Aptly named "Google Chrome OS"

I admit to being intrigued. So far out of the all the apps Google's put out, only their browser has failed to gain my unabashed and undivided approval, and
half of that's just inertia from Firefox slowing me down. Still, will wait and see.

Altogether, not bad for a couple of geeks that started out with a search engine.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
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Never mind that it appears to be the only YouTube clip linked here today; just go watch it.

meet the SOS-dan

(Comment from the person who posted the link on Usenet: "BTW - Look carefully at some of the background details - the person who created this is very skillful and has a great sense of humor.")

(Edit by Bob, 1/17/2018:  The original video linked here was yanked for copyright reasons at some point.  However, I think this one might be the same, or at least similar.)

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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

I just about laughed my way out of my chair on this one!� Oh my god this is funny. And WRONG!!

WARNING - although composed almost solely of clips from the Star Trek episode The Immunity Syndrome (giant space amoeba) and nothing else, it's the WAY
that the clips and sound were spliced together that made me decide to make a NSFW warning for this one! Click at your own risk!



You will never EVER be able to watch The Immunity Syndrome the same way ever again!

(07/06/09 04:22 AM)

I managed to acquire GURPS Bio-Tech recently, and I've been considering doing a summary of what in it is available in the
IST-verse, along the lines of the Ultra-Tech survey I did a while ago. However, in doing so I've realized something that might be an enormous can of worms.

Essentially, according to the IST world timeline, in the 80s, genetic researchers discovered the genes for human intelligence and at the same time discovered
the genes for metahuman power -- and realized that the two were (IIRC) "inextricably linked". (This would mark a good point for where IST world
bio-tech achieved TL 9, because as far as I'm aware, real-world genetic researchers haven't identified any specific parts of the genome that contribute
to intelligence. Of course, I am not a biologist.)

Okay, here's where things get interesting. If the genes for intelligence -- sapience, in current GURPS terminology --
are inextricably linked with those for metahuman potential, then any creatures that are genetically engineered with those genes will have the same potential to
develop and express metahuman powers. This includes all sapient bioroids and uplifted animals. Furthermore, given that the metagenes are more or less random in
how they express, it is likely to be impossible to specifically engineer any specific powers.

Thoughts?

Chris Davies.

Before the main thread gets filled up with comments, I figured I should launch this. I figure anything longer than "Cool, I like that", particularly
discussions/negotiations for plot directions, should be held here rather than interrupting the main thread.

Let me start with a general bitch-and-moan:

I definitely want in on this, but the device I thought to use last time -- Peggy is the transformee rather than me -- turned out to be surprisingly hard to
work with. So I'm trying to figure out which toon would work for me, and I'm not coming up with a good answer. Evangelia and Range Sabre aren't
getting much play since I got them to 50. My current playing priorities -- and thus the most likely candidates for the transformation -- are Looney Toons,
Kawaiiko-chan, and Negi-kun -- and I can't decide which one I'd rather explore.

Looney is a fair choice. And I already long ago started mapping out the territory for this transform long ago with my incomplete material for the Xanadu
project. But it would also be the expected thing. I'm not sure I want to do the expected thing.

Negi-kun would be fun, but the underage thing might make some plot aspects difficult to navigate.

K-chan is probably the most problematic. She shares the same underage thing with Negi-kun, plus she's a villain. Worse, a dominator -- if it's
anything less than fully my personality in charge, I probably wouldn't be able to beat her in a battle of wills in order to wrest control from her. In
that case, I'd essentially reduce my participation to writing about K-chan's adventures in Realworldland. But writing her would be fun. (And
I'm not sure how much fun writing about me forced to live with body of a 14-year-old blonde Japanese psychopath would be.)

I'm still musing over this.

Hm. Are we going to recapitulate the "meet in New Jersey" aspect of the original thread? That might have some bearing on who I finally choose.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Look what Machi is hiding under those miko robes

Too bad Ayane...
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Some graphics doodling today, and I'm quite proud of this one:



The official flag of the Soviet Air Force-In-Exile, adopted 2009 just before the Soviets' mission to Mercury. This flag has flown on all Soviet expeditions, and has been carried into battle by X-COM forces during the Boskone conflict (most famously flown from the steeple of the Church of the White Martyrs after the capture of Asteroid 1488).

The flag is based off the classic socialist/communist red flag, with the major changes being the device in the right third of the flag and the purple cross in the white canton.

The device is the Seal of the Soviet Air Force, also adopted in 2009. The Seal is composed of a rose - another socialist symbol - with the stem branching off into a double helix wrapped around a hammer, representing Science (possibly Mad Science) and Industry.

The cross in the canton defies general explanation, though it is believed to hold great significance to the Central Committee. Those in the know have called it St. Grimace's Cross, but what *that* means nobody's quite sure.
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Just got back from seeing Transformers 2. One of the preview trailers was for a live action film of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Now I'm not an avid fan
of the series, but I know enough to be certain that there is no way to condense the whole thing down to 3hrs or less. (maybe they plan to make a trilogy?)
More off putting is that the director is M. Night Shamalan.
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