Will We Be Known?

In the far away future I think there will be a lot of information available from our time. The advances in technology will make information storage easier and more reliable. Important information will be backed up on new technology as time progresses and very little will be lost. Today’s state of the art technology will be completely outdated in 10 years time and the people of the future will look at the blue ray disc similarly to the way that we look at the first audio recording that Thomas Edison made in 1877.

If we look back 150 years and compare the technology of that time with our present technology we will se that the number of techniques to preserve information has multiplied by a huge number. Back in those days they could either write on a paper or carve information that they wanted to share into basic material. Today we can store information using sound waves, mechanics, nanotechnology, digital technology an more. Storing information in DNA is even theoretically possible today.

So if technology have grown from zero to where we are today in 150 years, imagine what is possible in a thousand years time. The complete encyclopaedia of the life on earth can probably be stored on a human hair in 3008.

Seen Any Good Films Lately?

One week ago when I moved some stuff out of my room I found and old VHS tape which I haven’t seen in many years. On the tape was a recorded copy of True Lies, an action/comedy/romance film by James Cameron starring (mainly) Arnold Schwarzenegger. The plot is that Harry (Arnold) works as an agent for the US government and his mission it to track down some stolen nuclear warheads while his wife is having an unknown affair with another man. Harry fights the terrorists and solves his family problem in a very fascinating and entertaining way, where both separated story’s get weaved together at the end.

This movie is easily one of my top three action movies of all time. The action scenes are pure gold and the humour is great. Arnold probably makes one of his best acting performances in this film. Usually he is just a 120 kilo lump of unemotional killing, but in this movie he’s on several occasions funny and the rest of the time his just hardcore. The movie don’t have any slow-parts at all, witch makes it feel a lot shorter than it is. A combination of action and comedy is always lurking around the corner. Sure the action is “over the top” and the plot is quite weak but the way that it is presented is excellent. Plenty of cliffhangers keep you on edge and innovative fighting scenes convince you that this is no ordinary “no brains” action. This film will show you how a real action movie should be. And if you like hi-pulse action I can definitely recommend this movie. It’s great!