Ahem. I would refer you all to Mt. Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts. http://www.skypic.com/ma/7-5692.jpg
It has actual visible contours, and, from some angles, actually occludes part of the sky! I hear from some brave individuals that have scaled it, that the trees start to get stunted and thin out a bit near the top.
So there.
Daniel @ 63: "Equip your battleship with main caliber"
I thought we already covered those enlargement schemes?!
"...a link or two to "exercises" and "weights" designed to produce a larger p3n15..."
I guess I'll do the research on my own. I suspect the weights intrinsically include their own punishment for the foolishness of believing in such schemes.
I am just so tired of ineffective pumps, weights and exercises!
Wait... Exercises?
Wait... Weights?
The pumps I understand from watching Austin Powers.
Yeah, elliptical polar orbits are good for spy satellites. Low over the south pole, where you don't care about stuff, and higher over the north, so you get more hang time. Also, polar orbits will eventually cover every point on Earth, if you care about that sort of thing.
Space is big, but there are lots of satellites, and they take lots of pictures. That part wouldn't surprise me. (One of the first times I looked through a telescope at the moon, a high-altitude jet flew directly through the field of vision, across the disk of the moon.)
What's the altitude of the GeoEye? If it's geosynchronous, and the closer satellite is in LEO, then that would be a BIG satellite.
Anyone else try to find the rows of porta-potties?
Jon @ 10 and 12... You make me giggle!
Uncle Jim @ 25... Before I knew it was an inauguration picture, I assumed it was a looping biplane. Makes it more fun to think of Quaid and what he'd be shouting.
Cracking good speechwriter, eh?
"Your team ran it into the ground, and at this point even a stupid person like yourself has to realize that things are not going well."
I'm fighting the stupid elsewhere, and that line isn't working for me.
i.e., Obama is being blamed for the current financial situation. Yes. No time machines mentioned, yet the President Elect is responsible for the now. The reasoning goes something like this: All our wealthy overlords are pulling all their investments "out," and that's destroying our economy right now. They're pulling out because otherwise, they'll lose it all in taxes. All. Someone directed my attention to a pre-Reagan tax rate of 97%.
(Ouch! That would sting!)
My counter to that was, "Just where is this 'out' they're pulling their money to? Are they destroying it? Because otherwise it's going back into the marketplace, which is a good thing, right?"
The reply to that was that all rich people are buying gold and silver directly from miners, cutting out the middle men. And thus the money is effectively gone.
I didn't bother asking whether or not the newly enriched miners were burning their new cash or using it to, like, buy things.
The stupid... burns.
How do you run a double blind clinical trial for acupuncture?
I'm picturing one room where the patients are poked at with Q-tips, another room where fake accupuncturists stab needles into patients at random, another room where real accupuncturists wear blindfolds while trying to do their jobs...
I'm really surprised at how the SS were loafing. They need better cross trainers, and should get back to Asics.
I'd have leaped like a Puma, if I weren't so Converse to violence.
I guess Denver doesn't want fries with that.
Fodder for great comedy:
1. Outrage and hand-wringing as Obama gradually and methodically repairs the damage.
2. "Evidence" of his muslim/terrorist background discussed endlessly on Faux News and elsewhere.
3. Telefundies pointing out the inherent evil of his instituted programs.
and with any luck,
4. Ludicrous self-defense testimony from upcoming trials.
He looks like the Six Flags guy after seeing a roller coaster collapse kill everyone he brought there.
Jim @76, "If McCain wins, I think the more likely causes would be racism and fear..."
How come people aren't afraid and prejudiced while being polled, then?
#3, "...the Bushies would implement a made-up terrorist attack..."
#10, "If Republicans are going to try to start riots to suppress the vote, ground zero is Philadelphia."
#3, "...declare martial law and postpone/overthrow the election..."
I don't like where this leads me. I really don't like the term "ground zero."
Obama isn't going near Philly soon, is he?
David @93, oh yeah, marriage-magic. Heh. I forgot that.
Wesley @92, 3D animation can output many, *many* channels of bitmap information for each frame so the compositor or editor can endlessly tweak the look of each element by balancing the strength of all those channels. The level of control is surprising. (I have to bite my tongue a little in saying this, but...) This is way better than doing it right in the first place.
Regarding Ice Pirates... You have to take it in the right spirit. My first experience with the film was: "...the frick?! Oh. Okay, now I get it." Then loud guffaws from then on. Of course, I wouldn't want anyone to see me enjoying that sort of thing!
Krull...
Not bad enough to be a good B-movie treat, not good enough to recommend...
Still, I have to give them props for doing that well. The worst thing I can say about it is the bloke has to jump through hoops to get his death frisbee, then hardly uses it at all.
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