I though Kingdom of Heaven was atrocious. To each his own. Prometheus is the single most disappointing movie experience of my life. Star Wars Ep. 1-3 come in at strong seconds.

Haver you ever heard the term market segment? No? Well you're not in it in this case. The fact that you are also talking out of your ass is regrettable. I doubt you have ever listened to a B&O sound system, and you probably know nothing about their almost constant advancements in technology through the company's…

I chuckled. I also play several dwarves.

I knew it! You are being ironic!

Are you trying for sarcasm? If so, well done good man!

My first thought exactly. Kim Stanley Robinsons trilogy could be the hard SF soap opera I've always dreamt about. Mars might get a little tedious to look at, but the landscape changes a lot through the three books. Unfortunately the premise is too realistic and probably too intelligent for most networks. Oh and no…

I've really tried to like the Vorkosigan saga. But I just cannot get past Cordelia's Honor. It's so cheesy and quite frankly somewhat infantile. But people I trust and admire insist I will end up hooked. I have a hard time seeing it though. What was your trick?

I hear you brother/sister. And what a poetic - if a little sad - reply. Rooting for life expectancy extension!

China and India are actually in the forefront when it comes to harvesting energy from Thorium. China is building the LFTR based on an old abandoned US design and India is combining Thorium with modern Uranium-technology. Both countries are also developing electric car infrastructure and increasing their use of…

It would have to be a very elaborate hoax. Scepticism is great - but it can be irrational.

What about the German word "glücklich"? (It is also found in scandinavian languages.) It is normally translated with the word happy - or lucky. But it is a combination of both those words and a sense of fulfillment.

Why is this on Io9 again? Is it because it signals the end of modern civilization and society as we know it - throwing us into apocalyptic turmoil, populated by artificially assed moronic women?

And please for the love of god stop writing "gurl". It looks like hurl for a reason.

No. Just. No.

I sincerely hope this will be on the list. From Mars to Sirius is a masterpiece of modern death metal/earth metal.

What they are hoping to find isn't gold and platinum per se. It is metals in the platinum group. [en.wikipedia.org]

They are talking about precious metals - eg. in the platinum group - like palladium and iridium - which are used in the manufacture of modern tech. Do you really think they would mine asteroids to get geeks some jewelry? That might be a infinitely small aspect of this venture, but the main reason is that we are…

You don't know very much about the scarcity of our natural resources do you? Who said anything about gold? We are talking about metals that are extremely rare on earth, used in the manufacture of everything from photo voltaics to flatscreens - metals which are abundant in space.

Fair enough. Let this be a warning then! :)

Really? The dead animals argument? Everything else you wrote instantly turned to gibberish.