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Oct. 21st, 2004 09:02 am
Blood Moon *and* total lunar eclipse next Wednesday.
Oct. 21st, 2004
Blood Moon *and* total lunar eclipse next Wednesday.
Loonie quotes!
Oct. 21st, 2004 09:12 am"The problem with women voting is that, you know, women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it. And when they take these polls, it's always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care."
-- Ann Coulter, Politically Incorrect, Feb. 26, 2001
Amazon.com: "If you could have one superpower, what would it be?"
Coulter: "The United States of America. Oh--that isn't what you mean? Then x-ray vision. That way I could become the first blond white female ever hired as an airport security checkpoint guard."
Quoth World O'Crap:
>So, I suggest we all chip in and buy Ann an x-ray machine so she can get
>her dream job at the airport, and maybe finally contribute something to
>the War on Terror except a lot of big talk. But then, she doesn't need
>an X-ray machine, because she already knows who the bad people aren't:
> "I can tell which ones don't need to be looked at, I can tell you that.
> Old ladies, old black men, little children, blondes, blue eyed."
>
>Yup. No blondes or blue-eyed people could EVER be involved in terrorism!
None at all!
-- Ann Coulter, Politically Incorrect, Feb. 26, 2001
Amazon.com: "If you could have one superpower, what would it be?"
Coulter: "The United States of America. Oh--that isn't what you mean? Then x-ray vision. That way I could become the first blond white female ever hired as an airport security checkpoint guard."
Quoth World O'Crap:
>So, I suggest we all chip in and buy Ann an x-ray machine so she can get
>her dream job at the airport, and maybe finally contribute something to
>the War on Terror except a lot of big talk. But then, she doesn't need
>an X-ray machine, because she already knows who the bad people aren't:
> "I can tell which ones don't need to be looked at, I can tell you that.
> Old ladies, old black men, little children, blondes, blue eyed."
>
>Yup. No blondes or blue-eyed people could EVER be involved in terrorism!
None at all!
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Oct. 21st, 2004 10:13 amInterview with the cast of Fantastic Four
The Von Doom Industries logo is neat, but I can't directly link it and I can't copy it to my web space from here. I'll put it up later, if I remember.
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Oct. 21st, 2004 10:22 amNew Blade: Trinity trailer
Streaming. I'm still planning to see the movie, if only to watch the focus of the most recent trailer get chopped in half. That would be fun.
Streaming. I'm still planning to see the movie, if only to watch the focus of the most recent trailer get chopped in half. That would be fun.
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Oct. 21st, 2004 10:39 am![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
ursulav has an entirely neat rant about fantasy writing in general, with some very well-put specifics. It's a good read.(no subject)
Oct. 21st, 2004 11:55 amAnother ursulav quote:
"If Santa were in a fantasy novel these days, he'd be the benevolent ruler of a vast force of elves, who would be bonded at puberty to a special race of telepathic reindeer, and sent out on the winter solstice. And by the third book, Santa would have been assassinated, and it would be up to the elves and reindeer to figure out whodunnit, while Mrs. Claus because the regent of the empire until Claus Jr. reaches the age of majority."
ursulav quote:"If Santa were in a fantasy novel these days, he'd be the benevolent ruler of a vast force of elves, who would be bonded at puberty to a special race of telepathic reindeer, and sent out on the winter solstice. And by the third book, Santa would have been assassinated, and it would be up to the elves and reindeer to figure out whodunnit, while Mrs. Claus because the regent of the empire until Claus Jr. reaches the age of majority."
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Oct. 21st, 2004 12:20 pmOfficials in Baker want to ban 'anti-Christian' Halloween
School District won't celebrate Halloween because it's offensive to "real witches".
There's a "cauldron calling the kettle black" joke just begging to be made, here.
School District won't celebrate Halloween because it's offensive to "real witches".
There's a "cauldron calling the kettle black" joke just begging to be made, here.
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Oct. 21st, 2004 12:50 pmI was watching this with popcorn when it happened (because I know how to read URLs, that's why), but that was before I had my little collecting point for News Of The Cool Stuff, so I'm re-linking it.
MTV.com article about Metallica suing Montreal band "Unfaith" for unlawful use of the E-F chord progression
Metallica.com statement from the band about the lawsuit
On an 'unrelated' note, Erik Ashley is cool people who I've mentioned before, but not here. Check out his movie posters for the upcoming Fear Of Clowns
MTV.com article about Metallica suing Montreal band "Unfaith" for unlawful use of the E-F chord progression
Metallica.com statement from the band about the lawsuit
On an 'unrelated' note, Erik Ashley is cool people who I've mentioned before, but not here. Check out his movie posters for the upcoming Fear Of Clowns
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Oct. 21st, 2004 02:31 pmAdvocates of a propulsion idea for spacecraft claim that it would enable a 90-day round trip to Mars.
It would use a space station to fire a beam of magnetised particles at a solar sail mounted on a spacecraft.
This plasma beam would then make use of repulsive forces to propel the spacecraft along at high speeds.
Project leader Robert Winglee of the University of Washington estimates that a control nozzle 32m wide would generate a plasma beam capable of propelling a spacecraft at 11.7km/second.
"We're trying to get to Mars and back in 90 days. Our philosophy is that, if it's going to take two-and-a-half years, the chances of a successful mission are pretty low," he said.
However, to make such high speeds practical, another plasma unit would have to be stationed on a platform at the other end of the trip to apply brakes to the spacecraft.
"Rather than a spacecraft having to carry these big powerful propulsion units, you can have much smaller payloads," Professor Winglee explained.
He added that these units could be placed around the Solar System by Nasa missions currently in the pipeline. Units placed further out in the Solar System would use nuclear power to create the ionized plasma, while those closer to the Sun would be able to use electricity generated by solar panels.
It would use a space station to fire a beam of magnetised particles at a solar sail mounted on a spacecraft.
This plasma beam would then make use of repulsive forces to propel the spacecraft along at high speeds.
Project leader Robert Winglee of the University of Washington estimates that a control nozzle 32m wide would generate a plasma beam capable of propelling a spacecraft at 11.7km/second.
"We're trying to get to Mars and back in 90 days. Our philosophy is that, if it's going to take two-and-a-half years, the chances of a successful mission are pretty low," he said.
However, to make such high speeds practical, another plasma unit would have to be stationed on a platform at the other end of the trip to apply brakes to the spacecraft.
"Rather than a spacecraft having to carry these big powerful propulsion units, you can have much smaller payloads," Professor Winglee explained.
He added that these units could be placed around the Solar System by Nasa missions currently in the pipeline. Units placed further out in the Solar System would use nuclear power to create the ionized plasma, while those closer to the Sun would be able to use electricity generated by solar panels.