Interesting Links for 14-03-2012

[andrewducker]

• 3D-Printer with Nano-Precision - the picture blew me away
  (tags: 3dprinting technology nanotechnology awesome )
• Solar panel made with ion cannon is cheap enough to challenge fossil fuels
  (tags: solarpower energy electricity )
• Fukushima was no disaster, no matter how you spin it
  (tags: nuclearpower electricity japan )
• ARM produces design

Comments

[andrewducker]

If that second one is a spoiler for later books then please delete this comment and repost without it...

[bart_calendar]

Don't really think of it as a spoiler but will do so

[nancylebov]

The thing that gave me the creeps was the idea that if she's sixteen, it isn't interesting. However, this is about the guys talking, not about the character.

[bart_calendar]

Guys say incredibly stupid shit all the time. Particularly at long brainstorming meetings. It doesn't mean they particularly endorse the idea or are behind it. It could just mean they were looking for a way to give Indy some "Bad Boy" cred. And it's clearly an idea that was tossed out. One of the points of creative brainstorming is to throw out whatever random idea pops in your head (and face it, shitty, random ideas pop into all of our heads from time to time.)

And, who knows, maybe it would have made it more interesting. I think that in Game Of Thrones Danny is much more interesting because she's only 14, but ends up becoming so bad ass so quickly and because of the way she takes over the sexual dynamic with Drogo who is far older than her. It would have been less interesting if Danny and Drogo were the same age - and if she wasn't so young.

So, there might of been a way to run with the idea of Marian being much younger than Indy when they first hooked up and her becoming a total bad ass later on.

[nancylebov]

I'm inclined to think that the age of consent is set somewhat too high.

Nonetheless, if I think something is creepy, I might have legitimate reasons for doing so.

Part of Scarlett O'Hara's "bad girl cred" was that she was heartless with men who she attracted early in the book. If you find this a less-than-delightful trait in her character, I can live with it.

[bart_calendar]

Oh, I agree it can be considered creepy. No doubt about that. I just think that people say dump and potentially creepy things all the time when they are talking off the top of their head and to take them to task for it 25 years later is a bit silly.

[nancylebov]

And I forgot to mention that I've only read the Game of Thrones books, but I was disappointed when I heard that Danerys was older in the tv show. Part of what made Westeros a different place was that people got all sorts of responsibility much younger than they do here.