Since it takes/. about a week to catch up (Really Old News For Nerds, Stuff that mattered last week) how about the newly announced Sony handheld thingy?
When I was in the Army, I was a radio operator for a "special weapons" unit. We had old, tube type radios as backup for our high tech digital satellite terminals.
Yeah, software will allow listening on any freq, but who cares if all you hear is digital white noise...
"As anybody with half a clue knows, all severe weather is caused by closed source, Microsoft anti-chaos climate control devices located in Redmond. If only the source code to these devices would be released to the public, the bugs that cause tornadoes, hail and other extreme atmospheric distubances could be eliminated. When it is eventually released, the GNU/linux GnStorm software will prevent these tragedies. Of course, the evil, neo-fascist, corporate worshiping Busch administration and their E-VIL minions in the republican-taliban party will prevent this from ever coming to pass"
The "chunks slammed together" (gun type) is pretty simple, but there is a wee bit more to an implosion device than just wrapping the material in plastique.
The entire suface has to compress at the same rate. It takes multiple detonators and almost perfect timing on the firing circuits.
IIRC, Data stated that the reason the E-E crew saw earth "go borg" was that they were caught in the chronotonic particle "bloom" behind the sphere. In effect, they were in the flux of two timelines, until they went through the portal into the past. Since they were shielded from the effects of the time change caused by the borg, they retained their knowledge of their timeline, while viewing the borg-earth timeline.
As for the FC writers, they could ignore any alternate timelines created, since they had the E-E crew return to their own timeline.
Not that I disagree, but in one case the cube was simply cutting a path through the fleet. Plus, having the Star Fleet flagships captain as tactical officer didn't hurt.
With Voyager, the borg was just looking for some assimilation. Also, the shoe was on the other foot. Janeway had a pet borg to help out.
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Just think if all that money could be spent on schools. Like maybe grammar and spelling classes...
Yes, it's the GP32 that has a 320x240 screen (and stereo sound and a 133MHZ CPU and uses SMC cards instead of cartidges and...)
No, and I am quite proud of the fact I have never seen "Saved By The Bell" either.
Since it takes /. about a week to catch up (Really Old News For Nerds, Stuff that mattered last week) how about the newly announced Sony handheld thingy?
Shouldn't that be:
"Thank you sir, may I have another?"?
That boy needs a *STEAK*. And some Pork Chops. And some fried chicken. And a bacon cheeseburger... ...mmmm, bacon cheeseburger...
I saw him on Letterman when Spidey 1 was about to come out. Dave was goofing on him, with footage from an ancient black and white spider horror flick.
McGuire *WAS NOT* amused. He looked royally pissed.
I though to myself, "Self, that guy's a dick!". Looks like we were right...
No, it's Stan. Fucking dyslexics...
When I was in the Army, I was a radio operator for a "special weapons" unit. We had old, tube type radios as backup for our high tech digital satellite terminals.
Yeah, software will allow listening on any freq, but who cares if all you hear is digital white noise...
The first thing that crossed my mind was that this would be superb for listening to "unauthorized" frequencies.
Too bad all the fun stuff (phones, cops, etc.) are mostly digital now.
It's "sieg heil" you insensitive clod!
(sound of vomitting, goes on for 5 minutes) ...thanks, I feel a lot better now.
Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig in "Ride of the Valkyries"
Nope. `twas Elmer, not Porky...
There is no spoon...
Whoa...
"As anybody with half a clue knows, all severe weather is caused by closed source, Microsoft anti-chaos climate control devices located in Redmond. If only the source code to these devices would be released to the public, the bugs that cause tornadoes, hail and other extreme atmospheric distubances could be eliminated. When it is eventually released, the GNU/linux GnStorm software will prevent these tragedies. Of course, the evil, neo-fascist, corporate worshiping Busch administration and their E-VIL minions in the republican-taliban party will prevent this from ever coming to pass"
There, Better?
That's nothing. Her sister got hot glue on her finger and...did what comes naturally. She had a blister on her finger *AND* her lip!
You sound like my wife.
She has been known to pick up hot soldering irons by the wrong end. She put it down pretty quick though...
Also what about if it goes flat?
IIRC, it only uses power when it changes state (text changes). If it runs out of juice, you are simply stuck on the current page.
The "chunks slammed together" (gun type) is pretty simple, but there is a wee bit more to an implosion device than just wrapping the material in plastique.
The entire suface has to compress at the same rate. It takes multiple detonators and almost perfect timing on the firing circuits.
BTW, the gun design only works with Uranium.
Thank jeebus for the internet...
There's a little bit of gratuitous reference-dropping
A "little bit"? Try tons. And not just ST, there's Six Million Dollar Man and lots of others. Kind of makes the book a hoot.
BTW, the paperback is out
IIRC, Data stated that the reason the E-E crew saw earth "go borg" was that they were caught in the chronotonic particle "bloom" behind the sphere. In effect, they were in the flux of two timelines, until they went through the portal into the past. Since they were shielded from the effects of the time change caused by the borg, they retained their knowledge of their timeline, while viewing the borg-earth timeline.
As for the FC writers, they could ignore any alternate timelines created, since they had the E-E crew return to their own timeline.
Not that I disagree, but in one case the cube was simply cutting a path through the fleet. Plus, having the Star Fleet flagships captain as tactical officer didn't hurt.
With Voyager, the borg was just looking for some assimilation. Also, the shoe was on the other foot. Janeway had a pet borg to help out.
In the TOS timeline, Cochrane got nabbed by a horny, female energy cloud.