June 22, 2012
Well, THAT Narrows it Down
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June 21, 2012
Almost Over
All papers are turned in.
Now onto Exams.
Apologies for the light posting. Short summer courses are quite vexing.
In other news Ubu is also experiencing some vexation, but of a different sort.
I may have found his problem.
Now onto Exams.
Apologies for the light posting. Short summer courses are quite vexing.
In other news Ubu is also experiencing some vexation, but of a different sort.
I may have found his problem.
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June 12, 2012
Oy Vey
Today I went to my Literature professor and asked him for a replacement syllabus. He gave me a lecture on the importance of attendance (I'd missed class yesterday due to fallout from my grandmothers death). His response to my reason was not one of excessive empathy. In any event he handed me the syllabus, I stormed out of class and went to lunch.
After lunch I grabbed my binder out of the car , went to the library to study, pulled out the "syllabus"and noted that it was, in fact, tomorrows test.
I spoke to the secretary who kind of freaked out and did NOT want to talk to me. I was walking around with a loose test.
I ended up shoving it under his door and I e-mailed him explaining the situation.
As of now there has been no reply.
UPDATE: I did not get called before the honor council and did not get expelled. All is now well.
After lunch I grabbed my binder out of the car , went to the library to study, pulled out the "syllabus"and noted that it was, in fact, tomorrows test.
OHfercryinoutloud...
SO....I went to the lit department found his office and he wasn't in (Natch).I spoke to the secretary who kind of freaked out and did NOT want to talk to me. I was walking around with a loose test.
I ended up shoving it under his door and I e-mailed him explaining the situation.
As of now there has been no reply.
UPDATE: I did not get called before the honor council and did not get expelled. All is now well.
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June 10, 2012
Adjust Your Schedules
...'cause next Saturday you're going to want to have a half hour free, and popcorn on hand.
Not pictured: (1) The context (2) Her brass balls.
It looks like there are only 3 more episodes of Bodacious Space Pirates. I'm really going to miss this show.
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Woah
All stop:
I dunno WHAT happened in Ace's comments, but it was bad. Ace seems pretty convinced that it was not Mobeys this time. He's shut down his comments at least temporarily.
He also has a long and thoughtful post on maturity, propriety and becoming that which one opposes.
Read the whole thing.
He also has a long and thoughtful post on maturity, propriety and becoming that which one opposes.
Read the whole thing.
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June 09, 2012
Lucille Myatt Talton 1919 - 2012
She was born near Raleigh North Carolina to a fairly well to do dairy farmer. Despite this, and to the astonishment of all, she married one of the field hands...a scrappy but utterly impoverished young man from the streets of Newport News who had moved south in search of work. She followed him to the coast where he built houses and rented them. She bore him a son, then saw him off to war and waited 4 years until he returned in traction. She nursed him back to health, bore him another son, stood by and supported him as he built a business from nothing, built a boat, and became one of the most sought after charter boat captains on the Crystal Coast. A decade ago she buried him, and tonight, just after dinner she joined him.
Despite her age, it was a bit of a shock. She had actually been improving by leaps and bounds over the last few months and had regained the ability to walk. Nevertheless, my grandmother, who was born in an utterly different world, passed quite suddenly this evening a little after 6.
The things she'd seen, the change she'd experienced...it truly boggles the mind.
She was born before women could vote. For a third of her life there was a polio season. For the first decade of her life there was no electricity in her house. She saw the great depression, a world war the cold war, Jim Crow, integration, all six moon landings, and the Berlin Wall go up and come down. She saw the introduction of radio, then television and then the internet. She saw all the other things that transpired over nearly a century.
Now, in the blink of an eye, all that perspective has left us.
She was born near Raleigh North Carolina to a fairly well to do dairy farmer. Despite this, and to the astonishment of all, she married one of the field hands...a scrappy but utterly impoverished young man from the streets of Newport News who had moved south in search of work. She followed him to the coast where he built houses and rented them. She bore him a son, then saw him off to war and waited 4 years until he returned in traction. She nursed him back to health, bore him another son, stood by and supported him as he built a business from nothing, built a boat, and became one of the most sought after charter boat captains on the Crystal Coast. A decade ago she buried him, and tonight, just after dinner she joined him.
Despite her age, it was a bit of a shock. She had actually been improving by leaps and bounds over the last few months and had regained the ability to walk. Nevertheless, my grandmother, who was born in an utterly different world, passed quite suddenly this evening a little after 6.
The things she'd seen, the change she'd experienced...it truly boggles the mind.
She was born before women could vote. For a third of her life there was a polio season. For the first decade of her life there was no electricity in her house. She saw the great depression, a world war the cold war, Jim Crow, integration, all six moon landings, and the Berlin Wall go up and come down. She saw the introduction of radio, then television and then the internet. She saw all the other things that transpired over nearly a century.
Now, in the blink of an eye, all that perspective has left us.
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BATTLESHIP
After the success of the Transformers and Twister franchises, Hasbro and Universal looked around for some other Hasbro property to monetize. They inexplicably skipped over the cubist masterpiece that could have been Connect 4 The Motion Picture and went with Battleship.
Although the concept is dubious in the extreme, this film is surprisingly entertaining. Imagine what would happen if Irwin Allen and Ishiro Honda had collaborated and had Jerry Bruckheimers special effects staff. THIS! Seriously, it's a late '50s Toho epic with a disaster movies plot structure.
Although the concept is dubious in the extreme, this film is surprisingly entertaining. Imagine what would happen if Irwin Allen and Ishiro Honda had collaborated and had Jerry Bruckheimers special effects staff. THIS! Seriously, it's a late '50s Toho epic with a disaster movies plot structure.
Taylor Kitsch and Japanese A-Lister Tadanobu Asano are the defacto leads playing two naval officers trying to deal with the alien threat. The film puts both the USN and JMSDF in a really good light. Though they get cut to pieces the survivors use their wits and behave in a fairly intelligent manner. My one complaint was Kitsch's character, who was such a screw up at the beginning that it beggers belief he would have made it that far. On the other hand his getting it together is handled pretty well.
The films effects are pretty good , either a lot more practical effects were used than is the norm or the CGI has gotten a lot better. There are surprises, a couple of obligatory "OH NO WAY!"moments and some unlikely coincidences but amazingly, no glaring plot holes.
This film is by no means art, but is rather better than most. I quite enjoyed it.
The films effects are pretty good , either a lot more practical effects were used than is the norm or the CGI has gotten a lot better. There are surprises, a couple of obligatory "OH NO WAY!"moments and some unlikely coincidences but amazingly, no glaring plot holes.
This film is by no means art, but is rather better than most. I quite enjoyed it.
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June 08, 2012
Round Up of SILENCE!
Da Tech Guy agrees with me on the Day of Silence.
Miss Atilla is calling it Blogger Freedom Day and is posting.
The Jawas are not being silent.
Mark Steyn is verbally dismembering the judge that jailed Aaron Walker.
Others have decided to protest via silence...more or less.
Stacy McCain was being silent with considerable verbosity. from his safe house...Until he broke around an hour ago.
Bearing Drift is typing in silence.
Michelle Malkin is quietly providing contact info for members of congress who have some sway over these matters...
(As I've said before congressional action in the free speech arena is worrying, but in her defense this is in response to an attempt to squelch speech.)
Finally, ACE, who suggested this whole thing, quietly stepped out of the quiet place at 3:41 EST.
I hope these people never work on submarines.
Of course, it's possible that I misunderstood and they really meant the OTHER silence.
Miss Atilla is calling it Blogger Freedom Day and is posting.
The Jawas are not being silent.
Mark Steyn is verbally dismembering the judge that jailed Aaron Walker.
Others have decided to protest via silence...more or less.
Stacy McCain was being silent with considerable verbosity. from his safe house...Until he broke around an hour ago.
Bearing Drift is typing in silence.
Michelle Malkin is quietly providing contact info for members of congress who have some sway over these matters...
(As I've said before congressional action in the free speech arena is worrying, but in her defense this is in response to an attempt to squelch speech.)
Finally, ACE, who suggested this whole thing, quietly stepped out of the quiet place at 3:41 EST.
I hope these people never work on submarines.
Of course, it's possible that I misunderstood and they really meant the OTHER silence.
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National Day of Blogger SILENCE
Let's parse this. Shall we?
A group of left wing thugs is using threats, lawsuits, and frivolous SWAT raids (!?) in an attempt to silence bloggers who expose their antics.
Fear not! Ace of Spades has a plan.
The plan is to respond to attempts to silence us by...being silent.
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That'll learn'em!
I think this is silly.
Besides, I generally blog about fluff, and I only have about 6 readers anyway.
So FOO! on that 'being quiet' crap.
Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day was moderately successful in getting this some coverage, so it seems that a linkaroozy is a better plan.
more...
A group of left wing thugs is using threats, lawsuits, and frivolous SWAT raids (!?) in an attempt to silence bloggers who expose their antics.
Fear not! Ace of Spades has a plan.
The plan is to respond to attempts to silence us by...being silent.
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...
That'll learn'em!
I think this is silly.
Besides, I generally blog about fluff, and I only have about 6 readers anyway.
So FOO! on that 'being quiet' crap.
Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day was moderately successful in getting this some coverage, so it seems that a linkaroozy is a better plan.
more...
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June 05, 2012
Once in a Lifetime
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Recall Election Chat over at Legal Insurrection
Professor Jacobson is was hosting a civil live-chat on the Wisconsin recall election here. UPDATE: It's over.
For those not interested in such matters, here is squid on toast.
more...
For those not interested in such matters, here is squid on toast.
more...
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June 04, 2012
Oh What The HELL Was That?
Then this happens...
I watched two more episodes of Mysterious Girlfriend X.
Good grief this is an odd show.
It's wacky.
It's quirky.
It's gross.
Good grief this is an odd show.
It's wacky.
It's quirky.
It's gross.
Then this happens...
More importantly, a bit after that happens Urabe makes a pronouncement...
Which, in the context of the episode is really disturbing.
Possibilities:
1: SHE'S AN ALIEN
2: Souvlaki keeps a log of these things and she secretly read it.
3: She's a witch.
4: Souvlaki will soon discover that his quiet high-school life is shattered when Urabe reveals that he has been chosen to pilot a GIANT ROBOT.
Three episodes in, laughs are still outnumbering gag reflexes, but WTFs are catching up to both. I am now quite thoroughly intrigued.
Which, in the context of the episode is really disturbing.
Possibilities:
1: SHE'S AN ALIEN
2: Souvlaki keeps a log of these things and she secretly read it.
3: She's a witch.
4: Souvlaki will soon discover that his quiet high-school life is shattered when Urabe reveals that he has been chosen to pilot a GIANT ROBOT.
Three episodes in, laughs are still outnumbering gag reflexes, but WTFs are catching up to both. I am now quite thoroughly intrigued.
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Yet Another One
Kimberlin and company have now threatened the family of Ali Akbar.
There is more here.
Previous Kimberlin posts here, here, here and here.
Note that I will not be participating in The National Day of Blogger Silence as I think it is a singularly dumb idea. (..and no one would notice if I had another of my many days without content.)
There is more here.
Previous Kimberlin posts here, here, here and here.
Note that I will not be participating in The National Day of Blogger Silence as I think it is a singularly dumb idea. (..and no one would notice if I had another of my many days without content.)
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Taxidermy of Tomorrow TODAY!
Ewww.
Neat!
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Ewwww!
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Neat!
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Ewwww!
via
Dutch dude uses his awesome taxidermy powers to turn his dead cat into Coptercat.
Naturally he uses it to chase cows.
Naturally he uses it to chase cows.
The use of the Airwolf soundtrack is sublime.
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So..What is German for "Long Lance"?
"Sea Hake Mod4"apparently.*
Note that 140 clicks = 86.92 statute miles
... At a test-firing in March 2012, the heavyweight torpedo SeaHake mod4 ER (Extended Range) achieved a range of over 140 kilometres.
Note that 140 clicks = 86.92 statute miles
Well...That's alarming.
This thing has the range of some of the early Harpoon ASuW missiles.
Torpedoes are much slower of course and there are issues with IFF and
targeting moving targets over the horizon. However, modern torpedoes are FAR more lethal than guns or missiles and
they are fiendishly difficult to intercept.
While it might take an hour to reach its target area a salvo of these things could generate an awfully large area of surprise 'torpedo water'....but unlike say the Battle of Tassafaronga, the torpedo water would be full of homing weapons. Yikes!
This massively complicates the defense of our warships.
On the bright side, this looks like a viable excuse for...TORPEDO Pr0n!
While it might take an hour to reach its target area a salvo of these things could generate an awfully large area of surprise 'torpedo water'....but unlike say the Battle of Tassafaronga, the torpedo water would be full of homing weapons. Yikes!
This massively complicates the defense of our warships.
On the bright side, this looks like a viable excuse for...TORPEDO Pr0n!
*This story comes to us via CDR Salamander, where there is an extensive discussion of the implications in the comments.
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Oh My! Yes!
Trailer for the second Yamato 2199 movie.
If you are like me and saw Star Blazers as a kid this is going to make you very, very happy.
Like the first film, this looks to be quite well updated and yet astonishingly faithful.
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Some Quick Kimberlin Followup
Previous posts here, here and here.
R.S. McCain has blogged follow-up posts from the super secret blogger safehouse here, here, here, and here.
This sordid little story has gotten even nastier now that the fellow who was threatened has been jailed. Volokh has more on that...it's pretty disturbing.
Popehat has thoughts on a non-partisan approach to dealing with this atrocity.
R.S. McCain has blogged follow-up posts from the super secret blogger safehouse here, here, here, and here.
This sordid little story has gotten even nastier now that the fellow who was threatened has been jailed. Volokh has more on that...it's pretty disturbing.
Popehat has thoughts on a non-partisan approach to dealing with this atrocity.
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June 02, 2012
Falling Short is not the Same as Scewing Up
Leadership can be thankless.
Even if one does everything right...
Even if one has a superb staff, excellent kit, a clever and thoroughly solid plan that one executes admirably...
Even if one does everything right...
Even if one has a superb staff, excellent kit, a clever and thoroughly solid plan that one executes admirably...
The enemy ALWAYS gets a vote...
Oh my.
Numerous people have remarked about the methodical pacing of Bodacious Space Pirates.
That pacing really comes to the fore in this installment. After last weeks action packed previews and the episodes rather jarring teaser the story switches gears abruptly to move at a quite leisurely clip.
Marika formulates her plan, there are character expositions and various background points are clarified. In any other show a build up this gradual would drag unbearably, yet here, every little bit of what seems at first glance to be padding is structure. Every bit of it matters, if not to the plot, then to the characterizations.
When it finally happens, the action is that much more satisfying.
Of course, I'm not sure if my high opinion of this kids show speaks more negatively of US television or me.
That pacing really comes to the fore in this installment. After last weeks action packed previews and the episodes rather jarring teaser the story switches gears abruptly to move at a quite leisurely clip.
Marika formulates her plan, there are character expositions and various background points are clarified. In any other show a build up this gradual would drag unbearably, yet here, every little bit of what seems at first glance to be padding is structure. Every bit of it matters, if not to the plot, then to the characterizations.
When it finally happens, the action is that much more satisfying.
Of course, I'm not sure if my high opinion of this kids show speaks more negatively of US television or me.
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June 01, 2012
The Crops are Saved!
It looks like Don has graciously provided Tidewater with some of his Midwestern weather...
Several of these obnoxious little boogers have touched down to wreak mischief over the last few hours. We have a warning until 10pm and watches until 2AM. Tornadoes are not unheard of here but so many in one day is rather unusual.
Of course we also got some of our more normal weather...just spectacularly so...this is Warwick Blvd in Newport News about 4 hours ago...
This area is about a hundred feet above sea level with the cliff overlooking the river only about 2 blocks away and yet...
The street filled remarkably fast. At one point water was flowing OUT of the storm drains. The intensity of the rain at times was incredible.
Of course we also got some of our more normal weather...just spectacularly so...this is Warwick Blvd in Newport News about 4 hours ago...
This area is about a hundred feet above sea level with the cliff overlooking the river only about 2 blocks away and yet...
The street filled remarkably fast. At one point water was flowing OUT of the storm drains. The intensity of the rain at times was incredible.
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May 29, 2012
Vile
Hey spammers.
If you really want to develop utter hatred for your product, you might try spamming an obituary post.
If you really want to develop utter hatred for your product, you might try spamming an obituary post.
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