mousedroid

So if I understand you correctly, you're saying that somewhere in our universe there is a planet that is 100% identical to the Earth? I know the universe is unimaginably immense but to me that sounds like utter nonsense. And I don't say that to insult you, just to stress how completely impossible I find that notion to be.

I know this could derail the discussion of the current movie, but huh?

Maybe I didn't give enough facts. The astronauts in the novel travelled 350 light years in a near-lightspeed ship to a planet they named Soror. This planet was populated by intelligent apes who had subjegated human beings. Not human-like beings, human beings; the protagonist is able to mate and procreate with one of the Soror humans.

At the end of the novel, the astronaut, and I think his pregnant wife, hop back in the spaceship and high-tail it back to Earth. Due to it being a 700 light year round trip (thanks to time dialation they only age about two years each way), they arrive on Earth 700 years after the astronaut originally left to find that the humans on Earth have also been subjugated by intelligent apes.

There's no wormholes, and no time travel, just two planets 350 light years apart that are, for all intensive porpoises, identical. You can't tell me that scientifcally that is 100% likely.




(and yes, I know it's intents and purposes)

I've been on the forums almost daily for over 3-1/2 years and I don't recall ever hearing/reading about Stan and Lou. And since I can't access youtube from work, I still don't know who they are.

Yeah, there are some really obvious choices on there, like War of the Worlds, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Time Machine, Stranger in a Strange Land, etc. I found myself voting more for fantasy works than SF works, and other than LotR, I also found myself voting for less likely candidates.

I wasn't trying to skew the results, but I was voting for things I had read and which I thought were quite good. I think the fact that they are passing this by a "panel of experts" will ensure that something like the Kung-Fu Fighting example doesn't happen this time around.

And I don't know where I'd rank KFF on a list of the top however many songs of all time today, but you have to remember, in 1975 there were only like 1000 songs total.

There's a comics artist named Rags Morales, but I don't know that he's ever done any work on Spider-Man.

Since when does working without a contract = getting shafted? Other than a few schoolteachers, no one I know works under contract, including me.

While I think the JWST is great, I would have to say if there was only one space-related project that got funding, my vote would go towards the search for, and tracking of, Near Earth Objects.

She's really nice too. I would have completely missed out on the unannounced player perk if she hadn't told me about it.

The only way to avoid anything that is "too crowded" at SDCC is to not go to SDCC.

Someone just posted on another website that the line has already started for Thursday morning's Twilight panel.

You know, it might not have anythig to do with the cons. The post I quoted brings a few of possibilities to mind:

1) You may have picked something up on the way to the convention, particularly if you flew. Airplanes are excellent germ incubators due to the fact that the air is recirculated throughout the cabin during flight. If you're flying, make sure you stay hydrated on the plane as dried-out mucus membranes are more susceptible to viruses.

2) Hotel and/or convention center A/C. Air-conditioning can make people sick if they are not used to it, or if it is too strong. If you're staying in a hotel room, make sure you don't set your A/C too low at night as again, this can dry out oyour sinuses and make you more susceptible to catching something. It can also lead to a scratchy throat and/or cough.

3) Weather. I am a generally healthy person, but exposure to drastic changes in weather can affect me in ways similar to what you describe above. I live in the northeast, but I have to travel to the south on business occasionally, and the oppressive heat and humidity, probably coupled with the intense air-conditioning, almost always results in me feeling ill.