In a wibble session a while back, taiji_jian made the point that the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series would have been more intriguing if Ronald D. Moore had stuck to his miniseries and Season 1 pattern of delving into the "transition to fleet life". The difficulties of moving from terrestrial life to a refugee generational fleet should have been ( Read more... )

From a Wikipedia article I just came across for the first time while talking to twinbee about renewable resources (pursuant to my entries from 15 Mar 2006 and 25 Mar 2006):
The Kardashev scale is a general method of classifying how technologically advanced a civilization is, first proposed in 1964 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Kardashev. It has three ( Read more... )

Old primary tagline: Olde-Time Resurrection Jello ( Explanation )

Apropos of the open-source discussions I've been posting lately, and the massforge-related thoughts I've been kicking around ( Read more... )

Straw poll: what, in your opinion, is the best new show to hit the air in the last 18 months, and why? If you could watch just three, what would they be?

My own answers - reasons to appear here later:
Battlestar Galactica
Lost
Stargate: Atlantis (given the opportunity to cheat, I'd alternate with Stargate: SG-1, which is kindasorta new on account ( Read more... )