Old Man

Re: A Thread for Random Musings http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/world/middleeast/01iraq.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

Re: Blasters: why?

Re: Blasters: why? Nitpick: many firearms have readily identifiable sound signatures, especially assault and battle rifles.

Re: The cranky thread Sick kids, they don't sleep so well.

Re: "Neat" Pictures Priority Mail is usually affordable out here.

Re: "Neat" Pictures I didn't see a "girl not included" disclaimer.

Re: "Neat" Pictures Where can I buy that? I don't see an ordering link.

Re: "Neat" Pictures Hmm, a Gigerian Sith... it could work.

Re: The cranky thread I initially read that as "Colombia", which would have been worse than what you wrote. So at least it's not that bad.

Re: More space news! Tessier-Ashpool FTW?

Re: I have a dream. (and MAN was it wierd!) That would be a "hell no".

Re: I have a dream. (and MAN was it wierd!) Had a meeting today with the coworker I stabbed to death a few days ago. I think I managed to hide the awkwardness.

Re: Musings on Random Musings That's The teh bunneh to you.

Re: Blasters: why? I wasn't even talking about games, just SF in general. A SW Imperial blaster is the apparent equivalent of a 1936 M1 Garand. A Star Trek phaser does more damage but is still semiautomatic. A BSG reboot pistol is equal to a 1980s-era SIG P226; Farscape's "Winona" is more deadly, but still not as powerful as a phaser. I could go on, but the point is that the only major SF franchise I can think of off the top of my head where automatic weapons are state of the art is Aliens, which is supposed to be relatively hard SF. edit: Oh, and the movie version of Starship Troopers, which also had tactical nuclear weapons deployed at the platoon level.

Re: Blasters: why?

Re: Musings on Random Musings The Situation. The Biebs.

Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread

Re: The cranky thread Gunshot wound. Could be plantar fasciitis if it's on the bottom of the foot toward the front of the heel. Otherwise I dunno, bone spur, Achilles tweak, or Just One Of Those Things™.

Re: The cranky thread Yeah, I've been living with plantar fasciitis now for five years. It sucks. Get your foot looked at if you can afford it.

Re: Musings on Random Musings

Re: "Neat" Pictures Minor part in the second movie. I know, though, I had to look it up.

Re: Alien And sorry, but this thread really reminded me of this.

Re: The cranky thread I'll rest when I'm dead (which should be just about any day now at this rate).

Re: Alien This horrifying creature resembles a bipedal segmented worm. Hard, jagged, chitinous plates of sickly yellow cover its eleven-foot-long body, ringing it in segments about a foot wide, and supporting a triple row of backward-curving spines down its back. Its head, shaped like that of a monstrous eel, possesses one large round eye on either side, accompanied by three smaller eyes that trail behind it. Each eye blazes brightly with an alien orange light. A double row of razor-sharp, serrated, triangular teeth, perfectly adapted for shearing through human flesh, lines its large, powerful jaws. A sharp mandible flanks each side of the mouth. Behind the teeth and mandibles lurk seven long, black, narrow tongues that extend to a maximum of one-third the length of the creature's body. Instead of arms, this horror sprouts clusters of three prehensile tentacles from the sides of its upper torso. Four rows of small, but strong, white sucker-like discs line each of these brachial appendages, and each disc is ringed with small, sharp teeth--making it practically impossible for prey to escape its grasp.

Re: The cranky thread Sleep deprivation headache.