"Duke Nukem? Quentin Tarantino. Duke Nukem requires over-the-top action and humor, along with that sort of underlying indi self-deprecation and satire. Tarantino would find just the right people to rip off in just the right combination. Bay's Nukem would be unfunny, which is unacceptable. "
So you're saying that Michael Bay's version of the film would be just like Duke Nukem Forever? He's the perfect director, then!
So you're saying that Michael Bay's version of the film would be just like Duke Nukem Forever? He's the perfect director, then!
MJT++
Seriously, when I went they had a whole display about a species of bat that can phase through trees, and the experiments performed to capture one half-embedded in a sheet of iron. There were mosaics made of butterfly scales, sculptures in the eye of a needle, and dioramas of mobile homes. I think there was even some crazy theory about the nature of spacetime which made only slightly more sense than the Simultaneous 4-Day Time Cube. If that doesn't qualify as "weird museum," I don't know what does.
Seriously, when I went they had a whole display about a species of bat that can phase through trees, and the experiments performed to capture one half-embedded in a sheet of iron. There were mosaics made of butterfly scales, sculptures in the eye of a needle, and dioramas of mobile homes. I think there was even some crazy theory about the nature of spacetime which made only slightly more sense than the Simultaneous 4-Day Time Cube. If that doesn't qualify as "weird museum," I don't know what does.
Mass spectroscopy? Or does that not count as "common"?
How could this possibly predict natural disasters? I could see an argument for economic or political predictions, and I guess if lots of people are searching for symptoms of a known illness that might indicate that an outbreak is in progress, but are people going to start searching for "tsunami" before one actually occurs? That makes no sense.
Fortunately, it was explicitly stated that only humans were affected by Miracle Day, not all animals. So feel free to keep eating that burger.
You had a perfect opportunity to use the topic tag "bananapocalypse," and you wasted it. For shame.
I haven't even read this post yet, but from the title alone, I know the answer is "yes."
Dune. Arrakis. Dessert planet.
This is basically what my friends and I concluded after seeing the movie; the only way for that scene to make sense is if the first 2/3 of the second film is setting up why Sinestro would want the yellow ring, and only then does he put it on. If they start out with Sinestro being evil, that's it, the film's over.
I don't know if "cutesy" is the word I'd use to describe it, but my favorite ridiculous medical problem name has to be Exploding Head Syndrome. No, it's not like that guy from Scanners.
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And don't forget, Acme Klein Bottles is there for all your fourth-dimensional manifold needs: [www.kleinbottle.com]
(Basically it's a mathematician who sells blown-glass Klein bottles in his spare time. Even if you don't purchase, be sure to peruse the site for more mathematical humor than you can fit inside a Klein bottle...and since Klein bottles have no concept of "inside" and "outside," that's quite a lot.)
(Basically it's a mathematician who sells blown-glass Klein bottles in his spare time. Even if you don't purchase, be sure to peruse the site for more mathematical humor than you can fit inside a Klein bottle...and since Klein bottles have no concept of "inside" and "outside," that's quite a lot.)
Wait, they studied French people...and found a cohort who never ate olive oil? I find that hard to believe.
Not that there's anything wrong with olive oil; I'd imagine it's hard to find a cohort *anywhere* which doesn't consume it. But France...really?
Not that there's anything wrong with olive oil; I'd imagine it's hard to find a cohort *anywhere* which doesn't consume it. But France...really?
I hope you don't forget to celebrate Tau Day then too.
Based on their FAQ, they reuse text. Although some match so perfectly, it's hard to tell.
I came here ready to pooh-pooh this article for being overly optimistic and unrealistic about the potential of this research, but this is actually a pretty good take on the E. chromi project. Basically, the team prepared genes which can be triggered by standard BioBricks parts and which produce various human-visible pigments (as in, they don't require a fluorescence microscope to see). While they didn't do anything on the "detecting stuff" end of things, there are other BioBrick components which perform many of those tasks, and theoretically they can be hooked together like the Lego bricks that "BioBricks" are named after.
No discussion of the Ackerman function (aside to a link where David Morgan-Mar explains the concept)?
Really, no reference to Cracked.com's excellent discussion of Dunbar's Number, What is the Monkeysphere? And when I say "excellent," I mean "hilarious and scatological, but also insightful and thought-provoking."
The episode is titled "The Victory of the Daleks," and it is completely accurate. Maybe the Moff doesn't want to mess with the high note he left them on?
Good to see the return of Colin Farrell and the Eyebrow of Power.
My first thought was "HOLY SHIT WEEPING ANGEL!" But I guess the guy from Pan's Labyrinth would be a better fit.
