April 2012
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Is science fiction literature's first... →
“In the midst of an ever accelerating technological revolution, science fiction has emerged as the literature best able to articulate the relentless pace of social change. And as that technological revolution has spread outward from the western world, so the symbols and archetypes of science fiction have become a shared language for understanding the new world we are entering.”
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Scientists claim the way a person answers simple... →
“If a baseball and bat cost $110, and the bat costs $100 more than the ball, how much does the ball cost?
“If you answered $10 you are inclined to believe in religion. If you answered $5 you are inclined to disbelieve.”
I answered $10. I don’t believe in God, but I am crap at maths.
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Are We Actually Going To Let Industry Heads... →
Regal Entertainment CEO Amy Miles says that her chain currently discourages cell phone use “but if we had a movie that appealed to a younger demographic, we could test some of these concepts.” For example, she says that the chain talked about being more flexible about cell phone use at some screens that showed 21 Jump Street. “You’re trying to figure out if there’s something you can offer in the...
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“This Has Been Building”: An Interview with Chris... →
“Last week, Chris Roberson, a novelist and publisher who has worked on several comics titles for DC and Vertigo, including his own co-creationiZombie, announced via Twitter that due to ethical concerns, he was no longer comfortable working for DC Comics. The remarks, following in the wake of several other comics-related controversies (Before Watchmen and general disappointment over the...
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95 year old veteran and 85-year-old friend... →
“Omer Petti is a 95-year-old USAF veteran with artificial knees and a heart condition. Madge Woodward, his partner, has an artificial hip. They recently flew home to Detroit from San Diego, and were humiliated and robbed at the San Diego airport TSA checkpoint. The metal in their bodies set off the TSA magnetometer, and Petti was instructed to put his $300 in cash in a bin. Then he was...
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the-next-emperor:
我们其实没有真的长大，我们只是学会了在公众面前如何举手投足而已.
“We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.”
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“Men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them...”
– Dune | Frank Herbert (via evokit-notes)
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Black fireman says he was abused and Tasered by... →
“Kennedy-Macfoy’s solicitor, Shamik Dutta, of Bhatt Murphy solicitors, voiced concerns at his client’s allegations, saying: “The question many people are bound to ask is why an off-duty firefighter, wearing a pinstriped suit and offering assistance to the police, should have been dragged from his car, shot with a Taser, locked up for many hours and then prosecuted for an...
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Church of the SubGenius Hour of Slack #1356 -...
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