Umm... what enemy satellites? Unlike whatever fiction you've integrated into your view of reality, the US is pretty well uncontested in the satellite area. No current enemies (Iraq, Afghanistan, even friggin' Mexico) have space programs, much less useful satellites, much less useful satellites which could possibly pose a threat to anybody.
...is that I can't actually buy them at the book store. Oh, I see them on the shelves, and they're well within my price range, but I'm afraid to be seen buying them. No, not because I don't want to be discovered buying this by so-called "cool" and "normal" people, but because I'm afraid that some other nerd will see me with it, and snicker at my not knowing UNIX sytem administration, already.
Sorry to schout, but it's ridiculously important that we support this. If we can show them that the internet is a useful communications tool. If the movie executives can see that they can exploit it for their own good, they'll stop painting those who use it as criminals.
I may not have articulated it very well, but I'm sure you all know what's at stake here. So go there, look for a movie you like and pay for it. And don't put it in a shared folder.
Ah!!! No!!! It's a B'rel Class in Star Trek III! A scout, only 12 crew! A K'vort is a heavy cruiser! (Wipes rabid foam from mouth, continues twitching)
I actually learned a good deal of basic history, before I was supposed to learn much of it at school, from video games. AOE and AOK, for example, taught me about ancient military leaders, some details of Joan d'Arc's life (I had heard of her, but had no Idead what she did or why it was significant) and a good base in medieval military units and structures. When I went on a trip to France, this summer, I was the only one who knew what the statue of Charlemagne, outside Notre Dame, was. Throughout the years, I have gained a generally good reputation, among my teachers and peers, for my general knowledge (mostly in history and english) of many subjects before we have learned anything about them in school, and I owe much of this to video games. Of course, I also owe my enormous, gelatinous 16 year-old body and painfully arthritic fingers to video games. Oh well, give a little, take a little.
On a related note (moderation note: of recreational activities not usually tied with education, but, nonetheless, contributing to it), a fundamental rule for speaking well in English, that being to never end a sentance with a preposition, I learned from, and continually refer back to, Beavis and Butthead Do America.
I started shaking and shivering while reading this; my GOD!!! This is the greatest idea ever. while I know, deep down, Lucas will never touch this idea, this will be Star Wars gospel for me from now on.
I have become visibly aroused at the thought of this.
And I'm appropriately tired and extremely high on the adrenaline keeping me awake. So I think: "Hmm... BBS? Heh - Ron Vibbentrop. Dead crab. Ni."
Try and guess my train of thought.
In my experience, it's more related to familiarity than genetics. I'm a Cracke^H^H^HCaucasian, and I used to not be able to tell the difference between different Asians. But, then I moved to a new school, where about 40% of the student population is Asian. Now, I have more trouble tellingthe difference between Jews, or pretty much anyone with Middle-Eastern backround, with whom I used to go to school with.
As opposed to billiards, would feature a high voltage electric shock to the genitals to simulate the welching of a bet in a bad neighborhood (thx Carlin.
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Actually, I've had the hyptothesis, for a while, that the vacuum sounds in Star Wars/Trek/etc. are, in fact, plausible. Remember, all the things that are shown to make a sound (engines, blasters, phasers, etc.) are based on technology not currently available, and thus have unusual properties. The sounds could actually be some sort of peripheral gravitic/electromagnetic/weak/strong oscillation, vibrating the observer and causing a sound.
Of course, this hypothesis is one of my rationalizations, as a ridiculously obsessive fanboy, which I made in an attempt to maintain balance in the horrible scientific and continuty problems and other nits that plaque most sci-fi (especially Star Trek).
But I'll never be able to rationalize away or forgive the time when Voyager "cracked" the event horizon of a black hole. That one had me curled up in the fetal position, rocking slowly back and forth in the corner of the basement, for three months.
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***Rocks back and forth on filthy floor in foetal position, continues shaking, wipes rabid foam from corner of mouth***
Chindogu!!!
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You're working under the assumption that politicians are Human.
Umm... what enemy satellites? Unlike whatever fiction you've integrated into your view of reality, the US is pretty well uncontested in the satellite area. No current enemies (Iraq, Afghanistan, even friggin' Mexico) have space programs, much less useful satellites, much less useful satellites which could possibly pose a threat to anybody.
Same reason I almost didn't ever buy Half-Life!
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No, there is another... (think about it; you remember the infirmary scene)
Shit, I forgot. I live in Canada.
I may not have articulated it very well, but I'm sure you all know what's at stake here. So go there, look for a movie you like and pay for it. And don't put it in a shared folder.
What does the LCD in that stand for
Remember, GNU's Not Usable
Oh, RMS must be pissed. Not only does no one prefix "GNU/", but some new bit "pc/" player gets all the credit, now.
Ah!!! No!!! It's a B'rel Class in Star Trek III! A scout, only 12 crew! A K'vort is a heavy cruiser! (Wipes rabid foam from mouth, continues twitching)
Accurately describes what the people who will eventually benefit from this (RIAA) currently and will, in future, do to the consumer. DVDA
Sorry, I need help.
On a related note (moderation note: of recreational activities not usually tied with education, but, nonetheless, contributing to it), a fundamental rule for speaking well in English, that being to never end a sentance with a preposition, I learned from, and continually refer back to, Beavis and Butthead Do America.
Freakoligists in the 60's achieved this through liberal use of a miracle chemical, : C20H25N3O
I have become visibly aroused at the thought of this.
And I'm appropriately tired and extremely high on the adrenaline keeping me awake. So I think: "Hmm... BBS? Heh - Ron Vibbentrop. Dead crab. Ni." Try and guess my train of thought.
Yes, I can see why that would help the economy. I would love some intra-venal beer! (yes, I know)
In my experience, it's more related to familiarity than genetics. I'm a Cracke^H^H^HCaucasian, and I used to not be able to tell the difference between different Asians. But, then I moved to a new school, where about 40% of the student population is Asian. Now, I have more trouble tellingthe difference between Jews, or pretty much anyone with Middle-Eastern backround, with whom I used to go to school with.
Matrix:
Energy for electronic life
Real World:
Pr0n URL's for immediate DOJ, childpr0n URL's for eventual congressional investigation.
As opposed to billiards, would feature a high voltage electric shock to the genitals to simulate the welching of a bet in a bad neighborhood (thx Carlin.
Of course, this hypothesis is one of my rationalizations, as a ridiculously obsessive fanboy, which I made in an attempt to maintain balance in the horrible scientific and continuty problems and other nits that plaque most sci-fi (especially Star Trek).
But I'll never be able to rationalize away or forgive the time when Voyager "cracked" the event horizon of a black hole. That one had me curled up in the fetal position, rocking slowly back and forth in the corner of the basement, for three months.
A better sign of a sick economy is a multitude of investor suicides.