March 23, 20179 yr Moderator It's astonishing the things one can find while simply browsing for something else entirely. Here is a new "YouTubeRed" full-featured movie that is truly horrifying! Imagine a future society that is over populated, and the government's "solution" is to terminate with extreme prejudice all high-school students who "fail" a standardized test, with no second chance allowed... Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
March 23, 20179 yr There's plenty of scrotes around who this should apply to... right now... no need to wait for the future... ;) It reminds me of a sci-fi book, and a short film on youtube, don't know if it will be made a movie. I'll post back when I find it. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
March 23, 20179 yr Aah, another high school where everyone is in their 20s lol. It's good job for all involved that the criteria for being selected for execution wasn't acting ability or scriptwriting! Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
March 23, 20179 yr Here's the book I was on about - Unwind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unwind_(novel) Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
March 24, 20179 yr Author Moderator 22 hours ago, HighBypass said: Here's the book I was on about - Unwind: Thanks a lot. My local library has all of the volumes of this Dystology in the Teen section. Now I'll have to go check them out and read them... Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
March 24, 20179 yr Hi Folks, Umm - just the opposite premise of "Logan's Run" - - - good news for the over 30 crowd - - - and the overpopulated is coming - just crunch the numbers - Soylent Green anyone ??? Regards, Scott
March 24, 20179 yr Its an interesting thought experiment, but I dont believe it could never work in anything resembling reality, at least not for long. No animal is going to sit by while its children are systematically eliminated for the sake of somebody else's policy. Especially as human nature dictates that those making said policy will always find some way/excuse to exempt their own progeny. Its an unstable system just begging for super-violent revolution. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
March 25, 20179 yr Reminds me of the episode "Examination Day" from the remake of The Twilight Zone in the mid-80's. In a dystopian future, kids were required to take a state-run IQ test at certain age. If their IQ was too high, they were killed. I remember the end of the episode (where you didn't realize the outcome of the test) when the parents were called and said their kid's IQ exceeded state standards, and what would they like done with their kid's body. _________________________________ -Dan Everette CFI, CFII, MEI 7900X OC @ 4.8GHz | ASRock Fatal1ty X299 Professional | 2 x EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 (SLI) | 32GB G.Skill DDR4 2800
March 25, 20179 yr Here's a short film based on the book:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9snP4HuRsr4 Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
March 25, 20179 yr 18 hours ago, scottb613 said: Hi Folks, Umm - just the opposite premise of "Logan's Run" - - - good news for the over 30 crowd - - - and the overpopulated is coming - just crunch the numbers - Soylent Green anyone ??? Regards, Scott I am surprised at the number of people I talk with who have never heard of Soylent Green. And it's not just the millennials or Gen-X'ers, it's the baby boomers, those who were going to movie theaters when Soylent Green was released. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
March 25, 20179 yr Yup, and of course the original book, 'Make room, Make room!', from which the screenplay for Soylent Green was developed, was written by my favourite Sci-Fi author, the wonderful Harry Harrison, of Stainless Steel Rat fame. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
March 25, 20179 yr Ah, yes! Slippery Jim DiGriz - I first came across him thanks to 2000AD comic. But we digress.. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
March 25, 20179 yr Author Moderator 6 hours ago, HighBypass said: Here's a short film based on the book:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9snP4HuRsr4 Quote "I don't want to die!" "Sweetie, you aren't going to die, you just stop living." A distinction without any difference I believe! Gads what a frightening idea. Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
March 25, 20179 yr Also, Shirley Jackson's classic "The Lottery". In that story, only one person in the town was chosen each year to be sacrificed (by stoning), but very chilling nevertheless due to (almost) everyone's matter-of-fact acceptance of the practice. ("We have always done it this way...") Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
April 6, 20179 yr Hi Folks, Or the original Star Trek episode where they encounter two planets that have been at war for millennia - in order to make it neat, clean, and painless - the planets decided to implement a computer program to manage the war - no buildings are destroyed - no destruction - just if the computer says you were killed in a virtual attack - your dutifully marched off to the nearest neat and clean disposal unit to be vaporized - hence war could be maintained indefinitely... Old Kirk violated the prime directive in that episode by destroying the computer - forcing the worlds to either truly go to war or make peace... Makes you wonder about our neat and clean drone warfare today... Regards, Scott
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