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    Robots Are More Popular Than Cold Fusion

    Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted

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    11/19/09

    In reply to Robots Are More Popular Than Cold Fusion
    Papers on Robots I can understand, just because of the levels of sophistication we've reached with hardware and software.

    I would have thought that there would have been a spike in the amount of papers written on cybernetics in the last 10 years. After the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan started I would have thought more machine-biological applications and boitics would be applied to amputees. I also thought there was more study into biological computing that would have fallen under cybernetics.
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/19/09

    In reply to Robots Are More Popular Than Cold Fusion
    Superficially one would expect the number of papers written in a particular area to be in direct correlation to the funding available.

    It would appear that 'micro', 'nano', 'carbon' and 'climate' were all in uptrends that started to accelerate during the '99-'00 tech/dotcom boom and 'robot' really took off after 9/11.

    'Micro' started to peak first (maturing technology, market saturation, early warning of the recession), followed soon after by 'nano' (recession arrives), 'carbon' and 'climate' weren't slowed a jot by the recession and 'robot' started to slow.

    Conclusion. The economy's stuffed (no surprise there), climate change is real (or we really believe it is) and still accelerating, and robots are coming (it's a maturing technology) and they're gonna be militarised (and uninhibited by feminism).

    Roy Batty and Pris, combat models and 'basic pleasure'.
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/18/09

    In reply to Robots Are More Popular Than Cold Fusion
    It's because robots can be sexy! Can cold fusion be sexy? I think not.
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/18/09

    @MargaretMoony: Clearly you've never seen the 'powercell'/"John, time to go." scene from "Born to Run", the last episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

    Robot(Cyborg)+Cold Fusion=Sexy. FTW!

    [and don't try and tell me it's nuclear fission power :) In the Pilot, Sarah asks Cameron "Is it nuclear?" about Terminator technology and she replies "Not Really."]

    Anyway, it's Hot! (..... and disturbing and creepy and manipulative and touching and terribly, terribly sad ..... and his mother wouldn't like it.)
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/18/09

    @SJ_Edwards: But it's the robot that makes it sexy!
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/18/09

    @MargaretMoony: lol, each to their own :)
    "Damn! Your powercells are HOT!"
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/18/09

    In reply to Robots Are More Popular Than Cold Fusion
    No love for pico? It's a thousand times better than nano!

    Pico's time will come, mostly likely in the form of picobots.
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    11/18/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Better yet, nano picobots! Or would that be a superfluous redundancy?
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    11/18/09

    @TotalFanGirl: are you kidding?! more like a quintessential necessity if you ask me.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/18/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Or new developments in Salsa Science. ¡Pico de Gallo!
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    11/18/09

    In reply to Robots Are More Popular Than Cold Fusion
    Wow, blogs are as popular as postmodernism in academic papers. I must be in the right business.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/18/09

    @Annalee Newitz: I've seen "postmodern" in the title of exactly one academic paper of the kind I read (and it was a pretty good one too). Never seen "feminism". :-)
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/18/09

    @Annalee Newitz: that's extrapolation ma'm and i don't have to stand for it!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/18/09

    @Chip Overclock: I like the sound of "prefuturist".
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/18/09

    @Annalee Newitz: And right now you're blogging about blogging and postmodernism. You're not a robot are you?
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    Image of Aurangzeb Aurangzeb
    11/18/09

    @Gann: That's very... meta.
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    Image of abstract-paradigm abstract-paradigm
    11/03/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    Once again, Boba Fett did not die. Shouldn't the expanded universe be required reading, if not perusing, for the likes of XKCD? #xkcd
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    11/03/09

    @abstract-paradigm: The chart is of the original trilogy only. Boba apparently died in the original trilogy; whether he survived this apparent death is irrelevant.

    Besides, I thought everybody knew by now that EU is not canon.
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    Image of abstract-paradigm abstract-paradigm
    11/03/09

    @HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Who declared EU non-canon? I can see throwing some stuff out the door, but the likes of Shadows of the Empire or the Thrawn Trilogy seem at least twice as relevant as the Prequels... can we also declare the Prequels non-canon? Ewok Adventures stay though.

    Anyway, I just have to support Boba... at least replace the little dot of death with a question mark. This is important... wait.
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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    11/03/09


    @abstract-paradigm: #xkcd
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    Image of NealWiser NealWiser
    11/03/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    I developed a similar tool to analyze screenplays about 15 years ago when I worked at Paramount. While I love the charts, they only chart character physical proximity and don't convey the emotional intensity of specific characters or the emotional impact of the scenes upon the audience. Therefore, if you reordered the vertical listing of the characters, you would get a completely different representation. These were issues I worked on back then and realized that an algorithm can be used to plot Intensity. However, the values assigned to the algorithm so that it can calculate Intensity are subjective, dependent upon the emotional reaction of the person making the entry, and each person will have a different emotional reaction to those moments. Great charts though. Can probably be used when plotting a new script. #xkcd
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    Image of botanicidal botanicidal
    11/03/09

    @NealWiser: Or, you could take out all of the character names and places, and plot new names using the same old interaction lines from LoTR, Star Wars, or JP, inserting new locations, and turn this into some some of romantic comedy/action plot. Then you could write a whole new script for a whole new story, based entirely on character interaction lines and points from these three films... without anyone ever suspecting. #xkcd
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/03/09

    @botanicidal: If you want to see exactly that, watch 2001: A Space Odyssey (1969) [en.wikipedia.org] and then The Hitcher (1986) [en.wikipedia.org] .
    I kid you not! :) #xkcd
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    Image of botanicidal botanicidal
    11/03/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Hah hah! Darn, more work to do! #xkcd
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    Image of scifigene scifigene
    11/03/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    I look forward to the Donnie Darko supplement... #xkcd
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    Image of David Alvaro David Alvaro
    11/03/09

    @scifigene: Yeah, I see where you're going with that. But I think the Primer graph kind of anticipated that idea and superseded it, ad infinitum. #xkcd
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    Image of Hotwaterclark Hotwaterclark
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    The best, personally, was the Jurassic Park clarification of "Clever Girl"
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    11/09/09

    @Hotwaterclark: I'm glad it seems other people get as much enjoyment as I do out of that line. #xkcd
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    I can not participate in this thread. I already wasted 30 minutes studying this awesome creation this morning. #xkcd
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    Too bad they couldn't squeeze in Sam's weeding at the end. #xkcd
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    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    Primer is classic. #xkcd
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    It's 12 Angry Men that really makes this one work. It acts as a nice little comedic palate cleanser before he breaks out Primer for the punchline. #xkcd
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/02/09

    @Darklighter: Exactly. It's the little laugh that sets up the big one. Perfect comic timing. #xkcd
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    Image of Marxipan Marxipan
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    Someone needs to do this for LOST. #xkcd
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/02/09

    @Marxipan: That's easy. Where it says Primer, just change it to say LOST. #xkcd
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    He always figures out a way to include his fear of raptors into his comics. #xkcd
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/02/09

    @reddingofish: It's educational. He's like Max Brooks for raptor attacks. #xkcd
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