<![CDATA[Comments from Ed Grabianowski]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[Comments from Ed Grabianowski]]> http://io9.com/people/zeppelined http://io9.com/people/zeppelined Ed Grabianowski commented on Pick The Worst Scifi Movie Sequel Of All Time Speed-Racer 2. I've seen the script. It's just two hours of Warner Bros. execs flushing $100 bills down a toilet while the Wachowski brothers giggle in the background.

]]> http://io9.com/389376/pick-the-worst-scifi-movie-sequel-of-all-time#c5655189 http://io9.com/389376/pick-the-worst-scifi-movie-sequel-of-all-time#c5655189 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:15:59 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Zero-G Metals Will Put a Flying Car In Every Garage @codydog: Actually, aerodynamics keep things aloft. If you have a flying car that sustains lift at 70 mph, it isn't really using any more energy than a rolling car going 70 mph. And there's less friction, so it's probably more efficient.

]]> http://io9.com/389381/zero+g-metals-will-put-a-flying-car-in-every-garage#c5646817 http://io9.com/389381/zero+g-metals-will-put-a-flying-car-in-every-garage#c5646817 Mon, 12 May 2008 08:53:37 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To @Git Em SteveDave: Bravo, sir. Bravo.

]]> http://io9.com/388790/nanotech-precisely-measures-spiciness-so-your-tongue-doesnt-have-to#c5615494 http://io9.com/388790/nanotech-precisely-measures-spiciness-so-your-tongue-doesnt-have-to#c5615494 Fri, 09 May 2008 08:39:20 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on First-Ever Example of a Computer Hack Attacking People's Brains Ok, so, just to clarify, here is a link to a Wired article that mentions a supposed connection to the group Anonymous. It's based on rather tenuous evidence, but just goes to show I wasn't totally talking out my ass.

[www.wired.com]

]]> http://io9.com/388601/first+ever-example-of-a-computer-hack-attacking-peoples-brains#c5598637 http://io9.com/388601/first+ever-example-of-a-computer-hack-attacking-peoples-brains#c5598637 Thu, 08 May 2008 11:57:41 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on First-Ever Example of a Computer Hack Attacking People's Brains @Annalee Newitz: Yeah, I'm going by memory of an article I read a few days ago, and I might be confused between people who are literally anonymous and the group that actually calls itself "Anonymous." :-) Consider anything I said rumor-mongering, not actual new.

@Garrison Dean, King Awesome: Honestly, I'm one of the most cynical, horrible, dark-humored persons you'll ever meet, but try as I might, I can't muster a chuckle at this. Seizures are potentially fatal.

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]]> http://io9.com/388601/first+ever-example-of-a-computer-hack-attacking-peoples-brains#c5597821 http://io9.com/388601/first+ever-example-of-a-computer-hack-attacking-peoples-brains#c5597821 Thu, 08 May 2008 11:33:07 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Quantum Internet Could Protect Batman's Secret Identity QuantumNet works for me.

]]> http://io9.com/387712/quantum-internet-could-protect-batmans-secret-identity#c5555400 http://io9.com/387712/quantum-internet-could-protect-batmans-secret-identity#c5555400 Tue, 06 May 2008 14:21:48 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on For Those About To Grok Ok, maybe not much more impressive. Just a little more.

]]> http://io9.com/387449/for-those-about-to-grok#c5551395 http://io9.com/387449/for-those-about-to-grok#c5551395 Tue, 06 May 2008 12:10:22 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on For Those About To Grok Instead of trying to sing them like folk songs, take his lyrics and imagine them as performed by Eminem or LL Cool J or whoever it is the kids are listening to these days. They sound much more impressive.

]]> http://io9.com/387449/for-those-about-to-grok#c5551346 http://io9.com/387449/for-those-about-to-grok#c5551346 Tue, 06 May 2008 12:09:05 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Meet The Secret Brain Trust Behind Iron Man Wait, hold on...consulting with comic book writers on the script of a comic book movie?! Get out! What's really sad is that this is a genuinely revolutionary idea in Hollywood.

]]> http://io9.com/387418/meet-the-secret-brain-trust-behind-iron-man#c5548752 http://io9.com/387418/meet-the-secret-brain-trust-behind-iron-man#c5548752 Tue, 06 May 2008 10:45:21 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Captain Wesley Crusher, Starfleet Investigative Services @Carrespondent: It's a put-on.

]]> http://io9.com/386985/captain-wesley-crusher-starfleet-investigative-services#c5532406 http://io9.com/386985/captain-wesley-crusher-starfleet-investigative-services#c5532406 Mon, 05 May 2008 13:51:16 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Who Should Be The Next Marvel Movie Star? I'm going with the Great Lakes Avengers. That'd be box office gold.

]]> http://io9.com/386989/who-should-be-the-next-marvel-movie-star#c5526938 http://io9.com/386989/who-should-be-the-next-marvel-movie-star#c5526938 Mon, 05 May 2008 10:54:09 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Captain Wesley Crusher, Starfleet Investigative Services @moff: I'm certain someone has thought of this exact idea before. I'm just waiting for someone to post a link to the fan film they already made of it.
@B: Yup, I stole the title from NCIS.

]]> http://io9.com/386985/captain-wesley-crusher-starfleet-investigative-services#c5523664 http://io9.com/386985/captain-wesley-crusher-starfleet-investigative-services#c5523664 Mon, 05 May 2008 08:50:37 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Captain Wesley Crusher, Starfleet Investigative Services @moff: Dude! Actually, I don't think I ever read that thread. I was literally half-conscious from a fever, and the plot episode played out spontaneously in my mind. Were you all hopped up (er...down) on Nyquil when you thought of it, too?

]]> http://io9.com/386985/captain-wesley-crusher-starfleet-investigative-services#c5523015 http://io9.com/386985/captain-wesley-crusher-starfleet-investigative-services#c5523015 Mon, 05 May 2008 08:25:01 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Satellite Smackdown -- Which Moon is the Solar System's Awesomest? Ow, I just got my ass handed to me in a moon fight.

On the positive side, I now have a name for my new band.

Rathmore Chaos.

]]> http://io9.com/386452/satellite-smackdown-++-which-moon-is-the-solar-systems-awesomest#c5506354 http://io9.com/386452/satellite-smackdown-++-which-moon-is-the-solar-systems-awesomest#c5506354 Fri, 02 May 2008 19:17:50 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Many-Handed Giant's Body Slowly Disintegrates @Silver_Back: The huge impassive faces, monolithic self-disassembling architecture, and bizarre anatomy. All very Beksińskiesque.

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Looks sort of like a sci-fi version of my favorite artist of all time, Zdzisław Beksiński. [bsd.miki.eu.org]

Beksiński is simply amazing. This cover art is pretty awesome too. :-)

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]]> http://io9.com/386000/meet-the-partisan-generation-that-gave-you-lsd-conan-and-joseph-campbell#c5473463 http://io9.com/386000/meet-the-partisan-generation-that-gave-you-lsd-conan-and-joseph-campbell#c5473463 Thu, 01 May 2008 08:35:07 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Giant Monsters Destroy All Cities There's always Monsters Menace America if you're not into the collectible aspect: [www.boardgamegeek.com]

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Apologies if this is old news - I just found out myself.

]]> http://io9.com/385465/say-i-am-iron-man-and-mean-it#c5456638 http://io9.com/385465/say-i-am-iron-man-and-mean-it#c5456638 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:03:21 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Robot Planes Target Smithsonian @Miranda Kali: Yeah, the hangar is five kinds of awesome. I drove my wife nuts last time we were there, because I took pictures of EVERYTHING.

]]> http://io9.com/385472/robot-planes-target-smithsonian#c5452197 http://io9.com/385472/robot-planes-target-smithsonian#c5452197 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:27:35 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Start Bracing Yourself Now For Joss Whedon's Final X-Men Twist OMG Kitty Pryde is going to be killed by Emma Frost's space vibrator?! Noooooo....

]]> http://io9.com/385450/start-bracing-yourself-now-for-joss-whedons-final-x+men-twist#c5443310 http://io9.com/385450/start-bracing-yourself-now-for-joss-whedons-final-x+men-twist#c5443310 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:51:59 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Meet io9 Associate Editor Meredith Woerner @AZTriGuy: In World War Z, for months after the zombie outbreak is contained, zombified shipwreck victims randomly come walking up out of the ocean, having walked along the floor for hundreds of miles.

]]> http://io9.com/385047/meet-io9-associate-editor-meredith-woerner#c5433333 http://io9.com/385047/meet-io9-associate-editor-meredith-woerner#c5433333 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:11:12 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Epic Supervillains Ready To Devastate Paragon City @Dillenger69: They did a major overall XP buff a few months ago. The levels fly by these days. Even the 30s and 40s.

]]> http://io9.com/384964/epic-supervillains-ready-to-devastate-paragon-city#c5433077 http://io9.com/384964/epic-supervillains-ready-to-devastate-paragon-city#c5433077 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:02:38 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Meet io9 Associate Editor Meredith Woerner Huzzah!

]]> http://io9.com/385047/meet-io9-associate-editor-meredith-woerner#c5432219 http://io9.com/385047/meet-io9-associate-editor-meredith-woerner#c5432219 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:39:01 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Epic Supervillains Ready To Devastate Paragon City @Emilia: I've always wanted to see above level 50 content that took the form of cosmic space adventures, like Silver Surfer, that sort of thing. The Rome thing is a little random, but I think it will be cool. Also, I have some inside info that suggests CoH might be seeing some ancient Egypt themed content at some point in the future as well.

Of course, the big news lately is user-created missions, coming later this year. That could be amazing.

]]> http://io9.com/384964/epic-supervillains-ready-to-devastate-paragon-city#c5431621 http://io9.com/384964/epic-supervillains-ready-to-devastate-paragon-city#c5431621 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:19:40 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Robots Learn By Doing Improv @92BuickLeSabre: Nice going. Now Kurt3D appears to be building some kind of monolith in my backyard. Made of tofu.

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]]> http://io9.com/382911/why-titan-is-the-awesomest-moon-in-the-solar-system#c5370546 http://io9.com/382911/why-titan-is-the-awesomest-moon-in-the-solar-system#c5370546 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:34:09 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Space To Be Filled With Magazine About Space @flexiverse: That was like some kind of alien haiku.

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]]> http://io9.com/382911/why-titan-is-the-awesomest-moon-in-the-solar-system#c5344845 http://io9.com/382911/why-titan-is-the-awesomest-moon-in-the-solar-system#c5344845 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:18:24 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Giant Monsters vs. Giant People - Who Wins? I know of a way we can test this, but it's top secret. I'll be able to reveal more next week.

]]> http://io9.com/382730/giant-monsters-vs-giant-people-+-who-wins#c5320578 http://io9.com/382730/giant-monsters-vs-giant-people-+-who-wins#c5320578 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:31:23 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Merchant of Venus, the Game of Intergalactic Trade @dirtybacon: It won't be weekly or anything, but I definitely plan to dig up some old favorites from time to time. Feel free to describe the game you're trying to remember, maybe it'll ring a bell with someone.

]]> http://io9.com/382397/merchant-of-venus-the-game-of-intergalactic-trade#c5315731 http://io9.com/382397/merchant-of-venus-the-game-of-intergalactic-trade#c5315731 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:43:29 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on The 5 Types Of Scifi Deus Ex Machinas Jurassic Park III, perfect example of "The Cavalry Arrives."

"Crap, we're being chased through the jungle by a bunch of dinosaurs and we're sure to die horrible dea...oh, hey! The Marines! Hai Guyz!"

]]> http://io9.com/381892/the-5-types-of-scifi-deus-ex-machinas#c5315582 http://io9.com/381892/the-5-types-of-scifi-deus-ex-machinas#c5315582 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:38:50 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Merchant of Venus, the Game of Intergalactic Trade @PVIII: Yeah, but by the time that auction ends, it will sell for over $100. It's a fun game, but jeez.

]]> http://io9.com/382397/merchant-of-venus-the-game-of-intergalactic-trade#c5311985 http://io9.com/382397/merchant-of-venus-the-game-of-intergalactic-trade#c5311985 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:32:30 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Look Beneath The Armor To See Iron Man's Embarrassing Past You're right, I won't be running to buy the back issues...because I already own them all!! Muhahahahahaha!

And I like the Living Laser.

]]> http://io9.com/381915/look-beneath-the-armor-to-see-iron-mans-embarrassing-past#c5301406 http://io9.com/381915/look-beneath-the-armor-to-see-iron-mans-embarrassing-past#c5301406 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:49:15 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on The Empty Universe vs. Zillions of Aliens Debate For the record, I agree that the scale simultaneously makes other intelligent life likely, and actually meeting it very unlikely. And it's the time scale as well as distance. Humans have been around for such a tiny, tiny fraction of the universe's age. Odds that another civ developed in that exact same time span? Eh...not so good.

It will be fun exploring their ruins though.

]]> http://io9.com/381912/the-empty-universe-vs-zillions-of-aliens-debate#c5291283 http://io9.com/381912/the-empty-universe-vs-zillions-of-aliens-debate#c5291283 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:27:58 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Hang Out with io9ers at San Francisco's Nerd Salon 4/23 So, are there really no other io9ites near Buffalo? Is it just gonna be me and M. Reilly weeping into our beers over the death of Bill the Mule?

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]]> http://io9.com/381216/the-solar+powered-astro-zombie-turned-out-to-be-a-bad-idea#c5257568 http://io9.com/381216/the-solar+powered-astro-zombie-turned-out-to-be-a-bad-idea#c5257568 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:41:50 PDT Ed Grabianowski commented on Hang Out with io9ers at San Francisco's Nerd Salon 4/23 @Annalee Newitz: I do. Shelves of them. We could watch The Postman and then play BattleTech all night. Who's in?

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