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  1. Andy44

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    The Twilight Zone still runs in reruns in the US. Sci Fi channel still does a marathon every year I think. Serling's other TV show, Night Gallery was the horror version to Twilight Zone's sci fi. You should look up "The Obsolete Man", I think it's my favorite TZ episode. Sadly, Serling...
  2. Andy44

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    Not familiar with that story, although it reminds me of sitting in a government office waiting to get my driver's license renewed... But there was a short story I read years ago about a guy who had squandered all his money, ripped off his creditors and family, and was now loading up his...
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    Season 3 of The Expanse has begun! Just watched Episode 1. God I love this show. It's almost like they got Orbitnauts to help write it sometimes.
  4. Andy44

    What music are you listening to?

    Cosmonaut - YouTube
  5. Andy44

    Science Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

    The romance is in the danger. Using your Apollo example, Ron Howard made a movie not about Apollo 11, which was highly successful and thus pretty boring, but about Apollo 13, which failed and whose crew were lucky to make it back alive. When people tell stories about climbing Everest...
  6. Andy44

    Updates Venus Express News

    60 times faster than the planet is not so impressive when you consider how slow the planet rotates. Equatorial rotation velocity, according to Wikipedia, is about six and a half km/h.
  7. Andy44

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    Is this a rental? If so, shouldn't the landlord be on the hook for taking care of this? I would definitely try to get out as soon as possible. Get your stuff out before a fire starts or you get water damage to your belongings. As for your wife-beating neighbor, there's no way I could...
  8. Andy44

    What music are you listening to?

    Saw these guys live in DC a few weeks ago. My favorite psych rock band ever. This is from their new album:
  9. Andy44

    Updates Voyager mission news

    Wow, you can really see the dramatic plane change of Voyager 2's trajectory there!
  10. Andy44

    News Virgin Galatic "dry run" test flight Virgin Galactic made dry run of it Spaceship

    I am liking that paint job on the Unity. Shiny and chrome.
  11. Andy44

    News Mystery Stingray devices discovered in Washington

    What creeps me out is when I browse something on my phone and then my browser on my laptop starts showing ads for the same things or vice versa. I know what cookies are and so on, of course, but it's hard to keep separation between platforms when the tech allows so much convenience.
  12. Andy44

    News Mystery Stingray devices discovered in Washington

    Like this? Minority Report Mall Scene - YouTube
  13. Andy44

    News Mystery Stingray devices discovered in Washington

    It doesn't matter what you keep on your phone. You are essentially carrying around what amounts to one of those tracker things Batman or Spider-Man used to put on cars in the cartoons, and it has a sensitive microphone as well. I'm not saying "be paranoid", just to be aware. Most people...
  14. Andy44

    News Mystery Stingray devices discovered in Washington

    Your mobile phone is basically a device which enables you to be spied on. Just keep that in mind. If you really want privacy you should turn it off, take out the battery, or leave it at home. If you're going to use it (and who doesn't?) at least be aware of it.
  15. Andy44

    News Space tourism coming soon!!!

    SpaceShip 1 made its flight what, over 15 years ago now? Come on, somebody make this happen already. At this rate the investors will die of old age before a passenger ever gets to the Karman line...
  16. Andy44

    2001: A Space Odyssey at 50

    Hard to believe this movie is so old, now, but it still is one of the greatest films of all time, and of course a huge inspiration to us Orbinauts. Word has it that Christopher Nolan is preparing a 70mm copy of the film for a re-release in theatres. You better bet I'll be looking out for...
  17. Andy44

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    The one on the lower right is doing some sort of risky experiment on himself, and showing his enthusiasm, while his friend on the upper left is concerned and thinks his friend is about to do something stupid.
  18. Andy44

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    I always called them wiener dogs.
  19. Andy44

    News Robotic Intestine Puke Rocket Fuel

    Coming soon: The Rocket Centipede...
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