Happy Birthday Daniel!
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 31, 2005 4:12:17 am PST #171 of 10006
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
amych - Oct 31, 2005 4:14:05 am PST #172 of 10006
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Happy Birthday, Daniel!
Happy Anniversary, Voices of Reason!
Jesse - Oct 31, 2005 4:16:49 am PST #173 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If it rhymes, you must acquit!
This is what I'm saying. I actually had to laugh at the guy on NPR this morning who said that the President has made four SC nominations and three have been white men, and the other one sucked. Counting Roberts twice.
Argh. I cannot decide what to do about stupid Halloween. Everything I have to wear is not that cute and/or too hot for today with its high of 70.
tommyrot - Oct 31, 2005 4:31:59 am PST #174 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Defend yourself against the coming robot rebellion
He did the other research by posing scenarios to fellow robot experts at CMU and elsewhere -- such as how they would fire a weapon at a robot or how they would stop a giant walking robot -- and noting their responses.
Wilson's office mate, Garth Zeglin, is an expert in walking robots currently working at a university in the Netherlands.
"I'd say, 'Garth, how big can a humanoid robot get?' And they're kind of like, 'This is stupid and pointless and there's never going to be a robot uprising, but how big could a robot be? ... Twenty minutes later I've got this page full of notes," Wilson said.
tommyrot - Oct 31, 2005 4:35:21 am PST #175 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Female science fiction fans now outnumber men for the first time.
The digital television channel Sci Fi UK has seen a 10 per cent rise in the number of female viewers over the past eight years and 1.4 million women now tune in - 51 per cent of the audience. The channel, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, links the rise in "girl geeks" to the proliferation of heroines such as Buffy, Lara Croft and Xena.
Adam Roberts, a science-fiction author and a professor in English at Royal Holloway, London University, said fantasy television programmes and films were becoming more character-led. "Programmes are moving away from the emphasis on machines and zombies in the 1960s," he said. "More women are tuning in to see the relationships develop between wittily-written, complex central characters they can identify with. A film like The Matrix attracted female viewers partly because it was about complicated concepts of life and death. It also had Keanu Reeves running around in leather, which helped."
sarameg - Oct 31, 2005 4:35:43 am PST #176 of 10006
Bloody noses and attack of the static. Must be fall.
I forgot it was halloween until I left this morning and there was a very large man dressed very accurately (nothing halfassed about it) as a clown in the parking lot. Took a minute for me to come up with why someone might be doing that at 8:30 am.
From the few times I saw snippets of Roswell, they sure made Roswell look much, much more interesting than it actually is. Not to slur your hometown or anything, Raq, just.... An indie movie did the same thing with Las Cruces some time back. There was much hooting in the theater .
Fred Pete - Oct 31, 2005 4:47:12 am PST #177 of 10006
Ann, that's a ferret.
Happy Anniversary, Jilli and Pete!
Kate P. - Oct 31, 2005 4:51:12 am PST #178 of 10006
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Happy birthday, Daniel!
Happy Anniversary, Jilli and Pete!
Happy Halloween, everyone!
I couldn't be arsed to put together a costume this year, so I'm just dressed in all black. I had intended to wear black lipstick, too, but I must have finally thrown out my old tube, because I couldn't find it this morning. Ah well. Haven't decided yet what I'll do tonight to celebrate.
msbelle - Oct 31, 2005 4:54:03 am PST #179 of 10006
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
My office is surprised that I am not dressed up. I am however wearing my candy corn sweatrer and carrying a plastic jack-o-lantern as a purse.
Today when I woke up, 43 degrees. Today's expected high, 70 degrees. WRONG WRONG WRONG. so not easy to dress for. stupid weather.
Beverly - Oct 31, 2005 4:58:23 am PST #180 of 10006
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Happy Birthday, Daniel!
Happy Anniversary to Pete and Jilli!
Boo! to everybody!