Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.

'Get It Done'


Natter 70: Hookers and Blow  

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.


le nubian - Jul 10, 2012 9:51:46 am PDT #13345 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I love them too, but I am not sad about it!


Jesse - Jul 10, 2012 10:10:34 am PDT #13346 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I hate you.

You're welcome!! Ching-a-ring Ching-a-ring!!


sarameg - Jul 10, 2012 10:13:19 am PDT #13347 of 30001

I was living 8 hours in the future for approximately 1 hour today and now my whole system is screwed up. t /Ihatecomputers


tommyrot - Jul 10, 2012 10:16:13 am PDT #13348 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I was living 8 hours in the future for approximately 1 hour today and now my whole system is screwed up.

Did you at least get the chance to see some winning lottery ticket numbers?


tommyrot - Jul 10, 2012 10:59:29 am PDT #13349 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, was launched 50 years ago.

Telstar 1: The Little Satellite That Created the Modern World 50 Years Ago

It was a big deal, both technologically and pop culturally.

It was very tiny by today's standards--only three feet long. Also, it was actually the world's first active communications satellite, as there was a satellite that was just a giant balloon that was used for communication by bouncing signals off it.


Jesse - Jul 10, 2012 11:01:46 am PDT #13350 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Odds Jesse Jackson Jr. is in rehab? [link]


Calli - Jul 10, 2012 11:21:41 am PDT #13351 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

They're in this weird place of asking me to know more than the developer, and I don't see how that's vaguely feasible.

If that were feasible why would you need the developer? Sounds crazy-making.

I hope you feel less awful tomorrow.


DavidS - Jul 10, 2012 11:26:12 am PDT #13352 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

It was a big deal, both technologically and pop culturally.

Pop culturally it gave us the great song...Telstar! (Margaret Thatcher's favorite song, incidentally.)


tommyrot - Jul 10, 2012 11:34:29 am PDT #13353 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

There was a '60s cartoon called Frankenstein Junior, about a kid and his giant Frankenstein... robot or something.

There was a scene where the kid was in peril, and he managed to send for help by bouncing the signal from his communicator ring off Telstar. Which cracked me up.


DavidS - Jul 10, 2012 12:06:19 pm PDT #13354 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

There was a '60s cartoon called Frankenstein Junior, about a kid and his giant Frankenstein... robot or something.

Yup, Frankenstein Jr., paired with The Impossibles (a superhero rock band).

Frankenstein Jr. was a giant robot with an underbite, and a zorro mask. Because...you wouldn't want to be able to guess his secret identity as a mild mannered giant robot with an underbite.