You gave them all that information; read the EULA.

Goldie was the It girl of the ‘60s. Everyone loved her on Laugh In.

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things…

I’m sure it’s just me, but Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson; he basically wrote this book for me. WWII crypto, Alan Turning, early internet, Nazi gold, treasure hunting and romance. It’s a thousand-pager; I’ve read it cover to cover 12 times by actual count, and I’m ramping up to reading it again. I met Neal on tour…

I’m sure it’s just me, but Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson; he basically wrote this book for me. WWII crypto, Alan…

“Don’t cuddle poultry...”

Best war movie line ever. Probably the best possible.

As noted, the Northrop flying wing was a real airplane; the movie was just a fantasy ad for a never-built airliner version. The YB-49 prototype bomber competed with Convair’s B-36 to be America’s front-line strategic bomber. Some say its failure was due to sabotage that destroyed the prototypes, and political…

That’s no asteroid, it’s an Orion-class nuclear pulse rocket... !

That we’re even talking about this indicates the vast progress we’ve made.

But... there really is a car flying around the solar system.

That’s just chilling. If in fact there is a haunted place anywhere on earth, it’s there.

I watched TAS in first run. One of my favorites was episode 0104, The Lorelei Signal. It’s the one where Lt. Uhura, voiced by Nichelle herself, takes command of the Enterprise. Great stuff.

Mine still says 5GE. Thanks, AT&T.

Greyhound is about the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942, just after the US entered the war; it was a very bad year. Hanks plays a Navy destroyer captain escorting a merchant ship convoy. Their civilian crews faced near impossible odds as German U-boats hunted them in large groups called Wolf Packs. You could stand on…

“The series starts in a world that’s already been devastated by the Captain Trips virus...”

“... still alarming realization just how much of the volume of a rocket getting to orbit from Earth is filled with fuel and oxidizer.”

Nice.

Babbage’s prototype was hand-cranked.