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?
Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!
Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
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.
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.
DavidS - Jul 10, 2012 12:10:06 pm PDT #13355 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ooh, look Frankenstein Jr. stained glass.
Did any of y'all you ever see that incredible stained glass in Voluptuous Panic (the book on Weimar Germany)? Just a stunning piece from the '20s of a dominatrix standing over her sub in beautiful detail. So wicked.
tommyrot - Jul 10, 2012 12:12:54 pm PDT #13356 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.
Yup, Frankenstein Jr., paired with The Impossibles (a superhero rock band).
Huh. I saw Frankenstein Jr. in syndication, paired with Space Ghost.
Frankenstein Jr. stained glass.
Cool. I'm not sure, but I think I recognize the middle Impossible.
tommyrot - Jul 10, 2012 12:17:44 pm PDT #13357 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.
Hec, maybe you know: If Frankenstein Jr. was a robot, why did he look like a Frankenstein's monster, with the ragged clothes and stitched-together body parts? Was he a robot disguised as a Frankenstein's monster made of stitched-together body parts from various dead giants?
Maybe he wore the Zorro mask just to add an additional level of WTF-ness to those trying to figure out his "secret identity."