So… OK, if you are a Facebookian, you probably got an email like me that said that Facebook was going to be sending less email. So, I got an email saying they would send less email. Isn’t that redundant? Just sayin’. So now, you should sent email to someone saying, “Hey, have you heard Facebook will be sending less email?” K.
You MUST see this movie, it will radiate green epic-ness! GL has always been one of my MOST favorite super-heroes! MAN! I am SO looking forward to this movie! It looks like it will be true to the comic book story… and very science fiction-y as well! Coolness!
You know what I will be doing this weekend! (The GameMaster is stoked as well!) In fact, the whole family, including my wife, Belinda, is looking forward to this one… but then, we are all Sci-Fi, comic book geeks anyway! Still, this one looks very, very good to me!
“In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil’s might, beware my power, Green Lantern’s light!”
Dog gone! And here I thought we had found the secret Mars Base! But no, it is cosmic rays! Sounds almost as much fun!
Science once again kills our dreams, claiming ‘Bio Station Alpha’ is cosmic ray glitch
“Well, that was fun while it lasted.
Science has come galloping up wagging its finger and telling us all to stop believing, because it already knows what ‘Bio Station Alpha’ is.
For those that believe US amateur astronomer David Martines, Bio Station Alpha is some kind of building on Mars made up of cylinders and appears to be painted red, white and blue.
He saw it on Google Earth’s Mars explorer and his video of the discovery is about to hit the one million mark on YouTube.
The object, according to Mr Martines, is ‘about 700 feet long and 150 feet wide’.
‘It’s very unusual in that it’s quite large,’ he said yesterday.
‘It could be a power station or it could be a biological containment or it could be a glorified garage. I hope it’s not a weapon.’
According to a planetary geologist at the Lunar and Planetary Lab at the University of Arizona, it isn’t.
Alfred McEwen, who is also the director of the Planetary Imaging Research Laboratory and therefore should know a bit about this type of thing, says it’s a — wait for it — glitch.
‘It looks like a linear streak artifact produced by a cosmic ray,’ he told Space.com, probably somewhat gleefully.
Cosmic energy from the stars can interfere with a camera’s image sensor, depositing electric charges in pixels. If it hits at the right angle, it can affect several pixels in a row, forming a bright streak.
When it’s converted to a JPEG, it smears out and looks pixellated.
Kind of like ‘cylinders’.
Ah. Boo.
But if you want to get angry at someone, save it for Google. According to Mr McEwen, they should know this and identify the source of such images — which could come from any number of orbiters or telescopes — for the rest of us trying to solve the mysteries of the universe.
‘I can’t tell whether this image was taken by Viking or what,’ he told Space.com.
‘The people at Google need to document what the heck they’re doing.’
Here’s part of what Martines said during the video:
This is a video of something I discovered on Google Mars quite by accident. I call it Bio-station Alpha, because I’m just assuming that something lives in it or has lived in it. It’s very unusual in that it’s quite large, it’s over 700 feet long and 150 feet wide, it looks like it’s a cylinder or made up of cylinders. It could be a power station or it could be a biological containment or it could be a glorified garage – hope it’s not a weapon. Whoever put it up there had a purpose I’m sure. I couldn’t imagine what the purpose was. I couldn’t imagine why anybody would want to live on Mars. It could be a way-station for weary space travelers. It could also belong to NASA, I don’t know that they would admit that. I don’t know if they could pull off such a project without all the people seeing all the material going up there. I sort of doubt NASA has anything to do with this. I don’t know if NASA even knows about this.
Yeah.
My question is: “Could all this just be a lame cover-up?” And, where is my tin-foil hat anyway?!?
Cool Geek Culture! Now you can play an old DOS game from 1994 in the Chrome Browser or the Chrome OS! Nostalgia rules!
NaClBox – Star Wars Tie Fighter – 1994
“TIE Fighter, a 1994 space flight simulator/space combat computer game, is the sequel to Star Wars: X-Wing, and the first game of the series that puts the player on the side of the Galactic Empire.
A notable improvement is the flight engine, which supports Gouraud shading, an effect that makes curves and mass appear more realistic. There are many flight options added, like flight dialogues and messages, a message log, a list of objectives, ships’ status and behaviour, a three dimensional heads-up display, a sub-target system, and other improvements.”
This photo of the President and his cabinet, looking intense as Osama Bin Laden is being dealt with, is taking on an Internet meme level, there so many versions are out there, but this “Photoshop-ery” is pretty cool! Headline: “Great Shot, Sir!” Look closely at the President’s hands!
Geek Culture time again! Check out this animated GIF, if you have a cat, then you will know what I’m talking about!
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This is my son, the Gamemaster’s, video for his HPU class in New Media. It is a “How To” video, but with his usual comic slant! It stars my nephew, Josh Wood, and was shot (using his Droid X) and edited by Ben (Gamemaster ZX.) Also, our kitty, Tiger, is in it… but as Ben says, she was not hurt in the process. Check it out!
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Sigh. What a weird headline. I grew up with Superman. I blame DC Comics… and the commies. Dang.
Superman Renounces His Citizenship in 900th Issue of ‘Action Comics’
“Superman is no longer an American. In ‘Action Comics’ new record-breaking 900th issue, the fictional iconic super hero renounces his U.S citizenship following a clash with the federal government. The Man of Steel, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1938, has always been recognized as a devoted American warrior who constantly fought evil, but as of Thursday, he is no longer the country’s own to claim. No word yet if Superman will change his red and blue suit, or his longtime motto ‘truth, justice and the American way’ — but the landmark issue is certainly sparking controversy.”
Who’s next? Captain America? Oh yeah. He’s dead. Dang.
Wow! My son, the Gamemaster, is 18… and now in college! He loves his games… and I can remember him going on about the Legend of Zelda games… hard to believe that they are older than he is!
“On February 21, 1986 — exactly 25 years ago today — the very first copy of the game we know as The Legend of Zelda was sold in Japan, jump-starting an iconic franchise that has spawned various sequels, books, television shows, and a fan community larger than perhaps any other videogame series.
As many 1UP readers know, we’re really big on anniversaries and birthdays around here, and we’re even bigger on Zelda, so we’re celebrating Link’s 25th with not one, not two, but ten retrospective features looking back at the impact the series has had on our lives.”
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