88 represents the phrase “HeilHitler,” because H is the eighth letter in the alphabet. White supremacists are also fond of the number 18 to represent the initials A.H. (Other tight-knit groups use a similar code: The Hells Angels, for example, are attached to the number 81.)

Nobody kill Ramsey Bolton, he lives.

USS Squalus, 1939.

Well this guy started out as an enlisted pilot. I think that worked out pretty well.

I like the Batman comparison, particularly because the USS Halibut actually had a Batcave on board. Or at least that’s what the crew called the former Regulus hanger where the computer and intelligence gathering equipment were housed.

Yep, came here to say that.

There are also a number of libraries in California that offer free or discounted museum passes through a program called Discover & Go. You can logon through your local library's website and print out passes at home.

Little known fact: The Coneheads had a luge team in the 1976 Winter Olympics.

It would be great in case of a Zombie apocalypse.

Gordon Fullerton passed awqay this week at the age of 76. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Gordon…

This is a TOZ-82 which was carried on board Soyuz capsules. It has two shotgun barrels and a rifle barrel. The stock also functions as a machete and the are flares that can be fired from the shotgun barrels.

There was avery good NOVA episode about him a few years ago called "Wings of Madness". It doesn't seem to be available on-line but the companion website is still up and there is a first hand account of his first airship flight. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sant…

And there was a Gundam amusement park attraction called "Gundam Crisis" back in 2007.

A lot of housing units on UC campuses got LOTR influenced names in the 70's. There's Lothlorien at Berkeley, Hobbitton at Davis (sadly not there anymore) and an entire Middle-Earth themed housing area at UC Irvine. http://www.housing.uci.edu/me/hall_Desc.asp

This is good news for SpaceX but it's really a question of a small company (SpaceX) vs a big one (United Launch Alliance )rather than "private" vs government. ULA is a 50-50 joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin and they've been doing these since 2006. They also do a lot of launches for NASA including the…

Well, there are some robots based on studies of the movements of roaches. They just need to make them smaller.

If you're in the Bay Area NASA Ames is having a free event from 5pm-midnight on Sunday. Registration is required and when I last checked there were ~1500 tickets left. http://nasaamescuriosityevent.eventbrite.com/

Oklahoma has also produced a surprising number of astronauts. Having grown up there, my theory is that astronaut is the profession that can get far far away from there as fast as humanly possible.

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