What a 4-year heroine bender might look like:
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Before folks start screaming at Microsoft, NDA’s are serious business and should always be read before agreeing to them. That said, folks are crazy if they think only Microsoft has this power, Sony more then likely has this too.
Ehh, no sympathy from me here, those dudes were asking for it when they started leaking stuff.
So we’ll sleep like Hobbits. First sleep, second sleep, elevensies, lunch snooze, afternoon nap, supper siesta, dinner doze-off...
She’s a technophobe racist who refuses to treat the android Data as a person, mispronouncing his name as a deliberate insult.
It's wrong to think of these things as "shells," or "surfaces." Dyson never intended them to be built out of a solid, contiguous material — nothing imaginable could withstand that sort of stress. He envisioned a fleet of individual energy capturing satellites surrounding a star, also known as a "Dyson Swarm."
What a wonderfully underrated movie.
Right on, Alissa. They really don't seem to be taking this seriously at all. Vancouver, BC has more strict restrictions in place through the summer months, and we're in the middle of a temperate rainforest.
I ain't saying she's a gold drinker, but she ain't messing with no broke emperor.
I'd say count the parallels. Similarity in sound between Decker and Riker. Both are first officer. Both had prior relationship. Ilia's from Delta, Troi from Beta. Ilia is similar to Ilium, a synonym for Troy, which is similar to Troi. Also GR was fond of recycling ideas. Look at how many catch phrases Picard shares…
They barely even bothered to change the names. Riker and Decker is an obvious one, and Troi from Ilia is a classicist's pun; Ilium or Ilia was an alternate name for the ancient city of Troy. I'm sure Marina Sirtis was relieved not to have to shave her head, though.
Not much of a reach, though. They really were basically just Decker & Ilia plopped into a new story. Re-watch Encounter at Farpoint and it's pretty obvious.
Great post. Nice hear about some ideas that could lead to real and lasting peace, that don't depend on a never ending show of force. Even better that it comes from guys that have had boots on the ground.
MOST Americans haven't even left the damned country - I have been to 32 countries and if Space was on the list, I'd be first on line. Get out of the house people. The world is an amazing place to be explored.
He's Neil Fucking Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon. If he wants these things, they're his. Good chance they'd just have been left on the moon anyway. I'm sure "on loan" means they'll be at the National Air and Space Museum forever. Either way, he got to cherish them as his own private mementos for the…
If someone wants to reject the facts, that's their business, in a free country.
Damn these people. Just... damn them.
I think that they didn't just prove that 80% of Americans are scientifically illiterate; we sort of knew that already and Somin gives a competent defense of it. What they really proved is that it is easy to manipulate people who don't know jack about a topic to make them believe whatever the hell you want to believe…
Excuse me? I OWN it. On DVD.