Archive for September 30th, 2008
Sorry about that
If you tried to visit microsoft.com today and got a 404, that was me.
Late to the party
Five years later, I finally started watching Battlestar Galactica this weekend. I made it through the miniseries, the first season, and about half way through the second season. I’ve found Battlestar Wiki quite helpful. I know that I’m five years late to the party, but I have two questions:
- Didn’t anyone ever have sex with a Cylon in a room that was dimly lit, not primarily lit in red, or even from behind? That whole spine-lights-up thing would seem to be a tip-off that the guy/girl you’re with isn’t quite what they seem. I mean, neat party trick, unlikely to be human.
- Why not just expose everyone to the type of low-dose radiation that was present on Ragnar? Cylons totally malfunction in a couple hours. Put people in a room; the ones that start sparking and saying PC LOAD LETTER are the ones you need to kill.
I’ve heard that the third season bites; I won’t skip it, but I am slowing down watching. I’m finding the second half of the second season is starting to bite, and I don’t want to ruin the experience.
If you’re going to spy against your country
LONDON — A second-hand camera sold on eBay by a top MI6 agent held secret records used in the fight against Al Qaeda terrorists. Names, snaps, fingerprints and suspects’ academic records were found in the memory of the digital device.
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The man walked into Hemel Hempstead Police Station to report the matter, but cops initially treated it as a joke.
Yet within days Special Branch, the team of specialist anti-terror officers based in every county force, descended on his humble terraced home.
They took away the camera and the family’s PC and spent £1,000 replacing them.
Officers banned the shocked family from talking to the media.
That last bit obviously worked about as well as the first bit.
