Due out in November is the alien invasion movie “Skyline,” which was apparently shot by a couple of guys in a house and on a seriously small budget. However, since the guys happen to own a decent special effects company, it looks as if the effects will be pretty good. The trailer is on Youtube, and looks pretty promising.
A link courtesy blog reader Mike:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arenamontanus/sets/72157594323393196/detail/
Including such vital warning signs as:
Danger: Antimatter
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Warning: Groupthink
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Warning: Anything you say may be taken down and used as evidence
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Warning: Look out while breakdancing
Greek Edition:
http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2010/10/greeks-bearing-bonds-201010?currentPage=all
The national railroad has annual revenues of 100 million euros against an annual wage bill of 400 million, plus 300 million euros in other expenses. … The Greek public-school system is the site of breathtaking inefficiency: one of the lowest-ranked systems in Europe, it nonetheless employs four times as many teachers per pupil as the highest-ranked, Finland’s. … The retirement age for Greek jobs classified as “arduous” is as early as 55 for men and 50 for women. As this is also the moment when the state begins to shovel out generous pensions, more than 600 Greek professions somehow managed to get themselves classified as arduous: hairdressers, radio announcers, waiters, musicians, and on and on and on.
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It’s simply assumed, for instance, that anyone who is working for the government is meant to be bribed. People who go to public health clinics assume they will need to bribe doctors to actually take care of them.
Coming soon to an economy near you!
Read the whole article. It’s a cautionary tale of what happens when collectivism meets a culture of corruption.
… the cops are only 16+ hours away.
Two NASA-MSFC paintings (clearly based on the same basic “outline”) showing the innards of Skylab.
1994 NASA-Langley wind tunnel model photos of an F-117 packing two Joint Stand Off Weapons on external mounts. While these would almost certainly have provided a much bigger bang than the weapons shown yesterday, they would have been noticeably less stealthy… which would seem to defeat the purpose of using an F-117 in the first place.
Sheriff’s department warns parents of Pedo Bear image
Short form: a warning to parents to beware of the image of “Pedo Bear.”
Oh, and…
P.S. Gallows humor… too soon?
NASA-Langley photos of a wind tunnel model, circa 1994, showing an F-117 packing two stealthy, flat-bottomed missiles with stowed flip-out fins. Propulsion system unknown, although similar “conformal” missiles were shown repeatedly in the 1980’s with an inlet up front for a turbojet engine.
Tractors beams:
Mind reading machines:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1310015/Mind-reading-unveiled-scientists.html
A computer that can read human minds has been unveiled by scientists.
It translates thought signals into speech through sensors placed on the brain.
Researchers say that in more than eight out of ten cases they were able to work out which word was being thought of without the subject saying it out loud.
They believe the breakthrough could give a voice to paralysed patients who have lost the power of speech.
