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Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:17:06 GMT

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Arthur C Clarke on Fractals - The Colours of Infinity

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:04:16 GMT

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"To create visions of the future people can believe in"

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:11:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The most interesting part is:
"The best science fiction, as with all great art, doesn't just reflect the world but seeks to influence it."
For that one needs a clear description of what should be. A sight that can take the present closer to the desired future.

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Science fiction doesn't have to be gloomy, does it?

The future ... what is it good for? Come on, let's dream up something positive...

It's at times like these that people seek escape in the pages of popular fiction. But anyone looking for a better future in science fiction is in for a shock

Back in the golden age of science fiction, the future was a much brighter place

Arthur C Clarke and Isaac Asimov predicted a future where science took mankind to the stars and beyond

Science fiction evolved into a sophisticated literature of ideas, offering dark warnings of the future to come.

The best science fiction, as with all great art, doesn't just reflect the world but seeks to influence it

The darkest and greatest of all, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, ranks among the most influential works of literature ever written

To look at the infinite possibilities of the future and see only darkness is a failure of imagination

The challenge

to create visions of the future people can believe in.

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Japan Space Elevator

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:16:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: They are willing to put their money into this - I keep wondering if I will actually see the elevator in my lifetime. It will be built - just depends on the when and the breakthroughs needed.

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If the third time is the charm, yet you botch that attempt just like the earlier two, then what? That's the problem facing NASA and its Space Elevator Challenge, which has for three successive years failed to live up to the vision of Arthur C. Clarke. Japan isn't waiting for a fourth, announcing plans to spend $7.3 billion on its own lift to whisk passengers (and cargo) 22,000 miles aloft on composite cables. It's the cables that are the problem, as they need to be 180 times stronger than steel and obviously much, much lighter. The Japanese are focusing on carbon nanotubes, and while they will need to be engineered four times stronger than current stock before they're up to the task, their highly conductive nature means they can not only support the lift vehicle but also power it. Useful, that, because the ride up could take a couple of days or even weeks, and astronauts will need some way to recharge their PMPs.

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Thought For the Day on the Impossible

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:07:23 GMT

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Thought for the Day

"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible."

Arthur C. Clarke

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Fractals: The Colors Of Infinity

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:35:41 GMT

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Fractals: The Colors Of Infinity

Arthur C. Clarke presents this unusual documentary on the mathematical discovery of the Mandelbrot Set (M-Set) in the visually spectacular world of fractal geometry. This show relates the science of the M-Set to nature in a way that seems to identify the hand of God in the design of the universe itself. Dr. Mandelbrot in 1980 discovered the infinitely complex geometrical shape called the Mandelbrot Set using a very simple equation with computers and graphics.

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Git Magic

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:45:36 GMT

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Git is a version control Swiss army knife. A reliable versatile multipurpose revision control tool whose extraordinary flexibility makes it tricky to learn, let alone master. I'm recording what I've figured out so far in these pages, because I initially had difficulty understanding the Git user manual.

As Arthur C. Clarke observed, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. This is a great way to approach Git: newbies can ignore its inner workings and view Git as a gizmo that can amaze friends and infuriate enemies with its wondrous abilities.

Rather than go into details, we provide rough instructions for particular effects. After repeated use, gradually you will understand how each trick works, and how to tailor the recipes for your needs.

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Inventor of Water Powered Dune Buggy Murdered

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:21:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: He was poisoned March 1998..He died in the parking lot of a restaurant in his home town of Grove City, Ohio. Sharks came a week later and stole the the dune buggy and all of his experimental equipment..
He had patents on his invention and was ready for production. Only $1,500 to equip your car! See the Videos above. No gasoline, just water. Stanley said he was offered a billion dollars from an Arab to basically shelf his idea.
So what is happening with Stan's Great Invention of the 20th Century!! Absolutely nothing. Are they manufacturing his invention. NO, Why not? because it would solve all the world's problems today.
All they talk about is hydrogen gas stations run by Shell and a Canadian Oil Firm. Then they talk all about "hydrogen fuel cells" which take a lifetime of gas burned just to make one fuel cell. A hydrogen fuel cell factory is a real SMOG factory..-- EXCERPTS FROM THE WEB PAGE

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A video clip of the famous one time
aired newscast you were not to see. 1998

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Stan Meyer's Dune Buggy that ran on water. Hydrogen/Oxygen fuel in an ICE motor. On board electrolysis, no hydrogen tanks, no bombs on-board, just water. (1998) It ran 100 miles per gallon! The 2nd best inventor of the Century, besides Tesla, who was and will always be #1. Stan is the mustard seed of Water Powered Cars! The video left above is a one timed aired news cast, from his home town of Grove City , Ohio that you are not to view. The video screen to the right is a segment of the Equinox program about Stanley aired back in Dec. 1995 (approx.) See the entire program entitled "It Runs on Water" narrated by Arthur C. Clarke in video clips below.
It is in 4 parts, made possible by Andy the WizardKing from Blackpool, England.
Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4

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Irreligious Cartoons? Not A bit funny! Ok?

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:57:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Well, maybe a little funny. Some of them ...very funny..

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"The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a three headed monster; cruel, vengeful and capricious. If one wishes to know more of this raging, three headed beast-like god, one only needs to look at the caliber of people who say they serve him. They are always of two classes: fools and hypocrites."
–- Thomas Jefferson, 1813

Is it even vaguely possible that some New Age Republican whore-beast of a false president could actually make Richard Nixon look like a liberal?
--Hunter S. Thompson

Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.
--Frank Dane

Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?
--Arthur C. Clarke

It's downright amazing to see how many people have a direct line to God, yet all receive different messages.

Nothing is more dangerous than an armed religio-nut doing God's will.
Bush and Osama think alike.
-- Bartcop

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Religious Bullshit !

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Very Short Stories

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:25 GMT

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From the November issue of Wired Magazine

We'll be brief: Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") and is said to have called it his best work. So we asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers from the realms of books, TV, movies, and games to take a shot themselves.

Dozens of our favorite auteurs put their words to paper, and five master graphic designers took them to the drawing board. Sure, Arthur C. Clarke refused to trim his ("God said, 'Cancel Program GENESIS.' The universe ceased to exist."), but the rest are concise masterpieces.

For the complete text, including stories that didn't appear in the print magazine, go here.

Water = Free Energy

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:01:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Equinox - It Runs On Water (Free Energy -1995)
On Sunday, 17 December 1995, viewers in U.K. saw an hour-long T V. program which, at long last, puts across the clear message that "free energy" is on the way. In the opening stages Arthur C. Clarke explained how there were four stages in the way scientists react to the development of anything of a revolutionary nature. "Free energy" was now working its way through these four stages of reaction, which were: a: "It's nonsense," b: "It is not important," c: "I always said it was a good idea," and d: "I thought of it first." The scene moved to Rome, Georgia where Jim Griggs of Hydrodynamics, Inc. demonstrated the assembly and operation of a "hydrosonic water pump" which operated over-unity by producing hot water or steam with energy in excess of the electrical energy input to the pump motor. "Over-unity" was confirmed by satisfied customers, including the Albany Fire Station, where engineers from the "local university" and the "local power c

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Stanley Kubrick's files -New archives reveal the film-maker's public and private worlds

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:38:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "... My main interest lies along these broad areas naturally assuming great plot and character.

1. The reasons for believing in the existence of intelligent extra-terrestrial life.

2. The impact (and perhaps even lack on impact in some quarters) such discovery would have on earth in the near future.

3. A space probe with a landing and exploration of the Moon and Mars.

Would you consider coming sooner with a view to a meeting, the purpose of which would be to determine whether an idea might exist or arise which could sufficiently interest both of us enough to want to collaborate on a screenplay?”

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The Kubrick files

New archives reveal the film-maker's public and private worlds.

Kubrick's letters

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Scripts, letters, designs, props, photographs – as many as 900 boxes of material belonging to one of the greats of cinema have been made available to a wider audience.

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Stanley Kubrick's widow, Christiane, has donated the auteur's paperwork to the University of the Arts, and the collection, carefully sifted for this Kubrick retrospective by Chris Hastings, gives us a fascinating insight into the public and private worlds of an inspirational film-maker

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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, 1968

The process of collaboration between Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke begins.

March 31, 1964
Dear Mr Clarke

I had been a great admirer of your books for quite a time and had always wanted to discuss with you the possibility of doing the proverbial really good science-fiction movie.

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Kubrick at 2001 opening

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Kubrick talking at the 2001: A Space Odyssey opening in New York.

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Sci-Fi Fans Name Best Books -- Links To Download Them Are Listed Below

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:21:18 GMT

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Wired Magazine reports on the results when Sci Fi Channel and Booksfree.com asked sci-fi fans to pick the "top things to read

The post from Wired is here.

Bookyards has the list of the top ten science fiction books listed below. The links to download these books are available at the bottom of each book.

#10 - The Andromeda Strain by Michael Chrichton

Ebook Link To Download Is Here

#9 - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Ebook Link To Download Is Here

#8 - 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

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#7 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

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#6 - The Stand by Stephen King

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#5 - I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

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#4 - The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

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#3 - Dune by Frank Herbert

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#2 - The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

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#1 - 1984 by George Orwell

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Arthur C. Clarke's Alien Monolith

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:39:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I do not claim the veracity of this story... I always repeat my Mantra: "I am a Collector of Curiosities..." Well, this struck me as few things could as definitively Curious.
If anyone has seen hard evidence (like NASA site photos) then let me know right now I will say it is interesting..

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Alien Monolith Found on Saturn's Moon Iapetus?

In the deep reaches of our solar system, 40,000 kms away, orbiting the planet Saturn - exists a moon with a most interesting feature.

The moon is Iapetus.

This planetary body that defies what we know about moons & planets. Recent images sent from NASA's Cassini probe have revealed a gigantic equilateral "ridge" circling the equator. The epic proportions of the ridge are not seen anywhere else in the universe.

The magnitude of this 20 KM high equilateral ridge is almost beyond comprehension. In photographs taken of Iapetus you can clearly see the ridge, visible from space. These are not your "wall of China" proportions.

Mt. Everest highest peak is about 9 KM. This ridge is double that size and circles almost the entire planet

Clarke's Alien Monolith

"2001: A Space Odyssey", Arthur C. Clarke, writes about Iapetus. In the final chapters of the book, astronaut Dave Bowman finds an enigmatic alien monolith waiting for him on the surface of Iapetus

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God, the universe & everything

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:44:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Discussion between Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Hawking on the
nature of the universe

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