@silver-bolt: It doesn't move except when, oh, say, a lunar module uses its ascent booster, or a meteorite impact occurs nearby, or...

@Illundiel: Well, because the retro-reflectors on the Russian probe were bolted to the top of the vehicle, and the ones deposited by the Apollo astronauts was planted directly to the ground, I'm betting that the extra foot or two is helping keep the Russian reflectors more free of lunar dust.

@Sobersean: aka Doctor Aquafresh: ... by the hair on my chinny chin chin, I'm backing out of this thread.

@VastShadowz41: Oh, I do that every Friday night. Good starter to the weekend. Unfortunately, right now I have to settle for doing it in an antique leather chair in front of a fireplace and surrounded by shelves of Victorian-era books. I really want to update to the sort of ikea-futurism aesthetic that the Illusive…

@GeneralBattuta: I know- its still limited by the speed of the normally transmitted cheat-sheet. But the fact that they're able to transfer data at all using quantum entanglement (even if not using it solely) is amazing, and demonstrating it at a range of miles is both new and a feat that many were skeptical could be…

@VastShadowz41: I wish I could have that as a background on my desktop. Not a still frame, but the whole shifting, roiling mess.

@LegacyCrono: Entanglement does not work that way (thank you, Morbo). It only applies to the quantum state of an atom- its an irrelevant difference at the macro scale, and even if you could somehow entangle ALL the atoms of a pair of punching bags (both theoretically and practically impossible), if you punched one it…

@Deanb: Well, its still teleportation, its just the teleportation of data instead of matter ("transmit" not really being the proper word to use when the data is being conveyed as a quantum state applied to a particle through spooky action at a distance, rather than as, say, through modulated EM radiation).

@talos-izanagi: Kind of over-kill for porn, though. Especially since I think I prefer porn not being in real time, much less instantaneous. Editing helps take out a lot of the gross and/or awkward bits.

@Sobersean: aka Doctor Aquafresh: ... you don't have very good reading comprehension, do you?

"Of course, we're a long way from projecting images. [...] Right now its strictly data..."

@Evdor: Yeah, Kojima wore out the "PMC" business all on his lonesome. Which, I guess, kudos to him, but still.

Is it just me, or does everything about this property- the cheesy name, gritty and x-treme "futuristic" setting, the muddy overbuilt bladerunner-wannabe art direction, the comic book tie ins, the "super special elite operations team" story, etc- just scream "90s"? Its like if Daikatana had been a rip off of Call of…

@PunkyChipsAhoy: How exactly does one clone memories? I mean, I know clones can be flash-imprinted and all that sort of thing in Star Wars lore, but when exactly did they download Starkiller's memories? After he was a splat on a bulkhead?

@ThePirateZee: I don't think the Palp cloning example is the best, since technically all those clones were blank and Palp's spirit would just serially possess them- which caused problems because every time he body hopped the next clone would wear out even faster.

@Josh Symmonds: They cloned a Jedi Master before in the EU novels. Then that Jedi Master cloned Luke. Both clones went nuts and turned psychotic, though.

The crazy thing is that journalism outlets don't need newspapers. Fluff-tastic TV news aside, they can maintain fully featured websites just like the rest of us. Just cruise by the BBC.co.uk or CNN.com. Or, hell, the NY Times site. They're great! Up to the minute and decently written news and articles, handily…