does anybody know the title of a film that features robots or androids i think they were called and the humans, i think being chased by these androids, jumping through a time travel machine that speeds up and replays almost the whole film 2 or 3 times becoming faster each time.
It is a bit fuzzy as I was a child when it was shown on TV and this is all I can recall
I've been unable to find exact measurements for the pip rank insignia worn in The Next Generation. I'm in need of the diameter and height.
Is there also an exact colour for them too?
In Elementary, Dear Data, Geordi instructs the computer to create an opponent to intellectually best Data. The conceit of the episode is that the computer does just that, and creates a sentient hologram that is aware of his nature and the 24th century world. This accidental creation is deemed alive, and sentient.
Here is my problem - Moriarty is a simulation, a program, created by the computer, using only information it had; it is run on the computer, making decisions as best as the computer can. Moriarty is the computer of the Enterprise. Why is Moriarty, an application, considered sentient, and the computer from which it was created and on which it runs, not?
Please address in your answers the creative problem solving demonstrated by the computer that created this whole problem. Gerodi didn't ask the computer to run "sentience simulator 257-beta", he asked the computer for someone who could beat data. The computer creatively made sentient life. How can the created be sentient, and not the creator? This isn't the Enterprise evolving, its the Enterprise creating.
I'm looking for the title and author of a non-series book which was written by a woman in the 1980s. The details of the book are:
The author has also written several fantasy novels. The Book was most likely published by small press. What is the name of this book?
Earlier in the series Merlin comes across a group of Druids and a young boy who telepathically talks to him and refers to his magical name "Emrys". on a few occasions when this boy is in danger the Dragon tell Merlin not to help him as the boy will one day ally himself with Morganna and pose a great threat to Arthur, a warning (like a fair few) Merlin ignores.
The final season is Mordred is introduced and at first Merlin seems fearful since Mordred knows his name as Emrys however at first Mordred shows he is on Arthur's side until he betrays the kingdom and allies with Morganna.
Now i am wondering, is Mordred the druid boy and if so, how many years have elapsed in the series since their first meeting?
In The Hobbit, Gandalf assembles the party of 13 to retake the Misty Mountain and give Erebor back to Thorin. However, along the way, Bilbo and company are captured by goblins and Bilbo meets Golum. There's no indication that anyone or anything actually knew of Golum's existence or location until Bilbo met him. Yes, Sauron was already beginning his return, even without the one ring, but had Bilbo never found the ring and stolen it from Golum, it never would have returned to the surface. So, by that logic, since Gandalf was so adamant about Bilbo being the dwarves' burglar and basically guilted him into joining them. Shouldn't it stand that Gandalf is in fact the person responsible for the events of the third age and Sauron's return to power? Had Bilbo stayed home, the ring would have stayed hidden with Golum.
In both the book, and the movie, the Fellowship sees a dark cloud approaching before Legolas's keen eyes see the cloud is really a flock of birds likely spying for Saruman and the Fellowship hides until they fly by. Considering an Elf could see them before they could see him, I have to wonder just how useful Saruman's avian spies really were. Are there other instances (beyond this flock and the Bard's thrush) where JRRT employed avian spies in middle-earth?
I'm trying to track down a short scifi story I once read. It was about an alien probe scanning the world and accidently erasing 2 days of everyone's memory. So when everyone wakes up on Monday, they're surprised to find that it's actually wedenesday. Each morning everyone has to re-learn current events to get up to speed. Slowly the world has to rely on retirees as the younger generation forget everything and revert to a younger age.
Any ideas ?
We already know from the excellent answers on this question that the main storyline of Shadow of Mordor does not make a lot of sense in LotR canon.
But for me the most interesting part of Shadow of Mordor's story is the depiction of Uruk society, which the previous question's answers did not touch on at all. For those who haven't played the game:
Does mainstream LotR canon discuss Orc/Uruk society at all? If so, does it support what was depicted in the game? Or did Monolith simply make up all of this?
Has a cross-guard (source) light saber ever been fictionalized previously in the star wars universe of any canon?
Unsure how Disney works the canon now in the Star Wars universe and I did find this article on the star wars wikia, but I'm not sure how canon that article is.
Read the first book of a series years ago involving an alien fleet tearing through human worlds, conquering them and eating the population. Humanity puts together a large fleet and jumps through wormholes to fight them. It is driving me crazy I cannot remember the title.
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I am looking for a short comics that I've seen long time ago somewhere in the web.
The comics is about a boy who falls in love with a girl, but the girl is a bitch. She orders the boy to get extremely rare leaf/flower as a token of his love to her. The point is - she does not love him back and does not want him around/wants to use him. The boy embarks to a quest and travels around the globe (which is shown on several snapshot-frames) and finally gets back with the leaf/flower. The girl despises the gift and show her true face. At first boy is heartbroken because his efforts were meaningless, then he realises that the quest made him a better person/hero and his better off without bitch-girl.
It is set in fantasy world and really short (around 20 frames max, single image) and without typical speech bubbles (only symbols).
Any chanses that someone know what I am talking about and have the web address of the comics or the image file itself?
More from my memories: the "face attacker" kills people, has miniature needle inside it, and leave silver(hope so silver, we had a B&W television then) colored, vein like pattern on the victim's face. The TV show begins(or ends) with moving forward in a metal tube, while you see the credits. Probably it was on Sky Channel. Sry I was 5-6 years old, thanks for every help.
What was the armadillo/canine hybrid in the Russel Crowe Noah film?
AFAIK, there are several theories about Jon Snow's parentage. But the likeliest to me is Lyanna and Rhaegar. If this were true, then how did Eddard Stark manage to keep this under wraps? Someone must have made the connection between Lyanna getting kidnapped and dying 9 months later and the sudden appearance of Jon snow. Why does no one suspect the obvious?
In Penny Dreadful S1E3 "Resurrection", the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen company is looking for Mina in the London Zoo, when our heroes suddenly find themselves surrounded by a pack of wolves.
Ethan Chandler subdues them by just looking at them sternly,
but why are there wolves on the loose in the zoo in the first place?
The War Doctor wrote two messages on wall using blaster: "No More" and "Gallifrey Stands"
The alphabets were English. While TARDIS can translate, there was no one on Gallifrey who needed English to understand. So, I presume that that wasn't a translation of TARDIS, but that was really English alphabet.
What was the point of using English alphabets despite Daleks or Time Lords could decipher it?
TARDIS is sentiment and it can override console commands.
Then, why did it obey The Master during season 3 finale providing she is in love with The Doctor?
In "Rendez-vous with Rama" by Arthur C. Clarke, an artificial gravity force is maintained in the O'Neil cylinder (thanks to its spin). However, according to my understanding of the centrifugal force, only objects bound to the cylinder and thus having a forced rotational velocity will be subject to this virtual gravity.
So, why does the helicopter used by the team to explore Rama undergoes gravity while "flying"?
In episodes 1 and 2 of the first season of Penny Dreadful, we see a mother and child murdered, and a gas lantern lighter and a prostitute.
In the first case, we later see Ethan Chandler among the onlookers at the scene, in the second case we see him having scratches on his hands later on.
In the final episode of the season, it is revealed that he is actually
As such, was he responsible for these murders?
I think they are. I noticed a lot of similarities on these two characters from the Unseen University: Spelter (from Sourcery) and the Senior Wrangler. The most important (and noticeable) is the physical appearance: they both do look like horses. Also Spelter is described as "wiry", and the Senior Wrangler (in the Last Continent) is described as "lightly built". They both come from a poor background, they both like long explanations (like the one when Spelter explains to Rincewind why an university can not sink). In The Last Continent one of the other wizards, when remembering the events in Sourcery, mentions that the Senior Wrangler was also there.
In the Sourcery novel, it is supposed that Spelter dies, but this is not fully clear: Death never comes for him and nobody says "Spelter is dead".
This is my theory: Spelter was sent to another dimension (maybe the Dungeon Dimenions). After a while, he managed to go back to the university ans scalated the rest of the magical levels.
The Senior Wrangler mentions in Hog Father that his name is Horace, so his full name would be Horace Spelter.
I'm sad because Pratchett doesn't make any joke about horses/the Senior Wrangler's physical appearance. It would be funny reading about the Dean pulling the Senior Wrangler's hair, and Ridcully saying "Dean, don't pull the Senior Wrangler's mane... err... hair!". :D
There is a short story I read many years ago which must be from the 60s or before. It follows a young man who is selected by aliens with other humans as the smartest and taken to another planet or moon for training and education. He doesn't really fit in with the others and you think he just isn't cut out for it or selected in error. The ending is a surprise in that it turns out that he is actually much smarter and in a different way than the others and is just what the aliens have been trying to find and select for all along. I may have some of these details wrong but the main thing is the treatment of what you thought was not smart to be smarter than ever. Thank you for your time!
The Eagles were a constant pain in Morgoth's evil neck; they rescued several people from his own dominion as well as attacked him personally. He must have known that the Eagles were in league with the Elves and thus surmised that the Eagles fly to and from the Elven kingdoms.
Wouldn't it have been easier for him to find Gondolin if he tracked the Eagles? If so, then why didn't he do it?
What was the cause of the virus that turned dead people into zombies. For example, was it after a nuclear blasts or explosion? Was the virus in food or water? Or did the virus surface because of a post apocalyptic occurence?
Why are the Star Wars' Tie Fighters built to have no shield generators and are generally weaker than all ships I have seen engaging them? Actually, why did the Star Destroyers have no shielding. Was there a shield generator shortage?
I do believe that Severus knew he was in danger in the Shrieking Shack. Harry even wondered if he sensed danger. Voldemort said to him,
I have thought long and hard, Severus ... do you know why I have called you back from the battle?
If you put two and two together, Snape must have know he was in danger. He must of know that the fight was almost over, because Dumbledore told him, to tell Harry, (indirectly) the message about Harry being a Horcrux. He had orders, so why could he just Disapparate into the castle?
After the events of sometime in 1995-96 Voldemort recreated a body for himself, in the graveyard. He used Harry's blood as he thought it would strengthen him. The quote from Dumbledore is,
Your blood in his veins, Harry, Lily's protection inside both of you! He tethered you to life while he lives!
We know that Harry could come back to life because he was tethered to life by Voldemort. If Harry could come back after the attempted killing, could he have come back indefinitely? Would Voldemort need to kill him personally for this to work? Why?
John Wyndham, author of Day of the Triffids amongst others, died in 1969.
Ten years after his death his estate allowed the novella Web to be published for the first time. (along with a couple of other books not released during his lifetime)
Why wasn't the book published during his lifetime? (or if this was the last title he wrote, why the 10 year delay?)
The book doesn't seem to be incomplete and, although a little short, after reading I didn't see a reason why it wouldn't have been released (bearing in mind the great success that several other of his novels had - I'm sure a publisher would have known that any release from him would have sparked interest and profit).
The story, to a reader in 2014, is a little clichéd but I don't know if that would have been the case when written (and I don't know when he actually wrote the story). Besides, a few clichés doesn't get in the way of a riveting read.
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I believe it was written in the 60s. The older brother has stunted growth because of eating highly processed food, while his younger sister grows tall and healthy. They encounter fresh air, grass, and a stream full of fish, I think. I also believe it was part of an anthology of short sci-fi stories.
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I was reading the page about Black Speech at http://ift.tt/1vvzVcF and it says
"The Black Speech is unfortunately one of the more incomplete languages in Tolkien's novels, because the forces of good refuse to utter it, as it attracts the attention of the Eye of Sauron."
What cannon text supports the proposition that uttering Black Speech attracts the Eye of Sauron?
Does Moloch work on behalf of the devil (Satan, whatever) to bring about Armageddon? Where does he come in relative to canonical biblical stories?
I've been thinking about this since I saw the movie a few weeks ago and I haven't been able to put my finger on a definitive answer so I figured I'd ask here.
At the end of Interstellar
Why hadn't humans made it to this planet yet? It seems like
Am I missing some sort of time dilation effect that has stopped humanity from going there? Like word of this planet not reaching our galaxy yet?
Imagine if someone in fron of you is wearing an invisibility cloak like Frodo is wearing his:
What would you see if you see that person from behind? Would you see the "inside " of that person's face?
It seems that the watcher can see any object in front of the cloak, would that include the person's uncovered face?
Are there any Stargate episodes (sg1, atlantis, universe) that hints/imply that Carter cannot modify the Earth gate to dial all of the Stargates in the Milky Way Galaxy, the same way as the gate at Dakara did in Reckoning, Part II?
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Sam has a cable running from laptop to dakara device in order to interface with it. Obviously the stargate on Dakara can also be controlled from the Dakara device.
JACOB: I'm not getting anything. (He steps aside and lets Sam have a go.)
CARTER (as she starts to type): This may not be possible, y'know.
JACOB: C'mon, Sam -- it can't be any harder than blowing up a sun.
(Sam looks irritated.)
CARTER: Y'know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water!
(At that moment, the interface between the laptop and the Ancient screen begins to work.)
Jacob pushes the console on the dakara device activates device and stargate
(Jacob is concentrating on the laptop as the readout finally drops to 0.76 and the message "Margin achieved" appears on the screen.)
JACOB: Point 76!
CARTER: Do it!
(Jacob slams his fist down onto the button on the console that will activate the weapon. The temple begins to shake.)
Up above the temple, a tall statue-like structure peels open like the petals of a flower. Near the Replicator ship in the temple grounds, the Stargate kawhooshes.
Sam can use her computer interface to reprogram the gate at dakara from the dakara wave device.
... BAAL: You want me to reprogramme the Stargate to dial every Gate in the galaxy simultaneously.
CARTER: I know you used the Gates' automatic update programme to disseminate a dialling programme virus to the entire Gate network.
BAAL: With a virus you initially planted in my Stargate.
CARTER: No-one's trying to deny that we're mortal enemies here. Can you do it or not?
BAAL: I cannot believe I'm even considering co-operating with a female of the Tau'ri ... (he looks at Jacob) and a Tok'Ra.
SELMAK: This was not my idea, believe me.
BAAL: I'll instruct my troops to land.
CARTER: No way. You send one Jaffa down here and the deal's off.
BAAL: I cannot do what you ask by means of a hologram transmission.
CARTER: Sure you can. Just tell me what to do.
Kindly comment if you find something wrong with the logic or if you can remember any stargate episode (sg1 atlantis or universe) that says or hints or implies that they dont have the knowledge (software) to reprogram.
If you know or have links to diagrams, I'd be interested knowing the answer to where on various Enterprises Sickbay is located. I've found some maps on the internet, but they focus on Engineering and kind of lame portrays of crew quarters, not where sickbay is. I would like to know where it is at least in terms of Primary or Secondary hull. Also not just TNG: bloody A...B..C....and D. Thanks if you can help!
In the Star Trek TNG episode "Cause and Effect", there is the following dialogue right before the Enterprise collides with the Bozeman:
PICARD: Suggestions?
RIKER: Decompress Main Shuttle Bay. The explosive reaction may kick us out of the way.
DATA: Captain, I suggest we use the tractor beam to alter the other ship's trajectory.
PICARD: Mr. Worf, make it so.
WORF: Engaging tractor beam.
When Picard told Worf to "make it so", Worf had just heard two suggestions, so how did he know that Picard was referring to Data's suggestion? Data's suggestion was the most recent, but Picard never dismissed Riker's suggestion. In addition, Riker is the higher ranking officer, so shouldn't his suggestion carry more weight than Data's?
If I were Worf and Picard told me to "make it so", I would have said "Decompress main shuttle bay or engage the tractor beam?"
I can't recall seeing any reference to this in any of the Star Trek series, but it seems inconceivable that the air pressure on board the Enterprise would always be the same as where the crew was transporting to or from.
Because this transition is effectively even faster than that of a landing airplane, their ears must pop every time, right?
I saw a movie in high school about these short guys and a wizard that are trying to destroy a ring by throwing it down a volcano. I think it was a book too.
"Ring Lord" or something.
Saruman isn't stupid. In fact, he's called Saruman the Wise, so he must have known a thing or two about strategy. In the battle of Helm's Deep/Hornburk, according to this wiki, 10 000 Uruk-Hai, 5 000 Orcs and 5 000 Dunlendings fought against around 2 000 soldiers (who probably weren't even trained to fight in the siege). This looks like a lost battle to me, especially if we assume that this enormous battle of fierce Uruk-Hai were led by Saruman the Wise. How could he lose?
I'm reading the book in English, and it isn't my native language, so I might have misunderstood something simple. Could someone help me understand what's led to this crushing defeat of Isengard? At which point the tables have turned?
A decade or more ago, I read a novel in which a bureaucrat (sorta), whose main responsibility was to prevent change from happening too rapidly, ends up trying to prevent all teleportation from failing. It's so common, people live in high-rises with no doors, so the death toll would be immense. He eventually learns that living stars are having their energy sucked away by the teleportation.
I liked the character, but I don't remember his name or the name of the novel.
