December 24, 2011
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December 22, 2011
This XKCD strip jogged a memory.
Back in the 80's there was (at least in Virginia) a fad for some years where there were generic foods on store shelves. By generic I don't mean store brands..I mean GENERIC..
How generic? This generic.
So...what was the deal with these? Was it a government program? Was it a short lived company trying to save on advertising costs? What?
Does anyone know?
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December 18, 2011
Over at Jerry Pournelles place there is commentary on an extended missive he received via mail on the subject of the Dean Drive and how to fix the problems in that system by adding a cat to the mechanism.
A brief excerpt:
Orient the vehicle so the driving (cat) end of the cradle is pointed AWAY from the intended post-cat-activation direction of flight. Using the vessel’s ordinary means of propulsion (assumed for this experiment to be either a rocket, ion thruster, or similar reaction engine), place the vessel under a sufficient amount of acceleration that the cat does not experience microgravity. This initial baseline acceleration should be along the line between the astronaut station and the cat station, towards the cat.
Place the astronaut in the chair and the cat in the harness. While the astronaut holds the cat at arms’ length, attach the hook to the cat’s harness and inspect all fastenings for proper attachment and locking.
Given the obviously earth shaking nature of this breakthrough I am loath to publish more here for fear of patent infringement. However, you can view the future yourself over there and while you're at it subscribe.
I note a good deal of complexity seems to be inherent in the proposed system. Therefore I propose a simpler arrangement which is described behind this tag, Here at Brickmuppet Blog, we try to make the impossible simple.
I did not originate this proposal, but this concept, despite being on the internet, has inexplicably not been acted upon.
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December 10, 2011
The 3,547,862,241st Republican debate was heavily hyped.
However, there were no stitches and no one got hit by a chair.
Romney endorses gambling.
Newt is now the guy to beat.
Perry had his best debate ever but he is still painful to watch at times.
Santorum......
Bachman did better than usual, until she introduced "9-9-9" into the first debate that should have been free of it. She went downhill from there....
When Paul is good, he is very very good and when he is bad he is horrid.
It is not too late for the RNC to lawyer-up and seriously consider implementing Plan Don.
But enough of this.
On to the important questions.
Here are two dullahans having tea.
How do they have tea?
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