I think they're working on Onion Bunnies, so crunchy and... bonion-y... bonnioyum... !
These will of course make living sandwiches if you put an onion bunny on the back of a giant cow, perked up with some crisp tortoise pickles, sliced tomato zebra, and giant iceberg lettuce butterflies.
Try painting still life now, I've made nature my tasty canvas!
:: Marge: Grandpa, this flag only has 49 stars on it
:: Grandpa: I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah!
But seriously, they're saying he's a late adopter when it comes to upgrading his browser, but that's to be expected for his demographic. You could turn the same kind of thinking around on a younger demographic by pointing out that 20 year olds are _much_ slower to adopt the newest treatments for atherosclerosis; talk about late adopters, thirty years behind, and by then the treatments will be completely different. "They'll be so terribly behind the times, how will they catch up?" you say. But anyway.
A 20 year old with atherosclerosis would be an exceptional case, so taking pharmaceuticals to treat that condition wouldn't be early adoption. Likewise, the idea of calling an 81-year old AOL user a late adopter is moving outside the usual bounds of discussion when it comes to software/technology--it's exceptional that he's using it, apparently as an architect e-mailing maps and photographs. Actually, he should be retired. Off to the Near Death Star!
"The laser light, some scientists tell us, is indeed the 'death ray' of science fiction; they theorize that the laser, mounted on a manned space platform, will be the weapon to give its possessor nation ultimate and ubiquitous military control of the world through the threat of instant, pin-pointed destruction of any spot on earth." --_Space, Its Impact on Man and Society_, 1973
"In 1945 American technologists produced the ultimate weapon--well, perhaps the penultimate, since the manipulation of polarized light suggests that something resembling laser may prove to be a deadlier invention than nuclear fission or fusion." --Gerald White Johnson, _The Imperial Republic_, 1980"
"I think it possible that space systems may prove to be the most economical and effective way to perform several basic military missions. For example, a laser-beam weapon operated by a man might be used with great precision, like a surgeon's knife, to cut out enemy military installations with little damage to nearby towns." --Carroll V Glines, _From the Wright Brothers to the Astronauts_, 1980
"The Soviets are enjoying several years headstart in satellite, laser, and other powerbeam weaponry. The West's technological lead has been eroded." _Fundamentals of Strategic Weapons: Offense and Defense Systems_, James Constant, 1981
"The real technical problems came because people working on the project didn't really follow my proposal at all, but set out to do other things instead of making a laser." --Gordon Gould
"I am going to focus like a laser beam on this economy." -- Bill Clinton
We've all been let down. Well, except for with Clinton. Good times, good times.
- Journalistic writing style is supposed to be written at about the 5th to 8th grade reading and comprehension level (any journalism student will tell you that.)
- It's fair to say that most science is more complex than that, you know, to understate the case.
- Most journalists aren't exactly rocket scientists.
- Journalists are going to write stories that translate easily to the medium. They're also going to write about what they understand, well, pretend to understand, and even then they often butcher it.
- The "bias" of science journalism is inherent in the format and its production.
- Stories are going to be biased towards choices that can be paired with a rainbow-colored graph with clip art and headlines like, "Cool new ways to beat the summer heat! / Awesome inventions!" or a gloss over of the topic with some side reference to "Star Trek."
Scientific writing is probably best done by scientists who are also gifted writers -- but that's getting off track. Science journalism is going to give you what's catchy, what "pops", what helps sell copies and what sells advertising space -- but also to low intellectual standards, well, it's all related. Of course.
Michael Jackson's "Moonwalker" was kind of a fun game in the arcade (just to mention this one) although very strange, as usual. His career ran into trouble a few years after that game came out...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson's_Moonwalker
I'm going to retroactively launch my musical career with the soundtrack to "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" You might remember me from such underground hits as "Combat: game 23"
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... at least /something/ about it is "online."
I think they're working on Onion Bunnies, so crunchy and ... bonion-y ... bonnioyum ... !
These will of course make living sandwiches if you put an onion bunny on the back of a giant cow, perked up with some crisp tortoise pickles, sliced tomato zebra, and giant iceberg lettuce butterflies.
Try painting still life now, I've made nature my tasty canvas!
:: Marge: Grandpa, this flag only has 49 stars on it
:: Grandpa: I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah!
But seriously, they're saying he's a late adopter when it comes to upgrading his browser, but that's to be expected for his demographic. You could turn the same kind of thinking around on a younger demographic by pointing out that 20 year olds are _much_ slower to adopt the newest treatments for atherosclerosis; talk about late adopters, thirty years behind, and by then the treatments will be completely different. "They'll be so terribly behind the times, how will they catch up?" you say. But anyway.
A 20 year old with atherosclerosis would be an exceptional case, so taking pharmaceuticals to treat that condition wouldn't be early adoption. Likewise, the idea of calling an 81-year old AOL user a late adopter is moving outside the usual bounds of discussion when it comes to software/technology--it's exceptional that he's using it, apparently as an architect e-mailing maps and photographs. Actually, he should be retired. Off to the Near Death Star!
http://www.google.com/patents?id=YAUZAAAAEBAJ
:-P
Note that Gibson was clearly not thinking about video games, as it's using a real guitar--kind of like an immersive Jamey Abersold experience
"The laser light, some scientists tell us, is indeed the 'death ray' of science fiction; they theorize that the laser, mounted on a manned space platform, will be the weapon to give its possessor nation ultimate and ubiquitous military control of the world through the threat of instant, pin-pointed destruction of any spot on earth." --_Space, Its Impact on Man and Society_, 1973
"In 1945 American technologists produced the ultimate weapon--well, perhaps the penultimate, since the manipulation of polarized light suggests that something resembling laser may prove to be a deadlier invention than nuclear fission or fusion." --Gerald White Johnson, _The Imperial Republic_, 1980"
"I think it possible that space systems may prove to be the most economical and effective way to perform several basic military missions. For example, a laser-beam weapon operated by a man might be used with great precision, like a surgeon's knife, to cut out enemy military installations with little damage to nearby towns." --Carroll V Glines, _From the Wright Brothers to the Astronauts_, 1980
"The Soviets are enjoying several years headstart in satellite, laser, and other powerbeam weaponry. The West's technological lead has been eroded." _Fundamentals of Strategic Weapons: Offense and Defense Systems_, James Constant, 1981
"The real technical problems came because people working on the project didn't really follow my proposal at all, but set out to do other things instead of making a laser." --Gordon Gould
"I am going to focus like a laser beam on this economy." -- Bill Clinton
We've all been let down. Well, except for with Clinton. Good times, good times.
That's the Neptunati, followed by the Death Star of David!
- Journalistic writing style is supposed to be written at about the 5th to 8th grade reading and comprehension level (any journalism student will tell you that.)
- It's fair to say that most science is more complex than that, you know, to understate the case.
- Most journalists aren't exactly rocket scientists.
- Journalists are going to write stories that translate easily to the medium. They're also going to write about what they understand, well, pretend to understand, and even then they often butcher it.
- The "bias" of science journalism is inherent in the format and its production.
- Stories are going to be biased towards choices that can be paired with a rainbow-colored graph with clip art and headlines like, "Cool new ways to beat the summer heat! / Awesome inventions!" or a gloss over of the topic with some side reference to "Star Trek."
Scientific writing is probably best done by scientists who are also gifted writers -- but that's getting off track. Science journalism is going to give you what's catchy, what "pops", what helps sell copies and what sells advertising space -- but also to low intellectual standards, well, it's all related. Of course.
Michael Jackson's "Moonwalker" was kind of a fun game in the arcade (just to mention this one) although very strange, as usual. His career ran into trouble a few years after that game came out... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson's_Moonwalker
I'm going to retroactively launch my musical career with the soundtrack to "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" You might remember me from such underground hits as "Combat: game 23"