Their budget has been in the shitter since Apollo. They haven't sent a man beyond low-earth orbit since "My Three Sons" was still on the air. Their attempt to build an economical, reusable spaceship resulted in an overpriced money-sink that required a complete rebuild at every launch and ate $700 million every time it lifted off. Their great international space station turned out to be gloried Mir that can't even maintain its own orbit and whose primary design function seems to have been justifying the Space Shuttle program. And, despite repeated promises of going back to the moon and to Mars, we're farther away from either goal today than we were when the Monkees were still popular.
But one thing they *don't* skimp on, and have *never* skimped on, is good PR. If they were half as good at generating spacecraft designs as they are at generating good publicity, man would have been on Mars decades ago.
So no man on Mars. No moonbases. No Kubrick-style space hotels. But, on the upside, we do have a "robot" that tweets messages about how fucking great NASA is.
Okay, actually, this article was originally posted at about 2 pm, but got bumped for the earthquake story. I got the one comment in before it got bumped, apparently.
Angel said "No one has the ability, that I'm aware of, to do anything supernatural, psychic, talk to the dead. And that was what I said I was going to do with Phenomenon. If somebody goes on that show and claims to have supernatural psychic ability, I'm going to bust them live and on television
Criss Angel said that. And he was apparently the only non-believer on the show (or the only one who would admit to it). In fact, one of the series most famous moments was when he butted heads with one of the "psychics" on the show.
Are you actually arguing that it's okay to believe in stupid shit just because stupid shit is popular?
I really don't think people are getting the significance here. Google has hired a TV psychic as the HEAD OF SECURITY FOR THEIR APPS DIVISION. If it were April 1st, I would think that was a joke.
What's next, Apple appointing John Edward to replace Steve Jobs when he dies (because he can still commune with him in death, presumably)?
My problem is that I've become so cynical of reviews these days being bought and paid for, that I almost never buy a title on release anymore. How many titles have GREAT! INCREDIBLE! AMAZING! reviews on the week of their release, only for it to come out later on user forums and follow-up reviews that they have deep flaws? When most videogame websites/magazines these days are about 75% gushing "previews," with only a handful of actual *reviews*, I find it hard to trust that any game "journalist" (especially one writing on websites and magazines whose financial support comes from the very companies they're reviewing) is telling me the actual truth about a game anymore.
After reading that they've hired a reality TV "psychic" as their director of security, I'm suddenly feeling that it might be the right time to part ways with my investment there.
Not that I'm saying Google is easy to con or anything. I'm sure this guy's non-reality-show qualifications as a security expert are impeccable and that he's not at all a con-man shyster who has totally played a bunch of sucker-ass marks in the top ranks of Google at all.
More importantly, how about representatives from the Chinese, Iranian, and Syrian governments--who are also interested in establishing a way to shut down Twitter in times of social unrest.
It's funny that fundamentalist Christians, who argue vehemently against taking any part of the Bible as metaphor, will immediately call the "serpent" a metaphor for Satan when you point out to them that Satan isn't even mentioned in the Pentateuch ("Satan" and true monotheism were post-diaspora inventions that came from interactions with the Babylonian religion).
*Everyone* picks and chooses what they want from any given religious text, and finds ways to dismiss everything that doesn't conform to what they WANT said text to say. The Bible, Koran, etc. only say what you *want* them to say.
Personally, I believe that our ancestors interbred with a race of cybernetic humans and humans who came here on a spaceship called a "Battlestar," and that is how we came to be. I think that makes as much sense as any other religious explanation.
Nintendo, Sony, MS--they've all had their heydeys. But the next generation will be ruled by the Atari Jaguar Series 2. They're going to launch with new versions of "Adventure" and "Combat" that will make everyone who even sees the trailers orgasm uncontrollably. You heard it here first.
They're juveniles, so unfortunately they don't have that right. Juvenile courts work very differently from adult criminal courts. Basically, unless you're being tried as an adult, you're pretty much at the mercy of a single judge (with little recourse). That's what allowed those corrupt judges in Pennsylvania to get away with what they did.
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I'm a power top.
USA II
This time, it's personal....
A Michael Bay film
Their budget has been in the shitter since Apollo. They haven't sent a man beyond low-earth orbit since "My Three Sons" was still on the air. Their attempt to build an economical, reusable spaceship resulted in an overpriced money-sink that required a complete rebuild at every launch and ate $700 million every time it lifted off. Their great international space station turned out to be gloried Mir that can't even maintain its own orbit and whose primary design function seems to have been justifying the Space Shuttle program. And, despite repeated promises of going back to the moon and to Mars, we're farther away from either goal today than we were when the Monkees were still popular.
But one thing they *don't* skimp on, and have *never* skimped on, is good PR. If they were half as good at generating spacecraft designs as they are at generating good publicity, man would have been on Mars decades ago.
So no man on Mars. No moonbases. No Kubrick-style space hotels. But, on the upside, we do have a "robot" that tweets messages about how fucking great NASA is.
Okay, actually, this article was originally posted at about 2 pm, but got bumped for the earthquake story. I got the one comment in before it got bumped, apparently.
But I'm still fucking awesome.
Because I'm so fucking awesome I can now post into the future.
You should see what it did to Detroit.
I think you underestimate just how insidious the Nazis of WWI were.
Apparently China's best and brightest hackers need a GUI with drop-down menus and a big "Attack" button.
The sleeping dragon is strong indeed. I wonder if they have a "Pull trigger to fire" sticker on their rifles too.
Calling "placing cookies" abhorrent seems a bit over the top, no?
But these are SUPER-cookies.
Angel said "No one has the ability, that I'm aware of, to do anything supernatural, psychic, talk to the dead. And that was what I said I was going to do with Phenomenon. If somebody goes on that show and claims to have supernatural psychic ability, I'm going to bust them live and on television
Criss Angel said that. And he was apparently the only non-believer on the show (or the only one who would admit to it). In fact, one of the series most famous moments was when he butted heads with one of the "psychics" on the show.
Their best bet is that centuries ago, S. eubayanus somehow found its way to Europe
How do they know it wasn't the other way around? Maybe we Europeans brought it as a gift to our New World brothers.
Are you actually arguing that it's okay to believe in stupid shit just because stupid shit is popular?
I really don't think people are getting the significance here. Google has hired a TV psychic as the HEAD OF SECURITY FOR THEIR APPS DIVISION. If it were April 1st, I would think that was a joke.
What's next, Apple appointing John Edward to replace Steve Jobs when he dies (because he can still commune with him in death, presumably)?
It'd be OK if he's a Randi or Penn Teller style magician-entertainer, very bad if he's a Uri Gellar type conman.
Well, seeing as Uri Gellar was actually a judge on his reality show (I kid you not), I tend to suspect the latter.
You know, it's always the MARK that I have the least respect for in a con.
My problem is that I've become so cynical of reviews these days being bought and paid for, that I almost never buy a title on release anymore. How many titles have GREAT! INCREDIBLE! AMAZING! reviews on the week of their release, only for it to come out later on user forums and follow-up reviews that they have deep flaws? When most videogame websites/magazines these days are about 75% gushing "previews," with only a handful of actual *reviews*, I find it hard to trust that any game "journalist" (especially one writing on websites and magazines whose financial support comes from the very companies they're reviewing) is telling me the actual truth about a game anymore.
After reading that they've hired a reality TV "psychic" as their director of security, I'm suddenly feeling that it might be the right time to part ways with my investment there.
Not that I'm saying Google is easy to con or anything. I'm sure this guy's non-reality-show qualifications as a security expert are impeccable and that he's not at all a con-man shyster who has totally played a bunch of sucker-ass marks in the top ranks of Google at all.
One man's freedom fighter is another man's criminal.
More importantly, how about representatives from the Chinese, Iranian, and Syrian governments--who are also interested in establishing a way to shut down Twitter in times of social unrest.
It's funny that fundamentalist Christians, who argue vehemently against taking any part of the Bible as metaphor, will immediately call the "serpent" a metaphor for Satan when you point out to them that Satan isn't even mentioned in the Pentateuch ("Satan" and true monotheism were post-diaspora inventions that came from interactions with the Babylonian religion).
*Everyone* picks and chooses what they want from any given religious text, and finds ways to dismiss everything that doesn't conform to what they WANT said text to say. The Bible, Koran, etc. only say what you *want* them to say.
Microsoft says it'll stop the abhorrent practice
Fixed that for them.
Actually, an even more accurate quote might be:
Microsoft "says" it'll stop the abhorrent practice
Personally, I believe that our ancestors interbred with a race of cybernetic humans and humans who came here on a spaceship called a "Battlestar," and that is how we came to be. I think that makes as much sense as any other religious explanation.
He's so badass, he can carry an entire bridge with his bare hands.
He didn't use the really high-quality dead baby ones, so Jesus said okay.
Nintendo, Sony, MS--they've all had their heydeys. But the next generation will be ruled by the Atari Jaguar Series 2. They're going to launch with new versions of "Adventure" and "Combat" that will make everyone who even sees the trailers orgasm uncontrollably. You heard it here first.
If they were Australian fossils, that's probably just where they happened to pass out.
They're juveniles, so unfortunately they don't have that right. Juvenile courts work very differently from adult criminal courts. Basically, unless you're being tried as an adult, you're pretty much at the mercy of a single judge (with little recourse). That's what allowed those corrupt judges in Pennsylvania to get away with what they did.