User: in_fla

Re:Oh, Hubris!

On: Dune Remake Could Mean 3D Sandworms

... and CGI in Kenneth McMillan as the Baron.

Re:No mention of Empire of the Sun ?

On: J.G. Ballard Dies at Age 78

Am watching DVD of it tonight in honor.

flounder

On: Obama Would Redirect NASA Funding to Education

It's founder, not flounder. A flounder 1) is a bottom-dwelling flat fish 2) was a Delta House pledge. Either could give NASA a run for its money,

both

On: Do OpenOffice Users Save In Microsoft Format?

Save in both formats depending on the document's future use. I find myself more and more saving .doc as .odt as it's easier to make PDFs in OOo.

Re:This isn't a last ditch attempt for easy $$$

On: Lucas, Ford to Start Filming New Indiana Jones Film

Would love to see a Charlie Kaufman (Adaption, Being John Malkovich, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) screenplay.

suspects?

On: Former Spy Poisoned By Radiation In UK

So what countries have the ability to produce Polonium-210?

Re:Get rid of the A-10

On: The US Navy Says Goodbye to the Tomcat

A major problem with the A-10 for the Air Force is that their fancy pilots have to support, and take directions from, the grunts on the ground. How demeaning!

repetitious minimalist jamming

On: Google to Use PC Microphones to Listen In?

... which is why there's usually a Philip Glass CD playing in my machine.

Professor Bernard Quatermass

On: Favorite Film Scientists?

Quatermass and the Pit where the Martians were our ancestors.

Christmas Jones

On: Favorite Film Scientists?

Ur-nuclear physicist in "The World is Not Enough"

office

On: The Type-A, High-Tech Bathroom

Was "head office" intentional?

Don't Don't

On: Scientists Find Preserved Dodo Bird Bones

Give the DNA to that Korean faux-cloning boffin and we'll have the birds up and walking in no time!

forward base

On: Canadian Ex-Minister Calls For Serious ET Study

This lunar base - wouldn't it be 'forward' only for 14 of 28 days regardless where the alien menace was?