therealdjcamm

Hi, this is a little bit weird/abstract/sad, but I'm trying to write a screenplay that attempts in some extent to portray the far future. In particular a post-human society where pure intelligence exists through the form of stellar computers and what not. Would anyone be interested in sharing there thoughts on such notions as hyper-intelligence and digital immortality? Feel free to reply here or if you want a more in depth discussion please e-mail me via therealdjcamm 'at' gmail dot com (obviously, you will have to format the email address correctly). Cheers!

This is the link to the track: http://youtu.be/cHjT1usEqjM?t=17s

I'm referring to the swing/big band music you can hear in the background between 0:17 and 0:29. I've tried using a music analysis app but it just comes back with the title of the track from the 28 Days Later OST. Cheers.

Hi, I haven't studied maths for a number of years now so I'm a little bit blind when it comes to formulising sequences. I do not know the terminology to explain what I am attempting to do so apologise in advance If I use the wrong words. The numbers I have are the total number of the sides (including overlapping sides and internal sides) of the cells within a particular grid made up of the maximum number of cells of varying size that fit entirely within the area of the grid, whereby n^2 = the area of the grid in the number of cells. I can't explain this very easily so I'll go through it.

Firstly, the grid patterns I'm working with are the type used in that 'trick' question, 'how many squares can you see?'. For instance, a 1x1 grid obviously only contains 1 cell. But a 2x2 grid contains the 4 small cells and the 1 large cell, resulting in 5 cells for the 2x2. 3x3 would be 9 small cells, 4 medium cells and 1 one cell; or 14 cells in total ect.

As for the total number of sides, I have found that it can be calculated as follows;

a 1x1 grid = 4(1^2) = 4

a 2x2 grid = 4(2^2) + 8(1^2) = 24

a 3x3 grid = 4(3^2) + 8(2^2) + 12(1^2) = 80

a 4x4 grid = 4(4^2) + 8(3^2) + 12(2^2) + 16(1^2) = 200

a 5x5 grid = 4(5^2) + 8(4^2) + 12(3^2) + 16(2^2) + 20(1^2) = 420 ...ect...

As you can see, each formula begins with 4(n^2) but I am finding it difficult to condense the remainder of the formulae as they increase in size with each extra value of n. I've produced a table below which goes up to 10x10. n = the root of the grid's area in cells, c = the total possible number of cells contained within the grid and s = the total of all the sides of all the possible number of cells within the grid.

_n____c____s_

01 = 001 = 0004

02 = 005 = 0024

03 = 014 = 0080

04 = 030 = 0200

05 = 055 = 0420

06 = 091 = 0784

07 = 140 = 1344

08 = 204 = 2160

09 = 285 = 3300

10 = 385 = 4840

Is there a formula that would let me calculate the value of s from any value of n?

(as a side note, i have observed that the final digit in each of the values of s follows the pattern 4-4-0-0-0--4-4-0-0-0, has nothing to do with what I'm trying to calculate but anyway)

Thank you :)

Ok, so speaking hypothetically, if the proton does decay trillions of years in the future, would it be instantaneous across the universe or would the effects of relativity interfere with this? So for example, would the atoms of a planet orbiting its star very quickly have a delayed decay due to time passing slower than the atoms of a much slower moving body? Also, is this question fundamentally floored by my sheer lack of understanding? I really don't know much about particle physics but as a science fiction fan, I am interested in deep time. Cheers.

x=(((n+1)*2)*(n+1)*n)+(((n+1)*n)*(n+1))

This may not be formatted correctly so apologies if it makes no sense. Thanks :) x

I want a sound file of the film in it's entirety, no video, just a decent quality .mp3 or .wav would do fine. It's for artistic purposes and will have to commercial value whatsoever. Of course, I could record it myself but i don't have the hardware to do so. Any suggestions? cheers x

I'm interested in using section 1 and 2; the sections where the UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim introduces the record followed by the greetings from earth sequence. I do not need to use the music or the images of the record, just these human voices. Is it owned by NASA or would it be in the public domain? Any information would be much appreciated.

I don't mean the end of the world or the end of humanity. I'm asking for films that cover the actual end of the universe itself; the degenerate era, proton decay ect, all of this trillions of trillions of years in the future. cheers.

Hi, i'm useless at maths and was wondering if anyone could attempt to work out the equation for this sequence. I'm sure there's a x3 involved as 3n=3 and 7n=21 but apart from that i can't work it out. cheers! :D

1n = 0

2n = 1

3n = 3

4n = 6

5n = 10

6n = 15

7n = 21

8n = 28

(I have a feeling the answer is really obvious so please don't take the mic out of me!)

I'm pretty sure it's performed on piano and it sounds similar to Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Debussy's Claire de Lune. If you could just list any pieces that you think it could be that would be very helpful indeed.

Thanks

This is a totally hypothetical concept but nonetheless, lets just go with it for now.

Considering the constant suggestion that the demand for food could soon potentially outstrip production, whether it be due to climate change and/or over-population, I'm trying to perceive a solution. This is by no means a new concept but imagine if you can all of humanity living off of food made from seaweed. Imagine that seaweed could be processed into a variety of food stuffs, with nutrients added/removed where necessary creating a wide range products to chose from. Also understand that seaweed need not make the entirety of the human diet, just a vast portion, say 70-90%.

My question is this: What size area of ocean would be required to produce enough seaweed to feed a population of nearly 7 billion people? Acknowledging the rapid growth of certain seaweed species combined with the fact that it can utilise a 3rd dimension of growing space; aka the depth of the water water to maximise it's mass (unlike wheat for example which grows in a feild; a 2 dimensional space; width/length), surely the equivalent area needed would be drastically less then that of cereal crops, even with relative energy contents included.

I'm not sure how you'd work this out, and i understand that most people couldn't physically stomach eating seaweed, their bodies wouldn't let them, but as a hypothetical concept, is there enough room to farm enough seaweed for the world to eat?

Ok, this is about copyright issues ect. Basically, i know that you need permission to use music in films, whether the film is for profit or otherwise. However, i want to know what happens if you edit the music. Say i edited a piece of music so much that it become unrecognizable, i take it you would still need permission however if no one knew that the sound wasn't purely original could you get away with it? i totally understand that this is bad practice, its largely a hypothetical point. I'm studying the digital revolution at the moment and this is one of the many loopholes that have appeared thanks to digital technology and i'm intrigued to know how this scenario would work.

cheers

I literally have no information about it other than i know there is a section that has an electric guitar solo. The song sounds pretty much like classic rock and i dont think its recent but i can't be too sure. been looking all afternoon cus i heard it in a shop this morning, really bugging me. feel free to list any song that you think maybe what i'm after, i'll happily cheack each answer on youtube. thanks and v.sorry for the vagueness.

A character in the film realises that they are inside of a film? I don't mean like 'The Truman Show', thats different, i mean the actual film itself, the scripted and directed film that you are actually watching? Any ideas?

http://www.google.com/sky

if you turn on the infra-red view and zoom right out you can clearly see the galactic plane weaving across in bright yellow. but as well as that there is a red band going across, what is it? is it to do with the solar system? obviously its at a far shallower eccentricity than the galactic plane but i can't think what would make up the red band (unless its the asteroid belt or something to do with the Sun). any ideas?

I'm just looking for a rough idea. I'm starting uni in September and i can't really comprehend a week's food costs. At the moment i do buy a decent amount of my own food but the majority my parent pays for. cheers.

I'm guessing the speakers would have to be built to a tectonic scale for the sound waves to be uniform enough to be clearly heard. I'm also guessing the amount of energy needed would be monumental, maybe i've answered my own question... hmm...

i was playing chess on the computer and i managed to perform checkmate using 6 pieces. whilst i doubt very much this is the most you can use, i can only ever remember achieving checkmate with 2, 3 or 4 pieces. ive tried looking to see if there are any records for the number of pieces used in a checkmate simply because i'm interested and I've never thought about it before...

Like deliberately getting yourself stranded? is there anyone who has done it without too much of a problem? what about immigration laws? eg if u were to just fly to some remote island in the pacific and lived there but it turned out it was part of the Marshall Islands micro nation would you be evicted by immigration authorities if you were found? its for an idea for a story btw, I'm not actually planning on doing it myself...