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This is a great show, but the whole premise for this episode steps on a classic trope. If you're not going to pay a knee-breaker, why show up and tell him in person? You actually think he's gonna let you walk away from that? Especially in a nice, secluded spot? Either tell 'em on the phone or in a public place with lots of people around.
Granted, he'd still be able to come after you, but you'd at least have a fighting chance.
Also, anyone else think during the credits when it says GK Productions, that it means Gabriel Knight Productions? That's just what my mind immediately thinks when I see that, given the subject matter. -
Quote:I refer you to the documentary known as Men In Black. Do you really think the government spends that much on a toilet?Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Don't forget to factor in the inevitable cost overruns, and out right account dishonesty that will probably double or triple the actual cost
of the project.
Things which have sold in the past for prices like $640 toilet seats, $7,600 coffee makers, $436 hammers, $17 dollar bolts will probably get even more expensive when some genius decides to tack on the description "zero-G" and raise the price a few hundred, thousand, million dollars for items that are cheap to make.
A space elevator, while good in theory, will never happen. It is FAR too big of a target for anyone with a grudge. Did you ever play Halo 2? Remember when the Covie's attacked and destroyed the elevator by New Mombasa? Ya, that, but imagine that in real life if that elevator was placed anywhere near a populated area.Quote:True space exploration won't start until a space elevator is built or some new technology is developed that makes leaving Earth inexpensive. A way to shield an object from the effects of gravity would be very effective, but spacecraft using that technology would need to be launched from places like Mt. Everest or there is a good chance that the spacecraft would have a very high collision rate with the ground. After all, the Earth continues to move so having an object that does not move makes using propulsion to leave Earth's orbit obsolete. Why use rocket fuel, when it is so much easier to launch a spacecraft by doing nothing except activate some sort of energy field. -
Stupid dvr. Since the show was titled, "Young Justice: Invasion" rather than "Young Justice", the dang thing didn't record it.
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Quote:Very nice. Though I think Bats should be facing forward, but that's just a minor quibble. This method does remind of Dr. Strangelove though...Originally Posted by Blondeshell
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Quote:You need to add Batman riding on that raptor's back. Also, the Batman needs to be wearing a top hat, monocle, and mustache whilst firing a bazooka that shoots mini-raptors on bicycles.Originally Posted by Horusaurus
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Quote:And that right there is your financial incentive for space exploration.Originally Posted by DreamWeaver
Oookay. NOW I get why they want to do this.
The target asteroid they want to tow back - which is only about 2km wide - is 3554 Amun. Which is made up of the usual silicates, interesting ores, and odd bits of space ice...
Oh yeah, and a few thousand tonnes of native platinum, plus a bunch of tellurides, sulfides and platiniridium alloy. Yummy.
I never trust stories posted to Mashable over numbers, but if it's even a tenth as rich as the estimates then there's about two trillion bucks' worth of rare metals in them thar 'roids.
http://news.yahoo.com/20-trillion-ro...235028470.html
That being said, I think I'm going to be on the look out for any IPOs that Planetary Resources has... -
Quote:Most depressing ending?Originally Posted by Mystic_Fortune
It's going to be tough to wrap up all the existing story lines in just 13 episodes...
The entire series was Walter still in the mental institution...
"Olivia" is actually his doctor that recommends him for a total frontal lobotomy. Peter is the janitor in the institution and Walter never actually had a kid.
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Glad that they get a chance to wrap things up. I wonder if the alternate ending for the season 4 finale will be on the dvd set? Can't recall if they said it had been filmed or just scripted though.
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There's gonna be an anniversary badge right? (Please excuse me if that's been posted before, I'm dealing with a fairly nasty case of a summer cold. Not really thinking too well ATM.)
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They're also played way early in the morning on the Hub. Along with the old Batman show.
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Quote:That way lies madness!Originally Posted by Sevenpenny
How about a crust that has another pizza inside it?
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Quote:You have to remember the audience that the message is being tailored to. These are the same people that made Kim Kardashian famous and take Glenn Beck seriously. In other words, tell them that building the infrastructure will create jobs (and it will) and that they can get cheap gas by mining on Titan, and they'll be all for it.Originally Posted by Lothic
There may come a time when our need for relatively rare materials like gold or platinum for industrial purposes will become so dire that it'll drive our need to mine asteroids for those things. But right now an iPod made with extraterrestrial gold components would likely cost on the order of like $5000 simply because the cost of getting that specific bit of gold from that location and bringing it back would simply be too cost prohibitive.
Unfortunately I suspect that people will be willing to drill 10+ miles down for possible gold deposits on Earth before they'll be willing to pay the cost to go up into space to get it. Eventually the tide will turn and space-based sources will finally become more cost effective. I simply suspect that it's going to take quite a long time for the paradigm to shift that way.
Also, tell the hipster community that there's an infinite supply of thick rimmed glasses and PBR out there, and they'll be for it too. Heck, they'll be for it before it was "cool". -
Quote:1 and 2 are necessary steps to asteroid mining. We need both a reason and a financial incentive to build them to get there. Just building stuff "because" simply isn't a good enough reason.Originally Posted by Lothic
I agree with all of this. My only concern is that "asteroid mining" really shouldn't be our top space priority when we still don't even have things like 1) a cheap and reliable means to get to orbit on a routine basis 2) a serious space station that can be used to create and port other vehicles 3) a Moon base 4) a landing on Mars, and so on.
Asteroid mining will be important to us someday - we simply have like 20 or 30 other things we need to accomplish first before we worry about collecting extraterrestrial raw materials on an industrial level.
Nebulous "research" that people can't see immediate fruits from isn't going to cut it anymore. Competition or national pride won't do the trick like in the '60s, especially when people think that NASA gets 40+% of the national budget, but tell people that we could get metals and materials from asteroids that'll make their next iPod or car cheaper? They'd be all over that. -
Tonight they're playing the first episode of the Simpsons and the first of Married With Children. Hard to believe that it's been 25 years of 'em. Wish they would've played the first In Living Color and Herman's Head too.
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Asteroid mining is going to become a necessity sooner or later. There's only so much easily obtainable or recoverable metals that we access from the planet. Plus, you have the side benefit of not having to worry about environmental issues and/or wildlife concerns in order to extract the metals.
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Rosario + Vampire...my word. The fanservice is off the charts. Nicely animated and the sound Moka makes when chomping Tsukune is unbelievably cute. Also, two words...Ririko-sensei. Where were teachers like that when I was in school?!?
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Superman giving away his secret ident to Clone Boy was a bit rushed, I'd say.
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Quote:And "salad" is only lettuce with some toppings, preferably bacon bits, some red onion ring sections (not fried), maybe some cheese, perhaps some grape tomatoes! It is not potato-based, shrimp-based, egg-based, or tuna-based!Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
We are talking about yummy hotdogs here, you keep your gross 'slaw' discussion to... well... elsewhere!
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Quote:It was Fumbles.Originally Posted by Sevenpenny
you mean Trouser Snake??
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Better than the previous movie's CC. Dang, that thing was horrible.
Shame there won't be Scarlet in the new movie. Rachel Nichols filled out that body armor quite nicely. -
Quote:A possible recipe for vinegar coleslaw.Originally Posted by Tenzhi
I've never seen slaw like that, but if some were available I'd at least give it a try.
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Am I crazy or did I see a reference to the webcomic Something Positive in this movie?
Namely, when they had the board of possible villains up on the wall. There was a line that said, "Angry Molesting Tree". I wonder if it's a reference to the Redneck Tree. -
Quote:Same basic vegetable base, just different forms.Originally Posted by Tenzhi
No. And I never will. Cole slaw is a vile substance that makes me retch.
Sauerkraut, on the other hand...
Cabbage is only acceptable when it's within an eggroll. -
Bah! It's gonna be a long wait for the next season dvd set to come out.
Oh, and Daenarys' pets? Not dragons. Thems be wyverns. -
Quote:That was too quick of a death for him, given what he was doing. A) Threatening Rhaego; B) making demands of and insulting the Khal; and C) openly carrying weapons in Vaes. At the very least, he should've had a good deal of OMGWTFTORTURE done to him. Heck, that assassin was getting worse than the elfy dude for doing less.Originally Posted by Defenestrator
Viserys is actually quite drunk when he barges into the Khal's tent. I don't think there was a whole lot of "thinking" behind his actions other than "ME WANT NAOW!" He did seem to sober up quickly when his arms got snapped like twigs, but I think this is understandable with the adrenaline rush.
As far as the gold chains melting -- creative license. I was okay with this.
The gold thing just bothered me because if it was that easy to melt gold, everyone would be able to do it.