Friday Ephemera
Pink-eyed fascination. (h/t, Mick Hartley.) // Earthquake van. // Christvertising. Do you have the best brand-prayer alignment? (h/t, Chastity Darling.) // The electromagnetic spectrum. (h/t, Infosthetics.) // BSG teaser. // “I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Dangerous computers. // On HAL’s programming conflict. A detailed breakdown. // The Dawn of Man and Discovery, rendered in Lego. Yes, the pod bay doors do open. // Things turn ugly between HAL and Dave. (h/t, Ace.) // The BigDog robot. Sounds like a fly, walks like a horse. // Dog and machine in perfect harmony. // Wooden elephants. // Wooden horses. // Knit your own squid. // Stefan Kanfer on misplaced pacifism. // Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism podcast. // Madsen Pirie on poverty. // Mary Jackson on a failed accountant’s jihad. // Iranian schoolbooks. Shaping young minds. // Remarkable crushing machines. // Luminescent gravel. // The luminescent pillow. (h/t, Ace.) // Prequels are evil. // Alarming intersections. // And, via The Thin Man, Janis would like some wheels.
A fart joke. I’m shocked. 🙂
Never let it be said that fart jokes are beneath me.
Please tell me Christvertising is a spoof. I’m not brave enough to click ‘enter’
Oh, I think you should step inside. It’s worth it, trust me.
I want an earthquake van.
I think there’s about a five or ten percent chance that Dr. Ed van Pelt is actually a comedian. Please don’t remove this option from my table. Thank you.
A variation on a theme…
http://www.neave.tv/#hello_dave
Forget about why HAL went mad, how did Dave survive explosive decompression, followed by a total vacuum to re-enter the spaceship?
I thought all my, um, regulars were familiar with the latest research into explosive spacecraft decompression.
http://www.sff.net/people/Geoffrey.Landis/vacuum.html
Well I’m impressed.
I’d have thought the bends would do the trick if the blacking out didn’t. I’ll time the sequence later to see if he manages the 10 second threshold.
It’s useful to know that it is a mistake to attempt to hold one’s breath when explosive decompression occurs. I had foolishly planned to try that prior to reading your link. I ever find myself in that situation I’ll know what to do now.
I do like to think of this place as a vital public service, for the betterment of mankind.
Oh it is, David. 🙂