So, first off to preface, I did rather enjoy the movie. It was not awesome, but it was fun and it had a neat overall story with some cool ideas and great special FX. The female lead and the robot were both very well played in particular - and the captain gets some points in my book as well.

That being said, hoo-boy was there some implausible BS ( Read more... )

Ok, I'm not an astrophysicist, but I like to keep tabs on the more interesting developments, and last year there was a particularly interesting suggestion: That our universe may be, in essence, a hologram ( Read more... )

I was pondering what a standard Computer RPG would look like in some (not so) distant future when we are playing in some form of fully immersive/responsive virtual environment. What would hit points, or levels look like in a world where I'm swinging swords and avoiding blows via my own movements ( Read more... )

A list of my favorite battles of all time, because its Father's Day and I choose to indulge myself thus:

Battle of Hoth (Empire Strikes Back) - Because AT-AT's are fucking awesome.

Inigo vs. Wesley (Princess Bride) - Where buckles are more extravagantly swashed than at any other time in human history.

Attack on Mingo City (Flash Gordon) - Because ( Read more... )

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I've been reading up on Adam Smith a bit lately. Love most of his writing and agree with much of it. It's a pity how much of his thought is discarded or ignored by current conservative economists. He's actually a fairly balanced economist - definitely NOT a supply-sider...

But this one bit here I do have some issue with, because it simply doesn't ( Read more... )

While I'm about as far from religious as you can get, I do find the phenomenon fascinating - and frankly kind of disturbing at times. However, I have spent a LOT of time noodling about it.

Now I've finally come up with a thesis that begins to actually satisfy me regarding the probable origin of this decidedly unique and unusual human behavior.

Read ( Read more... )

Interesting to watch how Democracy has transformed the world, for the better, and quite possibly for the worse ( Read more... )

Having a great long thanksgiving weekend down at the in laws. Very relaxing, except for the part where one by one we are succumbing to some horrific stomach bug ( Read more... )

Important economic theory of the day ( Read more... )