http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4100 Curb stomp a unicorn. Definitely. Flipping tables won't resolve that kind of rage. conrad@idkfa.com (conrad) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:19:51 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4100 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4097 I'm glad I'm not the only one. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:31:11 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4097 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4096 I have the sudden urge to destroy something beautiful. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:27:22 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4096 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4093 Well, I'm going to have that stuck in my head until I get back to Anchorage and we can act that out. Or make a high quality video. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:02:02 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4093 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4091 YES! I'm glad you posted that, because that's exactly where my mind went as soon as I read those two words together. norwaygirl@idkfa.com (norwaygirl) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:52:57 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4091 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4089 broadway is awesome. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Cognitive Surplus Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:26 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4089 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4088 Relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g4ekwTd6Ig#t=10s kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:55:14 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4088 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4087 if you're on an interstellar journey, i would hope that you're not defying gravity. hyperbolic trajectories through gravity wells give you an incredible boost in speed for a relatively small expenditure in propulsion energy. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Cognitive Surplus Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:49:25 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4087 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4086 You just want to watch it because it has the office space guy. Go watch band of brothers instead. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Cognitive Surplus Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:47:04 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4086 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4085 I've heard good things about this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1319690/ That is, good things from our Governator. So take that as you will. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:41:03 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4085 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4084 Great insights in that article. I guess I don't watch Star Trek as a hard science show in any regard, so those discrepancies don't bother me in the slightest. And a truly hard science show would probably be super lame. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:34:39 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4084 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4082 Fun read. I wouldn't say I fault Star Trek for not predicting certain things, the least of which being Facebook. Not only is ST beholden to the motifs and ideas set out in its universe by its predecessors, but as the article author states, a show about people wasting time on Facebook wouldn't be "narratively interesting." They're right, though. In their quest to maintain the same character archetypes as from TOS and TNG, they seem strangely, eh, inhuman, compared to the other races in the show. People aspire to weird ideals (for being a futuristic, spacefaring race), particularly given the situations they happen to be in. But I guess if you lived in a post-scarcity, Prime Directive-obsessed pan-species federation of planets, you might have hopes, dreams, and hobbies different than our current myopic, narcissistic civilization. (And I will note that BSG addressed these issues with their characters wholesale. And for that, I will always have much respect.) kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:50:54 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4082 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4081 An article you nerds might enjoy, regarding DS9, social networks, and boredom. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2012/02/shitsiskosays.html Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:53:06 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4081