I'd like to wish belated Happy Birthdays to stronae, adqam, and michiexile - I would have posted something on the actual days, but I haven't got to a computer for the last couple of days. Hope you all had a good one, guys ( Read more... )

Fascinating idea, courtesy of bruce_schneier: the correct legal framework for dealing with terrorism is the one already in use for dealing with pirates. Apparently, piracy is a crime defined in international law, and pirates can be arrested anywhere and by anyone. This would, apparently, both deter states from harbouring terrorists, and deter the US, UK, China ( Read more... )

Best. Swordfight. EVAR.

I'd read interviews with the cast, in which they'd said that they had the best swordfight ever committed to celluloid. "Oh yeah?" I thought. "Better than the one in Princess Bride? Better than the swordfights in Zatoichi? Better than the teahouse scene in Crouching Tiger? Better than the scene in the bar in Kill Bill Volume ( Read more... )

Nicked from steerpikelet.

( Cut to placate michiexile )