""Modern elevators are strange and complex entities. The ancient electric winch and "maximum-capacity-eight-persons" jobs bear as much relation to a Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Happy Vertical People Transporter as a packet of mixed nuts does to the entire west wing of the Sirian State Mental Hospital.

PS: the literary portrayal in Neal Stephenson's novel, Cryptonomicon, is very moving, if not entirely accurate.

The Antikythera mechanism. Millennia older and way more amazing than anything recent.

this story deserves to end without wrapping it all up neatly. then fans and the show runner can keep extending the story. wrapping it all neatly with a bow is a solution for simple-minded fans, not for those of us who thrive on mystery and imagination.

Neil Armstrong — he demonstrated calm and ingenuity in crises throughout his flight and astronautic career. He was literally the best guy possible in a crisis.

The moment you see that actor playing the Mystery Caller in Forever, you will start to wonder what that actor could have possibly thought when his agent told him about playing the part. To quote the HHGG:

So, no mention of Burn Gorman's guest appearance on Forever?

Elizabeth Sladen would be the very best kind of reincarnation.

and perfect for murder mysteries.

Frédéric Chopin composing his nocturnes.

When my daughter was in third grade, she told me this joke:

Well, who isn't afraid of robot dogs named Aibo?

just another ripoff of an excellent European TV series (Real Humans, aka Akta Manniskor). low expectations.

I was scared of the word aibohphobia when i first thought of it.

Both of these averages were of course significantly less than the 4020 calories per day consumed by the average German in the pre-war years.

does anyone celebrate White Holes?

and Italy, Spain, and Norway

i no longer have a TV set connected to a cable or over-the-air service. I download everything i watch, and I'm able to watch the vast majority of show before they air in my time zone. i'm 8 hours behind the UK, and watch stuff broadcast there immediately after the broadcasts end. i watch material from the US, the…

While I truly love the show, it seems to have lost track of exploring the nature and potential implications of AI and that's kind of boring me. Yeah, I love the gang, but the battle between The Machine and Samaritan is going awfully slowly and hasn't had much of surprising move / counter-move by either side. Neither…

If we try hard enough, maybe we can beat out Mercury and Venus.