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Yep — same. So many of the actors are gone now — Mira Furlan (Delenn), Jerry Doyle (Garibaldi), Richard Biggs (Franklin), Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar), Jeff Conaway (Zack Allan), Stephen Furst (Vir Cotto), and Michael O'Hare (Sinclair) — have all...

I stopped watching television in the teens - so my last sci-fi series was 'Andromeda' from the 00s - a pretty bumpy ride but it had its moments. Star Wars was fabulous, of course. What a ride that film was back in the early days. Star Trek had...

There were many great films in that time in the late 60s and 70s. One of my favorites was Colossus or the Forbin Project. It’s a great film that really has stood up over time. For those who may not know, Colossus was the name of an AI super...

Plan B from outer space.

Many thanks for the feedback. It’s interesting that in my opinion that first contact would be such a black swan event that it’s very difficult to predict what mankind in its entirety would react. There’s no historical examples of such a thing...

My Top Ten — Not necessarily in order of preference: Star Wars Star Trek Babylon Five The Matrix Hunger Games Close Encounters Contact The Day The Earth Stood Still 2001 A Space Odyssey Dark City Yep :cool: B5 is most excellent and...

Thank you @Randall and @Burnt State ! :) I will try, though I'm becoming challenged by 'complicated' directions :rolleyes: sad to say - though part of it is me refusing to 'go along' with techie stuff. Or so I rationalize to myself. A kind of...

I'll just sit inside and drink Irish coffee to keep me warm and I'll send the Texan out for the shopping. Ps I'm on page 36 of the archive project . Talk soon.

Yep, with all this going on it struck me that there appears to be a strong cultural divide between the west and east of Canada (minus B.C.). Alberta appears to have a significant (American) Republican flavor - the individualism and self-reliance...

It's not bad if you could get used to sub-zero winter temperatures. At one point I almost moved to Corpus Christi, but life issues at the time made it too complicated. Personally, I love it here. But that's just because I was born here. I've seen...

Best wishes to Alberta sounds like a great place. Maybe I'll grab my Texan wife and move there.

Oooh, my kinda folks. :)

There certainly is a oro separatist faction that dominates the UCP but the will amongst the people is not there and that's why Smith keeps juggling the issue. Her own party wants to make big radical moves but the people of Alberta don't want...

@Randall Thanks for the synopsis of how you see it from Alberta itself. Valuable perpective. Whatever I've read it does seem to be mainly about money flowing east and Albertans not benefitting from their own wealth (as seen by some). Plus there...

✅ TIP: I feel for you — t sucks when that happens. After it happened to me a few times, I learned to highlight and copy longer replies before hitting "Post reply" so that if necessary, I can paste it back into a separate post along with a link to...

@Burnt State Oh lawsy me! I just spent a good long time answering your post. I wound up going back into the post to add some stuff - took a lot of time - and when I hit 'post' I was told I'd past the 15 minute editing window - and I have...

I had forgotten myself. Highlight a chunk of text from the OP and then hit the +quote button. Do this as often as you like. Then go to the message area at the motton of the thread and click inside there and click the insert quotes button. All...

I just did a Google AI search for the emotional context of the word "bracing", and that's what it said — but now I see that it mentions your intended context as well. Thanks for clarifying :) !

That's a unique meaning of the word. Context is all. Bracing means invigorating or refreshing, often used to describe cold weather that energizes you. It can also refer to something that strengthens or supports. So bracing in the context I used...

Persinger — The Genius Scientist the CIA Wants to Keep Secret Dr. Michael Persinger, a pioneering neuroscientist who delved into the mysterious connection between the brain, geomagnetics, and consciousness.

The God Helmet: Can Science Fake a Spiritual Experience? A bit to wade through — but some interesting archival footage Like a Russian woman with telekinesis.

Probably the most solid scientific evidence for a link between consciousness and the paranormal comes from the work of Michael Persinger. Another thread...

I'm not seeing any way to unpack that "belief" without making some vague assumptions. Perhaps it would help if you could elaborate on the concept of "the original consciousness", what you mean by "we" and what ( objectively speaking ) the "part"...

Where I left off with Hoffman, and why I thought he was relevant to the paranormal discussion, was his claims around evolution and sensory perception. Creatures that are successful on planet earth have exactly the sensory capacities that they...

Great story

I miss the many strange personalities from back in the day. I learned so much from @trainedobserver about UFO's and enjoyed some of the exceptional insights some of the posters had. And now this forum is ridiculously inactive compared to where...

I agree but I still believe that all of North America (including Canada) and the UK and Ireland contribute less than 4 per cent of what India or China contribute to global warming. Until that changes I don't give a shit.

I'm still working on a Win7 4 core AMD PC. People are practically throwing them away.

Physical evidence may be the best but witness testimony shouldn't be ignored. Our understanding of reality. A more advanced civilization can appear very "magical" to one more primitive. I certainly don't. "Look after your planet" is just a...

The planet has always heated up and cooled down as it will after we are all gone. America and the UK contribution to Global emissions is less than four per cent. Give me a shout everyone when we've convinced India and China to stop industrialization.