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The I-Love-Lucy Sphere

Published on June 25, 2009 By BitLizard

The Internet is such an interesting little place. I ran across this little blog entry ruminating on how to communicate with aliens upon first contact. Embedded in this piece is the factual golden nugget that the TV show I Love Lucy whose broadcast signals have been traveling outbound from Earth at the speed of light [...]

Old Man’s War series

Published on January 3, 2009 By BitLizard

Do you like classic science fiction? And no, I’m not talking about 50’s sci-fi B-movies. But stuff like Asimov, Pohl and Heinlein? Well then you will be very well served by John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War novels. These books are set in a not-so-far future with faster-than-light travel, transhuman augmentation, and many different, intelligent (and [...]

Accelerando

Published on December 18, 2008 By BitLizard

I came across an article the other day about a mathematician who had attempted to calculate the probability that we are all living in a matrix; a simulation and not the ultimate reality.  Now that is peculiar enough of an idea that I became immediately interested – especially since it turns out that the odds [...]