but you're not crew, and will be frozen until you get there. You decide to go. Why? What do you look forward to doing when you get there?
I imagine we few frozen pioneercicles will either be founding fathers or a snack for the great unknown space slugs.
3. How do you feel about robots?
I want a terminator. It will clean my house, walk the dog, do basic repairs, laundry, dishes, kill any intruders, you know, basic stuff.
4. You and your favorite person (or people) are offered the opportunity to travel into the future without leaving the planet: be frozen for an arbitrary length of time. Do you take it? If yes, how long will you be away? If you decide not to do it but a favorite person wants to, does that influence your decision?
I would follow her to any time or place.
5. What one scientific development described in science fiction do you wish were part of our life? Why?
The sunny glossy side of 'I, Robot' would be great. I refer you to #3. Robots to do any and all menial task sounds awesome to me. I am sure there will be a whole 'John Henry' industry that will pop up if such a thing were to happen.
Time ain't on my side?
1. What is your biggest waste of time in your home?
The Tv is hooked up to a DVD, DVR and Xbox 360. Or maybe the bed. Imagine how much you could get done if you didn't have to sleep.
2. When at work, what is the activity that you find wastes the most time?
City Hall Overlords. Some forms we have to get in triplicate. That and meetings. Such sound and fury.
3. When getting busy with a date or significant other, what ritual could you do without?
What!? It is all good. If there is a part you could do without then you are doing it wrong. No effort great or small is wasted in such an endeavor.
4. What is the biggest waste of time on the Internet?
That is a tough one. All of it is a waste of time out of context. But much can be used for the greater good. Example: I have not used a phone book in over three years. Yellowbook.com
5. What do you do at a restaurant to waste time when waiting for your meal?
People watch, speculate on the future, discuss the past.
1. Someone's built an orbiting habitat that revolves around Earth at twice the distance of the moon. You're offered free passage, and food, drink and shelter, as long as you help finish setting up the habitat build things, grow food, be part of the experiment to see if the humans can all cooperate enough to be self-sustaining. Do you go? Why or why not? If you go, what is your role?
I would not go because MJ would not go with me. If I did go I would be middle manager type. Make sure the schedule made sense, ordering supplies, being the go between from knuckle draggers to power positions. Glamorous? No. Needed? Sadly, yes.
2. Cryogenics is not an issue anymore. You're offered free passage on a vessel to Alpha Centauri, but you're not crew, and will be frozen until you get there. You decide to go. Why? What do you look forward to doing when you get there?
I imagine we few frozen pioneercicles will either be founding fathers or a snack for the great unknown space slugs.
3. How do you feel about robots?
I want a terminator. It will clean my house, walk the dog, do basic repairs, laundry, dishes, kill any intruders, you know, basic stuff.
4. You and your favorite person (or people) are offered the opportunity to travel into the future without leaving the planet: be frozen for an arbitrary length of time. Do you take it? If yes, how long will you be away? If you decide not to do it but a favorite person wants to, does that influence your decision?
I would follow her to any time or place.
5. What one scientific development described in science fiction do you wish were part of our life? Why?
The sunny glossy side of 'I, Robot' would be great. I refer you to #3. Robots to do any and all menial task sounds awesome to me. I am sure there will be a whole 'John Henry' industry that will pop up if such a thing were to happen.
Time ain't on my side?
1. What is your biggest waste of time in your home?
The Tv is hooked up to a DVD, DVR and Xbox 360. Or maybe the bed. Imagine how much you could get done if you didn't have to sleep.
2. When at work, what is the activity that you find wastes the most time?
City Hall Overlords. Some forms we have to get in triplicate. That and meetings. Such sound and fury.
3. When getting busy with a date or significant other, what ritual could you do without?
What!? It is all good. If there is a part you could do without then you are doing it wrong. No effort great or small is wasted in such an endeavor.
4. What is the biggest waste of time on the Internet?
That is a tough one. All of it is a waste of time out of context. But much can be used for the greater good. Example: I have not used a phone book in over three years. Yellowbook.com
5. What do you do at a restaurant to waste time when waiting for your meal?
People watch, speculate on the future, discuss the past.
niobe:
Thanks. 