If you want to find some good evidence – as if it was really needed (but I guess these days it is) – that evolution is a reality, look no further than a mirror.
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Mar 202016
… from a while back. Not terribly great, but what the heck, this is the internet, so here’s a cat.
Mar 202016
What we’ve got here are about 200 episodes in MP3 format of 1950’s science fiction radio dramas, “Dimension X” and “X Minus One.” These aided on NBC radio from 1950-51 and 1955-58 and featured stories written by the likes of Robert Heinlein and Ray Bradbury. I’ve only just started listening (having caught part of one episode on the radio late last night… presumably a station broadcasting recordings, rather than a small wormhole that’s letting radio signals from 60 years ago propagate through), and I’ve noticed the same titles popping up several times. I don’t know if those episodes are remakes or re-runs. But hey, they’re free, so do as I did and download ’em all.
Dimension X
X Minus One
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There are also these (so far I haven’t listened to any):
Dark Fantasy
This sounds a bit like the more horror-centric Twilight Zone.
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And then there are these two, which seem like screamingly-1950’s sci-fi fare:
Space Patrol
Planet Man
Mar 192016
The Brits have themselves a new research vessel. Looks like this:
They’re holding open voting to name the ship. Some of the names suggested have been the RRS Henry Worseley and the RRS David Attenborough. But what name is winning the popular vote just now? Hmm, let’s see…
‘Boaty McBoatface’ Is Currently Leading An Open Vote To Name The New £200 Million Royal Research Ship
This is a reminder, as if it was really needed, that democracy isn’t *always* the answer. “What shall we name our ship?” “Engine #2 has burst into flames. What shall we do?” “Should we use the power of government to stomp all over such-and-such ethnic/religious/economic group?” These are the sort of questions it’s often best to *not* put in the hands of the mob.
Mar 192016
Some recent views of the Thatcher area…
And this sure looked like a giant-scale trilobite fossil in the sky. Well, I suppose Cthulhu has to snack on *something*…
Mar 182016
A video explainer of a very unusual shotgun from South Africa. It was designed for 12 gauge shotgun shells that cannot be obtained; the only shells that it’ll run that can actually be purchased are quite weak, with the end result being that the gun… just ain’t that good.
Mar 182016
When you can’t confront it with arms… try this approach:
I wonder how well this’d work *today.*
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Mar 182016
AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh…………..
For First Time, Majority in U.S. Oppose Nuclear Energy
54% opposed, 44% in favor.
And here’s the combination “well dug” and “umm, what” chart:
That Democrats are so opposed to nukes? Not surprising. The sudden crash in Republican acceptance of nukes? Shocking and appalling.
Mar 182016
Oddly enough, this post isn’t about Trump rallies.
IL Rep. Soto’s daughter, campaign volunteer charged in attack on opponent
In short: one Robert Zwolinski was running for the office currently held by one Cynthia Soto, competing against her in the party primary. As goes the tale: Soto’s daughter Jessica and others were stapling up campaign ads/flyers for her mom…a perfectly cromulent thing to do, but kinda questionable to do outside the opponents campaign office. When Zwolinski came out to ask what they were doing, Jessica Soto and her boyfriend bashed him upside the head with a bottle, punched him down to the ground, kicked him and used a staple gun on his forehead. Zwolinski suffered substantial lacerations and a broken nose.
Go ahead and guess at the the party affiliation of Cynthia Soto. Go on, I dare you.
Bonus round – guess which one is Zwolinski and which one is Soto:
So how do we b lame the Tea Party for this?
Mar 182016
The “Parrot Disco” drone, an RC airplane built around a high-def camera. I have no doubt that this thing will be *blisteringly* expensive… but I also have no doubt that if the comm system can be made secure, the Army and the Marines will buy them by the truckload. These look a whole lot like the old, failed Lockheed “Aquila” drones from the 80’s, but, you know, portable and *usable.*
I’m sure that people who know about such things are looking into replacing the camera with something a bit more IR; replacing the prop with something quieter. Put a turret on the underside with a decent laser pointer in it, and this would provide a *dandy* accessory to the Raytheon Pike missile system. Just imagine a two-man crew… one controlling the drone, the other firing a 40mm grenade launcher, able to bullseye a womprat from a mile or so away and with hills in between.