One of the rare examples of sci-fi mixed with a skillfully unfolded mystery. Even when you know 'the answer', there are plenty of 'how did they do that' film-making mysteries.
I forgot to mention his entirely 'I, Robot', VG 2004 film ... maybe because robots don't don't seem so science-fictionish these days...
If it's such a good idea, why aren't the private RR companies getting together to ask that question? Questions like: who pays for it? what does 'high speed mean' (150mph average = about 20 hours), why transcontinenal (SF to NY is mostly EMPTY) and who'd benefit the most (not most of US).
I read the other day that some company is making JET fuel entirely of human poo. Sounds like saner option.
Sure it's worth a try for him... it's fooled a lot of people before the Pharoahs, even. They learned that, if you're just God's messenger, and not a God yourself, you're a smaller target.
Sounds about right ... -some- of the older ICs are pretty rugged. OTOH, things I wonder about on the below-freezing side (colder things shrink) ... include ROMs? Larger capacitors? Modern high-density RAM? FPGA? And then there's water condensation (rust?) water freezing? (might even damage traces on PC boards)... (Wonder if there's an archive of chip datesheets online?)
The better the film is, the less likely it gets a sequel. (Or an Oscar.)
Blade Runner, for example. Released in 1982. Oh sure, it got one in 2015 ... because the slo-mo's had 33 years to catch up. And half the original audience was no longer around to mock it.
Try this: first, give me (mere offers are refused). the cold hard cash. This experiment will cost you, oh, $1000. Cash in advance. Per hour. Second: see what you get.
One word solution: tolerance. If you expect others to live and believe as you do ... or else ... there's no solution. Just centuries of feuding.
Historically, tribes, city-states, they all had problems just as or more severe than ours.
We have living examples - today - of countries in the world which are faring very well. (Oh of course, some would say, they're all doing something wrong. Uhm, no.)
This guy is visiting many places all over the US, month after month, spending his time (often for days) talking to the natives and really digs into that diversity.
Desperate strategy they're hoping will fool some of the people some of the time.
Trusting complete strangers with highly personal information is never a good idea. Even if they promise to take good care of it, before or after they've already got your money.
Ur so right! Diffy-Q has its uses, but analog was too advanced for us to grok so we had to settle for it. Newton 'discovered' gravity, and calculus, then found out how useful calc was!
Non-linear? Hella faster! Nature went with analog long ago. No analog, no music!
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One of the rare examples of sci-fi mixed with a skillfully unfolded mystery. Even when you know 'the answer', there are plenty of 'how did they do that' film-making mysteries.
I forgot to mention his entirely 'I, Robot', VG 2004 film ... maybe because robots don't don't seem so science-fictionish these days...