That's an excellent description of the way 3-d works, Phodreaw. The stereo-camera thing is the main reason why I'm optimistic that ESPN's planned 3-D sports coverage might be really cool. I'm assuming that broadcasting sports live would mean that they're going to simply use the stereo-camera technique with minimal…

2 1/2 men started out as an argument in my household, but my wife won me over to it. She prefers old-scool sitcoms anyway (It's like a comfort-food thing for her), and she likes the raunchy jokes (we used to love watching Drawn Together, so it's no like she's completely stuck in the 80's), so it works for her.…

The general argument in my house can be boiled down to: Movies that are difficult to watch vs. simply entertaining.
My wife can't stand any genre of movie that requires a lot of attention,or which you need to watch multiple times to fully understand - for example gangster, sci-fi, spy movies, etc. Godfather I and II…

@ Borg Doctor - but that was Q's whole point. to stretch your analogy a bit, he's telling Picard that cars aren't everything, that if you're going to be poking around in outer space, pretty soon you're going to HAVE TO fly the 747. He's trying to make Picard realize that his perspective is too limited. In a way, Q's…

I disagree - the "our priorities have changed line is perfectly in character for the borg. why would they go out of their way to give more detail? A Klingon might go on a lengthy monologue about how he's going to kill you to gain honor for the empire, etc. A Romulan wouldn't tell you anything - he'd be trying to sneak…

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That bothered me as well - Do El-Aurians have some sort of force-lighting skills or something? It seems like they weren't sure how far they were going to take Guinans's special powers and how far her backstory with Q would go. But then they just let that bit fall by the wayside.

Maybe they need them simply for extra stock of workers. Or perhaps they cross-breed different species to come up with a core pool of drones with specific characteristics. If it results in any net increase in effectiveness, they'll do it. That's what makes it so chilling.

Am I the only one who finds Riker killing his clone to be a bit disturbing?
I mean, I get that it's his right to refuse the cloning in the first place, and he's justifiably right to be pissed off. But at this point, we're kinda past that point, and the clone is already alive. Does just the fact that he's a clone of…

it's all right, but imminently forgettable. you won't miss much by deleting it (although the sweater halter-top and skirt scene is about 25 minutes in, if you're worried about it just watch that and then you can be absolutely sure you've not missed anything by deleting it).

John DeLancie
TNG really owes John DeLancie a debt of gratitude for his performance as Q. In the hands of a lesser actor, dialogue such as "Picard you are about to move into areas of the galaxy filled with wonders you cannot possibly imagine. And terrors to freeze your soul!" would come off as ridiculously hyperbolic.…

The Borg Nursery =Bad Ass.
Simply put, it's absolutely chilling - the perfect way to put them over the top as a truly bad-ass villain. They were already creepy as hell, but the sight of that little baby with the Borg implants - once you go there, there's no comparison to Klingons and Romulans.

Much respect for the transition from "Stern Matron" skirt to the "Comely Young Lass of Virtue True" skirt!

I think I will resister is right - there doesn't really need to be a purpose. If you can make something artistic that also has an outside pupose, that's great. But if this is all there is, that's OK too.

And it's not as hard as you might imagine. If you've got $30 and a modicum of DYI capability, you can build a mash/lauter tun from a standard 5 gallon cooler. Other than that you really only need an second pot to heat your sparge water while you drain the lauter tun into the brew kettle. I made my lauter tun just so…

I think he's making a non-judgemental comparison.

I'll go with Total Recall for the best non-terminator Arnold Movie, but Predator and commando are close behind.

Teh - that's exactly what I was thinking of. Haven't tried it myself, as I switched to kegging. but I hear it's a good way to bottle condition, provided you don't leave too much sugar in the wort and create bottle bombs.

You won't regret going from pre-mix to a full boil. And throw some specialty grains in there as well - it's hardly any extra complexity to steep them while the water's heating up and you can find tons of recipes online for extract + specialty grains. The difference in quality and the variety of beer you can make is…

Krausen is disgusting shit. There's no debating that. It's basically the scum that accumulates at the top of the fermenter during the initial phase of fermentation. It smells like shit, but more bitter than that.