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| Antza2 | Date: Sunday, 15.05.2016, 18:36 | Message # 2971 |
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| Quote midtskogen (  ) I have lived to experience science fiction!
This is nothing. When my grand parents were young, their house didn't have electricity and they still used horses for farming. Now they have 4G internet, HD TV and tablet computers. I can't even imagine what seeing that much technological progress must feel like. 
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| DoctorOfSpace | Date: Sunday, 15.05.2016, 19:04 | Message # 2972 |
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| Quote Antza2 ( ) I can't even imagine what seeing that much technological progress must feel like
Just survive the next 30 years.
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| werdnaforever | Date: Saturday, 21.05.2016, 05:45 | Message # 2973 |
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This looked great until the logo appeared. If they really want to reinvent Trek then they need the show to have a unique design language; something that doesn't just look like every other sci-fi show. I'll wait and see his the actual show turns out before I get excited...
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| anonymousgamer | Date: Saturday, 21.05.2016, 06:38 | Message # 2974 |
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| It looks like they're trying to copy the visual style of the recent movies. I have mixed feelings about this, because although I like how the new movies looked, for a TV show I'd prefer something less flashy. Especially because TV shows don't get the same budget of blockbusters and when stuff like this happens it often falls flat.
Particularly bad case in point
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| DoctorOfSpace | Date: Saturday, 21.05.2016, 12:08 | Message # 2975 |
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| Aerospacefag | Date: Saturday, 21.05.2016, 12:45 | Message # 2976 |
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| I've discovered a nwe popular "sport" on internet - destroying various things with what could be considered "modern technology".
But that's not the funniest part, now, of all the things that could be tested for destruction, there's a Nokia 3310 mobile phone, which has become something of legendary item back in the days. My grandfather (and the grandmother too) had one for a while, and probably it is still around somewhere.
A technology is being destroyed by technology.
It's like killing an ancient (evil) deity, or a monster, or maybe a test of character for the device.
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| werdnaforever | Date: Sunday, 22.05.2016, 01:39 | Message # 2977 |
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| Quote anonymousgamer ( ) It looks like they're trying to copy the visual style of the recent movies. I have mixed feelings about this, because although I like how the new movies looked, for a TV show I'd prefer something less flashy. Especially because TV shows don't get the same budget of blockbusters and when stuff like this happens it often falls flat.
Indeed.
TNG and TOS are products of their time, but each was still visually unique in all the right ways. The new show shouldn't mimic the movies exactly; they should do what they can with the budget they have. I'm worried about things looking either too tacky or- heaven forbid- too generic. Enterprise wasn't perfect; there were some good things about the show, and I understand what they were trying to do asthetically but it ended up falling flat and looking like a boring, generic sci-fi show.
In TNG, it wasn't just some dull grey metal ship. They were trying to convey a post scarcity society, so the whole ship was well furnished, like some kind of luxury car. It was unique, and it made sense and was believable.
If they want to re-invent Star Trek, then the worst thing they can do is try to emulate any other sci-fi show or franchise; any such thing would basically be a step backwards. They actually have to come up with actual new ideas. Since this is nearly impossible these days in TV and film, I will remain skeptical until they deliver.
They also had their own ideas regarding future tech, some of which are either on the drawing board/coming true/have come true. Cell phones. VR. AI. Glass touch screens. Even warp drives. They need to continue the Star Trek tradition of giving a shit about the show's actual content, ideas, concepts, and writing, something which has been abandoned in the franchise for quite a while now.
Quote Aerospacefag ( ) I've discovered a nwe popular "sport" on internet - destroying various things with what could be considered "modern technology".
But that's not the funniest part, now, of all the things that could be tested for destruction, there's a Nokia 3310 mobile phone, which has become something of legendary item back in the days. My grandfather (and the grandmother too) had one for a while, and probably it is still around somewhere.
A technology is being destroyed by technology.
It's like killing an ancient (evil) deity, or a monster, or maybe a test of character for the device.
That poor green clay creature.  RIP
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| spacer | Date: Monday, 23.05.2016, 10:42 | Message # 2978 |
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| bit of humor:   
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| Watsisname | Date: Monday, 23.05.2016, 10:49 | Message # 2979 |
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| The Month>Day>Year graphic never fails to make me laugh.
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| waterlubber | Date: Monday, 23.05.2016, 20:46 | Message # 2980 |
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| This thread is probably more active than the rest of the forum combined -_-
Are there any textures for Pluto's new image from New Horizons
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| Watsisname | Date: Tuesday, 24.05.2016, 00:55 | Message # 2981 |
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| Quote waterlubber ( ) This thread is probably more active than the rest of the forum combined -_-
Nah, not even close. The Image Dump Thread alone has more than twice as many views, and more replies. By number of replies, the entire off-topic sub-forum is about 1/6th of forum activity. Modding and space journeys are pretty much equally as active.
Quote waterlubber ( ) Are there any textures for Pluto's new image from New Horizons
Yes, Voekoevaka made a map, and several others did as well in the Pluto-Charon Thread.
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Tuesday, 24.05.2016, 08:10 | Message # 2982 |
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| Quote waterlubber ( ) Are there any textures for Pluto's new image from New Horizons
NH Pluto textures are already in SE in the latest beta release.
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| Hornblower | Date: Wednesday, 25.05.2016, 00:53 | Message # 2983 |
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| Something my astronomy teacher showed us (1993):
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| Mosfet | Date: Wednesday, 25.05.2016, 23:24 | Message # 2984 |
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| I hope you all had your towel with you today, maybe you're at the pub right now, then please have a pint for me, and a couple bags of peanuts.
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| Watsisname | Date: Thursday, 02.06.2016, 08:18 | Message # 2985 |
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Some of the best close-up tornado footage I've yet seen. Wow.
(Gets pretty loud, may want to adjust your sound.)
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