Reading about disembodied rat-brains and what George Lucas can do with a script got me thinking about future projects for LucasArts... Announcing the new animated film from George Lucas, Scott Adams and George Romero, Night of the Living Ratbert, featuring the disembodied brain of Jar Jar.
Qui-Gon: You almost got us killed. Are you brainless?
Jar Jar: I spake.
Qui-Gon: The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
Jar Jar: "The Bosses would do terrible tings to me, terrible tings to me if me goin' back dere!"
Qui-Gon: "Do you hear that? "
Jar Jar:"Yah."
Qui-Gon: "That is the sound of a thousand disembodied rat-brains heading this way."
Off in the distance: "Brains, braaiinnss..."
Qui-Gon: (Starts hacking with lightsaber.)
Jar Jar: Messa feel strange... Brains, braaiinnss...
Correct enough, though *in real life*, monoliths are natural geological features, while obelisks are artificial (alien/man-made) features. The one in 2001 is an oddity as it's not shaped like an obelisk, but is also clearly not a natural object. In the context of the story, I stand corrected and am off to re-read the book...:-)
[0032]In FIG. 1, there are illustrated a fuel tank 1 (hydrogen storage alloy vessel), a body power generation cell 2, a hydrogen fuel flow path (for interchangeable lens) 3, a hydrogen fuel flow path opening 3a, a hydrogen fuel flow path (for strobe light) 5, a hydrogen fuel flow path opening 5a, and a hydrogen fuel flow path 7.
Good luck getting *that* past the TSA and onto an airplane.
Is this on/. because it involves satelites, or because, the analysis is full of flaws and lack of rigor... lacking any sort of numerical reasoning? Perhaps I should read TFA...:-)
Considering that pilots in theater spend their off hours with other people in theater, who share in the same situation, while UAV pilots (in Utah) go home to their spouse and kids and I can see a potential need for them to have someone to talk to.
If you sit close to the DBAs, you can hear them screaming...
I've noticed that when things go horribly wrong, you don't actaully have to sit that close. To be fair, as a Unix SA who has to deal with Windoze systems, I've done my fair share of screaming.:-)
You don't know the cost and selling price of every barrel of oil Exxon sells, so you can't predict whether selling more from offshore rigs will help. That's OK. Exxon knows.
True enough, but I'd like to remind people that Exxon (and the other Oil companies) aren't in business to find oil, they're in business to make money. It's possible that may mean not finding oil - or letting others find oil...
Americans can't have cheaper gas because some corporation might make some money...
It looks like the Oil corporations are making money just fine now - at least Exxon is. I can't really imagine why they would *want* to spend a ton of money to build off-shore drilling rigs to produce more oil and (oops!) lower the price of oil -- thereby making them *less* money. The Oil companies seem pretty happy now *and* get to blame the lack of ANWAR and off-shore access for the high price of Oil.
Sounds like a conspiracy theory, but nicely explains why no one's drilling on the present Alaska and off-shore leases...
I've said it before that the main problem with these devices is that there is no graceful failure mode - unless you consider "spudder, spudder, AHHHHHHHH, splat" acceptable.
...for airport rental cars and the like, but I cannot really imagine many of the "features" used by regular owners.
For example, in the Ford commercial the guy says "Find a Nail Salon" - like that'll come up often. If you live there, you already know what Salon (or whatever), because you asked a friend. Perhaps you'd ask, "Find [a specific 'whatever']" - once.
Personally, (and this is a bit of a troll) having the names Ford *and* Microsoft together just give me two reasons not to buy that car....
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Off in the distance: "Brains, braaiinnss..."
"Asian Pipe Envy"
I believe the phrase you're looking for is, "Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan".
- Adm. Painter, The Hunt for Red October
Ahhh, Permanent UN Security Council members and their toys...
The First Amendment prohibits the Government from restricting the Press.
Correct enough, though *in real life*, monoliths are natural geological features, while obelisks are artificial (alien/man-made) features. The one in 2001 is an oddity as it's not shaped like an obelisk, but is also clearly not a natural object. In the context of the story, I stand corrected and am off to re-read the book ... :-)
I'm betting there's a giant black obelisk involved ... (cue weird music)
Practice saying, "Would you like fries with that?" :-)
Good luck getting *that* past the TSA and onto an airplane.
Is this on /. because it involves satelites, or because, the analysis is full of flaws and lack of rigor ... lacking any sort of numerical reasoning? Perhaps I should read TFA... :-)
Considering that pilots in theater spend their off hours with other people in theater, who share in the same situation, while UAV pilots (in Utah) go home to their spouse and kids and I can see a potential need for them to have someone to talk to.
They accept Visa? It really is everywhere you want to be! I'm guessing that for everything else you use Mastercard.
Nor does Apple use the "squirt" in any context...
Yes, I don't think Alton Brown would put up with these boosters. Only one uni-tasker in his kitchen (fire extinguisher).
Meaning two blondes make a brunette?
I've noticed that when things go horribly wrong, you don't actaully have to sit that close. To be fair, as a Unix SA who has to deal with Windoze systems, I've done my fair share of screaming. :-)
Let me be the first to say: That's a LOT of zip ties...
True enough, but I'd like to remind people that Exxon (and the other Oil companies) aren't in business to find oil, they're in business to make money. It's possible that may mean not finding oil - or letting others find oil...
It looks like the Oil corporations are making money just fine now - at least Exxon is. I can't really imagine why they would *want* to spend a ton of money to build off-shore drilling rigs to produce more oil and (oops!) lower the price of oil -- thereby making them *less* money. The Oil companies seem pretty happy now *and* get to blame the lack of ANWAR and off-shore access for the high price of Oil.
Sounds like a conspiracy theory, but nicely explains why no one's drilling on the present Alaska and off-shore leases...
And will taste like Muskmelon - yummy!
Above a certain altitude, sure. Otherwise, I'm betting on some sort of fall / crush injury - ouch!
I've said it before that the main problem with these devices is that there is no graceful failure mode - unless you consider "spudder, spudder, AHHHHHHHH, splat" acceptable.
For example, in the Ford commercial the guy says "Find a Nail Salon" - like that'll come up often. If you live there, you already know what Salon (or whatever), because you asked a friend. Perhaps you'd ask, "Find [a specific 'whatever']" - once.
Personally, (and this is a bit of a troll) having the names Ford *and* Microsoft together just give me two reasons not to buy that car....
Ah yes, the Cartman maneuver.
Cosmic Rays perhaps? I guess they could line the room with lead, or simply re-market S3 as a Neutrino detector. :-)
Umm... -x happy-thoughts-mode
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