this makes me happy

Wasn't the 9th Legion part of the backstory of Pournelle's "Jannissaries"?

I'd also consider the comparative income issues, and more men ending up in jobs that are further out of the downtown core and thus out of easy transit range.

That's actually kind of delightful.

If your software can't handle the real world, fix the software.

It works really well as an electrical insulator. Companies like [www.cgit-westboro.com] make what are essentially gas-insulated coaxial pipes to move high voltage lines around in a tightly packed area that otherwise wouldn't give you sufficient clearance to have the power lines in that space without things arcing and…

BRILLIANT!

Very cool.

I think there should be a "how" in this sentence: Super 8 is actually about a bunch of superpowered teenagers. I'm still confused about this one came about. #corrections

Okay, then.

It kind of depends on what you mean by "the internet". Because, speaking as someone who has hefted a fair number of servers and routers into racks, the physical components of "the internet" weigh quite a bit. Otoh, the conceptual "cyberspace" weighs nothing at all. Because it's a concept.

This looks like a fascinating book.

Oh, why hasn't he gone off to that libertopian paradise that is blissfully free of laws and governments, Somalia.

THE HENCHMEN CAN PLAY JAZZ!

You can get a bunch of these in the "Planetary"/"Batman" crossover one-shot that came out a few years ago. It's a fun story - they keep changing what Batman they're running into. The segue from 1960's cheezey Batman to the Miller Dark Knight is the best, though.

So Rihanna is ... playing Michelle Rodriguez's character?

Brilliant!

Interesting. I wonder how this interacts with the fact that speakers of different languages tend to impart language in different ways. As I understand it, some languages are all about teaching the nouns, while some are all about teaching the verbs - so for a mom helping a kid to pat a stuffed bunny, in one language…

I was ready to be all mocking-my-nerd-bretheren, but, yeah, that's actually a great bit of background noise.

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