Uplift questions
Well, since I have joined this mailing list I can ask some questions that I've wondered about. I haven't read Heaven's Reach in a while, but I don't remember the book answering these questions. Maybe some list members might know. Spoiler warning to anyone who hasn't read Heaven's Reach!! 1. When Gillian traded things with Uriel, did she take any rewqs? They'd be very valuable both for Earthclan and for that colony Alvin and Huck moved to. 2. Did we ever find out why Gillian wanted a herd of Glavers? I doubt they're legally available for uplift yet, but Contacting Aliens does say they haven't been spotted (in the other Galaxy 2) in 2000 years. Did she figure they might be the last of their kind, and want to prevent the Jophur from killing them all? (It would also have made it possible for Dwer to take a few back to Jijo, but I doubt David Brin would make things so narratively "easy" for Jijo.) 3. When Streaker and Polkjhy exchanged people and chunks of hull, did Lark and Ling give any of the red rings to Gillian? Those things are a potent biological weapon against Jophur, even if used only as a defensive measure. 4. Lark saw an Urs on Polkjhy, stuck in an air bubble. Why would any Urs accept such a watery/confined fate? She'll be stuck in that little bubble for the rest of her life. Why didn't she go onto the Streaker while all those Dolphins were going onto Polkjhy? ~A new person without a screen-name ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: For David Brin and the rest of you
Solar and wind energy on Earth certainly are economically viable, far more than the costs and damages we'll have to pay for massive climate change. Fossil fuels are "cheap" right now only because the costs (military action, increased pollution and disease and medical costs, climate change, wildfires, crop losses) are paid for through circuitous routes, or are not being paid yet (read: borrowed/stolen from future generations), or the costs and damages are forced onto disenfranchised people in poor countries who have no recourse to the people making these decisions. We literally can't afford to keep paying for that crap. Solar energy beamed down from outer space? I don't know anything about that. ~Ellen > Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 17:40:15 -0300 > Subject: Re: For David Brin and the rest of you > > Even if these things were economically viable (which they probably > ain't), ambientally it would be a disaster. I can't image the Earth > getting such extra amount of radiant energy and not turning it (she? > Gaia?) into a hell much worse than the most pessimistic images of the > most radical ecogroups. > > Alberto Monteiro (oil company guy) > > ___ > ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Introducing Myself
Hello People,
I'm new to this mailing list, so I decided to introduce myself.
I'm a longtime fan of David Brin's Uplift series, I've read all
the novels and short stories except the new one ("Gorilla, My
Dreams"), and I've also read Contacting Aliens and bought the
GURPS roleplaying book (sadly I have nobody to play with, but
oh well).
I don't know how active I'll be posting, though.
Also I don't have a screenname picked out for this list. I try
not to share my real name online.
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RE: Stephen Hawking: "There are no black holes"
So if this is correct, what is the difference between a black hole and a naked singularity? The article describes an event horizon shrinking or growing in relation to a black hole's apparent horizon, but isn't Hawking saying that the apparent horizon is real and the event horizon just doesn't exist? In which case how can a black hole have both? ~Ellen > Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:28:28 -0600 > Subject: Stephen Hawking: "There are no black holes" > > Notion of an 'event horizon', from which nothing can escape, is > incompatible with quantum theory, physicist claims. > > http://www.nature.com/news/stephen-hawking-there-are-no-black-holes-1.14583 ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re:
Yea, what's the deal? Anyone home? Anyone read anything good/interesting? I recently listened to For Whom the Bell Tolls and am now listening to a book called The Mongoliad, Greg Bear being one of several co-authors. The Hemingway was very stark and depressing and a bit obsessed with death but very good all the same. The Bear (et al) is an action packed thriller set during the Mongolian invasion of Europe. I'm also reading Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs which is interesting and a bit of an eye opener. Doug On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Dan Minette wrote: > Hi Debbi, > > I don't think you've been deleted. But we've been real quiet. > > Dan M. > > > ___ > http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com > > ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
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Re: Obama II
Actually, bugs/design flaws caught during the design phase cost far less than those discovered during the build. Doug GSV Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
