tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post285427652317219896..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Apocalypse When?Ashe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-80984906593387211202014-03-28T23:07:05.619-04:002014-03-28T23:07:05.619-04:00Hi Sacchi!
Nine days?? That would have been inte...Hi Sacchi!<br /><br />Nine days?? That would have been interesting.<br /><br />There was this TV show during the Cold War which you can still get on Netflix called "The Day After" which was a drama with Jason Robards depicting Lawrence kansas after a massive nuclear exchange with the then Soviet Union. When the first Soviet nuke arrives it doesn't explode over land. It explodes in the high atmosphere, lighting up the clouds with a soft, distant little "Boooom . . . " - and that's all. But that explosion is designed to set off a huge electro magnetic pulse that fries all electronics on the ground instantly, freezing cars and electrical systems and shutting down the grid instantly. A minute later the other rockets arrive, This is in fact the actual design a nuclear exchange was planned to take. High atmosphere. Then land.<br /><br />That little boom is one of the most chilling moments I have ever seen on TV.<br /><br />Garce<br />Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-66874232062950192072014-03-26T23:11:36.458-04:002014-03-26T23:11:36.458-04:00At once point, as the Internet became more and mor...At once point, as the Internet became more and more popular, I swore I would never become dependent on it. Alas, I haven't been able to keep that promise. However, I think I am less dependent than some. For instance, we still have a fine collection of paper maps. I've seen too many errors in the computer based navigation systems to trust them (even if I had a smart phone). We don't watch TV, and I sometimes (alright rarely, but still...) do write longhand. <br /><br />If it were not for the need to keep up with my email and my blogs I'd feel a lot freer. I'm leaving for a two week international trip in early April, and I'm already obsessing about getting all my blog posts set up before I go. (I have responsibilities for three different blogs...!)<br /><br />Nevertheless, I think our generation (Daddy, Sacchi, Desiree, Garce and Jean, at least) would fare far better in the event of a huge electromagnetic surge than people twenty or thirty years younger! (That's some consolation!)Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-31215880954578295952014-03-26T22:22:05.436-04:002014-03-26T22:22:05.436-04:00I love the blackout erotica concept--sounds hot.
...I love the blackout erotica concept--sounds hot. <br /><br />Fiona, I often think about things people do in movies that wouldn't actually work because we don't understand our own technology enough. I think about it particularly in time travel. If I went back in time, I wouldn't be able to show anyone smart science. I benefit from the smart science that's been done, but I certainly couldn't recreate it. I believe there is a spec fic series about Society for Creative Anachronism people in the apocalypse--premise being that those people actually have taken time to learn the old school skills that would help if society actually did collapse. Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-25046044415376602182014-03-24T21:24:45.477-04:002014-03-24T21:24:45.477-04:00Goes back to my old saying that I will watch movie...Goes back to my old saying that I will watch movies and read books about vampires, weres and other creatures of the night because I don't believe in them! But monsters who live among us, look just like us, yet act like cancer cells on the body of humanity? They scare the crap out of me! So don't even ask if I'll watch that kind of movie or read that kind of book.<br /><br />And yes, I share your concern about what would happen if a massive power surge knocked out our electronics. We don't teach Morse code anymore, so even though they depended on it in "Independence Day", we couldn't. Husband and I made the choice early on to raise our kids going camping as frequently as we could manage, with longer trips in the summer. They used to bring their hand-held games when they were in their stormy adolescences, but 3 of the 4 still love to go out into nature and they don't bring electronic toys with them anymore. At least our kids would know how to adapt...I hope!<br /><br />As for the babies being born 9 months after a black-out, of course! What else is there to do when you put the kids to bed early because there's no TV, and you can't read very well by flashlight...might as well do something fun! Our first 2 were born 9 months after our anniversary, so you could say we were celebrating something fierce! Then we had to change our planning otherwise that month would have become prohibitively expensive if all of the kids were born in the same month! Grin!<br /><br />Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-72080660680130033702014-03-24T12:33:06.516-04:002014-03-24T12:33:06.516-04:00I think many of the same synapses that apply to le...I think many of the same synapses that apply to learning a language are also employed in computerspeak. They (probably the same 'they' as you cite) say that as we get older, the harder it is for the average person to learn a new language. Nowadays, kids grow up with computers; they literally learn from immersion, like we do with our native tongue.<br /><br />Yes, we can afford to have fun with zombies, can't we? Solar eruptions are so boring, not to mention worrisome. Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.com