Re: Brin: Life after people - The Invaders

2009-10-17 Thread David Brin
Subject: Brin: Life after people - The Invaders A great episode!!! Tool-using dolphins, self-uplifing chimpanzees, dolphins that remember humans as Gods in the Golden Age. What's next? Whales, Gorillas or AIs? Alberto Monteiro ___ http://mccmedi

Brin: Life after people - The Invaders

2009-10-17 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
A great episode!!! Tool-using dolphins, self-uplifing chimpanzees, dolphins that remember humans as Gods in the Golden Age. What's next? Whales, Gorillas or AIs? Alberto Monteiro ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-11-29 Thread Dave Land
See, (Top-posting. So sue me.) This is why, after all the fussin' and a-feudin', we stay on this list: to read a post like this one. Thanks, James! Dave On Nov 29, 2008, at 6:17 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Dave said >> More likely that the mortgagee foreclosed on us. Anyway, >> that seems

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-11-29 Thread jamespv
>Dave said >More likely that the mortgagee foreclosed on us. Anyway, >that seems to be something like how the story ends in various >religions. Who is the mortgagee, and who the mortgage holder? To answer the question about the story or about gods or about mortgagee who is the mortgagee? Now th

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-11-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/28/2008 4:37:48 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Nov 27, 2008, at 1:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 11/27/2008 1:39:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> We might even have become gods

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-11-28 Thread Dave Land
On Nov 27, 2008, at 1:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 11/27/2008 1:39:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> We might even have become gods and simply moved away! >> > > Only if we've paid off the mortgage. > > Hmm. story idea there somewhe

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-11-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/27/2008 1:39:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We might even have become gods and simply moved away! Only if we've paid off the mortgage. Hmm. story idea there somewhere. Vilyehm **Life should be easier. So should your h

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-11-27 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 02:39 PM Thursday 11/27/2008, David Brin wrote: >Wayne Eddy, and gang, > >Yeah, Life After People was a fun show, though I had no actual >control over it. In fact, I think the time scales are 10-100x too >short. It was tasty that they left it vague WHY we were gone. We >might even have bec

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-11-27 Thread David Brin
ratings so there'll be a spinoff series! db From: Wayne Eddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 11:41:24 AM Subject: Brin: Life after People "Life after people" screened here in

Brin: Life after People

2008-11-27 Thread Wayne Eddy
"Life after people" screened here in Australia last night. It was interesting to watch after reading all the comments on the list a while back. The narration seems to have been redubbed - I think to try and give it more of an Australian flavour, so perhaps it has been totally re-edited. From

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-03-10 Thread David Brin
I talked about lots of great stuff! Monkeys and cats might use our old towers to "farm" birds... just guard one staircase and you've got it... letting the cats or monkeys evolve smarts, till they build tower houses of their own! But that wasn't the tilt the producers wanted. Anyone see "my" sh

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-03-10 Thread Alberto Monteiro
John Horn wrote: > > I felt bad that the other scientists got to talk about dogs and cats > and rust and stuff... What did David get left with? Cockroaches. > > No respect for the science fiction writer! > Save the cockroaches, save the world! I bet in 20 or 30 years, cockroaches will be in d

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-03-10 Thread John Horn
I felt bad that the other scientists got to talk about dogs and cats and rust and stuff... What did David get left with? Cockroaches. No respect for the science fiction writer! - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Brin: Life after People

2008-03-01 Thread Jim Sharkey
Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: >Life After People will air on 2008-03-10 21:00 on brazilian's >tetrahydrocanabiol oops... The History Channel. I just finished Cormac McCarthy's _The Road_. I've had as much life after people as my psyche can handle for a few days. :-p Great book, by t

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-03-01 Thread David Brin
Oh... I appear on several episodes of the new History Channel show "The Universe" starting with one on March 11. (USA) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-03-01 Thread David Brin
So the lesson is get high on life... after people...! --- Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Life After People will air on 2008-03-10 21:00 on > brazilian's > tetrahydrocanabiol oops... The History Channel. > > Alberto Monteiro > __

RE: Brin: Life after People

2008-03-01 Thread Curtis Burisch
et al) Discussion Subject: Brin: Life after People Life After People will air on 2008-03-10 21:00 on brazilian's tetrahydrocanabiol oops... The History Channel. Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listi

Brin: Life after People

2008-03-01 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
Life After People will air on 2008-03-10 21:00 on brazilian's tetrahydrocanabiol oops... The History Channel. Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l