The cameras used for these preliminary pictures are the hazard avoidance cameras which will eventually be used by the rover to not run over rocks and crevices and whatnot. The actual high-res scientific cameras are on the mast. They're not going to raise the mast and activate the high-res cameras until they're 100%…

Never mind replacing college for those who can't afford it, I think Reddit is replacing college *for those already at college.*

By "high resolution," they mean "256x256 pixels." Compared to the earlier 64x64-pixel thumbnails, that's pretty high res.

I recently attended my local Regional Convention, and honestly found it lacking compared to the last Nation Event I went to (specifically, Dragon*Con). The weird thing is, what I missed most wasn't the huge crowds, big-name celebrities, and overload of creators. The best thing about Dragon*Con was the discussion…

Well, of course. If they included Australian snakes, you'd have no chance to survive your dissertation.

Alternately, if you want to read a novelization of Shada as Douglass Adams himself would write it, pick up Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. OK, so the plot's a bit different, but Professor Chronotis still plays a large role.

I felt this was way too busy. Some of the still frames were nice, but the transitions with lots of random things flying around, and the kinematic typography...it just distracts and confuses the viewer.

Turns out that Gawker's code wouldn't let me link directly to a page with parenthesis in the title, so yes.

Basically, yes: [en.wikipedia.org]

My understanding is that it's an 8-part story. Not that that's going to stop me from buying it in comic format.

Borg and Cybermen, actually. You can see where they have synergy.

My understanding is that they've since revised that comment and have sent out engineers to physically look at Engine 5. So I think we can write it off as "Musk got a bit overexcited following the mission abort, but after a few hours of sleep he's thought it through more."

"Duke Nukem? Quentin Tarantino. Duke Nukem requires over-the-top action and humor, along with that sort of underlying indi self-deprecation and satire. Tarantino would find just the right people to rip off in just the right combination. Bay's Nukem would be unfunny, which is unacceptable. "

MJT++

Mass spectroscopy? Or does that not count as "common"?

How could this possibly predict natural disasters? I could see an argument for economic or political predictions, and I guess if lots of people are searching for symptoms of a known illness that might indicate that an outbreak is in progress, but are people going to start searching for "tsunami" before one actually…

Fortunately, it was explicitly stated that only humans were affected by Miracle Day, not all animals. So feel free to keep eating that burger.

You had a perfect opportunity to use the topic tag "bananapocalypse," and you wasted it. For shame.

I haven't even read this post yet, but from the title alone, I know the answer is "yes."

Dune. Arrakis. Dessert planet.