XKCD- Arbitrage

“The use of your waste facilities were strangely absent from the historical document. So, we had to extrapolate purely on the basis of your anatomy.” - Galaxy Quest, 1999

I just want to binge on Northern Exposure and remind myself that that all things must come to an end.

James Burke's or Carl Sagan's description that grabbed me more. The idea that information, like maps, had to be handed over for copying is something that grabbed me. How long did it take to copy a map? Was there indexing? How were the scrolls organized? What did the library sound and smell like? What information was…

The Soviets had RTG loght houses. I beleave that Canada and the US have also used RTGs in extreme cold environments, more as a test that as something practical. The thing is that they tend to get stolen or parted out when people neglect them. The radioactive material is dangerous, in the fact that people may not know…

The Coast Guard did use pigeons and it was called , " Sea Guard ". The clips and quotes were used in all sorts of educational and news materials through at least 80s.

Nixon watches made a neat little voice recorder watch called The Dictator. It looked good, worked ok, but the user interface was a nightmare. It was around in the early 2000s.

One of the toys I wanted most as a kod went by many names, "Mr. Robo Time"',"Takara Robo Watch" and "Robo Time Secret Hidden Robot".

The prop was built on an actual 80s toy that worked. It was a modified AM radio wrist watch, where the headphones plugged into the side with an odd 2 prong plug. The headphones were also the AM antenna. Michael never used that feature.

It really would not cost much to have somebody make a ceramic sleeve to reduce the possibility of shorts, then again, that would preclude seeing the heating head on.

Why all deer are not equipped with airbags is beyond me. We have the technology and an inclination to nerf the world.

Why Fiber X Kills, A Technical Explanation

Predating the White Knight was Rutan's Model 76, Voyager, with twin tail booms. There is a lot more data out there on these designs that one would think. He built a number of test craft for his own work as well as for others, like NASA. Most of his early designs were "tunnel" tested on a rig that sat atop a pickup.

No. For the following reasons:

I saw Bias Peak and was excited that somebody might be bringing that DAW back. Instead I see a sad little smartwatch named Basis Peak.

Fluffy Bear just ran out in front of me. He lived, but he lost an arm.

It did make buying that monocle for the airship trip all the more worth while.

For instance, the AI bomb in the movie Dark Star (1974).

"specifically, scary-as-fuck sounding giant gerbils "

So, he's saying that cultist and covens have real powers, powers not granted to those that follow the magic sky god. If I read his banter correctly, covens and cultists are mutually exclusive of each other.