Prometheus98876
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I suppose that the way to dramatize the difference would be to have the two robots in some type of conflict or race: fighting for opposite sides, or trying to be the first to acheive some extremely important task.
(I realize you may not want to divulge too much; that's perfectly fine.)
Yes, I am working on such ideas. For instance, one idea involves the fact that the general public has demanded a practical series of demonstrations of the abilities of both robots, and their usefullness to society. It shouldnt be too hard to see how this allows some serious conflicts, and perhaps some rather interesting ones.
Yes, of course, I do not wish to say too much, for A)risk of revealing too much of what might be in the final product and
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A movie should NOT attempt to fit in everything from the book, especially in Atlas Shrugged's case. One has to adapt the story to fit the medium.
Indeed, the entirety of Atlas Shrugged is totally unsuitable for a movie. It is not only way too long to be translated directly into a movie, without editing it would not communicate Ayns theme properly.
I would hate t o think if they were foolish enough to try to put Galts speech in there...that would take so long. However, how they do manage this should be interesting. A highly condensed form of it that communicates some of the critical essence of it should be possible...
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I consider myself a dedicated Objectivist in that I live my life by that philosophy. I agree completely with every part of it that I have so far encountered.
I accept no guilt for rational pride in my abilities, and place few limits to what I can acheive with the power of my mind. I do not accept what most people consider to be limits. I do not give respect, or any part of myself to any other that has not earned it, nor do I except any other to do so of me. I seek the greatest heights, to walk in realms where only titans of rationality can match my achievements. In short, I live for only myself and my values, or those whom I value.
I am currently studying for a Bachelor of Science (majoring in Computer Science and Electronics). My Majors might not be the highest paid (at least not in New Zealand, however I might move to the US at some stage) however CS and Electronics come naturally to me and are what I most excel at (along with maths, but I am studying alot of that too, and might even qualify for a third major in it as part of my Post-Graudate studies). And I be doing Post-Grad work, because Uni is no real work for me, I study what I love so that I love what I study and that study and recreation, study and my dreams are unifed.
My future ambitions include:
To build my own Linux-based Operating System (codenamed TitanOS at the moment)
As Objectivism is particulary quiet in New Zealand, I aim to further the study of this philsophy here, and to be a primary advocate of it. This will start at my University, when I start my Philosophy series in the student magazine
To publish various novels throughout my lifetime (around my busy Computer Programming career) with clearly Objectivist themes.
For those whom want to know, I have chosen not to study philosophy because the courses here are inadequate so therefore I will be making a personal study of primarily Objectivist philosophy.
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Yes, you are right. I would have to careful to make it interesting. However, I do have various rough ideas on how to ensure it is still interesting. That is one of the advantages to using the science fiction medium, I can include some interesting events using some interesting technology to help spice those events up.
And although it is to be my first novel, I am far from a novice at writing, I have been working on my skills as a writer for 12 years so far, throughout various drafts that lead ultimately to this. Having said that, this is far more ambitous than the majority of those ideas.
Of course, I find the section on Literature in the Romantic Manisfeto to be of some help, affirming theories of my own and helping me with a few points I had not considered in quite the way Ayn Rand presents it.
I will have to prove myself when this is done. Which I hope to be about the time I graudate, or very long after, so we are looking at about three or four years more.
Thanks for the comments.
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I use OpenOffice quite extensively. As a university student whom is studying alot of Mathematics, I find the Maths component quite useful.
As others have said, it is obviously much cheaper than Microsoft Office products and in most cases about as functional. It handles mst Office documents correctly as well, which is nice. It is updated fairly regularly by good software developers and gains the benefits of being Open Source (ie it is easier to customise and bebug the code).
And I am not too sure about this because I have not needed support for this product, but I would think that getting support for OpenOffice is easier in at least some countries
around the world. Here in New Zealand for instance, getting support from Microsoft on their products is not a pleasent exprience, or a reasonably timely one, even online.
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This is in regards to an idea for a future novel that I am currently working on. I thought that this would be the best place for this (however I am new to this site, so correct me if I am mistaken please).
The theme is in essence the importance of philosophy to every human being, and what might happen if one attempts to live without it. '
It is a science fiction work, set 50-100 years in the future, and features alot of technologies that seem fantasic by todays standard, and some that might be relatively fantastic for the time period.
We start off with the brillant young (about 25 years old) Robotic Scientist, Lycynda Amross finishing an android. This android has been equipped with her latest invention, which is basically a bio-mechanical brain.
She boots up the robot, and it comes to 'life' and things proceed from here, with it becoming apparent that the robot is mentally very human, with rational faculties and all that. It is not equipped with the electronics that ensure its survivual, ie like man can only survive using its mind. The robot demonstrates what philosophies are needed for what i consider to be the ideal man (im sure most of you would agree with my conception).
Eventually a rival of her builds a similar robot, but one without the philosophical abilities or free will of the other robot. Essentially it is a slave to the will of its creators, acting only on their instruction. Hence it is a slave to its creators acting only on their 'divine will' (so in a sense the novel might also compare rationalism and religion).
That is a very basic outline of what I have planned so far...please do tell me what you think and whether you have any problems/questions...
House M.d.
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I love this show. House is such a great character. He is so skilled, so dedicated to his work, which I admire. He does not work for the State, he works for himself (by helping others). He does not comprise his rational judgement to anything but fact, not to the opinions of any other. He is an individualist whom does not give respect as alms. He is short, the most rational character I have seen on TV for a long time.
It highlights the fact that society (in this case a hospital the patients) RELY on rational people to survive.
That and the situations featured in the show are usually quite interesting, and somethings have interesting twists that might not be expected. yet, in the end House always proves right...