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What is a Warlock?
If you ask people what a warlock is, you're going to get a variety of answers depending on who you direct the question towards. Some people will tell you it's a man in league with the devil, who exchanged his immortal soul for fell powers. Some might say it's an old term for a liar, or a promise-breaker. Gamers will say it's a sweet spell-casting class in systems like Dungeons and Dragons, and Wiccans may explain that it's a term applied to people who practice a destructive form of new age, neo-pagan faith.
By Neal Litherland6 years ago in Futurism
Part I : The Origins of Where No Man has Gone Before and Other Star Trek Staples
Photo by : Joanna Poe Where No Man has Gone Before Samuel Peeples wrote the second pilot episode of the same name, and David Alexanders' autobiography of Gene Roddenberry attributes the phrase to the Peeples. But the iconic opening dates back much further. James Cook made a version of the declaration as he explored North America, according to BBC.com. The explorer intended not only to go, “farther than any man has been before me, but as far as I think it is possible for a man to go"
By Rich Monetti6 years ago in Futurism
Pure Darkness
As the moon settles into its usual place in the sky and the lamp posts decorate the town like stars reflected on land. The darkness is pushed away on this joyest occasion. The birthday of a half-fairy. It is early in the morning around seven, and people are already up to prepare for a beautiful party later that day. Most of the old ladies are cooking food, while the younger adults put up decorations while the kids play. There are balloons and posters and each of them has the words'Happy Birthday Pixholmes' imprinted in each and every one of them. Everyone has bright smiles on their faces, their eyes sparkling, as they go all out for the town's most popular fairy's (and only fairy) birthday celebration.
By Faithagent 026 years ago in Futurism
I Made a Sci-Fi Short Film With a $46 Budget
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read.
By Jonathan Sim6 years ago in Futurism
This is how can you be Be Next Einstein : A Practical Guide To Making A Scientific Breakthrough.
Albert Einstein has been one of the most celebrated scientists of all time. It is funny, that his ideas are also, among the most difficult to understand, and many people do not quite know what he did, and how he did all those things. It is the mystery of not knowing how the mind of a scientist works, that creates an aura of greatness. It takes years of study, everlasting passion and a great deal of luck, to come up with something worth celebrating.
By Scientific Yaar6 years ago in Futurism
Get to know how stars are impacted in your life by online horoscope predictions
What is horoscope? Horoscope is derived from the Latin combination of two words in which 'Horo' means hour and 'Scope' means view, so it is a 'view of the hour. A horoscope is an astrological chart or diagram representing the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, astrological aspects and sensitive angles at the time of an event, such as the moment of a person's birth. The horoscope holds within it planets, signs, aspects, houses, and other points that reflect potential characteristics and patterns.
By Horoscope Specialist6 years ago in Futurism
Energy wawe
Kaylee woke up with a sudden start. She was dreaming of bombs going off. Three of them. One in the Vatican – right in the court yard. One in New York – Times Square to be exact. The final one she wasn’t sure of. Possibly in London. She saw buildings she wasn’t familiar with. She turned her attention to the first one. It was a bomb big enough to wipe out the entire Vatican City. Whoever had placed it was very serious about the outcome. Only something was strangely peculiar. The bomb started out with a quick flash, but the shock wave moved in slow motion. Huge pieces of the ground were rising in the air, slowly ascending to the sky. The entire motion was in fact slowing down. People were seen running around it in shock and disbelief. Warning bells were ringing and the Vatican was being evacuated. A giant crater could be seen and a cloud of smoke had started to develop, but was ground to a halt. The entire blast was frozen in time.
By Diana Constable6 years ago in Futurism
Science Almighty
[ An excerpt from my book, The Rise and Fall of the Nephilim ] “Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.” ~Henri Poincaré, Science and Hypothesis, 1905
By Scotty Roberts6 years ago in Futurism
Affectionate computing
Speech to text that can properly annotate sarcasm, Facial recognition that can detect sadness or anger, artificial intelligence powered therapists. The possibilities are quite endless in a world with affective computing. Even with years of development still needed we can easily imagine the world with affective computing at play.
By Collin Periatt6 years ago in Futurism
How Machine Learning Gives Companies a Competitive Advantage
Machine learning may seem like something magical or something out of a science fiction movie to most of us, but it is fast becoming a critical driving force for many companies. There are many different ways to apply machine learning within any company, and it can create an indispensable competitive advantage. You don’t have to know how to train models, or use loss functions and optimizers to know how your company should be using machine learning. You simply have to understand the value it brings to a company. In order to not get left behind, here are a few ways machine learning can help any company be more competitive.
By Derek Marshall6 years ago in Futurism
ETERNITY
When I awoke, there was someone on the bed. I hadn’t slept too well and I mostly sensed the intruder’s presence by the pressure he applied on the box spring than by seeing who he was. Then my eyes adjusted to the darkness in the room, and I realized that it was God who had come to visit me. This put me in a kind a stupor. What was God doing near enough to me that I could touch whatever he used to cover himself, more like a drapery than anything sensible? He had plenty of beard and hair, both white. Still, he looked younger than me, all dressed up in one outfit the same color as my sheets.
By Jean Lagacé6 years ago in Futurism
