Hey, following on the Iraq discussion this morning...
Fela is partially responsible for this newly released poll on Iraqi citizen attitudes about the war. [link]
He's very excited about the coverage.
You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
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.
beekaytee - Sep 27, 2006 8:01:34 am PDT #568 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
tommyrot - Sep 27, 2006 8:15:19 am PDT #569 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Today is the 23rd anniversary of Stanislav Yefgrafovich Petrov saving the world.
Anyway, at 40 minutes past midnight on the 26th Petrov looked up and saw a missile launch from a United States silo had been detected by one of his satellites. Now you might expect panic at this point but missile command tends to attract the serious, sober type, probably the type of people who smoke a pipe and sew leather patches on their jackets, and Petrov kept his head.
He knew the satellite had been reported as suspect and decided to hold off on informing the high command. Then a second missile launch was picked up, and shortly after another, and another and another. Petrov knew that if he waited until he could confirm the launches with ground radar it would be too late for his country, he and his family would die and the Yankees would win the Cold War.
Thankfully for us he thought before acting. He reasoned that it was illogical for a surprise attack to launch missiles one after the other – instead you’d launch everything you had and hope to wipe out the enemy before they reacted. He left the launch button alone and thankfully the missiles proved to be ghosts.
He was reprimanded for his (in)action.
beekaytee - Sep 27, 2006 8:22:08 am PDT #570 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
What a great story! Prayers of thanks to Stanislav, where ever he is.
Connie Neil - Sep 27, 2006 8:29:37 am PDT #571 of 10001
brillig
Hooray for Stanislav Yefgrafovichl
erikaj - Sep 27, 2006 8:30:59 am PDT #572 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
That's not a sentence we spell every day.
tommyrot - Sep 27, 2006 8:41:26 am PDT #573 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 27, 2006 8:45:27 am PDT #574 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
George Bush Butt Plug
Yeah, see, I don't even need to click on the link to need brain bleach. Contemplating whether a Hot Karl is worse than a Dirty Sanchez is less revolting. I may just have to go to wikipedia and find out what "space docking", "the donkey punch" and "a rusty trombone" really are to feel somewhat less grossed out. Gracias (or should I say Danke).
askye - Sep 27, 2006 8:52:36 am PDT #575 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Why is there such a fascination/obsession with the Mona Lisa ?
Connie Neil - Sep 27, 2006 8:52:50 am PDT #576 of 10001
brillig
OK, the description of the rusty trombone on Wikipedia is just funny. The clinicalness matched to the picture in my head makes me snicker.
Jesse - Sep 27, 2006 8:54:37 am PDT #577 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Why is there such a fascination/obsession with the Mona Lisa ?
Yeah, I don't know. A friend was just saying that it's not even in the top ten most awesome things at the Louvre.
I totally just hit the wall. Too bad I have to be at work another three hours, at least.