Huge wave of tired, so… good night.
Month: October 2009
So, apparently we *did* think about nuking the moon.
Assuming that you believe the source: no, not Cracked.com. Those guys are pretty reliable, for given values of ‘reliable.’ But they got this one off of a Commondreams reprint of a Guardian article, so you have to wonder how much is true, and how much is ‘betcha I can make ’em believe it.’
I should also note that the likelihood of it not working is perhaps lower than people might think; the arguments for it are persuasive.
Cheesy YouTube Video Watch: Cat betrayal subtitles. [The Sequel!]
And no, you haven’t been there, on either side. Because you’re not a cat. Thanks to eagle-eyed Matt from comments, I am now aware that I apparently blocked this out of my mind. Fine, then: watch the video response. Which is worse.
Moo hoo bwah hah.
Remember: Amazon.com. Because…
Book of the Week: Imager’s Challenge
This one is a bit speculative: Imager’s Challenge is the sequel to L. E. Modesitt’s Imager:, which is a fantasy novel that seems to be drawing its inspiration from gaslight-era French society. Sort of. Anyway, the first one was good, and it’s Sunday, so we replace And Another Thing… with it.
Ah, Nintendo.
Circa 1988. Before you laugh, contemplate what the people in 2030 are going to be laughing about when it comes to our it-seemed-a-hip-idea-at-the-time enthusiasms. Although I hope to God that the hairstyles don’t age as badly:
(Via David Thompson) I never had a Nintendo, by the way. This no doubt scarred me for life; and explains why the Wii has such an unholy fascination for me…
Terminator 2 was cool.
To answer John Scalzi (also via Instapundit), Terminator 2 was exceptionally cool by both the SF contingent’s, and mainstream society’s, standards. Particularly since it was widely expected to crash, burn, explode, and possibly irradiate the landscape. In 1991, ‘hundred-million dollar budget’ was a synonym for ‘train wreck in progress.’
I’d also say The Lord of the Rings, except that it probably doesn’t count because it’s fantasy, not science fiction.
Moe Lane
I’m going to go with ‘comforting.’
I can see Glenn Reynolds’ point, but if I’ve bought a car that has a service like Onstar’s*, and I’ve just accelerated at just under a G, damn straight I want them to call to check up on me. For all they know, I’ve just gone off of a cliff.
Moe Lane
*This story was distressingly free of any excuses to link to Amazon.
Playing hooky. Nothing’s going to happen today, anyway.
It’s Sunday, it’s a beautiful, clear, crisp day out, I have to put up a board or two on the back fence, I’m behind on a variety of geek-stuff content, and all the male power players in American politics are scheduling last-minute golf games (and who can blame them?).
So… fresh air.
“Roadhouse Blues.”
Roadhouse Blues ( LP Version ), The Doors
Good drinking song. Which may have been Morrison’s problem, really.
Real quick: was your vote last November primarily due to corporations?
(H/T: Big Government) As in, you hated them (and lobbyists) with the passion of a million burning suns, you wanted them broken, and you decided that your guy would wash the Washington stables clean?
Yeah. About that. From the Wall Street Journal:
Raising taxes on the overseas profits of American firms has been a central plank of Barack Obama’s agenda since his campaign for President in 2008. The proposal was featured in the President’s budget in February and was the focus of a May speech in which he said that corporations were “shirking” their responsibility to support his huge increases in federal spending through higher tax payments.
But as this newspaper reported Tuesday, the Administration appears to have shelved the plan to limit business use of the current deferral of taxes on profits earned overseas.
[snip]
We should point out, however, that this policy reversal wouldn’t have happened without ferocious opposition by businesses exercising their Constitutional right to petition their government. The Administration likes to portray lobbying as a dirty business, but in this case it seems to have been educational in saving President Obama from an economically damaging blunder.
(Background here) Ouch. Tough luck, there. On the bright side, at least the President kept his promises when it came to…
(pause)
Help me out, here?
Moe Lane
Crossposted to RedState.