>> ^alizarin:
He makes allot of assuming that using all possible resources is the basis of everything. Our population is going to top out - our technologically advanced cultures already have negative population growth when you subtract immigration. And maybe we'll choose not to create a megalomaniacal AI. What else are we going to need the energy from a Dyson sphere for?


>> ^alizarin:
He makes allot of assuming that using all possible resources is the basis of everything. Our population is going to top out - our technologically advanced cultures already have negative population growth when you subtract immigration. And maybe we'll choose not to create a megalomaniacal AI. What else are we going to need the energy from a Dyson sphere for?


There's really not a lot of assuming here. Our current society practically worships the complete use of a resource as wastefully as possible. The conversion from crude oil to refined is only around 90% efficient. And yes, you are correct, most industrialized nations see a negative population growth. However, we are about 5 billion people over populated for our planet so that's not really a bad thing.

What will we need energy for? Who knows. Then again, 200 years ago did people think we'd need energy for tv's, electric cars, laptop computers, mobile phones, etc? Who knows what's next! We could need energy for bio-mechanical suits or propulsion of space ships. Maybe the power we need to create stable wormholes is the equivalent of all the energy we produce on earth today. Hell, the replicators you see on Star Trek TNG would require tremendous amounts of power without a storeroom of atoms to build from. With enough energy, we can just build our own atoms. Teleportation would require tremendous amounts of energy if possible.

Basically, we don't know what we'll need energy for, all we know is we'll need more of it. All we can say is following current trends that in 100 or 200 or more years we'll need a LOT more power than we need today.

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>> ^JTZ:
Peter Jackson really have nothing to do with the film, they are just piggy back riding each other.


That's not really true, Peter Jackson is the producer of the film, and it's made by his production company Wingnut Films. Slashfilms.com describes director Neill Blomkamp as a protégé of Peter Jackson. I'm betting Jackson is responsible for this being made into a major movie, and had a good deal of input and oversight into it.

I agree it's irritating when studios give first billing to someone besides the director or lead actor in a transparent attempt to mislead audiences. But this is nowhere near as egregious as the crap Tarentino and Spielberg have pulled many times.

Kinda scamming for votes but here is the Halo film...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Halo-3-a-short-movie-by-Neill-Blomkamp

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It's not a separate production. From Weta:

Weta Workshop are supplying a range of products for all the Halo shorts, in a collaboration between Bungie Studios, director Neill Blomkamp, Weta Workshop, Origami Digital LLC and HT Limited.

We have created a fully functioning four wheel drive Warthog, with a working gun, digital displays, airbags and the ability for the Warthog to crab crawl as well as four wheel steer.

'Alive in Joburg is a science fiction short film directed by Neill Blomkamp, released in 2005 by Spy Films. It runs approximately six minutes long and was filmed in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is noted for its visual effects as well as its documentary-style imagery.'

Blomkamp is the guy now doing the Halo film btw, and he's still only 27.

neill blomkamp is pretty rad. doing the Halo movie for 2007.