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It is an interesting idea. If stretching credulity a bit far. When have we ever seen two diseased people give birth to a child that is anything other than diseased? Doesn't mean the show won't go there anyway.

The U.S. government, at least has been spying on everyone's communications for decades, this is nothing new. Dan Brown's first book was about this very subject, written way back in 1998. What has changed today that makes it even more alarming is they are not just listening any more. Now they...

Unfortunately the link has been pulled. Glad I got a chance to see it while still available. I think it is exciting. And if the director can keep a tenth of the filmography of this short, it will be a cinematic spectacular if nothing else. It was also refreshing to see that the material (appears...

I'm enjoying it for what it is. I would have wished for something a little deeper, but I can live with what there is. Very glad to see Samuel Jackson show up for a cameo. That was the best scene of the second episode. And it ends with a classic Whedon joke. Did anyone else catch the tech SHIELD...

I read authors whose books I enjoy. It is their writing style I enjoy, not their social life. So it is rare for me to even know what an author is saying in public, and for the most part it is not important enough for me to know. Twitter, blogs, etc., my life is too busy as it is to try to pay...

Quite true Moggle. I hear dumpsters can be gotten for a steal. As long as you don't mind the odor.

I wonder how pure Martian water would be in comparison to what we drink right now, right here on good ol' planet earth. The quality of drinking water even in the industrialized countries is suspicious at best. Want a good scary story. Check out what is in the water that comes out of your...

30K a year salary in the U.S. does sound very nice indeed when you consider that the minimum wage here is between $7.25 and $8 an hour. That works out to $15 grand a year. And that is if and only if you manage to get a full time job in the first place. Which is getting harder and harder to get...

Hegg, you didn't mention the purpose for your need to scan book covers. Depending on what that is, you can save yourself a bunch of time and money by using what is already available. Just about every book on Amazon has a scan of the cover. Those pics can be downloaded. In my library database I...

This story has been bothering me since it was first reported, and I finally took the effort to do some research. Voyager cannot have left the solar system as it has just cleared the Kuiper Belt and the Heliopause. But the Oort cloud is also part of our solar system and is massively further...

Yep. The far side is the most cratered. That is because it is dark and the asteroids couldn't see it in time to change trajectory (Sorry Mirannan. Couldn't resist!). The far side is the most cratered because the moon is tidal locked with the earth, which as we all know means the same side of...

Truly exciting stuff! To actually be able to study interstellar space for real for the first time. Cannot wait to hear what Voyager has to tell us!

I advise extra caution. What is legal these days is not as relevant as what you can afford to defend. Recent history is rife with Big Corporations demanding Mom & Pop stores change the name of their business. Even if the similarity is all but illusory, unless you have the money to fight a deep...

It is a very strange list. Both for who is on it as well as who is not. Stephen King and Anne Rice? They are fantasy authors?????? If so why isn't Lovecraft included. Paolini deserves to be on this list? Seriously???? Where is Michael Moorcock. Where is Andre Norton!!!!! Where is Kathryn...

Another question about the guns. Are you considering modern weapons? Or are you thinking an earlier form of firearm like what was available during the American civil war. If you feel the need to tone down the effectiveness of thousands of soldiers bearing firearms, making it an older technology...

In your phraseology I would agree it is a theory not a Theory. In actuality I have a problem with it being called either. As I understand it, a scientific theory requires two parts. That the theory can be tested, and that any positive results must be replicable by an independent source. String...

As a professional writer, copying is a definite no no. As a beginning writer I believe it is healthy to be a copier. A great many of successful authors started as novices who copied in the style and even content of author's they loved. It seems to be part of the process for a lot of new...

String theory is most definitely a theory. And despite the fact that it can never be tested, an awful lot of physicists seem to think it has more than a little validity. Which bothers me a great deal actually!

Science has done itself an incredible disservice by making the change to "everything is a theory". And it has given ammunition to those whose goal is to attack scientific credibility. The proof for the theory of evolution is vast; the proof for the concept that the entire universe is a three...

I believe you have some false assumptions in your query. Does it really matter if you are writing a particular story because you want to write it as opposed to being inspired by an outside source (like what you are watching). I would suggest it does not matter. As long as you are fired up...