Chasers war on Everything causes wet pants.
Heres and excellent clip from the Aussie show Chasers War on Everything. Funny shit See the clip after the jump...
Sunday, 23 December 2007
Friday, 21 December 2007
Quote of the day
"What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof."
Christopher Hitchens
Carl Sagan, man, legend
Borders tag Dawkins book, Jeebers botherer's pissed
Another tale of eye rolling and inane crap to come out of the Christian camp with a complaint against Borders from a bunch of religo's. Apparently Borders attached a wee tag to the Richard Dawkins book "The God Delusion" (excellent read - go get yourself a copy) reading "O come all ye faithless". Insert wry smile, nay, chuckle here. More rant after the jump.
Thursday, 20 December 2007
Blade Runner : The Final Cut
They've finally released the new Blade Runner DVD. See my quick review after the jump
Don't Tase Me Bro, or the Miss Teen America
The Yale top Quotes of the year have been published - see the run down of the top 10 after the jump.
Sad, sad, sad....
I couldnt help it. Look at these sad bastards.
Here is some video, I love the first line. "Some people go to the gym 5 times a week" as if to say that this is exercise and it keeps him fit, yeah right, your still a fat bastard.
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/17/jedi-bootcamp.html
This makes liking Star Wars harder because until the Phantom Menace all that people could do was watch the films and play with their Kenner toys. Since then we have all these Lord of the Rings style Trekkie dorks ruining it for the rest of us. I bet none of these dudes have girlfirends.
I bet they all live in Second Life and only come out to pretend to be like their heroes.....
They even have a website http://www.lajedi.com/ go there and mock them.
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
For all the movie fans of the Aliens Predator series out there here is a link to the first review of the new AVP movie.
Dont worry there are not many spoilers. (Only a couple of minor ones)
http://www.movieweb.com/movies/film/35/4035/review5656.php
Looks like we will be getting the movie that we want, Aliens all over again. I have to say that I liked the first AVP film but I am amped about this one. What I have seen so far is looking good and having just heard the score by Brian Tyler which is a great mix of the queues from all the Aliens films it has me wanting more.
The directors have stated that if this does well they will option FOX with a 3rd instalment set in space. That ultimately is where we want the Aliens series to go back to.
Release date in the US is Xmas day and in NZ it is the 10th Jan (I think).
Dont worry there are not many spoilers. (Only a couple of minor ones)
http://www.movieweb.com/movies/film/35/4035/review5656.php
The directors have stated that if this does well they will option FOX with a 3rd instalment set in space. That ultimately is where we want the Aliens series to go back to.
Release date in the US is Xmas day and in NZ it is the 10th Jan (I think).
Wednesday, 19 December 2007
News Media talking crap, no suprise there
Its just about every day that I read something about a news organisation publishing or broadcasting a pile of stinking crap - usually in that faux "and in other news..." tone. And it seems today is no exception. Straight from the anals (sic) of English news comes the wonderful story of how everyone who lived in the dark ages were better off than those of us now due to our diet.
Yes, apparently if we were wallowing in the mud, being bled by the so called physicians of the time, and competing with the rats in the World Cup of disease spreading, but still getting your meat and 3 veg, it was all roses.
Big thumbs up to the Telegraph for filling another paperwebsite with crap to make up the page count.
It says that we have traded the pox, the plague and a healthy diet for heart disease, diabetes and burgers - and we're worse off for it. The main point of the article is some waffle about the average bro had a better mix of fruit, veg, grains and meat that todays keyboard pusher who subsists on a diet of Burger King, KFC and butter chicken.
I think that it fails to realise that the average lifespan of someone in Tudor times was 20 - 30 years, whereas now (in most developed countries) we can expect at least 65 - 70. It sounds like the person who did the study, a Dr Roger Henderson, may simply have been doing a diet comparison. The problem is the article makes him sound like some nutty nutritionist advocating returning to a medieval existence to save ourselves from heart disease and diabetes. Hmmm - surely the advances in medicine or better social education on health would be easier and more cost effecvtive than time travel?
Whatever - I get more pissed about the news organisation pushing this crap. Who could call themselves "Britain's No.1 quality newspaper website" and print this shit? Mind you, the headlines in the Science section are a bit on the nose as well. "To escape flu - move to the country" - more waffle about the birdflu pandemic that wasnt. If you move the the country, you are less likely to catch the flu. Well shit - really? Why would that be I wonder - maybe (and I'm going out on a limb here) because theres less people in the country so virus spread would be slower than in a city? Also, if everyone moved to the country to avoid catching the flu, wouldnt the city then be empty, therefore logically be the best place to be? TO ESCAPE FLU, TELL EVERYONE TO GO TO COUNTRY, BUT REALLY STAY HOME. Ah, but what if everyone thinks like that! Classic double bluff - tell everyone your going, fake staying behind, then go anyway! Ha - take that flu ridden neighbours!
Oh well - back to Call of Duty 4 - quality game that!
Yes, apparently if we were wallowing in the mud, being bled by the so called physicians of the time, and competing with the rats in the World Cup of disease spreading, but still getting your meat and 3 veg, it was all roses.
Big thumbs up to the Telegraph for filling another paperwebsite with crap to make up the page count.
It says that we have traded the pox, the plague and a healthy diet for heart disease, diabetes and burgers - and we're worse off for it. The main point of the article is some waffle about the average bro had a better mix of fruit, veg, grains and meat that todays keyboard pusher who subsists on a diet of Burger King, KFC and butter chicken.
I think that it fails to realise that the average lifespan of someone in Tudor times was 20 - 30 years, whereas now (in most developed countries) we can expect at least 65 - 70. It sounds like the person who did the study, a Dr Roger Henderson, may simply have been doing a diet comparison. The problem is the article makes him sound like some nutty nutritionist advocating returning to a medieval existence to save ourselves from heart disease and diabetes. Hmmm - surely the advances in medicine or better social education on health would be easier and more cost effecvtive than time travel?
Whatever - I get more pissed about the news organisation pushing this crap. Who could call themselves "Britain's No.1 quality newspaper website" and print this shit? Mind you, the headlines in the Science section are a bit on the nose as well. "To escape flu - move to the country" - more waffle about the birdflu pandemic that wasnt. If you move the the country, you are less likely to catch the flu. Well shit - really? Why would that be I wonder - maybe (and I'm going out on a limb here) because theres less people in the country so virus spread would be slower than in a city? Also, if everyone moved to the country to avoid catching the flu, wouldnt the city then be empty, therefore logically be the best place to be? TO ESCAPE FLU, TELL EVERYONE TO GO TO COUNTRY, BUT REALLY STAY HOME. Ah, but what if everyone thinks like that! Classic double bluff - tell everyone your going, fake staying behind, then go anyway! Ha - take that flu ridden neighbours!
Oh well - back to Call of Duty 4 - quality game that!
TAM vids causing YouTube thrashing
Looks like a whole bunch of new TAM (The Amazing Meeting) vids have been slammed onto YouTube for our perusal. For the uninitiated TAM is run by the James Randi Eductational Foundation once a year, and is a meeting of the minds for everything related to Critical Thinking and debunking weirdos such as the Moon Hoaxers.
People such as Penn and Teller, Phil Plait (www.badastronomy.org), James Randi, Hervey Peoples, Bob Park, Michael Shermer, Steve Berret, and Eugenie Scott speak on all sorts of interesting topics.
Get amongst it people - its interesting listening.
http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=AmazingMeetingVideos&p=r
People such as Penn and Teller, Phil Plait (www.badastronomy.org), James Randi, Hervey Peoples, Bob Park, Michael Shermer, Steve Berret, and Eugenie Scott speak on all sorts of interesting topics.
Get amongst it people - its interesting listening.
http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=AmazingMeetingVideos&p=r
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