One of the two hosts is actually a very accomplished stunt man and a so so movie director. [www.imdb.com]

Most people in Denmark would probably use the name Brian... Sorry all you Brians out there. Otherwise maybe the word "bonderøv".

I admit to having a small case of goosebumps. But then again - we all remember what it was like when Dean Kamen finally revealed his life altering device the Segway...

Exactly. The three dots were supposed to indicate an ironic question. Clearly my ruse didn't really work. :)

I agree they are horrible horrible phones. Why on earth didn't they do a second production line of touchscreen phones...

I've just been to Istanbul, Turkey and it seems half the people there used Blackberrys. Are they doing better in Europe in general? I've seen a lot in France and Spain as well.

I see some Chris Foss in these.

*Nibble away great Gawkerkraken

Heeeyooooo!

Not pissed. A bit disappointed. You could have included Peter F. Hamilton. But I am so so happy you included Alastair Reynolds.

Agreed. Remarkable book - especially at that time.

I agree that he should be on there. But I still think his Pandora's Star/Judas Unchained books was his best yet. NIght's Dawn was a great trilogy, but it had me wincing a couple of times. And the guy should definitely get laid more...

Awesome book. I might read that again actually.

I am reposting a video which another poster already posted. Thorium is the solution. Wind, wave and solar energy is fine as additional energy - but the LFTR thorium reactor is unparalleled.

This. The Chinese are already building them. Why aren't we??

Yes exactly. But we have to start building the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor - not the stupid version the Indians are building. The Chinese are of course way ahead of the west here. Their first LFTR's will be ready soon.

With a significantly long timeline Africa could become an economic powerhouse. With a similar relationship between a rising South America and Africa as the last century has seen between the US and Asia.

When the US is bankrupt and China comes to collect, who is to say they don't want their interest in arms/arms technology? You make a lot of assumptions, the main one being that you have to have a large military force to be dominant. I am not so sure about that. A navy is only necessary if you are planning on attacking…

Well it was you who answered murdermonkey9000 with an example from the French revolution when he was talking about Planned Parenthood - an organisation in the present.

You might want to rethink the whole "atrocities from the annals of history" move when defending Christianity... Let's see some examples of modern American atheists who have killed people for their beliefs. There are plenty of examples of Christians doing it.