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For our 200th episode, we've interviewed Corissa Grant from Worthy Chaos Comics to talk about their series Redemption, a comic about love, a war involving the ancient Egyptian and Celtic pantheons, demon hunters, and a whole lot of gore. Corissa tells us about how she got into writing comics, how she found an artist, the challenges of managing a comic business and a whole lot more. - https://worthychaoscomics.com/ - https://twitter.com/Worthy_Chaos - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTAL-U1I4zx45SFAUWb2OIA - https://www.instagram.com/worthy_chaos_comics/ - https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/worthychaoscomics/about - https://www.facebook.com/groups/worthychaos Full Notes : HTTPS://DOCS.GOOGLE.COM/DOCUMENT/D/1MJRWYADJVDGWBOMOOJT6HFS5SOUEIAZSFVABLWZNUNA/EDIT?USP=SHARING https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mjrwyaDjVDGWBoMOOJt6HfS5SoUeiaZSFvAblWZNuNA/edit?usp=sharing * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Crow is one of BPM's favourite movies, as well as a Brandan Lee's final film role. There's talks about rebooting it with a new storyline and BPM, along with the original director, are not very happy about it. Neuralink has begun human trials, beset with animal testing issues and beaten to market by over a decade. The Nerds discuss the sci-fi future Elon Musk wants, and the impact Neuralink might have on society. Need a lawyer? Better call Pikachu. Pokemon Law is serious business, and an interview with the former chief lawyer of The Pokemon Company has some tips for making sure your fan project doesn't get shut down. THE CROW REDON’T - https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/18/original-the-crow-director-rejects-remake-says-film-should-remain-untouched-of-respect-for-brandon-lee-it-is-his-legacy-thats-how-it-should-remain/ - https://thatparkplace.com/new-the-crow-reboot-plot-and-story-details-allegedly-leaked/ https://thatparkplace.com/new-the-crow-reboot-plot-and-story-details-allegedly-leaked/ ELON MUSK NEURALINK ACTUALLY WORKS….ON HUMANS - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-21/first-neuralink-patient-livestreams-himself-using-brain-chip/103617606 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzNHxC96rDE CONFESSIONS OF A POKEMON LAWYER - https://aftermath.site/pokemon-lawyer-cease-desist-fan-project-pikachu-movie https://aftermath.site/pokemon-lawyer-cease-desist-fan-project-pikachu-movie Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/11xKeQzec5E81uaKfrfNXe6Q5IHRoqaMJDBe-Vjc4Wv0/edit?usp=sharing * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Warner Bros seem to be intent on killing everything they own. The latest casualty is Adult Swim's Games library. Professor reminisces about some of his favourite games from this publisher that will no longer be available to customers. The Oscars and Razzies happened again this week, so the Nerds discuss the impact the winners might have on the direction of movies of the future. Stress is making you dumber. This is a Bad Thing with bad implication for the environment and the economy. Oh, and it's contagious. WB WIPES OUT ADULT SWIM GAMES - As more developers confirm, it looks likely that ALL Adult Swim Games titles will be removed by May [UPDATE: Better Links] https://delistedgames.com/as-more-developers-confirm-it-looks-likely-that-all-adult-swim-games-titles-will-be-removed-by-may/ RAZZIES AND OSCARS RECAP - These are the worst films and performances of the year, according to the Razzie Awards - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-10/worst-films-and-performances-of-2023-razzie-awards/103569268 - Oppenheimer dominated the 2024 Academy Awards. But did it break the record for most Oscar wins of all time? - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-12/did-oppenheimer-break-the-record-for-most-oscar-award-wins/103574202 - Oscars 2024: Oscars producer apologises for Best Picture announcement blunder, Jimmy Kimmel told not to mention Trump - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-12/oscars-producer-apologises-for-best-picture-slip-up/103575804 - Godzilla Minus One's Oscar win is a victory for low-budget action films. Can they disrupt the Marvel machine? - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-13/godzilla-minus-one-marvel-dune-2-oscars/103577740 CHRONIC STRESS AFFECTS THE ENVIRONMENT - Chronic stress and inflammation linked to societal and environmental impacts in new study https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2024/03/12/chronic-stress-inflammation-societal-environmental-impacts - A multiscale inflammatory map: linking individual stress to societal dysfunction https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/articles/10.3389/fsci.2023.1239462/full Full show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MW2ObJ4KLcLPbR6FDntiF5D9kts42nvQr_gRvjxcR2I/edit?usp=sharing * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we bring you the latest updates in the Nintendo vs Yuzu case, the first shots in the war to save games from deletion, and the push towards even more live service games. Executives are ruining movies. We discuss the reasons and the solutions to escape executive meddling. Finally, we put on our boomer hats to complain about how kids these days learn. __ __ https://fxtwitter.com/PC_Focus_/status/1763601710314889356?t=xaDd6Uc3YOqdPF48O1X03A&s=19 https://fxtwitter.com/PC_Focus_/status/1763601710314889356?t=xaDd6Uc3YOqdPF48O1X03A&s=19 https://fxtwitter.com/oatmealdome/status/1764704580724576465?s=46&t=YKm7FJZd9EGYS65qIVSfjQ https://fxtwitter.com/oatmealdome/status/1764704580724576465?s=46&t=YKm7FJZd9EGYS65qIVSfjQ https://twitter.com/yuzuemu/status/1764733659444064671?t=Djc1WhGrAIkokSovP1XtRw&s=19 https://twitter.com/yuzuemu/status/1764733659444064671?t=Djc1WhGrAIkokSovP1XtRw&s=19 https://hackaday.com/2024/03/05/yuzu-and-citra-emulators-shut-down-after-legal-pressure-from-nintendo/ https://hackaday.com/2024/03/05/yuzu-and-citra-emulators-shut-down-after-legal-pressure-from-nintendo/ __ __ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAD5iMe0Xj4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAD5iMe0Xj4 __ __ https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/745920/view/ https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/745920/view/ https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/05/warner-bros-discovery-says-new-live-service-and-mobile-game-plans-will-focus-on-game-of-thrones-harry-potter-mortal-kombat-and-dc-ips/ https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/03/05/warner-bros-discovery-says-new-live-service-and-mobile-game-plans-will-focus-on-game-of-thrones-harry-potter-mortal-kombat-and-dc-ips/ __ __ https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/dakota-johnson-teatime-book-club https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/ __ __ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-05/screen-time-and-toddlers-kids-language-speech-words-development/103541806 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2808593 Full show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/12db3B4CK-c_QxFStpRCkVczrgWtaXeH9nLftG5a_vMo/edit?usp=sharing * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nintendo are suing a Fruit company. The Yuzu emulator is under attack. The Professor has some thoughts on how this affects the future of games preservation. Marvel are trying to recover from a few big failures recently. The DJ ponders their future projects and what they need to do to bring the audience back. Going outside is really, REALLY good for you. The DJ and Professor consider going into politics to build more green space. NINTENDO VS YUZU - https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1762576284817768457 https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1762576284817768457 - https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24085075/nintendo-switch-emulator-yuzu-lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24085075/nintendo-switch-emulator-yuzu-lawsuit MARVEL REBUILD - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvel-fantastic-four-avengers-movies-1235830951/ FOREST BATHING FOR TEENS - https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/teens-benefit-forest-bathing-even-cities Full show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jGL2xw2ngTVuYLi4mcmVuZDZ3sO3kNaXGHhlQ2tj_yg/edit?usp=sharing * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rumours are flying about the next generation of games consoles. The Nerds discuss the future and where we might be going next, whether that's a mid generation Pro release, a full new generation, or the PC master race. Sora AI has scared Tyler Perry away from an $800m investment. Perry thinks the future is all AI, all the time, but we think there's a possible dark future coming. Video games help your brain. Seriously. Scientists say so, so it must be true. THE FUTURE OF GAMES CONSOLES - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/where-is-the-console-hardware-market-headed-opinion - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/video-game-consoles-are-doomed-right-opinion https://www.gamesindustry.biz/video-game-consoles-are-doomed-right-opinion TYLER PERRY INTERVIEW - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tyler-perry-ai-alarm-1235833276/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tyler-perry-ai-alarm-1235833276/ GAMING IMPROVES PERFORMANCES - https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02-playing-video-games-attention-memory.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02-playing-video-games-attention-memory.html Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QeK-6kC7L5QzDZI637Zt-ErcYH0v22zeitv272MpM4I/edit?usp=sharing * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
OpenAI's Sora has gotten Hollywood in a tizzy about robots taking their jobs. Again. Hopefully the robots don't come for us next. You might be tempted to buy games cheaply on a key reseller, but game devs would really rather you pirate their games instead. We'll tell you why. Scientists have grown lab grown meat on a substrate of rice. Professor thinks this will make great burritos. DJ isn't so convinced. OPEN A.I VIDEO CREATION - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/openai-introduces-ai-video-tools-encroaches-hollywood-1235826527/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/openai-introduces-ai-video-tools-encroaches-hollywood-1235826527/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXpdyAWLDas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXpdyAWLDas A GAME DEV INVESTIGATES GAME KEY RESELLERS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLJkg_B3gyY MEATY RICE - https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68293149 - https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(24)00016-X https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(24)00016-X Rest of the show notes will be on : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sVB0dc46JVvTVHVCxS6D62VYsEzJR7ICfDLemAiRjRs/edit?usp=sharing * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
With Vanguard Anticheat coming to a League of Legends near you, it's worth knowing more about how it works and why it isn't the saviour you might think it is. We discuss the history of cheating, and why Anticheat never seems to work properly. GRRM has some things to say about toxicity and the AntiFan. The AntiFan is a creature of hatred, dedicated to tearing down creators. But why? You probably have some bad habits that you won't admit to. But if you pick your nose you might want to think twice, because nose picking might be linked to Alzheimers RIOT GAMES’ VANGUARD MORE LIKE VANDON’T - https://www.esportsheaven.com/features/the-cracks-in-riot-vanguards-shield-anti-cheat-and-the-secret-battle-with-hackers/ https://www.esportsheaven.com/features/the-cracks-in-riot-vanguards-shield-anti-cheat-and-the-secret-battle-with-hackers/ GEORGE R MARTIN : “TOXICITY IS GROWING” - https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/02/05/game-of-thrones-creator-george-r-r-martin-says-toxicity-is-growing-in-fandom-culture-laments-how-social-media-is-ruled-by-anti-fans-who-delight-in-dancing-on-the-graves-of-anyone-whose/ NOSE PICKING IS LINKED TO ALZHEIMER’S - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/can-your-nosepicking-habit-lead-to-alzheimers-what-science-says/articleshow/107468529.cms?from=mdr Rest of the show notes can be found here : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-SoUDB2TNd2xi-1vkDsOrN6K2Wgs8AEG-UU7BdRxnJw/edit?usp=sharing * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
The EU has made some demands of Apple, and Apple has complied in the barest possible manner. They're still screwing devs over, and we're not happy about it. Brains in jars have been a staple of sci-fi for decades. They're a step closer with the latest research into keeping brains functioning without a body. We're a bit worried about the implications, though. Christopher Nolan likes BIG movies, but he feels like he can't go back to making small ones. We discuss the impacts this could have on the industry. APPLE’S MALICIOUS COMPLIANCE - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/apple-to-allow-alternative-app-stores-in-europe https://www.gamesindustry.biz/apple-to-allow-alternative-app-stores-in-europe DON’T BE SO PIG BRAINED - https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/pig-brain-kept-alive-for-five-hours-separated-from-the-body - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-39344-7#Sec1 CHRISTOPHER NOLAN LOVES BIG MOVIES - https://time.com/6589108/christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-oscars-interview/ - https://variety.com/2024/film/news/christopher-nolan-wont-direct-small-movies-loves-past-lives-1235892298/ Show notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x5SDq6qitfPi8zR6Ek14_DMg-EuxwcrOHkafgYd460o/edit?usp=sharing * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, a moderately famous Youtuber made waves with a plan to sue game developers for shutting down games. Ross Scott wants to fight the You Will Own Nothing future and he's starting with The Crew. He's taking a big step to securing consumer rights and we can't wait to see how it goes. Soon, even factory workers will be able to work from home using virtual reality and robots. iCub has developed a remote control robot that lets anyone take control of a small humanoid and explore the world. Domo arigato, Mr Roboto. The Oscar nominations are back, and there's almost as much drama as a Will Smith slap. THE LAWSUIT FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE OF GAMES - YouTuber plans lawsuit against Ubisoft for 'The Crew' server closure https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/gaming-news/youtuber-plans-lawsuit-against-ubisoft-for-the-crew-server-closure-3576057 - Dead Game News: The Crew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIqyvquTEVU ICUB3 THE NEXT FRONTIER - iCub3 avatar system: Enabling remote fully immersive embodiment of humanoid robots https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adh3834 OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2024 HIGHLIGHTS AND SNUBS - Oscar Nominations 2024: 'Oppenheimer' Dominates With 13 Nods, 'Poor Things' Follows With 11 https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/oscar-nominations-2024-list-1235877798/ - The most shocking snubs and surprises of the 2024 Oscar nominations https://ew.com/2024-oscar-nominations-snubs-surprises-8547884 Show Notes Link - https://docs.google.com/document/d/12_mDGOLBrk08vqak3li11Ol2UrvpguKd46fP8Jkytts/edit?usp=sharing * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ubisoft don't want you to feel comfortable owning games. We think we speak for all of us when we say we're already comfortable not owning Ubisoft games. AI are coming for the translator's jobs. Is the human touch compatible with artistic integrity? Scientists are always working on the next big thing, but sometimes it backfires. This time, the antivenom is a provenom. PROFESSOR __ __ DJ __ __ NA __ __ Show Notes in Google Doc : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRjdMxhDGEe6BLtSTWyZ8guW3QajjD0_WBaasOTd92Q/edit?usp=sharing * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
THE NERDS ARE BACK! THIS WEEK ON NERDS AMALGAMATED WE'RE JOINED BY OUR FRIEND BPM TO DISCUSS THE SAG-AFTRA AI DEAL, THE GOLDEN GLOBES AND USING MAGIC AS MEDICINE. DJ – GOLDEN GLOBES 2024 RECAP - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-08/golden-globes-2024-winners-list/103291446 PROFESSOR – SAG-AFTRA AI BACKFLIP - https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/sag-aftra-ai-voiceover-studio-video-games-1235866313/ https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/sag-aftra-ai-voiceover-studio-video-games-1235866313/ - https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-and-replica-studios-introduce-groundbreaking-ai-voice-agreement-ces https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-and-replica-studios-introduce-groundbreaking-ai-voice-agreement-ces NA – MAGIC IS NOW A SCIENCE - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953623008985?via%3Dihub SHOW NOTES IN GOOGLE DOC __ __ * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
It’s 2022. And since we’ve decided to use a recent, arbitrary date as the marker of the completion of a solar revolution, which is a specific period of time, it’s time to review everything that happened in the last 3.154e+7 seconds. We’ll cover the best and worst games, movies and science news from the last year. It wasn’t all bad, promise. 2021 IN GAMING Psychonauts 2 Wildermyth Unpacking Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy 2021 IN MEDIA Dune Squid Game Spiderman No Way Home The Synder Cut Daniel Craig final Bond movie : No Time To Die Cowboy Bebop Live Action 2021 IN SCIENCE James Webb Telescope Launch Ingenuity helicopter launch in Mars Perseverance Rover deployed on Mars SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant NFT SHOUT OUTS 31st December 2021 – Betty White’s passed away at 99 Betty White https://people.com/tag/betty-white/, TV's perennial , has died. "Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever," her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas told in a statement on Friday. 31st December 2021 – 10th anniversary of NASA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA succeeding in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Recovery_and_Interior_Laboratory satellites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite in orbit around the Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon. The GRAVITY RECOVERY AND INTERIOR LABORATORY (GRAIL) was an American lunar science mission in NASA's Discovery Program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Program which used high-quality gravitational field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_field mapping of the Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon to determine its interior structure. WACKIEST MOVIE 31st December 1931 – Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde premiered theatrically DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE Intro Artist – Goblins from Mars Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix) Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The 13th Doctor has been incredibly controversial. Jodie Whittaker is worried that she's ruined the idea of a female Doctor. Whose fault is it really though? Is the concept really ruined forever? An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but the doctor teams up with rotten oranges to diagnose early stage cancer. A New Challenger Joins The Mobile Gaming Battle. Qualcomm has paired with Razor to develop a new handheld gaming dev kit. It'll run on Android and they claim it'll run anything. THE 13TH DOCTOR - A LEGACY OF FAILURE? - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/dec/04/jodie-whittaker-on-saying-goodbye-to-doctor-who-i-thought-what-if-ive-ruined-this-for-actresses https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/dec/04/jodie-whittaker-on-saying-goodbye-to-doctor-who-i-thought-what-if-ive-ruined-this-for-actresses NEWEST CANCER TRACKER TOOL : RANCID ORANGES - https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/12/06/spoiled-oranges-shine-light-on-malignant-cells.html QUALCOMM MOBILE GAMING DEV KIT - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-12-02-qualcomm-announces-handheld-dev-kit-powered-by-its-first-gaming-chip SHOUT OUTS 4TH DECEMBER 2021 – MAGNUS CARLSEN WINS LONGEST GAME IN WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-04/magnus-carlsen-wins-longest-game-world-chess-history/100674464 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-04/magnus-carlsen-wins-longest-game-world-chess-history/100674464 7TH DECEMBER 2021 – 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF OCEAN’S 11 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240772/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240772/ 8TH DECEMBER 2021 – 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WII BEING RELEASED IN EUROPE - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii#Launch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii#Launch WACKY MOVIE 7TH DECEMBER 1979 – STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE PREMIERED THEATRICALLY - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079945/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079945/ STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE INTRO Artist – Goblins from Mars Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix) Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
NASA's DART mission has lifted off to protect humanity from rogue asteroids. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test will attempt to change the orbit of threatening asteroids by... hitting them with a rock. Hopefully that'll be enough to save Earth from future threats. Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, wants console developers to preserve old games and avoid NFTs. Legal emulation will help bring classic games to a new audience, while Phil thinks NFTs will be exploitative. Professor agrees. HEAVILY. Is Phil once again the saviour of the console industry? Amazon plans to expand their sci-fi stable with a Mass Effect show. Professor and DJ think this is an awful idea. Mass Effect, the story all about making your own decisions, probably won't translate well into a fixed story television show. GO GO PLANETARY DEFENCE SYSTEM - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-24/nasa-dart-mission-lift-off-space-x/100647884 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-24/nasa-dart-mission-lift-off-space-x/100647884 PHIL SPENCER : HERO OR VILLIAN? - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-11-18-phil-spencer-calls-for-industry-to-work-on-legal-emulation https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-11-18-phil-spencer-calls-for-industry-to-work-on-legal-emulation - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-11-17-phil-spencer-says-nft-games-feel-more-exploitive-than-about-entertainment https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-11-17-phil-spencer-says-nft-games-feel-more-exploitive-than-about-entertainment MASS DEFECT THE TV SHOW - https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/11/24/amazon-reportedly-nearing-deal-to-produce-mass-effect-tv-series/ https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/11/24/amazon-reportedly-nearing-deal-to-produce-mass-effect-tv-series/ WACKY MOVIE 25TH NOVEMBER 1977 – LOGAN’S RUN SPRINTED INTO SPANISH THEATRES - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/ - https://ascmag.com/articles/logans-run-and-how-it-was-filmed https://ascmag.com/articles/logans-run-and-how-it-was-filmed On this day in 1977 in Spain, audiences were treated to one of the best Dystopian thrillers from the 1970's when LOGAN'S RUN enjoyed its debut. Here's the plot summary: "A police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth." INTRO Artist – Goblins from Mars Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix) Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Animal kidneys. Some people like them in pies, but pig kidneys go just as well as replacements for human kidneys. A new GMO pig can provide kidneys that are completely compatible with the human immune system. This could have a big impact on transplant waiting lists, and is also a new step in transhumanism. Half Man, Half Pig, He's Pig Man. Facebook are rebranding their parent company as a Metaverse company, and this is a bad thing. Professor really doesn't think Facebook have our best interests in mind and will try to control the Metaverse when it should be federated and free. Facebook are going to be worse than IOI in Ready Player One. David Zucker, who directed Airplane!, thinks the movie could only be made without jokes. Which is kinda funny considering Airplane is just a script from another movie with jokes stuffed in. Is Zucker right, or is he just being a boomer? I think the answer is clear. PIGNEY - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-20/us-surgeons-tests-pig-kidney-transplant-in-human-patient/100555282 THE ZUCKERVERSE - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-10-20-facebook-reportedly-rebranding-around-metaverse AIRPLANE...NOW WITHOUT JOKES - https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/10/19/director-david-zucker-says-airplane-could-only-be-made-today-without-the-jokes/ https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/10/19/director-david-zucker-says-airplane-could-only-be-made-today-without-the-jokes/ INTRO Artist – Goblins from Mars Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix) Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ FOLLOW US ON Facebook - Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ - Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrS https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrS iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094 https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Support via Podhero - https://podhero.com/podcast/449127/nerds-amalgamated https://podhero.com/podcast/449127/nerds-amalgamated * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
You'll want to pack your umbrella for a trip to TOI-3362b, it rains molten aluminium there. We discuss alien weather, and the reason why we're very unlikely to ever take a holiday there. Surprisingly, the molten aluminium isn't the biggest barrier to visiting TOI-3362b. Microsoft have promised to do better with Right to Repair for Microsoft hardware after pressure from shareholder group As You Sow. They've made a commitment to provide training and replacement parts, along with easier to repair hardware. PAY ATTENTION APPLE. We know they won't, the iPhone 13 is deliberately crippled if you attempt to repair it yourself using genuine hardware. Yet another Marvel writer has criticised the current state of the comics industry. Somewhere beneath the outrage, there are some really good points for why comics aren't as good as they could be. THE METAL PLANET - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-15/new-planet-toi3362b-extreme-seasons-rare-orbit/100539088 MICROSOFT HELPS RIGHT TO REPAIR - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-10-07-microsoft-expands-right-to-repair-options WHY ARE MARVEL & DC COMICS BAD - https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/10/14/chuck-dixon-diagnoses-why-dc-and-marvel-comic-books-suck/ https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/10/14/chuck-dixon-diagnoses-why-dc-and-marvel-comic-books-suck/ INTRO Artist – Goblins from Mars Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix) Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ FOLLOW US ON Facebook - Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/ - Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrS https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrS iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094 https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/ Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Support via Podhero - https://podhero.com/podcast/449127/nerds-amalgamated https://podhero.com/podcast/449127/nerds-amalgamated * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Twitch got hacked. It's bad. Someone's learning a very important cybersecurity lesson right now. We now know a lot more about how they work on the inside, including payouts for top streamers and private chat messages. Let's hope nobody does anything malicious with this. NFTs might be coming to gaming to help keep track of player owned items and let characters move between games. Yep, we've combined NFTs and the multiverse. There's still lots of implementation details to flesh out, but based on what we know, Professor still thinks it's a bad idea. Prepare for in depth technical explanations of how crypto and NFTs work. This week brings us two major pieces of news about moons. First, that our own moon is significantly younger than we thought. Second, the first clear images of exoplanet moon formation have come in and they're looking pretty damn cool. THE TWITCH PAPERS - https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2021/10/06/updates-on-the-twitch-security-incident/?utm_referrer=https://www.google.com/ - https://www.wired.com/story/twitch-streamers-earnings-exposed-now-its-a-meme/ NFTS, GAMING AND THE MULTIVERSE. BUZZWORD BINGO! - https://coingeek.com/the-possibilities-are-endless-as-nfts-bridge-gap-between-comics-gaming-and-character-universes/ https://coingeek.com/the-possibilities-are-endless-as-nfts-bridge-gap-between-comics-gaming-and-character-universes/ MOON NEWS - https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moon-rocks-china-lunar-lander-sample-lava-volcano - https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2111/ INTRO Artist – Goblins from Mars Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix) Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What is the measure of a man? Is it the number of totally awesome robot body parts he has? We hope so. Transhumanism has reached another stride with a biomechanical replacement for kidneys that could eliminate the need for dialysis and transplants. What else can we replace? How long until we can be uploaded into the internet and send Von Neumann probes out to colonise the galaxy? We're getting a new Mario movie, and the cast is absolutely ridiculous. The big question is: Does Chris Pratt do a bad Italian accent? Marvel are getting sued again. The rights to Spider-man and Doctor Strange might go back to Steve Ditko's family, and Marvel are Not Happy. On the plus side, some of their other cases wrapped up so their lawyers should have some free time now. BIOKIDNEY : THE NEXT LEVEL - https://pharmacy.ucsf.edu/news/2021/09/kidney-project-successfully-tests-prototype-bioartificial-kidney A NEW MARIO MOVIE - https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2021/09/23/super-mario-bros-movie-cast-chris-pratt-jack-black-anya-taylor-joy-lead-star-studded-cast/?sh=4ef2c06b69f2 MARVEL LAWSUITS APLENTY - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/marvel-suing-avengers-copyright-termination-1235020110/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/marvel-suing-avengers-copyright-termination-1235020110/ - https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/09/24/steve-ditko-estate-files-to-terminate-marvel-copyrights-over-spider-man-and-doctor-strange/ https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/09/24/steve-ditko-estate-files-to-terminate-marvel-copyrights-over-spider-man-and-doctor-strange/ - https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/09/25/marvel-strikes-back-counter-sues-to-keep-rights-to-multiple-characters-including-avengers-and-spider-man/ https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/09/25/marvel-strikes-back-counter-sues-to-keep-rights-to-multiple-characters-including-avengers-and-spider-man/ - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/scarlett-johansson-disney-settle-black-widow-lawsuit-1235022598/ INTRO Artist – Goblins from Mars Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix) Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Rusty is coming back to Doctor Who. No, not that one. It's Russell T Davies, back to regenerate the greatest show on TV with his old production team. It remains to be seen whether he can recapture the magic, but the BBC must be desperate. Gaming PCs are incredibly rare, and they're likely to get even rarer. This means people will pay a massive premium, and that entry level parts don't really exist anymore. This makes us sad. Everyone should have the opportunity to build a PC and learn about electronics. Maybe in the post apocalyptic future there will be enough supply to meet demand. An Aussie team has created a significantly cheaper and easier to make solar panel that outperforms traditional panels. The sunniest place on Earth could really use some of those. They still need to scale up, but it's great to see Aussie scientists making huge strides. DOCTOR WHO: A NEW HOPE? - https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1441405833997217798 https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1441405833997217798 AFFORDABLE PCS ARE NOW A PIPE DREAM - https://www.pcgamer.com/rip-cheap-graphics-cards/ TECH START UP MAKES NEW SOLAR CELL - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-21/australian-start-up-creates-world-s-most-efficient-solar-cell/100476152 OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED BBC https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCj956IF62FbT7Gouszaj9w - 5 things the Doctor does in any worrying situation | @Doctor Who https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcOkA2Xmk1valTOWSyKyp4g - BBC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ED6CGmjm4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ED6CGmjm4 Russell T Davies (a Welsh screenwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenwriter and television producer whose works include https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_as_Folk_(British_TV_series), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_Coming_(TV_serial), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casanova_(2005_TV_serial), the 2005 revival of the BBC One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_One science fiction franchise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumber_(British_TV_series), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Years_and_Years_(TV_series) and .) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_T_Davies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_T_Davies Torchwood (a British science fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_on_television television programme created by Russell T Davies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_T_Davies. A spin-off of the 2005 revival of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who, it aired from 2006 to 2011.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood Bad Wolf (production company) (a British television production company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_company founded by Julie Gardner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Gardner and Jane Tranter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Tranter in 2015, with its headquarters in Cardiff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff, Wales.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Wolf_(production_company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Wolf_(production_company) Olly Alexander set to be new Doctor Who as first gay actor to play Time Lord - https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/15405348/olly-alexander-doctor-who-actor-gay/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/15405348/olly-alexander-doctor-who-actor-gay/ Ruth Clayton (a human https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Human identity assumed by the Fugitive Doctor https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Fugitive_Doctor, who hid on Earth https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Earth using a Chameleon Arch https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Chameleon_Arch.) - https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Ruth_Clayton https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Ruth_Clayton Jo Martin (JO MARTIN played Ruth Clayton https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Ruth_Clayton/Fugitive Doctor https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Fugitive_Doctor in the https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor_Who television stories https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Fugitive_of_the_Judoon_(TV_story) and https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Timeless_Children_(TV_story), alongside Jodie Whittaker https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Jodie_Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Thirteenth_Doctor. She was the first non-white actor https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Person_of_colour to be cast in the role of the Doctor https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Doctor in the DWU.) - https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Jo_Martin https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Jo_Martin Doctor Who: actor Christopher Eccleston reveals he has anorexia - https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/49719101 https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/49719101 Christopher Eccleston is the Doctor! - https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/christopher-eccleston-is-the-doctor https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/christopher-eccleston-is-the-doctor Murray Gold (an English composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio. He is best known as the musical director and composer of the music for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who from 2005, until he stepped down in 2018 after the tenth series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_(series_10) aired in 2017. He has been nominated for five BAFTAs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Gold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Gold Daleks and Cybermen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCsXO7r6-z4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCsXO7r6-z4 Bob Baker (scriptwriter) (a British television and film writer. Baker and Martin devised for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who the robotic dog K-9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-9_(Doctor_Who) (created for ), the renegade Time Lord https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Lord Omega https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_(Doctor_Who) (created for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Doctors_(Doctor_Who), s 10th anniversary story) and the Axons. K-9 was originally intended to appear in one story only, but the BBC decided to make it a recurring character. ) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Baker_(scriptwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Baker_(scriptwriter) Elisabeth Sladen (an English actress. She became best known as Sarah Jane Smith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jane_Smith in the British television series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who, appearing as a regular cast member from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Pertwee and Tom Baker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Baker, and reprising the role many times in subsequent decades, both on and its spin-offs, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-9_and_Company (1981) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sarah_Jane_Adventures (2007–2011).) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Sladen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Sladen Sarah Jane Smith (a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Sladen in the long-running BBC Television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Television science fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_on_television series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who and two of its spin-offs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_spin-offs.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jane_Smith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jane_Smith The Sarah Jane Adventures (In addition to Sladen, the first series of the programme stars Yasmin Paige https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmin_Paige as Maria Jackson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Jackson, Sarah Jane's 13-year-old neighbour in Ealing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealing, west London, and Tommy Knight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Knight as a boy named Luke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Smith_(The_Sarah_Jane_Adventures), who is adopted by Sarah Jane at the conclusion of the introductory story.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sarah_Jane_Adventures#Cast_and_crew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sarah_Jane_Adventures#Cast_and_crew Sadie Miller (an English actress and author. She is known for her portrayal of Natalie Redfern in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jane_Smith_(Big_Finish_series) audio drama series by Big Finish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Finish_Productions, her novel, , from Candy Jar Books's series, , as well as her association with the science fiction series, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who. She is the daughter of actors Brian Miller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Miller_(actor) and Elisabeth Sladen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Sladen.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadie_Miller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadie_Miller Sean Pertwee (the son of Jon Pertwee https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Jon_Pertwee, who played the Third Doctor https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Third_Doctor. He briefly appeared as himself in the 50th anniversary story https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Five(ish)_Doctors_Reboot_(TV_story).) - https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Sean_Pertwee Jon Pertwee (played the Third Doctor https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Third_Doctor from 1970 to 1974, beginning from https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Spearhead_from_Space_(TV_story) to https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Planet_of_the_Spiders_(TV_story).) - https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Jon_Pertwee https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Jon_Pertwee Gotham (TV series) (an American crime drama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_drama television series developed by Bruno Heller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Heller, produced by Warner Bros. Television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Television and based on characters published by DC Comics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics and appearing in the Batman franchise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(franchise), primarily those of James Gordon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(character) and Bruce Wayne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_(TV_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_(TV_series) Showrunner Russell T. Davies wants a Doctor Who Cinematic Universe - https://winteriscoming.net/2021/01/25/doctor-who-cinematic-universe-russell-t-davies/ https://winteriscoming.net/2021/01/25/doctor-who-cinematic-universe-russell-t-davies/ The Day of the Doctor (a special episode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_special of the British science fiction television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_television programme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who, marking the programme's 50th anniversary.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Doctor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Doctor Journey's End (TV story) (Journey's End was the thirteenth and final episode of series 4 https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Series_4_(Doctor_Who) of Doctor Who https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor_Who. It was the final regular appearance of all the Tenth Doctor https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Tenth_Doctor's companions, though they would all appear in cameos in The End of Time https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_End_of_Time_(TV_story) (barring Catherine Tate https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Catherine_Tate and Bernard Cribbins https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Bernard_Cribbins who prominently feature) to commemorate David Tennant https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/David_Tennant's final story.) - https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Journey%27s_End_(TV_story) Torchwood: Miracle Day (the fourth series of the British science fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_television_science_fiction television programme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood, a spin-off from the long-running show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood:_Miracle_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood:_Miracle_Day Day One (Torchwood) (the second episode of the first series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Torchwood_episodes#Series_1_(2006/07) of the British science fiction television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_on_television series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood. The episode centres on Gwen Cooper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Cooper (Eve Myles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Myles) working her first case with the alien hunters Torchwood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood_Institute in Cardiff, when she lets loose a purple alien gas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_universe_creatures_and_aliens_(Q%E2%80%93Z)#Sex_Gas that survives on the energy of orgasms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasm. Over the course of the episode, the team hunt for Carys before the gas kills her.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_One_(Torchwood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_One_(Torchwood) Everything Changes (Torchwood) (the first episode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Torchwood_episodes of the British science fiction television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_on_television programme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood, which was first broadcast on 22 October 2006. The story is told from the perspective of Gwen Cooper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Cooper (Eve Myles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Myles), who comes across the Torchwood team through her job as a police officer with the South Wales Police https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales_Police, who are investigating a series of strange deaths in Cardiff.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Changes_(Torchwood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Changes_(Torchwood) Resurrection gauntlet (The resurrection gauntlet — also known as the resurrection glove or just the glove, and, jokingly, the risen mitten — was a metal gauntlet that had the ability to revive the dead for a limited time, though with unfortunate and usually deadly consequences.) - https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Resurrection_gauntlet https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Resurrection_gauntlet Torchwood: Children of Earth ( is the banner title of the third series of the British television science fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_television_science_fiction programme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood, which broadcast for five episodes on BBC One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_One from 6 to 10 July 2009.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood:_Children_of_Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood:_Children_of_Earth Ryzen (a brand of x86-64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64 microprocessors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor designed and marketed by Advanced Micro Devices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Devices (AMD) for desktop, mobile, server, and embedded platforms based on the Zen microarchitecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_(microarchitecture). It consists of central processing units https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit (CPUs) marketed for mainstream, enthusiast, server, and workstation segments and accelerated processing units https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Accelerated_Processing_Unit (APUs) marketed for mainstream and entry-level segments and embedded systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_system applications.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryzen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryzen Why is there a chip shortage? - https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58230388 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58230388 Nvidia sold $155 million in crypto mining chips last quarter, but PC gaming remains its biggest market - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/26/nvidia-pc-gaming-still-more-important-than-crypto-for-revenue.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/26/nvidia-pc-gaming-still-more-important-than-crypto-for-revenue.html The Life of a Miner https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9-tZ-xN3eeavJ-sMRpG4dw - Crypto Mining Farm at Apartment | August 2021 Update - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB7NV7SR3bA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB7NV7SR3bA Chubbyemu https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKOvOaJv4GK-oDqx-sj7VVg - A Bitcoin Miner Heatstroked In His Sleep. This Is What Happened To His Organs. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr8bp8a2QS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr8bp8a2QS4 PCPartPicker - Asus Radeon RX 580 8 GB DUAL Video Card - https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/jkFXsY/asus-radeon-rx-580-8gb-dual-video-card-dual-rx580-o8g?history_days=730 https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/jkFXsY/asus-radeon-rx-580-8gb-dual-video-card-dual-rx580-o8g?history_days=730 China's top regulators ban crypto trading and mining, sending bitcoin, rivals tumbling - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-25/chinas-top-regulators-ban-crypto-trading-/100491122 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-25/chinas-top-regulators-ban-crypto-trading-/100491122 Chrome OS (a Gentoo Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_Linux-based operating system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system designed by Google https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google. It is derived from the free software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Chromium OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_OS and uses the Google Chrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome web browser as its principal user interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface. Unlike Chromium OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_OS, Chrome OS is proprietary software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_OS SolarCity (a publicly traded company headquartered in Fremont, California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont,_California that sold and installed solar energy generation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaics systems as well as other related products and services to residential, commercial and industrial customers.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolarCity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolarCity Elon Musk's Battery Farm Has Been a Total Triumph. Here Comes the Sequel. - https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a34598095/elon-musk-battery-farm-sequel-australia-tesla-powerpack/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a34598095/elon-musk-battery-farm-sequel-australia-tesla-powerpack/ Hornsdale Power Reserve (a 150MW/194MWh grid-connected energy storage system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_storage_system owned by Neoen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoen co-located with the Hornsdale Wind Farm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornsdale_Wind_Farm in the Mid North https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_North region of South Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australia, also owned by Neoen. During 2017 Tesla, Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc. won the contract and built the Hornsdale Power Reserve, for a capital cost of A$90 million, leading to the colloquial TESLA BIG BATTERY name.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornsdale_Power_Reserve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornsdale_Power_Reserve Hornsdale Power Reserve (Elon Musk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk placed a wager that the battery would be completed within "100 days from contract signature", otherwise the battery would be free. Tesla had already begun construction, and some units were already operational by 29 September 2017, the time the grid contract was signed. The battery construction was completed and testing began on 25 November 2017. It was connected to the grid on 1 December 2017. The 63 days between grid contract and completion easily beat Musk's wager of "100 days from contract signature", which started when a grid connection agreement was signed with ElectraNet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElectraNet on 29 September 2017, 203 days after Musk's offer on 10 March (in Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Australia). - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornsdale_Power_Reserve#Construction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornsdale_Power_Reserve#Construction Norwich Games Festival https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc8EjKmR8G4iEU4Vb7x6BVA - Ashens - Gallery of Shame - 1 June 2019 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFF9O73iwko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFF9O73iwko S.S. Antarctica (a battleship owned by the penguins of Antarctica https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Antarctica.) - https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/S.S._Antarctica https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/S.S._Antarctica SS Penguin (a New Zealand inter-island ferry steamer that sank off Cape Terawhiti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Terawhiti after striking a rock near the entrance to Wellington Harbour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Harbour in poor weather on 12 February 1909.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Penguin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Penguin Elden Ring (an upcoming action role-playing game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_role-playing_game developed by FromSoftware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandai_Namco_Entertainment. The game is a collaborative effort between game director Hidetaka Miyazaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidetaka_Miyazaki and fantasy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy novelist George R. R. Martin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._Martin.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elden_Ring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elden_Ring Bandai Namco Selects “My Dark Souls Story” Contest Winners - https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/03/11/bandai-namco-selects-my-dark-souls-story-contest-winners.aspx https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/03/11/bandai-namco-selects-my-dark-souls-story-contest-winners.aspx Nerdy, Inc. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOlhthS9Ex7PZgHygoMk7A - My Dark Souls Story: Biography of the Chosen Undead - The Dark Souls Story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbiLl-m0Ry4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbiLl-m0Ry4 NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity Had Planetary Protection Slip-Up - https://www.space.com/13783-nasa-msl-curiosity-mars-rover-planetary-protection.html https://www.space.com/13783-nasa-msl-curiosity-mars-rover-planetary-protection.html Amazon Women in the Mood (the first episode in season three https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama_(season_3) of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Women_in_the_Mood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Women_in_the_Mood Apocalypse Now (a 1979 American epic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_film psychological https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_film war film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola. It stars Marlon Brando https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Brando, Robert Duvall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Duvall, Martin Sheen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sheen, Frederic Forrest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Forrest, Albert Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hall_(actor), Sam Bottoms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Fishburne, Harrison Ford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford, and Dennis Hopper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hopper.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Now Cast Party: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast (TNC podcast) - https://www.patreon.com/CastParty https://www.patreon.com/CastParty SHOUT OUTS __ __ Mick McGinty, an artist that produced cover art for video games like https://comicbook.com/category/street-fighter-ii/ and , has died. While many gamers might not know McGinty by name, those that grew up in the '90s will immediately recognize his art. The artist contributed some of the most iconic images in all of gaming, telling stories that immediately captivated players. McGinty was an immensely talented artist, as is evidenced by the impressive collection of work on his personal site http://mickmcgintyfineart.com/collections/91056, but for gamers of the '90s, his output will be almost synonymous with video game covers. He is perhaps most famous with Nintendo fans for creating the western cover artwork for the SNES version of Street Fighter II. While many people took issue with the 'westernisation' of the artwork at the time, it was very common practice for companies like Nintendo to commission entirely new artwork which was better suited to a particular region. McGinty's cover – which features Chun-Li fighting Blanka over the prone body of Ryu – has gone down as one of the most recognisable video game covers of all time. McGinty's association with Street Fighter would continue with STREET FIGHTER II: CHAMPION EDITION https://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/street_fighter_ii_special_champion_edition on the Mega Drive / Genesis, STREET FIGHTER II TURBO https://www.nintendolife.com/games/snes/street_fighter_ii_turbo_hyper_fighting on the SNES and SUPER STREET FIGHTER II https://www.nintendolife.com/games/snes/super_street_fighter_ii_the_new_challengers. __ __ Sixty-three endangered African penguins have been killed by a swarm of bees in a rare occurrence near Cape Town, bird conservationists in South Africa say. The protected birds, from a colony in Simonstown, were found on the shore with multiple bee-stings. They had no other physical injuries. National parks officials told the BBC this was the first known attack at the world-famous Boulders Beach, which attracts up to 60,000 visitors a year. "Usually the penguins and bees co-exist," said Dr Alison Kock, a marine biologist with South Africa's national parks agency (SANParks). "The bees don't sting unless provoked - we are working on the assumption that a nest or hive in the area was disturbed and caused a mass of bees to flee the nest, swarm and became aggressive," she added. "Unfortunately the bees encountered a group of penguins on their flight path." Post-mortems found that the birds had been stung around the eyes and on their flippers. That is because "those are the parts that are not covered by feathers," Dr Katta Ludynia, from the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (Sanccob), told the BBC. Penguins have pink sweat glands around their eyes and "that area is particularly thin - similar to human fingers," explained Shanet Rutgers, senior penguin keeper at Cape Town's Two Oceans Aquarium. One of the penguins had been stung 27 times. African penguins are distinctive for their small size, and live on the coast and islands of South Africa and Namibia - though some have been spotted as far north as Gabon. Their populations are rapidly declining, the International Union for Conservation of Nature says. The national body said in a statement on Sunday that it was still conducting toxicity and disease checks on the birds, and would continue to monitor the situation. __ __ Ten years ago to the day, Japanese video game developer From Software released the critically acclaimed dark fantasy action RPG, , which would go on to change the gaming landscape forever. Refining the formula already established in while introducing a bevy of new mechanics that have been adopted and replicated by other titles, would spearhead an entirely new sub-genre of gaming. Today, officially celebrates its 10th anniversary. ‘ history is relatively straightforward in comparison to many other success stories in gaming. From Software first dabbled in the dark fantasy setting with , showcasing their ability to tell epic but narratively mysterious tales featuring fantastical beasts, ambiguous NPCs and deceptively challenging gameplay. The last part has remained the foundation of all From Software games since, increasing their difficulty in newer titles like and while still retaining their creative power for captivating and immersive stories, worlds and characters. was well-received by fans, often cited as their favourite game of all time. It’s success went on to spawn two sequels, and ; two creative spiritual successors in and the upcoming ; and a -styled action title that heavily borrowed elements from From Software’s trademark style. may have been the first, but it was really that put the Japanese studio on the map, leaving behind a legacy that has been the source of inspiration for a number of games like the series, , , , and numerous others. is not only remembered for its staple difficulty, but inspired world design, creative boss encounters, a plot that simply begged to be dissected and explored further, and a blueprint for a new style of game that bounced off the success of this defining RPG. __ __ his game kicked off the career of FUMITO UEDA. It was the first in a series of games that featured similar themes, including beloved titles like SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS and THE LAST GUARDIAN. is special in the way it handles abandonment and isolation. Devoid almost entirely of all dialogue, Ico essentially works like a silent film. There’s a clear sense of loneliness that’s present throughout the entire game. But there’s also a feeling of hope. 's soundtrack is almost suffocating at times, though it also presents a number of beautiful pieces. “Heal,” for example, is one of the best save themes in any game. 's soundtrack is almost suffocating at times, though it also presents a number of beautiful pieces. “Heal,” for example, is one of the best save themes in any game. One of the game’s fans is also HIDETAKA MIYAZAKI of FROM Software. Miyazaki, the creator of DEMON'S SOULS, and in turn the SOULS series, is one of the biggest game industry figures of the last decade. Much in the way the game would inspire Straley and Druckmann, Miyazaki cites http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/31/bloodborne-dark-souls-creator-hidetaka-miyazaki-interview as a game that showed him the different possibilities that video games as a medium had to offer. REMEMBRANCES __ __ A Japanese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan entrepreneur who is credited with creating the first cultured pearl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_pearl and subsequently starting the cultured pearl industry with the establishment of his luxury pearl company Mikimoto. He was inducted into the house of peers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Peers_(Japan) by imperial decree and posthumously awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Sacred_Treasure. On April 18, 1985, the Japan Patent Office https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Patent_Office selected him as one of Ten Japanese Great Inventors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Japanese_Great_Inventors. The company was ranked as one of the world's most luxurious brands by Magazine and Mikimoto was considered one of the best Japanese financial leaders of the 20th century by Nihon Keizai Shimbun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Keizai_Shimbun. He is also known as the founder of Mikimoto Pharmaceuticals, a company specialising in beauty products containing pearl calcium. Mikimoto Pearl Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikimoto_Pearl_Island is named after him. In addition, the "Phoenix Mikimoto Crown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikimoto_Crown" used by Miss Universe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe winners as well as the pageant crown used by Miss International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International is credited to his patented work. Mikimoto began his search of an alternative method to produce pearls as the chairman of the Shima Marine Products Improvement Association. At this point the demand for pearls had severely outweighed the supply, prompting the consideration of an effort to protect the oysters. In 1888, Mikimoto obtained a loan to start his first pearl oyster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_oyster farm at the Shinmei inlet on Ago Bay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ago_Bay in Mie prefecture with his wife and partner Ume. On 11 July 1893, after many failures and near bankruptcy, he was able to create the hemispherical cultured pearls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_pearls. The pearls were made by seeding the oyster with a small amount of mother of pearl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_of_pearl. In 1927, Mikimoto met with inventor, Thomas Edison, who was in awe of Mikimoto's cultured pearls as it was "supposed to be biologically impossible". He died at the age of 96 in Japan. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS __ __ A British publisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publisher who together with his brothers Richard and John Lane founded Penguin Books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Books in 1935, bringing high-quality paperback https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperback fiction and non-fiction to the mass market. In 1967 he started a hardback imprint under his own name, Allen Lane. He rose quickly at Bodley Head, becoming managing editor in 1925 following the death of his uncle. After conflict with the board of directors who were wary at first—for fear of being prosecuted—of publishing James Joyce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce's controversial book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(novel), Lane, together with his brothers Richard and John, founded Penguin Books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Books in 1935 as part of the Bodley Head. Penguin Books became a separate company the following year. The legend goes that on a train journey back from visiting Agatha Christie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie in 1934, Lane found himself on an Exeter station platform with nothing available worth reading. He conceived of paperback editions of literature of proven quality which would be cheap enough to be sold from a vending machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vending_machine; the first was set up outside Henderson's in Charing Cross Road https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charing_Cross_Road and dubbed the "Penguincubator". Lane was also well aware of the Hamburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg publisher Albatross Books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross_Books and adopted many of its innovations. Most booksellers and authors were against the idea of paperbacks. They believed that paperbacks would result in individuals spending less money on books. Lane was a person that was very stubborn when it came to his company. He operated mainly on intuition and imagination. "He thrived in an atmosphere of crisis and came most fully alive under the challenge of great dilemmas." He was a creative genius that once he had an idea he would not stop until it came to fruition. Once he decided on creating paperbacks he set about in deciding what the books should look like and finding a name. He had decided that the books would be reprints so he also needed to approach other publishers to see if they and their authors would be willing to sublease the rights of the books. He was quoted as saying, "I have never been able to understand why cheap books should not also be well designed, for good design is no more expensive than bad." He was born in Bristol. EVENTS OF INTEREST __ __ When the exploration of Mars was being considered in the early 1960s, Carl Sagan and Sidney Coleman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Coleman produced a paper concerning contamination of the red planet. In order that scientists could determine whether or not native life forms existed before the planet became contaminated by micro-organisms from Earth, they proposed that space missions should aim at a 99.9 percent chance that contamination should not occur. This figure was adopted by the Committee on Space Research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Space_Research (COSPAR) of the International Council of Scientific Unions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Council_of_Scientific_Unions in 1964, and was subsequently applied to all planetary probes. The danger was highlighted in 1969 when the Apollo 12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_12 astronauts returned components of the Surveyor 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveyor_3 spacecraft that had landed on the Moon three years before, and it was found that microbes were still viable even after three years in that harsh climate. An alternative was the Prime Directive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Directive, a philosophy of non-interference with alien life forms enunciated by the original Star Trek television series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series that prioritized the interests of the life forms over those of scientists. Given the (admittedly slim) prospect of life on Europa, scientists Richard Greenberg and Randall Tufts proposed that a new standard be set of no greater chance of contamination that that which might occur naturally by meteorites. Galileo had not been sterilized prior to launch and could have carried bacteria from Earth. Therefore, a plan was formulated to send the probe directly into Jupiter, in an intentional crash to eliminate the possibility of an impact with Jupiter's moons, particularly Europa, and prevent a forward contamination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_contamination. On April 14, 2003, reached its greatest orbital distance from Jupiter for the entire mission since orbital insertion, 26 million km (16 million mi), before plunging back towards the gas giant for its final impact. At the completion of J35, its final orbit around the Jovian system, impacted Jupiter in darkness just south of the equator on September 21, 2003, at 18:57 UTC. Its impact speed was approximately 48.26 km/s (29.99 mi/s). __ __ On this day in 1994 in Japan, DINOSAUR ISLAND enjoyed its premiere on home video. The Fantasy/Comedy feature starred Griffin Drew and Michelle Bauer, and here's the premise: The cavewomen's ranch was constructed on a remote portion of David Carradine https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001016's ranch. Shot in 12 days. Almost every day was extremely hot during the shooting of this film except one. A sequence with a stop-motion animation dinosaur attacking people on the beach was changed to a hand puppet dinosaur in post-production. The filmmakers paid an additional four thousand dollars for the poster art used to advertise this film. Antonia Dorian said she was nervous filming her first love scene in this film, especially since she was going to be topless. She'd danced topless in Vegas shows and in videos, but that wasn't the same as being on a small set surrounded by male actors and crew just a few feet away, all staring at her. Jim Wynorski gave her wine to calm her nerves. He also limited how many people would be on set. That and the wine helped her finally get through the scene. When the female warriors are chasing the dinosaur towards the ocean, you can see Malibu homes in the background hills. Wynorski said that Roger Corman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Corman asked he and Fred Olen Ray to make the film after came out. "It wasn't so much a rip off as a cavewoman movie", Wynorski said. Wynorski and Ray said they rewrote the script entirely. They knew who they were going to cast, employing actors they had worked with before, and tailored the script accordingly. They based the characters of the soldiers on characters in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripes_(film). Another influence was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_that_Time_Forgot, part of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Spangled_War_Stories comic book series. The movie was shot at Vasquez Rocks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasquez_Rocks and David Carradine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carradine's ranch at Sun Valley over ten days. Wynorski says he and Ray made it "on a wing and a prayer". Wynorski later said, "I'd never co-directed a movie before, but it was smooth sailing all the way. When one of us got tired, the other would take over. I'd usually go back to the comfort of the air-conditioned motor home and hang out with the girls. You really can't beat that." Wynorski says he was at a party when he met Joe Pesci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pesci who told him he loved the film, saying "everytime I watch it I feel like I want to go there." 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A judgment has been handed down in the Apple Vs Epic lawsuit. Now Apple has to allow third party payment systems. This could be the foot in the door to breaking Apple's monopolistic tactics. Concrete made from Astronaut blood is a potential solution to building on Mars. Let's hope it never gets to the point of keeping people locked up and farming them for building materials. Denis Villeneuve has joined the battle against Marvel movies turning everybody into zombies. A bit dramatic, but he's really not a fan. And his Dune movie is getting great reviews, so maybe he knows a thing or two. THE APPLE APP STORE LAWSUIT : THE EPIC CONCLUSION & STAR GRIFT DRAMA - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-09-17-the-epic-vs-apple-judgement-leaves-much-undecided-opinion - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-09-09-cloud-imperium-receives-asa-warning-over-marketing-concept-ships-in-star-citizen FROM THE MAKERS OF SOYLENT GREEN COMES BLOODCRETE. - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210913135713.htm?fbclid=IwAR1Z3_WegQ3pQPBq7EZuZCP3KSTTy9l4H5mDsZCAR5kwcrXIKluLTbPuQBM ANOTHER DIRECTOR SLAMS MARVEL MOVIES - https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-denis-villeneuve-movies-zombies OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED South Korea bans Apple, Google from blocking third-party payments - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-31-south-korea-bans-apple-google-from-blocking-third-party-payments https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-31-south-korea-bans-apple-google-from-blocking-third-party-payments Epic Games v. Google (The events and initial actions on Epic's lawsuit against Google were brought on the same day as Epic's suit against Apple, but Google stressed the legal situation around their case is far different.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple#Epic_Games_v._Google https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple#Epic_Games_v._Google Epic Games v. Apple (a lawsuit brought by Epic Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games against Apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc. in August 2020 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_California, related to Apple's practices in the iOS App Store https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_(iOS).) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple Fortnite https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClG8odDC8TS6Zpqk9CGVQiQ - Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite - #FreeFortnite https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/freefortnite - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euiSHuaw6Q4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euiSHuaw6Q4 Duke Nukem Forever (a first-person shooter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter video game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game developed by 3D Realms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Realms and published by 2K Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_Games for Microsoft Windows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows, Mac OS X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X, PlayStation 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3, and Xbox 360 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever Silk Road (marketplace) (an online black market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_market and the first modern darknet market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darknet_market, best known as a platform for selling illegal drugs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_drugs.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace) alyankovic https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDBrVr0ttWpoRY-_yZajp2Q - "Weird Al" Yankovic - White & Nerdy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw Star Citizen https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen on Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen Elite Dangerous (Braben had previously discussed crowdfunding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding as a possible solution in April 2012. Public fundraising commenced in November 2012 using the Kickstarter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter website, the campaign lasting 60 days, with the aim being to raise £1.25m and deliver a finished game by March 2014. Braben described the campaign as a way of "test-marketing the concept to verify there is broader interest in such a game", in addition to raising the funds.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_Dangerous#Funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_Dangerous#Funding List of most expensive video games to develop (The following is a LIST OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE VIDEO GAMES ever developed, with a minimum total cost of US$ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar50 million and sorted by the total cost adjusted for inflation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_develop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_develop The Great British Bake Off (a British television baking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baking competition, produced by Love Productions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress a group of judges with their baking skills. One contestant is eliminated in each round, and the winner is selected from the contestants who reach the finals.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_British_Bake_Off https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_British_Bake_Off I Made Meringues Out of My Own Blood and Ate Them - https://www.vice.com/en/article/7xgq4e/i-made-meringues-out-of-my-own-blood-and-ate-them https://www.vice.com/en/article/7xgq4e/i-made-meringues-out-of-my-own-blood-and-ate-them The Cask of Amontillado (a short story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of .) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cask_of_Amontillado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cask_of_Amontillado Soylent Green (a 1973 American ecological dystopian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia thriller film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_film directed by Richard Fleischer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Fleischer, and starring Charlton Heston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Taylor-Young and Edward G. Robinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_G._Robinson in his final film role.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green Immurement (a form of imprisonment, usually until death, in which a person is sealed within an enclosed space with no exits.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immurement#cite_note-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immurement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immurement Scott Dickerson’s tweet about Marvel movies - https://twitter.com/scottderrickson/status/1438679063036502020?s=19&fbclid=IwAR22tA8qShtHB_WGGgMTU6tfaUi3PZnb2hYYYIfP0j1otOinqlwtkTFCMqQ https://twitter.com/scottderrickson/status/1438679063036502020?s=19&fbclid=IwAR22tA8qShtHB_WGGgMTU6tfaUi3PZnb2hYYYIfP0j1otOinqlwtkTFCMqQ Hot racking (the sanctioned practice within military organizations of assigning more than one crew member to a bed or "rack" to reduce berthing (sleeping) space.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_racking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_racking Wii (a home video game console https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_video_game_console developed and marketed by Nintendo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo. It was first released on November 19, 2006, in North America and in December 2006 for most other regions. It is Nintendo's fifth major home game console, following the GameCube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube, and is a seventh generation home console https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_generation_of_video_game_consoles alongside Microsoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft's Xbox 360 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360 and Sony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment's PlayStation 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii Pissed Off Video Gamer Archive - Nintendo Shitcube Review (Original) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2asDPQrv0Nw&t=140s Cartoon Time Machine (TNC Podcast) - https://anchor.fm/cartoontimemachine https://anchor.fm/cartoontimemachine SHOUT OUTS __ __ Spider-Man is now the hero behind the biggest comic book sale in history. While Batman and Superman previously set records with the sales of their debut comics, Spider-Man https://comicbook.com/category/spider-man-character/ has officially taken the crown, thanks to a recent sale by Heritage Auctions. #15 is the first issue in which Spider-Man, Marvel's most iconic superhero, appeared in comics. A copy of the original issue was sold this week for a whopping $3.6 million, making it the most expensive single comic issue of all time. The 1962 Marvel Comics issue breaks a record that was set by DC's Superman debut earlier this year. An issue of #1, which debuted in 1938, previously sold for $3.25 million, which was the biggest sale at the time. The issue of #15 that broke the sales record this week is one of the highest-graded issues of that comic in the entire world. That specific issue is graded CGC 9.6, meaning it's in near mint condition. It is one of only four issues to receive that grading. There are no copies graded CGC 9.8, the next-highest grading on the scale. __ __ On September 14, 2001, the GameCube first went on sale for the first time in Japan. Two months later, on November 18, the console was released in North America. Facing off against the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, the GameCube was the first Nintendo console to use optical discs — though, the console wasn’t designed to play DVDs or CDs like its rivals could. While the console was no all-inclusive living room entertainment hub, the GameCube did the video gaming part extremely well and boasted a solid library, including and, among many others, such as third party exclusives like as well as , which was a remake co-developed by Silicon Knights that featured new cutscenes by filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura of . One of the most last legacies of the GameCube has been its controller. This is a controller design so good — so perfect https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/98j7gw/what_makes_the_gamecube_controller_so_great_what/e4gi3tz/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 — that Smash pros were getting https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/07/meet-the-controller-mechanic-who-repairs-smash-pros-hardware-on-the-fly/ their old ones repaired and that Nintendo even re-released it just for . Nintendo launched the Wii in 2006 and a year later, the previous gen console was discontinued. It wasn’t the success that Nintendo hoped, but it occupies an important place in game console history. __ __ A century after an accomplished young pilot made his mark on aviation history, 55 people have boarded 23 planes for a flight to commemorate his daring feat. The fleet departed Geraldton today as part of a tour following the route of Australia's first scheduled air service, which left the city for Derby on December 5, 1921, under the leadership of Major Norman Brearley. Later knighted for his services to aviation, Major Brearly had returned from the aerial battlefields of World War I with a swag of awards for bravery. He had survived being shot down in no man's land during the war and crawling back to English lines with bullet holes in both lungs. But the experience did little to dampen his enthusiasm for flying, and after the war he won a contract to launch the first scheduled air service in the country. The service was to change the lives of remote West Australians who had previously relied on boat and rail for mail and passenger transport. __ __ Sir Clive Sinclair https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/oct/12/praise-computer-clive-sinclair, the inventor and entrepreneur who was instrumental in bringing home computers to the masses. Sinclair invented the pocket calculator https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8645442/sinclair-cambridge-pocket-calculator-electronic-calculators but was best known for popularising the home computer, bringing it to British high-street stores at relatively affordable prices. Many modern-day titans of the games industry got their start on one of his ZX models https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/sep/07/the-20-greatest-home-computers-ranked. For a certain generation of gamer, the computer of choice was either the ZX Spectrum 48K or its rival, the Commodore 64. Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX chief, commented on Twitter on an article calling Sir Clive the father of the ZX Spectrum: “RIP, Sir Sinclair. I loved that computer.” In the early 1970s he designed a series of calculators designed to be small and light enough to fit in the pocket at a time when most existing models were the size of an old-fashioned shop till. “He wanted to make things small and cheap so people could access them,” his daughter said. His first home computer, the ZX80, named after the year it appeared, revolutionised the market, although it was a far cry from today’s models. At £79.95 in kit form and £99.95 assembled, it was about one-fifth of the price of other home computers at the time. It sold 50,000, units while its successor, the ZX81, which replaced it, cost £69.95 and sold 250,000. Many games industry veterans got their start typing programs into its touch-based keyboard and became hooked on games such as as 3D Monster Maze and Mazogs. Sinclair became a household name as his products flew off the shelves and was awarded a knighthood in 1983. But he would also become synonymous with one of his less successful inventions – the Sinclair C5 – which would cost him financially. He died from an illness related to cancer that he had for over a decade, in London. REMEMBRANCES __ __ An Italian (naturalised French) mathematician, astronomer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer and engineer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer. Cassini was born in Perinaldo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perinaldo, near Imperia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperia, at that time in the County of Nice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Nice, part of the Savoyard state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoyard_state. Cassini is known for his work on astronomy and engineering. He discovered four satellites of the planet Saturn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(planet) and noted the division of the rings of Saturn; the Cassini Division https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini_Division was named after him. Giovanni Domenico Cassini was also the first of his family to begin work on the project of creating a topographic map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_map of France. The Cassini space probe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens, launched in 1997, was named after him and became the fourth to visit the planet Saturn and the first to orbit the planet. Cassini observed and published surface markings on Mars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars (earlier seen by Christiaan Huygens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Huygens but not published), determined the rotation periods of Mars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars and Jupiter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter, and discovered four satellites of Saturn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn: Iapetus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_(moon) and Rhea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea_(moon) in 1671 and 1672, and Tethys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethys_(moon) and Dione https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dione_(moon) (1684).Cassini was the first to observe these four moons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_satellite, which he called Sidera Lodoicea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidera_Lodoicea (the stars of Louis), including Iapetus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_(moon), whose anomalous variations in brightness he correctly ascribed as being due to the presence of dark material on one hemisphere (now called Cassini Regio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini_Regio in his honour). In addition he discovered the Cassini Division https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini_Division in the rings of Saturn (1675). He shares with Robert Hooke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hooke credit for the discovery of the Great Red Spot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Red_Spot on Jupiter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter (ca. 1665). Around 1690, Cassini was the first to observe differential rotation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_rotation within Jupiter's atmosphere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_body_atmosphere. Cassini initially held the Earth to be the centre of the Solar System, though later observations compelled him to accept the model of the Solar System proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus, and eventually that of Tycho Brahe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe. "In 1659 he presented a model of the planetary system that was in accord with the hypothesis of Nicolaus Copernicus. In 1661 he developed a method, inspired by Kepler's work, of mapping successive phases of solar eclipses; and in 1662 he published new tables of the sun, based on his observations at San Petronio." Cassini also rejected Newton's theory of gravity, after measurements he conducted which wrongly suggested that the Earth was elongated at its poles. More than forty years of controversy about the subject were closed in favour of Newton's theory after the measurements of the French Geodesic Mission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Geodesic_Mission (1736 to 1744) and the Lapponian expedition in 1737 led by Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Louis_Moreau_de_Maupertuis Cassini was also the first to make successful measurements of longitude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_longitude by the method suggested by Galileo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei, using eclipses of the Galilean satellites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilean_satellites as a clock. Attracted to the heavens in his youth, his first interest was in astrology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology. While young he read widely on the subject of astrology, and soon was very knowledgeable about it; this extensive knowledge of astrology led to his first appointment as an astronomer. Later in life he focused almost exclusively on astronomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy and all but denounced astrology as he became increasingly involved in the Scientific Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Revolution. In 1653, Cassini, wishing to employ the use of a meridian line, sketched a plan for a new and larger meridian line but one that would be difficult to build. His calculations were precise; the construction succeeded perfectly; and its success gave Cassini a brilliant reputation for working with engineering and structural works. In the 1670s, Cassini began work on a project to create a topographic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography map of France, using Gemma Frisius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Frisius's technique of triangulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulation. The project was continued by his son Jacques Cassini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cassini and eventually finished by his grandson César-François Cassini de Thury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar-Fran%C3%A7ois_Cassini_de_Thury and published as the in 1789 or 1793. It was the first topographic map of an entire country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cartography. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS __ __ American aviator, entrepreneur, and aircraft designer. He founded the Experimental Aircraft Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Aircraft_Association (EAA) in 1953, and spent the greater part of his life promoting homebuilt aircraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebuilt_aircraft. Poberezny is widely considered as the first person to have popularized the tradition of aircraft homebuilding in the United States. Through his work founding EAA and the organization's annual convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAA_AirVenture_Oshkosh, he had the reputation of helping inspire millions of people to get involved in grassroots aviation. Many attribute his legacy with the growth and sustainment of the US general aviation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_aviation industry in the later part of the 20th century and into the early 21st. For the last two decades of his tenure as chairman of the EAA from 1989–2009, he worked closely with his son, aerobatic pilot and former EAA president Tom Poberezny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Poberezny, to expand the organization and create several new programs within it, including an aviation education program for youth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Eagles and the EAA Museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAA_Aviation_Museum, among other initiatives. Poberezny was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Aviation_Hall_of_Fame in 1999, received the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Brothers_Memorial_Trophy in 2002, and was ranked fourth on Flying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_(magazine)'s list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation; he was the highest-ranked living person on the list at the time of its release. Poberezny founded the Experimental Aircraft Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Aircraft_Association out of his Hales Corners, Wisconsin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hales_Corners,_Wisconsin home in 1953. It started as predominately an aircraft homebuilding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebuilt_aircraft organization in his basement, but later went on to capture all aspects of general aviation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_aviation internationally. Poberezny flew over 500 aircraft types, including over 170 home-built planes throughout his life. He was introduced to aviation in 1936 at the age of 16 with the gift of a donated damaged WACO Primary Glider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WACO_Primary_Glider that he rebuilt and taught himself to fly. A high school teacher owned the glider and offered to pay Poberezny to repair it. He hauled it to his father's garage, borrowed books on building/repairing airplanes, and completed the restoration soon after. A friend used his car to tow the glider into the air with Poberezny at the controls; it rose to around a hundred feet when he released the tow rope and coasted to a gentle landing in a bed of alfalfa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfalfa. A year later, Poberezny soloed at age 17 in a 1935 Porterfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porterfield_35 and soon co-owned an American Eagle biplane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Eagle_A-101. After returning home from World War II, Poberezny could not afford to buy his own aircraft, so he decided to build one himself. In 1955, he wrote a series of articles for the publication Mechanix Illustrated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanix_Illustrated, where he described how an individual could buy a set of plans and build an airplane at home. In the magazine were also photos of himself fabricating the Baby Ace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Ace, an amateur-built aircraft (and the first to be marketed as a "homebuilt") that he bought the rights to for US$200 a few years prior. The articles became extremely popular and gave the concept of homebuilding worldwide acclaim. He designed, modified, and built several home-built aircraft, and had more than 30,000 hours of flight time in his career. Aircraft that he designed and built include: Acro Sport I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acro_Sport_I & II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acro_Sport_II "Little Audrey" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_DGA-3 Poberezny P-5 Pober Sport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poberezny_P-5_Pober_Sport Pober Jr Ace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Junior_Ace Pober Pixie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pober_Pixie Pober Super Ace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pober_Super_Ace He was born in Leavenworth County, Kansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leavenworth_County,_Kansas EVENTS OF INTEREST __ __ At 07:00 on 14 September, AE1 departed Blanche Bay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Bay, Rabaul, to patrol off Cape Gazelle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Gazelle with HMAS Parramatta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Parramatta_(D55). When she had not returned by 20:00, several ships were dispatched to search for her. No trace of the submarine was found, and she was listed as lost with all hands. The disappearance was Australia's first major loss of World War I. After the discovery of the submarine in December 2017, Rear Admiral Peter Briggs, retired, said the likely cause of its loss was a diving accident. He added: The submarine appears to have struck the bottom with sufficient force to dislodge the fin from its footing, forcing it to hinge forward on its leading edge, impacting the casing. On 14 September 2018, a team of researchers headed by the National Maritime Museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_National_Maritime_Museum director Kevin Sumption concluded their investigation into the sinking of AE1. They concluded that a ventilation valve, which was likely open to make the tropical conditions a little more bearable while the submarine was cruising on the surface near the Duke of York Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_York_Islands, was insecure when the submarine dived, causing a flood of the submarine's engine room and total loss of control of the AE1. The submarine subsequently sank below 100 metres and imploded, killing everyone on board instantly. __ __ On this day in 2007 (in Spain), THE DARK HOUR enjoyed its theatrical release. 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Big Brother is finding ways into your home through your games. You'd be surprised just how much they can tell about you from the way you play. China has decided to take effeminate men off TV, along with a whole bunch of new criteria. This echoes the Tik Tok ban on ugly and fat people. China, you have some issues with representation. Maybe take a look at that. An asteroid is coming close to Earth. Prepare now, just in case. South Australians are also complaining about rocket launches. Finally, Australians can go somewhere that isn't overseas to see rockets, which is awesome. SURVEILLANCE IN VIDEO GAMES - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3881279 CHINA’S NEW LAW : SISSY MAN BAN - https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/09/02/china-bans-sissy-men-tv-encourages-more-masculinity/5694333001/ SPACE NEWS - https://comicbook.com/irl/news/asteroid-close-encounter-2021-ny1-close-call-nasa-september/ - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-07/whalers-way-first-commercial-rocket-lift-off/100440154 OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED What are the Security and Privacy Risks of VR and AR - https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/security-and-privacy-risks-of-ar-and-vr https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/security-and-privacy-risks-of-ar-and-vr ‘Doomba’ turns your Roomba’s cleaning maps into Doom levels - https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/12/26/18156600/doomba-roomba-cleaning-maps-doom-levels-rich-whitehouse https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/12/26/18156600/doomba-roomba-cleaning-maps-doom-levels-rich-whitehouse How Does the YouTube Algorithm Work in 2021? The Complete Guide - https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-the-youtube-algorithm-works/ https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-the-youtube-algorithm-works/ The cheapest Oculus Quest prices and Oculus Rift sales in September 2021 - https://www.techradar.com/au/news/gaming/oculus-rift-deals-1329262 https://www.techradar.com/au/news/gaming/oculus-rift-deals-1329262 It’s 2019 — which VR headsets can you actually buy? - https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/16/18625238/vr-virtual-reality-headsets-oculus-quest-valve-index-htc-vive-nintendo-labo-vr-2019 https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/16/18625238/vr-virtual-reality-headsets-oculus-quest-valve-index-htc-vive-nintendo-labo-vr-2019 General Data Protection Regulation (The GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (EU) (GDPR) is a regulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_(European_Union) in EU law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_law on data protection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_protection and privacy in the European Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union (EU) and the European Economic Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area (EEA). It also addresses the transfer of personal data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_data outside the EU and EEA areas.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation Electronic Frontier Foundation (The ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights group based in San Francisco, California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco,_California. The foundation was formed on 10 July 1990 by John Gilmore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gilmore_(activist), John Perry Barlow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow and Mitch Kapor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Kapor to promote Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet civil liberties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_liberties.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation Loot box (In video games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game, a LOOT BOX (also called a LOOT/PRIZE CRATE) is a consumable virtual item which can be redeemed to receive a randomised selection of further virtual items, or loot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loot_(video_gaming), ranging from simple customization options for a player's avatar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_(computing) or character, to game-changing equipment such as weapons and armor.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loot_box https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loot_box Regulation and legislation (Because of their use of random chance to gain items after committing real-world funds, games using loot boxes may be considered a form of gambling. While gambling laws vary from country to country, a common theme that tends to distinguish loot boxes from gambling is the inability to transform the contents from a loot box back into real-world money by legitimate means within the video game.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loot_box#Regulation_and_legislation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loot_box#Regulation_and_legislation Wii Fit (an exergaming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exergaming video game designed by Nintendo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo's Hiroshi Matsunaga for the Wii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii home video game console. It is an exercise game with several activities using the Wii Balance Board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Balance_Board peripheral. As of March 2012 was the third best selling console game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#Top_20_console_games_of_all_time not packaged with a console, with 22.67 million copies sold.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Fit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Fit How ISIS Terrorists May Have Used PlayStation 4 To Discuss And Plan Attacks - https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/11/14/why-the-paris-isis-terrorists-used-ps4-to-plan-attacks/?sh=23b8e4e70554 https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/11/14/why-the-paris-isis-terrorists-used-ps4-to-plan-attacks/?sh=23b8e4e70554 Man jailed 6 years for threats made in Runescape finally released - https://www.pcgamer.com/au/man-jailed-6-years-for-threats-made-in-runescape-finally-released/ https://www.pcgamer.com/au/man-jailed-6-years-for-threats-made-in-runescape-finally-released/ ‘It’s a long bow’: Social media ID push dubbed ineffective, a privacy risk - https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/it-s-a-long-bow-social-media-id-push-dubbed-a-privacy-risk-20210402-p57g7d.html https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/it-s-a-long-bow-social-media-id-push-dubbed-a-privacy-risk-20210402-p57g7d.html China steps up its war on underage online video gaming and not everyone is happy - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-04/china-cracks-down-on-children-online-video-gaming/100428138 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-04/china-cracks-down-on-children-online-video-gaming/100428138 TikTok 'tried to filter out videos from ugly, poor or disabled users' - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/17/tiktok-tried-to-filter-out-videos-from-ugly-poor-or-disabled-users Tilda Swinton (a British actress. Known for her leading roles in independent films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_films and supporting roles in blockbusters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_(entertainment), she is the recipient of various accolades https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Tilda_Swinton, including an Academy Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award and a British Academy Film Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Award, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Awards.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilda_Swinton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilda_Swinton Zhao Wei (VICKY ZHAO or VICKI ZHAO, is a Chinese actress, businesswoman, film director, producer and pop singer. She is considered one of the most popular actresses in China and Chinese-speaking regions, and one of the highest paid actresses.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Wei https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Wei Alibaba founder Jack Ma appears for the first time since crackdown on his tech empire - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/alibaba-founder-jack-ma-reappears-after-crackdown-on-his-tech-empire.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/alibaba-founder-jack-ma-reappears-after-crackdown-on-his-tech-empire.html Zhao Wei Controversy (On 27 August 2021, all films and television dramas featuring Zhao disappeared from Chinese video streaming services like and , and her Weibo account is deleted. No explanation is given by the Chinese government.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Wei#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Wei#Controversy Mulan (2009 film) (a 2009 Chinese action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_film war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_film film starring Zhao Wei https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Wei as the titular protagonist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Mulan. The director, Jingle Ma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_Ma, has explained that this film is vastly different from the 1998 Walt Disney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company animated film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulan_(1998_film) and that the looks from the character in this movie adheres more to his imagination.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulan_(2009_film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulan_(2009_film) Uyghurs (The UYGHURS alternatively spelled UIGHURS, UYGURS or UIGURS, are a Turkic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_peoples ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia and East Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia. The Uyghurs are recognized as native to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang in Northwest China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_China. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghurs I.T. Crowd – Judy (a horribly ugly woman that Roy gets entangled with while trying to meet a woman named Julie. Roy claims she has hair on her eyes and three rows of teeth.) - https://theitcrowd.fandom.com/wiki/Judy https://theitcrowd.fandom.com/wiki/Judy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CWqMAOHS4A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CWqMAOHS4A Steve Buscemi (an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for acting in various supporting roles and as a leading man starring in a number of successful movies including Quentin Tarantino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_Dogs (1992), Robert Rodriguez https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperado_(film) (1995), Simon West https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_West's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Air (1997) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon_(1998_film) (1998), the black comedy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_World_(film) (2001), Tim Burton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton's drama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Fish (2003), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island (2005), and Armando Iannucci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando_Iannucci's political satire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Stalin (2017).) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Buscemi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Buscemi Sean Penn (American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He has won two Academy Awards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor, for his roles in the mystery drama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_River_(film) (2003) and the biopic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_(2008_American_film) (2008).) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Penn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Penn Meat Loaf (better known as MEAT LOAF, is an American singer and actor. He is noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His trilogy— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_II:_Back_into_Hell, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_III:_The_Monster_Is_Loose—has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf Tim Curry (English actor and singer. He rose to prominence for his portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show (1975), reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London and 1974 Los Angeles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles musical stage productions of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Show.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Curry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Curry China calls for boycott of ‘overly entertaining’ entertainers and ‘sissy idols’ in continued purge of popular culture industry - https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3147354/china-calls-boycott-overly-entertaining https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3147354/china-calls-boycott-overly-entertaining RAAF Woomera Range Complex (The RAAF WOOMERA RANGE COMPLEX (WRC) is a major Australian military https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_aviation and civil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_aviation aerospace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace facility and operation located in South Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australia, approximately 450 km (280 mi) north-west of Adelaide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide. The WRC is operated by the Royal Australian Air Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force (RAAF), a division of the Australian Defence Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force (ADF).) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAAF_Woomera_Range_Complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAAF_Woomera_Range_Complex Meteor Hits Russia Feb 15, 2013 - Event Archive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpmXyJrs7iU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpmXyJrs7iU Chelyabinsk meteor (a superbolide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over the southern Ural region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_(region) in Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 YEKT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekaterinburg_Time (03:20 UTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time). It was caused by an approximately 20 m (66 ft) near-Earth asteroid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-Earth_object that entered the atmosphere at a shallow 18.3 ± 0.4 degree angle with a speed relative to Earth of 19.16 ± 0.15 kilometres per second (69,000 km/h or 42,900 mph).) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk_meteor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk_meteor Footage of last-known surviving Tasmanian tiger remastered and released in 4K colour - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-07/tasmanian-tiger-footage-digitised-and-colourised/100439870 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-07/tasmanian-tiger-footage-digitised-and-colourised/100439870 Bunyip (The BUNYIP is a creature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal from Australian Aboriginal mythology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_mythology, said to lurk in swamps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp, billabongs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billabong, creeks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream, riverbeds, and waterholes https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/waterhole.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunyip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunyip Yowie (YOWIE is one of several names for an Australian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia folklore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore entity reputed to live in the Outback https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outback. The creature has its roots in Aboriginal oral history. In parts of Queensland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland, they are known as (or as a type of quinkin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinkan_rock_art), and as , in parts of New South Wales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales they are called , , , , , and .) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yowie#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHealyCropper2006-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yowie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yowie Futurama - Planet Express Ships Engine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RtMMupdOC4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RtMMupdOC4 Battle of Cartagena de Indias (The BATTLE OF CARTAGENA DE INDIAS took place during the 1739 to 1748 War of Jenkins' Ear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear between Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Empire and Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain. The result of long-standing commercial tensions, the war was primarily fought in the Caribbean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean; the British tried to capture key Spanish ports in the region, including Porto Bello https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Porto_Bello_(1739) and Chagres https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagres_and_Fort_San_Lorenzo in Panama, Havana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana, and Cartagena de Indias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartagena,_Colombia in present-day Colombia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cartagena_de_Indias Gordon Bennett Trophy (aeroplanes) (an international airplane racing trophy awarded by James Gordon Bennett Jr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gordon_Bennett_Jr., the American owner and publisher of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Herald newspaper. The trophy is one of three Gordon Bennett awards: Bennett was also the sponsor of an automobile race https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bennett_Cup_(auto_racing) and a ballooning competition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bennett_Cup_(ballooning).) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bennett_Trophy_(aeroplanes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bennett_Trophy_(aeroplanes) Glenn Curtiss (an American aviation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation and motorcycling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Curtiss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Curtiss Sincerely Unqualified (TNC podcast) - https://sincerely-unqualified.simplecast.com/ https://sincerely-unqualified.simplecast.com/ SHOUT OUTS __ __ Thousands have gathered in New York and across the United States for ceremonies commemorating the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Memorials were held in New York City, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania — all sites where hijacked planes were crashed in a coordinated Al Qaeda attack 20 years ago. Americans are honouring the nearly 3,000 lives lost https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-11/remembering-those-killed-in-september-11-attacks/100436906 in the attacks, while reflecting on how they shaped the country's view of the world and itself. Music legend Bruce Springsteen performed I'll See You In My Dreams before the names of victims continued to be read by loved ones. Mr Biden then travelled to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Flight 93 crashed into a field after passengers overcame the hijackers and prevented another target from being hit. __ __ Over the past several decades, Keaton has appeared in a variety of major roles, though he is particularly beloved for his run as Bruce Wayne in Tim Burton's and its sequel . He is also known for playing as Jack Butler in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Mom (1983), Beetlejuice in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetlejuice (1988), and Adrian Toomes / Vulture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Toomes_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe) in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Homecoming (2017) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morbius_(film) (2022). Contrary to popular belief, he is not related to Buster Keaton https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000036?ref_=nmbio_trv_74 or Diane Keaton https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000473?ref_=nmbio_trv_74. Nor did he name himself after them. He needed an alternate last name, so he went through a list of possible surnames and when he got to the "K's," he decided "Keaton" sounded inoffensive enough. In 2014, Keaton garnered critical acclaim for his performance in Alejandro González Iñárritu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_I%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu's black comedy film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdman_(film), winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture_Musical_or_Comedy and receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor. Tim Burton https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000318?ref_=nmbio_trv_4 cast him in the title role of Batman https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096895?ref_=nmbio_trv_4 (1989) because he thought that Keaton was the only actor who could believably portray someone who has the kind of darkly obsessive personality that the character has. There was a great deal of fan anger over his selection, forcing the studio to release an advance trailer both to show that Keaton could do the role well and that the movie would not be a campy parody like the television series Batman https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059968?ref_=nmbio_trv_4 (1966). A longtime Pittsburgh resident and fan of its sports teams, negotiated a break in his Batman movie contract in case the Pirates made the playoffs that year, although they ultimately did not. He also wrote an ESPN blog on the Pirates during the final months of their 2013 season. __ __ The last captive thylacine, often referred to as Benjamin, lived at Hobart Zoo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart_Zoo until its death on the night of the 6 September 1936. The thylacine died on the night of 6–7 September 1936. It is believed to have died as the result of neglect—locked out of its sheltered sleeping quarters, it was exposed to a rare occurrence of extreme Tasmanian weather: extreme heat during the day and freezing temperatures at night. This thylacine features in the last known motion picture footage of a living specimen: 45 seconds of black-and-white footage showing the thylacine in its enclosure in a clip taken in 1933, by naturalist David Fleay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fleay. In the film footage, the thylacine is seen seated, walking around the perimeter of its enclosure, yawning, sniffing the air, scratching itself (in the same manner as a dog), and lying down. Fleay was bitten on the buttock whilst shooting the film. After the thylacine's death, the zoo expected that it would soon find a replacement, and "Benjamin"'s death was not reported on in the media at the time. Although there had been a conservation movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_movement pressing for the thylacine's protection since 1901, driven in part by the increasing difficulty in obtaining specimens for overseas collections, political difficulties prevented any form of protection coming into force until 1936. Official protection of the species by the Tasmanian government was introduced on 10 July 1936, 59 days before the last known specimen died in captivity. __ __ is a video game franchise, originally developed by Naughty Dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naughty_Dog as an exclusive for Sony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony's PlayStation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_(console) console and has seen numerous installments created by numerous developers and published on multiple platforms. The series consists predominantly of platform games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_game, but also includes spin-offs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin-off_(media) in the kart racing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kart_racing_game and party game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_game genres. The series was originally produced by Universal Interactive, which later became known as Vivendi Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivendi_Games; in 2007, Vivendi merged with Activision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision, which currently owns and publishes the franchise. In August 1994, Andy Gavin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Gavin and Jason Rubin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Rubin began their move from Boston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston, Massachusetts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts to Los Angeles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles, California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California. During the trip, Gavin and Rubin decided to create a 3D action-platform game, taking inspiration from 16-bit-era games such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_Country_(series), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_(franchise) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog. Because the player would be forced to constantly look at the character's backside, the game was jokingly code-named "Sonic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(character)'s Ass Game". Development on the game started in the very early days of the PS1. There wasn’t even a dev kit for the system, just a PCI board that you’d insert into your work PC. So they had to start from scratch with the simplest of tasks, like rendering geometry on the screen, then learn as they went along. Just the very concept of a full 3D platformer was totally new. Super Mario 64 hadn’t even been released, and although the PS1 would get titles like Jumping Flash, they were far from the lively, character-filled experiences that 16-bit consoles were delivering in 2D. So the team at Naughty Dog built things from scratch, first learning how to display polygons on-screen and then working to translate their art to a game environment. Needing a lead character for the game, Naughty Dog recruited American Exitus artists Charles Zembillas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Zembillas and Joe Pearson and met with them weekly to create the characters and environments of the game, eventually creating a character named "Willy the Wombat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat". The marketing director of Universal Interactive insisted that the character be named "Wez", "Wuzzles" or "Wizzy the Wombat". While playing the game during development, Rubin realized that there were many empty areas in the game due to the PlayStation's inability to process numerous on-screen enemy characters at the same time. Additionally, players were solving the game's puzzles too fast. Rubin soon came up with the idea of a box and putting various symbols on the sides to create puzzles. Breaking these boxes would serve to fill in the boring parts of the levels and give the player additional puzzles. The first "crate" was placed in the game in January 1996, and would become the primary gameplay element of the series. Willy the Wombat's destruction of the crates would eventually lead him to be renamed "Crash Bandicoot". REMEMBRANCES __ __ Admiral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_(rank) Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta, a Spanish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_people navy officer best remembered for the Battle of Cartagena de Indias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cartagena_de_Indias (1741) in modern-day Colombia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia, where Spanish imperial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_New_Granada forces under his command decisively defeated a large British invasion fleet under Admiral Edward Vernon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vernon. Throughout his naval career, Lezo sustained many severe wounds; he lost his left eye, left hand, complete mobility of the right arm, and had his left leg amputated in situ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_situ after being hit by the projectile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projectile of a cannon. He perceived his wounds and physical limitations as medals, he refused to wear an eye patch to hide his blind eye. Wearing his past battles history on his flesh won the respect of his peers and soldiers. Lezo's defense of Cartagena de Indias against a vastly larger British fleet consolidated his legacy as one of the most heroic figures in the history of Spain. He is often recognized as one of the greatest strategists in naval history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_history. In 1704 he fought in the War of the Spanish Succession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession as a crew member in the Franco-Spanish fleet against the combined forces of Great Britain and the Netherlands at the indecisive Battle of Vélez-Málaga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_V%C3%A9lez_M%C3%A1laga. During the battle, his left leg was hit by cannon-shot and was amputated under the knee. Participating in the 1707 defence of the French naval base of Toulon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Toulon_(1707) cost him his left eye. In 1714 he lost use of his right arm in the Siege of Barcelona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Barcelona_(1713%E2%80%9314). Later in this campaign, his ship captured the commanded by John Combes, sometimes claimed to be a 70-gun but actually just a 20-gun merchantman. Thus, by age 25, depending on the sources, de Lezo had lost his left eye, his left leg below the knee, and the use of his right arm. Modern sources often focus on these salient features and refer to Lezo with nicknames such as "" (Pegleg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegleg) and "" (Half-man). There is no contemporary proof that these (or others) were actually used during Lezo's lifetime. Blas de Lezo died four months after the battle of Cartagena de Indias at the age of 52 in Cartagena de Indias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartagena_de_Indias, New Granada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_New_Granada. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS __ __ Friedrich August Kekulé, later Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz, a German organic chemist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_chemistry. From the 1850s until his death, Kekulé was one of the most prominent chemists in Europe, especially in theoretical chemistry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_chemistry. He was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_formula and in particular the Kekulé structure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kekul%C3%A9_structure of benzene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene. Basing his ideas on those of predecessors such as Williamson, Charles Gerhardt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Gerhardt, Edward Frankland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Frankland, William Odling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Odling, Auguste Laurent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Laurent, Charles-Adolphe Wurtz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Adolphe_Wurtz and others, Kekulé was the principal formulator of the theory of chemical structure (1857–58). This theory proceeds from the idea of atomic valence, especially the tetravalence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetravalence of carbon (which Kekulé announced late in 1857) and the ability of carbon atoms to link to each other (announced in a paper published in May 1858), to the determination of the bonding order of all of the atoms in a molecule. Archibald Scott Couper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Scott_Couper independently arrived at the idea of self-linking of carbon atoms (his paper appeared in June 1858), and provided the first molecular formulas where lines symbolize bonds connecting the atoms. For organic chemists, the theory of structure provided dramatic new clarity of understanding, and a reliable guide to both analytic and especially synthetic work. As a consequence, the field of organic chemistry developed explosively from this point. Among those who were most active in pursuing early structural investigations were, in addition to Kekulé and Couper, Frankland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Frankland, Wurtz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Adolphe_Wurtz, Alexander Crum Brown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Crum_Brown, Emil Erlenmeyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Erlenmeyer, and Alexander Butlerov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Butlerov. Kekulé's idea of assigning certain atoms to certain positions within the molecule, and schematically connecting them using what he called their "Verwandtschaftseinheiten" ("affinity units", now called "valences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence_(chemistry)" or "bonds"), was based largely on evidence from chemical reactions, rather than on instrumental methods that could peer directly into the molecule, such as X-ray crystallography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_crystallography. Such physical methods of structural determination had not yet been developed, so chemists of Kekulé's day had to rely almost entirely on so-called "wet" chemistry. Kekulé's most famous work was on the structure of benzene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene. In 1865 Kekulé published a paper in French (for he was then still in Belgium) suggesting that the structure contained a six-membered ring of carbon atoms with alternating single and double bonds. The empirical formula for benzene had been long known, but its highly unsaturated structure was a challenge to determine. More evidence was available by 1865, especially regarding the relationships of aromatic isomers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomer. Kekulé argued for his proposed structure by considering the number of isomers observed for derivatives of benzene. The new understanding of benzene, and hence of all aromatic compounds, proved to be so important for both pure and applied chemistry after 1865 that in 1890 the German Chemical Society organized an elaborate appreciation in Kekulé's honor, celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of his first benzene paper. Here Kekulé spoke of the creation of the theory. He said that he had discovered the ring shape of the benzene molecule after having a reverie or day-dream of a snake seizing its own tail (this is an ancient symbol known as the ouroboros https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros). He was born in Darmstadt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Hesse. EVENTS OF INTEREST __ __ Eugène Lefebvre was the first engineer and chief pilot of the Wright company in France. He, Louis Blériot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bl%C3%A9riot and Hubert Latham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Latham were selected as France's representatives during the contest for the Gordon Bennett Trophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bennett_Trophy_(aeroplanes) on 22 August, after poor weather made the morning's planned qualifying run impossible. When the weather lifted around 6 o'clock that evening, Lefebvre was one of the pilots who took to the sky in an exhibition, giving one of the earliest displays of stunt flying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt_flying. described his maneuvers thus: "Lefebvre...came driving at the crowded tribunes, turned in the nick of time, went sailing off, swooped down again till he made the flags on the pillars and the plumes on the ladies' hats flutter, and so played about at will for our applause." He was subsequently fined $4 by the judges for displaying excessive "recklessness and daring." During the running of the race, he placed fourth, behind Glenn Curtiss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Curtiss, Blériot and Latham. Only nine days after the end of the Reims event, Lefebvre was killed in a crash at Juvisy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvisy, when the plane he was testing dropped to the ground from a height of 6 metres (20 ft). __ __ A star is born! On this day in 1958, the QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE enjoyed her royal U.S. theatrical premiere. Directed by Edward Bernds, the SciFi feature starred Eric Fleming and Zsa Zsa Gabor, and here's the plot summary: The Three Stooges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stooges and the Bowery Boys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bowery_Boys director Edward Bernds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernds recalled that, after producer Walter Wanger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wanger was released from prison for shooting agent Jennings Lang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennings_Lang in the groin for having an affair with his wife Joan Bennett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Bennett, Wanger could only find work at the low-rent Allied Artists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Artists_Pictures_Corporation (formerly Monogram Pictures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogram_Pictures). In 1952, Wanger brought a ten-page idea for a screenplay by Ben Hecht https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hecht called that was a satirical look at a planet run by women. Several years later, with the idea of science fiction films being more common, Allied Artists revived the project with Wanger replaced on the film by Ben Schwalb, who was then producing the Bowery Boys films. Allied Artists retitled the film as they thought the original title sounded more like a beauty pageant. The central plot of a planet ruled by women was recycled from other science fiction productions of the era, including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_Go_to_Mars (1953), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-Women_of_the_Moon (1953), and the British feature film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Maidens_from_Outer_Space (1955). also recycled many props, costumes, and other elements used in earlier films of the 1950s, most prominently the C-57D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-57D crewmen's uniforms and Altaira's wardrobe from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Planet (1956); models, sets, and special effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_effects from Bernds' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Without_End_(film) (1956); stock footage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_footage of an Atlas missile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_missile taking off; and a model rocketship built for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_to_Mars_(film) (1951). The film takes place in 1985. In an interview, director Edward Bernds https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076618 said that Zsa Zsa Gabor https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001248 got very "testy" with the actresses playing the Venusian girls. They were mostly beauty contest winners, and were many years - and in some cases a few decades - younger than her. When she noticed that the crew was paying more attention to the tall, leggy, mini-skirted "Venusians" than they were to her, she became very difficult to work with. He said that Gabor gave producer Ben Schwalb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0777057 such a hard time on the picture that Schwalb eventually wound up in the hospital with ulcers. The film opens with a 15-minute prologue before the opening credits. It is somewhat of a coincidence that the colors of the uniforms of the armed women on Venus (red, blue, gold) match the basic colors of the uniforms of the original Star Trek https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028 (1966) series. The "Star Trek" uniforms in the pilot were different--blue, gold, beige. The production company spent most of their funds on landscaping the planet Venus and makeup for the Venus women. In a world where everyone speaks in the same, "midwestern" accent, only one character speaks with a thick accent, Zsa Zsa. 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Audio glitches again. They're less obvious on speakers. Hopefully we've actually fixed it this time. The director of Wonder Woman 1984 has joined the crusade to stop movies being released on streaming. She thinks they look fake. It’s a good cause, but we’re not sure the world is ready for this. Junk food lowers your life expectancy. Fruit is good for you. A new study has put numbers to just how good and bad some foods are for you. It’s time to step into the Multiverse. Actually, not so fast, it’s not a thing yet. But it will be soon, and people are really into it. And hopefully this time it won’t involve insane developers killing player’s meat bodies, or using it to make society even more monetised. STREAMING MOVIES ARE FAKE - https://comicbook.com/dc/news/wonder-woman-director-patty-jenkins-says-streaming-service-movie-look-fake/ https://comicbook.com/dc/news/wonder-woman-director-patty-jenkins-says-streaming-service-movie-look-fake/ - https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/newsletter/2021-08-31/how-wonder-woman-1984-director-patty-jenkins-really-feels-about-streaming-movies-the-wide-shot FACT : JUNK FOOD LOWERS YOUR LIFE EXPECTANCY - https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/one-hot-dog-knocks-36-minutes-off-your-life-study-claims/ SCREW THE MULTIVERSE..THERE IS THE METAVERSE - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-20-what-is-the-metaverse-and-why-is-it-worth-so-much-money OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED Dune’s Theatrical Release Date Has Been Delayed in Australia - https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/09/dune-release-date-delayed-australia/ https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/09/dune-release-date-delayed-australia/ Dune 2 is not a sure thing – but director Denis Villeneuve is optimistic - https://www.gamesradar.com/amp/dune-2-is-not-a-sure-thing-but-director-denis-villeneuve-is-optimistic/ https://www.gamesradar.com/amp/dune-2-is-not-a-sure-thing-but-director-denis-villeneuve-is-optimistic/ Writers Guild of America, East (a labor union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union representing film and television writers as well as employees of television and radio news. The Writers Guild of America, East is affiliated with the Writers Guild of America West https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_West.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America,_East https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America,_East Writers Guild of America West (a labor union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union representing film, television, radio, and new media writers. It was formed in 1954 from five organizations representing writers, including the Screen Writers Guild https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Writers_Guild.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_West https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_West New Farm Cinemas (a cinema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_theatre at 701 Brunswick Street, New Farm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Farm,_Queensland, City of Brisbane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Brisbane, Queensland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland, Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Farm_Cinemas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Farm_Cinemas 2001: A Space Odyssey (a 1968 epic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_film science fiction film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick. ) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film) Screen Actors Guild (The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union which represented over 100,000 film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film and television principal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor and background performers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra_(actor) worldwide.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild about:blank IMPACT World+: a globally regionalized life cycle impact assessment method - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11367-019-01583-0 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11367-019-01583-0 Frankfurter Würstchen (A Frankfurter (German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language for Frankfurt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt sausage) is a thin parboiled sausage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BChwurst made of pure pork https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork in a casing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casing_(sausage) of sheep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep's intestine.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurter_W%C3%BCrstchen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurter_W%C3%BCrstchen An Australian 'wellness guru' says staring directly into the sun is 'one of the best forms of free medicine' - https://www.businessinsider.com/pete-evans-says-staring-into-the-sun-is-a-form-of-medicine-2018-12?r=AU&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/pete-evans-says-staring-into-the-sun-is-a-form-of-medicine-2018-12?r=AU&IR=T Second Life (an online virtual world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_world, developed and owned by the San Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco-based firm Linden Lab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Lab and launched on June 23, 2003.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life Mastodon (software) (free and open-source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source software for running self-hosted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-hosting_(web_services) social networking services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking_service. It has microblogging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging features similar to the Twitter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter service, which are offered by a large number of independently run Mastodon nodes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node_(networking) (known as "instances"), each with its own code of conduct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_conduct, terms of service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_service, privacy options, and moderation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderation_system policies.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software) How an avatar on Second Life sparked a real-life court case - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/nov/25/second-life-internet https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/nov/25/second-life-internet Ready Player One (film) (a 2018 American science fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_film adventure film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_film based on Ernest Cline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Cline's 2011 novel of the same name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One. Directed by Steven Spielberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg, from a screenplay by Zak Penn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_Penn and Cline, it stars Tye Sheridan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tye_Sheridan, Olivia Cooke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Waithe, T.J. Miller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.J._Miller, Simon Pegg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Pegg, and Mark Rylance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rylance.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One_(film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One_(film) Fortnite Is Letting You Relive MLK's 'I Have A Dream' Speech - https://www.npr.org/2021/08/27/1031674883/fortnite-mlk-i-have-a-dream-speech-martin-luther-king https://www.npr.org/2021/08/27/1031674883/fortnite-mlk-i-have-a-dream-speech-martin-luther-king Guide to roleplaying a wedding (Although weddings are not recognized by in any way (one does not get any benefits), couples can still get married simply for roleplaying https://wowwiki-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Roleplaying purposes.) - https://wowwiki-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Guide_to_roleplaying_a_wedding https://wowwiki-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Guide_to_roleplaying_a_wedding Dwarf Fortress ((officially called ) is a construction and management simulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_and_management_simulation and roguelike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike indie video game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_video_game created by Bay 12 Games. Freeware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware and in development since 2002, its first alpha version https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_version was released in 2006 and it received attention for being a two-member project surviving solely on donations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donationware.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_Fortress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_Fortress Sword Art Online (a Japanese light novel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_novel series written by Reki Kawahara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reki_Kawahara and illustrated by abec. The series takes place in the near future and focuses on protagonist Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirito_(Sword_Art_Online) and Asuna Yuuki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asuna_(Sword_Art_Online) as they play through various virtual reality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality MMORPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game worlds.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online SHOUT OUTS __ __ A small group of Perth researchers have made Western Australian history, using a device not much bigger than a vegemite sandwich. The Binar-1 satellite was launched into orbit on Sunday afternoon (Perth time) aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, US. The craft, which takes its name from the Noongar word for fireball, will now head to the International Space Station, where astronauts will release the satellite into low-Earth orbit. It marks the first time a WA-made satellite has been launched into space. Phil Bland, the director of Curtin University's Space Science Technology Centre, which built the device, says it won't be the last. "You're not succeeding in space unless you're flying stuff, so we are building the technology that is going to allow us to fly all the time," Mr Bland said. The Binar team are hoping to launch at least seven small spacecraft over the next two years, to prove their technology works. If it does, it could make a massive difference to the way Western Australians are able to access space. Binar researcher and PhD student Ben Hartig wrote about how important that would be for Australia. "By developing completely home-grown technology, we can avoid relying on expensive imported components, meaning the Australian space industry can stand on its own two feet while reaching for the heavens," he said. __ __ Astra launched its fourth Rocket 3 vehicle, Rocket 3.3 (LV0006). The flight carried an instrumentation payload for the United States Space Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Space_Force under the Space Test Program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Test_Program, and a separation of payload from the launch vehicle was not planned. Shortly after liftoff, a single engine failure caused the vehicle to drift horizontally several tens of meters sideways off the launch pad before ascending vertically. The vehicle deviated from its licensed trajectory and range safety terminated the flight at approximately T+2:28. The rocket reached a peak altitude of 50 km before crashing into the ocean downrange of the launch site. No injuries or damage to property were reported from this incident. __ __ Asner, whose diverse credits also included a key voice role in the acclaimed 2009 animated film Up, died at his home surrounded by his family, Asner was known for his liberal politics and his stint as Screen Actors Guild president in the 1980s when he criticised US involvement in Central America during the administration of a previous head of the actors' union, then-president Ronald Reagan. In a career of remarkable longevity, Asner acted into his 90s. Asner was integral to the success of the situation comedy Mary Tyler Moore, which ran on CBS from 1970 to 1977 and boasted one of the best assemblages of actors and writers in US TV history. Later in his career, Asner became a successful voice actor for animated TV shows and films and played Santa Claus in several projects, including the 2003 Will Ferrell comedy Elf. In the sentimental 2009 animated film Up, Asner provided the voice for the main character, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen, who after the death of his beloved wife ties balloons to his house and floats off to fulfil his fantasy of exploring South America, only to find he has a youthful stowaway. The movie won an Oscar for best animated film and a nomination for best picture. Asner remained a busy actor into his 90s with appearances in such series as Dead to Me and Cobra Kai. He died of natural causes at his home in the Tarzana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzana,_Los_Angeles, Los Angeles. __ __ The film, written by creator Mike Judge and co-writer Etan Cohen, imagines a world 500 years into the future, when civilization has all but collapsed because humanity has become irretrievably stupid. It illustrates how this happened with a voice-of-God narrator and a comparative case study: the high IQ yuppie couple who sensibly wait and wait to have kids until they can’t anymore on one side, and the trailer trash meatheads (really no other way to describe them) with the giant brood of neglected children and Maury Povich-esque sex life who keep procreating at an alarming rate on the other. The film was not screened for critics, and the distributor, 20th Century Fox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox, was accused of abandoning it. Despite its lack of a major theatrical release, which resulted in a mere $495,000 gross at the box office, the film received positive reviews from critics and has become a cult film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_film. During the 2016 presidential primaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries, writer Etan Cohen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etan_Cohen and others expressed opinions that the film's predictions were converging on accuracy, a sentiment repeated by director Judge during the general election. At the time, Judge also compared Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump—who later won and became President of the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States—to the film's wrestler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling-turned-president, Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. When asked about predicting the future, he remarked, "I'm no prophet, I was off by 490 years." REMEMBRANCES __ __ Edward Elmer Smith, publishing as E. E. Smith, Ph.D. and later as E. E. "Doc" Smith, was an American food engineer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_engineering (specializing in doughnut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doughnut and pastry mixes) and science-fiction author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_author, best known for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lensman and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylark_(series) series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_opera. Smith's work is strongly identified with the beginnings of US pulp sf as a separate marketing genre, and did much to define its essential territory: galactic space dominated by Galactic Empires http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/galactic_empires, these usually being run by humans, though Aliens http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/aliens appear frequently, not only as Villains http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/villains; Space Opera http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/space_opera plots, featuring Heroes http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/heroes and their Inventions http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/invention, are the norm; Wars http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/war rage across the parsecs. But although Smith's his protagonists fit comfortably into this universe, it is the case that his greatest protagonists, the Lensmen, are also soldiers: willing employees in a higher cause. His earlier heroes may be freelance, and seem in retrospect singularly detached from the universes they dazzle, but his later heroes – like Kim Kinnison himself – advance through promotion, and rule their universes as dictators in all but name, for the cause of Good. When in 1915 Smith began to write the first novel of his SKYLARK series with Mrs Lee Hawkins Garby http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/garby_lee_hawkins, a neighbour seconded to help with feminine matters such as dialogue, no prior models existed in popular fiction to source the combined exuberance and scale that (written 1915-1920; August-October 1928 Amazing http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/amazing; 1946; rev with cuts 1958) demonstrated when it finally began to appear in Amazing Stories http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/amazing, two years after the start of that magazine, in the same issue as Philip Nowlan http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/nowlan_philip_francis's "Armageddon – 2419 A.D." (August 1928 Amazing http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/amazing), the story which introduced Buck Rogers in the 25th Century http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/buck_rogers_in_the_25th_century. It was not until he began to unveil the architectural structure of his second and definitive Series http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/series that Smith was able to demonstrate the thoroughness of his thinking about Space Opera http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/space_opera. And it is with the LENSMAN series – or THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION, the over-title for the 1953-1955 limited-edition boxed reprint of the original books – that his name is most strongly and justly associated. The LENSMAN series inspired one of the earliest of sf WarGames http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wargames, Lensman http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lensman (). Two Japanese Anime http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/anime adaptations, the film Lensman http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lensman_film and the Television http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/television series Galactic Patrol Lensman http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/galactic_patrol_lensman (), unfortunately poisoned Hollywood interest in Western versions of the saga. Smith was widely read by scientists and engineers from the 1930s into the 1970s. He was posthumously inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sf_hall_of_fame in 2004. He died at the age of 75 in Seaside, Oregon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaside,_Oregon. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS __ __ A German physicist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physicist and physician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician who made significant contributions in several scientific fields. The largest German association of research institutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_institution, the Helmholtz Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmholtz_Association_of_German_Research_Centres, is named after him. In physiology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology and psychology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology, he is known for his mathematics of the eye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_eye, theories of vision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_vision, ideas on the visual perception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_perception of space, color vision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_vision research, and on the sensation of tone, perception of sound, and empiricism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empiricism in the physiology of perception. In physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics, he is known for his theories on the conservation of energy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy, work in electrodynamics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrodynamics, chemical thermodynamics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_thermodynamics, and on a mechanical https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanics foundation of thermodynamics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamics. As a philosopher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher, he is known for his philosophy of science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_science, ideas on the relation between the laws of perception and the laws of nature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_law, the science of aesthetics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics, and ideas on the civilizing power of science. His first important scientific achievement, an 1847 treatise on the conservation of energy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_energy, was written in the context of his medical studies and philosophical background. His work on energy conservation came about while studying muscle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle metabolism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism. He tried to demonstrate that no energy is lost in muscle movement, motivated by the implication that there were no necessary to move a muscle. This was a rejection of the speculative tradition of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturphilosophie which was at that time a dominant philosophical paradigm in German physiology. In fluid dynamics, Helmholtz made several contributions, including Helmholtz's theorems for vortex dynamics in inviscid fluids. Helmholtz was a pioneer in the scientific study of human vision and audition. Inspired by psychophysics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychophysics, he was interested in the relationships between measurable physical stimuli and their correspondent human perceptions. For example, the amplitude of a sound wave can be varied, causing the sound to appear louder or softer, but a linear step in sound pressure amplitude does not result in a linear step in perceived loudness. The physical sound needs to be increased exponentially in order for equal steps to seem linear, a fact that is used in current electronic devices to control volume. Helmholtz paved the way in experimental studies on the relationship between the physical energy (physics) and its appreciation (psychology), with the goal in mind to develop "psychophysical laws." Helmholtz studied the phenomena of electrical oscillations from 1869 to 1871, and in a lecture delivered to the Naturhistorisch-medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg (Natural History and Medical Association of Heidelberg) on 30 April 1869, titled he indicated that the perceptible damped electrical oscillations in a coil joined up with a Leyden jar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyden_jar were about 1/50th of a second in duration. He became interested in electromagnetism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetism, and the Helmholtz equation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmholtz_equation is named for him. Although he did not make major contributions to this field, his student Heinrich Rudolf Hertz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Rudolf_Hertz became famous as the first to demonstrate electromagnetic radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation. He was born in Potsdam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam, Province of Brandenburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia, German Confederation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Confederation. EVENTS OF INTEREST __ __ He succeeded to the throne as King of England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_England at the age of nine months on 1 September 1422, the day after his father's death; he remains the youngest person ever to succeed to the English throne. On 21 October 1422, in accordance with the Treaty of Troyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Troyes of 1420, he became titular King of France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_France upon his grandfather Charles VI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_VI_of_France's death. His mother, the 20-year-old Catherine of Valois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Valois, was viewed with considerable suspicion by English nobles as Charles VI's daughter. She was prevented from playing a full role in her son's upbringing. In reaction to the coronation of Charles VII of France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_VII_of_France in Reims Cathedral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reims_Cathedral on 17 July 1429, Henry was soon crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey on 6 November 1429, aged 7, followed by his own coronation as King of France at Notre Dame de Paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_de_Paris on 16 December 1431, aged 10. He was the only English king to be crowned king in both England and France. It was shortly after his crowning ceremony at Merton Priory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merton_Priory on All Saints' Day, 1 November 1437, shortly before his 16th birthday, that he obtained some measure of independent authority. This was confirmed on 13 November 1437, but his growing willingness to involve himself in administration had already become apparent in 1434, when the place named on writs temporarily changed from Westminster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster (where the Privy Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privy_Council_of_England met) to Cirencester https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirencester (where the King resided). He finally assumed full royal powers when he came of age at the end of the year 1437, when he turned sixteen years old. Henry's assumption of full royal powers occurred during the Great Bullion Famine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Bullion_Famine and the beginning of the Great Slump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Slump_(15th_century) in England. __ __ On this day in 1956 (in Ireland), FORBIDDEN PLANET arrived in Earth's theaters. Here's the plot summary: First mainstream film to have the music performed entirely by electronic instruments. The famous poster for the film shows a menacing robot carrying a struggling pretty girl - a staple of "monster movie" posters from the 1950's. In fact, no such scene occurs in the film itself and the robot portrayed in the poster is of course actually the very likeable Robby the Robot. Robert Kinoshita https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455845, who is credited with building Robby the Robot https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1119475, was also Art Director for the TV series Lost in Space https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058824 (1965). Many of the "Lost in Space" robot's features are similar to Robby's: glass "head" with animated elements; rotating antenna "ears" (although the "Lost" robot's ears rarely moved after the pilot episode); flashing light "mouth"; chest panel with more animated elements. For that matter, much of the layout of "Forbidden Planet"'s spaceship is mirrored by "Lost"'s Jupiter 2: saucer shape; integral landing gear/entry stairs; lower external dome with animated lights; central, plexi-domed navigation station; vertical hibernacula arranged along perimeter. In addition, Robby and the "Lost" robot had a couple of "family reunions" in two "Lost in Space" episodes: Lost in Space: War of the Robots https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0636256 (1966) and Lost in Space: Condemned of Space https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0636193 (1967). Robby the Robot https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1119475 was originally operated by stuntman/actor Frankie Darro https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201660. He was fired during filming after almost falling over while in the expensive prop, following a five-martini lunch. With the death of James Drury https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0238628 (Crewman Strong) on April 6, 2020, Earl Holliman https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391096 (Cookie) is the last surviving member of the cast. According to Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon loved to disrupt takes by reciting dirty limericks in the middle of his dialogue. 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The audio quality can be a little wonky this week. We've identified the issue and resolved it. Sorry about that. We’ve heard for years that gamers are violent. But what if gamers were more peaceful in game than the people around them in real life? A really interesting new study has identified that gamers behave differently in EVE Online depending on the type of community they live in. The Nirvana Nevermind baby isn’t happy about his nudes being plastered all over record stores and the internet. Now he’s suing. We’re not legal beagles, but we’ve got opinions. Roblox is bad. It isn’t the simple gameplay, the child targeted community, or the memes. Actually, it’s bad because it’s one of the worst deals for game devs out there. Roblox seem intent to make it hard to make money from developing on their platform. That’s a really nice way to treat the people who made your game popular. People are also trying to recreate mass killings in a game for children. It’s a mess. THE LINK BETWEEN VIDEOGAMES AND VIOLENCE IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0240196#sec012 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0240196#sec012 SMELLS LIKE A LAWSUIT - https://deadline.com/2021/08/baby-nirvana-nevermind-album-cover-sues-band-exploitation-1234821540/ https://deadline.com/2021/08/baby-nirvana-nevermind-album-cover-sues-band-exploitation-1234821540/ ROBLOX DRAMA - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-20-roblox-business-model-criticized-as-exploiting-children https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-20-roblox-business-model-criticized-as-exploiting-children - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-06-03-parent-watchdog-group-warning-about-roblox https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-06-03-parent-watchdog-group-warning-about-roblox OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED Milk crate challenge has doctors warning it’s ‘worse than falling from a ladder’ - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/25/milk-crate-challenge-tiktok-doctors-warnings https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/25/milk-crate-challenge-tiktok-doctors-warnings What is the Milk Crate Challenge, how did it explode out of nowhere and why are people doing it? - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-25/what-is-milk-crate-challenge-viral-videos-doctors/100404942 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-25/what-is-milk-crate-challenge-viral-videos-doctors/100404942 Ice Bucket Challenge (sometimes called the ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE, is an activity involving the pouring of a bucket of ice water over a person's head, either by another person or self-administered, to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis (ALS, also known as motor neuron disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_neuron_disease and in the United States as Lou Gehrig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig's disease) and encourage donations to research.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge Jack Thompson (activist) (American activist and disbarred https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disbarment attorney, based in Coral Gables, Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Gables,_Florida. He is known for his role as an anti-video-game activist, particularly against violence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_controversies and sex in video games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_nudity_in_video_games. During his time as an attorney, Thompson focused his legal efforts against what he perceives as obscenity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obscenity in modern culture. This included rap music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rap_music, broadcasts by shock jock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_jock Howard Stern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Stern, and the content of video games and their alleged effects on children.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist) Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence (a parody and satire https://gyaanipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Satire hoax organization created by sophomore Parsons The New School for Design student David Yoo as a final project in December 2002.) - https://gyaanipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mothers_Against_Videogame_Addiction_and_Violence https://gyaanipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mothers_Against_Videogame_Addiction_and_Violence Eve Online ((stylised ) is a space-based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_trading_and_combat_game, persistent world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_world massively multiplayer online role-playing game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game (MMORPG) developed and published by CCP Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCP_Games. Players of can participate in a number of in-game professions and activities, including mining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining, piracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy, manufacturing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing, trading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trader_(finance), exploration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_exploration, and combat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_warfare (both player versus environment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_versus_environment and player versus player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_versus_player). The game contains a total of 7,800 star systems that can be visited by players.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Online https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Online Eve Online’s ‘million dollar’ battle came up a little short last night - https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/24/16927594/eve-online-million-dollar-battle-results https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/24/16927594/eve-online-million-dollar-battle-results FIFA (video game series) ((also known as , or ) is a series of association football video games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_association_football_video_games developed and released annually by Electronic Arts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts under the EA Sports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EA_Sports label. As of 2011, the franchise has been localised into 18 languages and available in 51 countries. Listed in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records as the best-selling sports video game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_video_game franchise in the world, the series has sold over 325 million copies as of 2021. It is also one of the best-selling video game franchises https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_game_franchises.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_(video_game_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_(video_game_series) Australian Classification Board : Adult (18+) ratings for video games (Many games were banned before 2011 on the basis that the rating did not apply to video games at the time. This was the subject of complaint in the gaming community, who argued that there is no reason why adults should be prevented from seeing content in games that they could see in a film.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Classification_Board#Adult_(18+)_ratings_for_video_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Classification_Board#Adult_(18+)_ratings_for_video_games Video game addiction (also known as GAMING DISORDER or INTERNET GAMING DISORDER, is generally defined as the problematic, compulsive use of video games that results in significant impairment to an individual's ability to function in various life domains over a prolonged period of time. The World Health Organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization included gaming disorder in the 11th revision of its International Classification of Diseases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Classification_of_Diseases (ICD).) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_addiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_addiction Surgeon Simulator : Surgeon Simulator is an over-the-top operation sim, stitching together pitch-black humour with life-saving surgery. - https://store.steampowered.com/app/233720/Surgeon_Simulator/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/233720/Surgeon_Simulator/ Corrupted Blood incident ((or WORLD OF WARCRAFT PANDEMIC) was a virtual pandemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic in the MMORPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMORPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft, which began on September 13, 2005, and lasted for one month. The epidemic began with the introduction of the new raid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_(gaming) Zul'Gurub and its end boss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_(video_gaming) Hakkar the Soulflayer. When confronted and attacked, Hakkar would cast a hit point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_(gaming)-draining and highly contagious debuff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debuff spell called "Corrupted Blood" on players.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident Corrupted Blood Incident : Comparison to the COVID-19 pandemic (The Corrupted Blood incident has been compared to the COVID-19 pandemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic, and epidemiologists who studied the Corrupted Blood outbreak are using the research from the incident to better understand coronavirus's spread - primarily its sociological factors.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident#Comparison_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident#Comparison_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic Call Of Duty (a first-person shooter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter video game franchise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_franchise published by Activision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision. Starting out in 2003, it first focused on games set in World War II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II. Over time, the series has seen games set in the midst of the Cold War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War, futuristic worlds, and outer space. The games were first developed by Infinity Ward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Ward, then also by Treyarch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledgehammer_Games.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty US man sues Nirvana for using his naked photo on iconic 'Nevermind' album : Spencer Eldon recreating the photo he took when he was a four-month-old baby in 1991. - https://www.malaymail.com/news/showbiz/2021/08/25/us-man-sues-nirvana-for-using-his-naked-photo-on-iconic-nevermind-album/2000325 https://www.malaymail.com/news/showbiz/2021/08/25/us-man-sues-nirvana-for-using-his-naked-photo-on-iconic-nevermind-album/2000325 Viva Frei https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGiDDKdphJ0GFvEd82WfYQ - Nirvana's "Nevermind" Baby Lawsuit is BOUND TO FAIL! Lawyer Explains - Viva Frei Vlawg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXY_nlfZ_dI&t=257s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXY_nlfZ_dI&t=257s Gamer Chad https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLVQ7EjP5H9NxoYZlL5f4qg - Roblox / Ultimate Slide Box Racing / Into the Toilet! / Gamer Chad Plays - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzqLTCT0vc4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzqLTCT0vc4 Columbine High School massacre : Doom connection and the Harris levels (Eric Harris was an enthusiast of the Doom series, owning some of the Doom novels https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Doom_novels and having designed Doom levels under the nicknames "REB", "Rebldomakr", and "RebDoomer". In a videotape recorded before the massacre, Harris expressed enthusiasm for the planned shooting, saying it would be like Doom. He also pointed out that the shotgun was "Straight out of Doom".) - https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre Super Columbine Massacre RPG! (a role-playing video game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_video_game created by Danny Ledonne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Ledonne and released in April 2005. The game recreates the 1999 Columbine High School shootings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre near Littleton, Colorado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littleton,_Colorado. Players assume the roles of gunmen Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Harris_and_Dylan_Klebold and act out the massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre, with flashbacks relating parts of Harris and Klebold's past experiences. The game begins on the day of the shootings and follows Harris and Klebold after their suicides to fictional adventures in perdition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_views_on_Hell.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Columbine_Massacre_RPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Columbine_Massacre_RPG! Robux ((R$) is the currency on Roblox https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Roblox. Robux was introduced on May 14, 2007 (alongside Tix https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Tix) as a replacement of ROBLOX Points https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/ROBLOX_Points. Robux was one of two currencies on the platform alongside Tix https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Tickets, which was removed on April 14, 2016. Robux is known as Roblox's primary currency by the community and staff https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Administrators; all paid items within the avatar shop https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Avatar_shop are sold for Robux, including user-created content such as microtransactions https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Developer_product and game passes https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Game_pass. The name 'Robux' is a portmanteau http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau of and .) - https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Robux https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/Robux Attack on Pearl Harbor (a surprise military strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_Air_Service upon the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States (a neutral country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_country at the time) against the naval base https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Pearl_Harbor at Pearl Harbor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Harbor in Honolulu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory_of_Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II the next day. The Japanese military leadership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_General_Headquarters referred to the attack as the HAWAII OPERATION and OPERATION AI, and as OPERATION Z during its planning.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor Six Days in Fallujah (an upcoming first-person shooter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter video game developed by Highwire Games and published by Victura. Described by Highwire Games as a tactical shooter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_shooter, it is slated to be the first video game to focus directly on the Iraq War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War. The game's plot follows a squad of U.S. Marines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_1st_Marines (3/1), fighting in the Second Battle of Fallujah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah over the span of six days in November 2004.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Days_in_Fallujah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Days_in_Fallujah Battle of Hastings (fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons King Harold Godwinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England. It took place approximately 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Hastings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle,_East_Sussex, and was a decisive Norman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans victory.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings History (American TV network) ((formerly THE HISTORY CHANNEL from 1995 to 2008; stylized as HISTORY) is an American pay television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_television network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_network and flagship channel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship_channel owned by A&E Networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26E_Networks, a joint venture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_venture between Hearst Communications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearst_Communications and the Disney General Entertainment Content https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company division of the Walt Disney Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company.The network was originally focused on history-based documentaries. During the late 2000s, History drifted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_drift into reality television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_television programming. In addition to this change in format, the network has been criticized by many scientists, historians, and skeptics for broadcasting pseudo-documentaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-documentaries and unsubstantiated, sensational investigative programming.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_(American_TV_network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_(American_TV_network) The Curse of Oak Island https://www.history.com/shows/the-curse-of-oak-island : What Is the Oak Island Money Pit? - https://www.history.com/shows/the-curse-of-oak-island/articles/what-is-the-money-pit https://www.history.com/shows/the-curse-of-oak-island/articles/what-is-the-money-pit Forged in Fire (TV series) (American competition series that airs on the History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_(U.S._TV_channel) channel and is produced by Outpost Entertainment, a Leftfield Entertainment company.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forged_in_Fire_(TV_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forged_in_Fire_(TV_series) The Secret Playboy Mansion Games Room With Hidden Bedrooms, Mirrored Walls, Gambling & Arcades ?♀️ - https://www.celebritywotnot.com/celebrity-homes/the-playboy-mansion-games-room-secret-cabin-hidden-bedrooms-mirrored-walls-gambling-arcades/ Red Hat (an American IBM subsidiary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_IBM software company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_company that provides open source software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software products to enterprises. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina, with other offices worldwide.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat - https://www.redhat.com/en https://www.redhat.com/en History of union busting in the United States (The HISTORY OF UNION BUSTING IN THE UNITED STATES dates back to the Industrial Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution in the 19th century which produced a rapid expansion in factories and manufacturing capabilities. As workers moved away from farm work to factories, mines and other hard labor, they faced harsh working conditions such as long hours, low pay and health risks.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_union_busting_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_union_busting_in_the_United_States Amazon is using union-busting Pinkerton spies to track warehouse workers and labour movements at the company, according to a new report - https://www.businessinsider.com.au/amazon-pinkerton-spies-worker-labor-unions-2020-11?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com.au/amazon-pinkerton-spies-worker-labor-unions-2020-11?r=US&IR=T Activision Blizzard ‘suppressed’ evidence in sex discrimination lawsuit, California claims - https://www.polygon.com/22641099/activision-blizzard-dfeh-gender-discrimination-lawsuit-amendment https://www.polygon.com/22641099/activision-blizzard-dfeh-gender-discrimination-lawsuit-amendment The Fly (1986 film) (a 1986 science-fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_horror psychological https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_horror body horror film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_horror directed and co-written by David Cronenberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cronenberg. Produced by Brooksfilms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Brooks and distributed by 20th Century Fox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox, the film stars Jeff Goldblum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Goldblum, Geena Davis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geena_Davis and John Getz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Getz. Loosely based on George Langelaan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Langelaan's 1957 short story of the same name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(Langelaan) and the 1958 film of the same name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1958_film), tells of an eccentric scientist who, after one of his experiments goes wrong, slowly turns into a fly-hybrid creature.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film) The Fly II (a 1989 American science fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_film horror film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film directed by Chris Walas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Walas. The film stars Eric Stoltz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Stoltz and Daphne Zuniga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Zuniga, and is a sequel to the 1986 film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film), itself a remake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_remake of the 1958 film of the same name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1958_film).) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_II The Fly (1958 film) (a 1958 American horror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film science-fiction film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science-fiction_film produced and directed by Kurt Neumann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Neumann_(director) and starring David Hedison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hedison, Patricia Owens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Owens_(actress), Vincent Price https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Price, and Herbert Marshall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Marshall. The film was released in CinemaScope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScope with color by Deluxe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLuxe_Color by 20th Century Fox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox. It was followed by two black-and-white sequels, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_of_the_Fly (1959) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Fly (1965). The original film was remade in 1986 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film) by director David Cronenberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cronenberg.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1958_film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1958_film) Arrival (film) (a 2016 American science fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_film drama film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_film directed by Denis Villeneuve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Villeneuve and adapted by Eric Heisserer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Heisserer, who conceived the movie as a spec script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spec_script based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_Your_Life" by Ted Chiang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Chiang. It stars Amy Adams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Adams, Jeremy Renner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Renner, and Forest Whitaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Whitaker. The film follows a linguist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguist enlisted by the United States Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army to discover how to communicate with extraterrestrial aliens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_alien who have arrived on Earth, before tensions lead to war.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrival_(film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrival_(film) Verge Science https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxJFU9DgUhfr2J2bveCHkQ - We decoded NASA’s messages to aliens by hand (In 1977, twin golden records were sent into space on the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. Still sailing through space at nearly 60,000 km per hour, the records contain sound, songs, and images from earth.) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRuovINxpPc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRuovINxpPc WTF is Happening! The Podcast (TNC Podcast) - https://anchor.fm/wtfihpod https://anchor.fm/wtfihpod SHOUT OUTS __ __ Nickolas Davatzes, longtime CEO of A+E Networks https://variety.com/t/ae-networks/ who steered the launch of A&E Network and History Channel has passed away. Davatzes joined the company as CEO in 1983 just as A&E Networks was formed through the merger of fledgling cable channels Entertainment Network, owned by RCA and the Rockefeller family, and ARTS Network, owned by Hearst and ABC. A+E Networks today is a 50-50 joint venture of the Walt Disney Co. and Hearst Corp. Davatzes served as CEO emeritus. Davatzes led the company’s launch of the signature A&E Network (an amalgam of Arts and Entertainment) in 1984 and History Channel in 1995 (History formally dropped “Channel” from its moniker in 2008). He served as CEO of the parent company through 2005, when he was succeeded by protege Abbe Raven, who started at the company as a secretary. Davatzes was known for promoting educational outreach and the importance of industry R&D during his run at A&E Networks. The company later expanded to include the Lifetime cable channel as well as more recent entries like lifestyle channel FYI and Lifetime Movie Network. Disney executive chairman Bob Iger hailed him as a “towering figure in the early days of cable television (who helped) build some of the most iconic brands in the media landscape.” Iger added that he was “a person of true integrity.” He died in Wilton, Connecticut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton,_Connecticut. __ __ Charlie Watts, the drummer who provided the backbone of the Rolling Stones' songs for more than half a century, has died. Watts "passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family," his publicist Bernard Doherty said. "Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones, as one of the greatest drummers of his generation." The quiet, elegantly dressed Watts was often ranked with Keith Moon, Ginger Baker and a handful of others as a premier rock drummer, respected worldwide for his muscular, swinging style as the band rose from its scruffy beginnings to international superstardom. He joined the Stones early in 1963 and remained over the next 60 years, ranked just behind Jagger and Keith Richards as the group's longest lasting and most essential members. Watts stayed on, and largely held himself apart, through the drug abuse, creative clashes and ego wars that helped kill founding member Brian Jones, drove bassist Bill Wyman and Jones' replacement Mick Taylor to quit and otherwise made being in the Stones the most exhausting of jobs. The Stones began, Watts said, "as white blokes from England playing black American music" but quickly evolved their own distinctive sound. Watts was a jazz drummer in his early years and never lost his affinity for the music he first loved, heading his own jazz band and taking on numerous other side projects. He had his eccentricities — Watts liked to collect cars even though he didn't drive and would simply sit in them in his garage. But he was a steadying influence on stage and off as the Stones defied all expectations by rocking well into their 70s, decades longer than their old rivals The Beatles. He died in London with his family around him. __ __ In 1991, Unix was an important but secondary x86 operating system /../../../../Desktop/_blank. That year, on August 25, a mild-mannered Finnish graduate student named Linus Benedict Torvalds announced on the Usenet group comp.os.minix https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.minix that he was working on "a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones." No one knew it, not even Torvalds, but the technology was going to change forever. Thirty years later, Linux rules IT. Almost all major websites -- including Google, Facebook, and Wikipedia -- run on Linux. It's the same with the clouds. Even on Microsoft's own Azure, the most popular operating system is Linux https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-developer-reveals-linux-is-now-more-used-on-azure-than-windows-server/. As for supercomputers, all 500 of the world's fastest 500 supercomputers run Linux https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-totally-dominates-supercomputers/. Thanks to Android, Linux is also the most popular end-user operating system https://www.zdnet.com/article/sorry-windows-android-is-now-the-most-popular-end-user-operating-system/. Not bad for a hobby operating system! In those very first days, Linux wasn't formally known as Linux. Torvalds explained, "Linux was my working name, but I never wanted to release it as Linux. Linux was a perfectly good working name, but if I actually used it as the official one, people would think that I am an egomaniac and wouldn't take it seriously. So I chose this very bad name, "Freax," for "Free Unix." Fortunately, the first Linux administrator Ari Lemmk, https://www.linkedin.com/in/lemmkeari/?originalSubdomain=fi decided Freax was a silly name too. Hence, he actually named it Linux because he thought this internal project name was Torvalds first choice. REMEMBRANCES __ __ German-born British astronomer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Lucretia Herschel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Herschel. Born in the Electorate of Hanover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electorate_of_Hanover, William Herschel followed his father into the military band of Hanover, before emigrating to Great Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain in 1757 at the age of nineteen. Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774, after which he spent nine years carrying out sky surveys to investigate double stars. Herschel published catalogues of nebulae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula in 1802 (2,500 objects) and in 1820 (5,000 objects). The resolving power of the Herschel telescopes revealed that many objects called nebulae in the Messier catalogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_object were actually clusters of stars. On 13 March 1781 while making observations he made note of a new object in the constellation of Gemini. This would, after several weeks of verification and consultation with other astronomers, be confirmed to be a new planet, eventually given the name of Uranus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus. This was the first planet to be discovered since antiquity, and Herschel became famous overnight. As a result of this discovery, George III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom appointed him Court Astronomer. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society and grants were provided for the construction of new telescopes. Herschel pioneered the use of astronomical spectrophotometry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_spectroscopy, using prisms and temperature measuring equipment to measure the wavelength distribution of stellar spectra. In the course of these investigations, Herschel discovered infrared radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared. Other work included an improved determination of the rotation period of Mars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars, the discovery that the Martian polar caps vary seasonally, the discovery of Titania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titania_(moon) and Oberon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_(moon) (moons of Uranus) and Enceladus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus and Mimas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimas_(moon) (moons of Saturn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn). Herschel was made a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Guelphic_Order in 1816. He was the first President of the Royal Astronomical Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society when it was founded in 1820. He died at the age of 83 at Observatory House, Windsor Road, Slough Herschel's epitaph is Coelorum perrupit claustra (He broke through the barriers of the heavens). FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS __ __ Scottish–American detective https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective and spy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_National_Detective_Agency. Pinkerton first became interested in criminal detective work while wandering through the wooded groves around Dundee, looking for trees to make barrel staves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel, when he came across a band of counterfeiters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeit_money, who may have been affiliated with the notorious Banditti of the Prairie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banditti_of_the_Prairie. After observing their movements for some time he informed the local sheriff, who arrested them. This later led to Pinkerton being appointed, in 1849, as the first police detective in Chicago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago, Cook County, Illinois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_County,_Illinois. In 1850, he partnered with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in forming the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton & Co, and finally Pinkerton National Detective Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_National_Detective_Agency, still in existence today as Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations, a subsidiary of Securitas AB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securitas_AB. Pinkerton's business insignia was a wide open eye with the caption "We never sleep." As the US expanded in territory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_acquisitions_of_the_United_States, rail transport increased. Pinkerton's agency solved a series of train robberies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_robbery during the 1850s, first bringing Pinkerton into contact with George McClellan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._McClellan, then Chief Engineer and Vice President of the Illinois Central Railroad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad, and Abraham Lincoln https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln, the company's lawyer. When the Civil War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War began, Pinkerton served as head of the Union Intelligence Service during the first two years, heading off an alleged assassination plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Plot in Baltimore, Maryland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland while guarding Abraham Lincoln on his way to Washington, D.C. as well as identifying troop numbers in military campaigns. His agents often worked undercover as Confederate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America soldiers and sympathizers to gather military intelligence. Pinkerton himself served on several undercover missions as a Confederate soldier using the alias Major E.J. Allen. He worked across the Deep South in the summer of 1861, focusing on fortifications and Confederate plans. This counterintelligence work done by Pinkerton and his agents is comparable to the work done by today's U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Counterintelligence in which Pinkerton's agency is considered an early predecessor. He was succeeded as Intelligence Service chief by Lafayette Baker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Baker; the Intelligence Service was the predecessor of the U.S. Secret Service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service. His work led to the establishment of the Federal secret service. Despite his agency's later reputation for anti-labor activities, Pinkerton himself was heavily involved in pro-labor politics as a young man. Though Pinkerton considered himself pro-labor, he opposed strikes and distrusted labor unions. He was born in Gorbals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorbals, Glasgow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow. EVENTS OF INTEREST __ __ A star is born! On this day in 1957 (in Japan), The Invisible Man Vs. The Human Fly took to the silver screen for a monster of a pairing! Directed by Mitsuo Murayama, the SciFi/Fantasy starred Ryûji Shinagawa and Yoshirô Kitahara; and here's the plot summary: In the late 1950s, in the United States this film was announced, and stills were published, under the English language title "The Murdering Mite." This film shares part of its Japanese title with the Japanese release of the much better-known 1958 https://wikizilla.org/wiki/1958 U.S. https://wikizilla.org/wiki/United_States science fiction film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1958_film), which was released in Japan as (ハエ男の恐怖 ), though with the 'Fly' in "Fly Man" spelled in katakana rather than kanji characters. While both films feature "fly men," actually predates the latter film by almost an entire year. __ __ Voyager 2 makes its closest encounter with Neptune, passing just 3,000 miles above the cloud tops of the most distant planet in our solar system. The Voyager 2 space probe has been our most productive unmanned space voyage. It visited all four of the outer planets and their systems of moons and rings, including the first visits to previously unexplored Uranus and Neptune. Voyager 2 found four rings and evidence for ring arcs, or incomplete rings, above Neptune. That means all four of the gas giants in our solar system have rings. Neptune's, however, are very meager compared to the magnificent rings around Saturn. In the late 19th century, astronomers thought that an unseen Planet X was influencing the orbits of Uranus and Neptune. The observed positions of the two planets and their calculated positions differed. Among those astronomers convinced of the existence of Planet X was Clyde Tombaugh. In 1930 while scanning areas of the sky for Planet X, he found Pluto. When Voyager 2 flew by Neptune, it took very precise measurements of Neptune's mass and found it to be about 0.5 percent less massive than previous estimates. When the orbits of Uranus and Neptune were recalculated using the more accurate mass figure, it became clear that the imprecise number for Neptune -- and not the gravity of an unseen planet -- had caused the observed orbital discrepancies. After its encounter with Neptune, the spacecraft was rechristened the Voyager Interstellar Mission by NASA to take measurements of the interplanetary magnetic field, plasma and charged-particle environment. But mostly it's searching for the heliopause http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar.html, the distance at which the solar wind becomes subsumed by the more general interstellar wind. 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The UN has asked game developers to be more green. It would make a nice change from every brown military shooter of the early 2010s. Oh, wait. They want us to use less energy. The UKIE has written a Green paper on methods for developers to reduce their carbon footprint. SMS is an awful, insecure method for 2FA, but we still use it because anything better is too hard. Maybe this latest string of hacks will help us move on. Movies are still going straight to streaming even as vaccination rates increase. This used to be a sign of a bad movie. Now we’ll have to rely on Rotten Tomatoes, or, god forbid, talk to people about movies. GAME DEVELOPMENT FOR GREEN THUMBS - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-17-games-london-to-discuss-the-environment-at-best-places-to-work-awards-uk - https://whitepapers.gamesindustry.biz/green PHONE HACKING TAKEN TO A NEW LEVEL - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-17/hackers-using-mirroring-apps-to-see-your-texts/100381366 STREAMING SERVICES VS CINEMAS : WHO WILL WIN - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sonys-hotel-transylvania-amazon-1234998312/ OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED OnlyFans, a social media platform known for porn, is banning 'sexually explicit' content - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-20/onlyfans-banning-seuxally-explicit-content/100395154 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-20/onlyfans-banning-seuxally-explicit-content/100395154 NSW breaks COVID-19 case records with 825 infections, three deaths - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-21/nsw-records-825-covid-cases-three-deaths/100396208 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-21/nsw-records-825-covid-cases-three-deaths/100396208 Explicit content banned from OnlyFans but 'the show has to go on', say sex workers - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-21/only-fans-explicit-content-changes/100394776 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-21/only-fans-explicit-content-changes/100394776 Jimmy Rees https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwa2SUnyx1dxC6cXtvJAtbA - Meanwhile in Australia - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU0uDN_Bi_UoLnUkbeHFlZ9imdbI_AQDN https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU0uDN_Bi_UoLnUkbeHFlZ9imdbI_AQDN How Much Electricity Does My Game Console Use? - https://www.redenergy.com.au/living-energy/appliances/how-much-electricity-does-my-game-console-use https://www.redenergy.com.au/living-energy/appliances/how-much-electricity-does-my-game-console-use How Much Electricity (Power) Does a PS5 Use? - https://www.thehomehacksdiy.com/how-much-electricity-power-does-a-ps5-use/ https://www.thehomehacksdiy.com/how-much-electricity-power-does-a-ps5-use/ Want to fight climate change? Have fewer children - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/12/want-to-fight-climate-change-have-fewer-children https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/12/want-to-fight-climate-change-have-fewer-children What is Embodied Carbon? - https://www.carboncure.com/concrete-corner/what-is-embodied-carbon/ https://www.carboncure.com/concrete-corner/what-is-embodied-carbon/ Halo: Combat Evolved (also known as , is a first-person shooter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter game developed by Bungie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios. It was released as a launch game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_game for Microsoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft's Xbox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console) video game console on November 15, 2001. is set in the twenty-sixth century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_century, with the player assuming the role of the Master Chief https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Chief_(Halo), a cybernetically https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics enhanced supersoldier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersoldier. The Chief is accompanied by Cortana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortana_(Halo), an artificial intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence. Players battle aliens as they attempt to uncover the secrets of the eponymous Halo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(megastructure), a ring-shaped artificial world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_world.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved Iron Sky, smartphone powered computer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziVpqh9UXmI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziVpqh9UXmI Iron Sky, cell phone and computer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv3fcwx2TUY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv3fcwx2TUY Iron Sky (a 2012 Finnish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland-German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany-Australian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia comic-science-fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_science_fiction action film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_film directed by Timo Vuorensola https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timo_Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanna_Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko. It tells the story of a group of Nazi Germans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany who, having been defeated in 1945, fled to the Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_UFOs, where they built a space fleet to return in 2018 and conquer Earth.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sky Skyrim 10th Anniversary Edition Announced for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S - https://www.ign.com/articles/skyrim-10th-anniversary-remaster-ps5-xbox-series-x https://www.ign.com/articles/skyrim-10th-anniversary-remaster-ps5-xbox-series-x Playing For The Planet (The PLAYING FOR THE PLANET ALLIANCE was launched during the Climate Summit at UN Headquarters in New York. In total, the members of the Alliance have the ability to reach more than 1 BILLION video game players.) - https://playing4theplanet.org/ https://playing4theplanet.org/ Playing For The Planet Members & Commitments (The Playing for the Planet Alliance is a group of gaming-companies who have made voluntary, ambitious, specific, and time-based commitments for people and planet.) - https://playing4theplanet.org/members/ https://playing4theplanet.org/members/ Playing For The Planet Green Game Jam (Over 25 studios from around the world – with a collective player base of over one billion – have collaborated and committed to implementing green activations in and out-of-game such as new modes, maps, themed events, storylines and messaging. Guiding the studios is a theme centred around conserving and restoring forests and oceans.) - https://playing4theplanet.org/greengamejam/ https://playing4theplanet.org/greengamejam/ Ubisoft (a French video game company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_company headquartered in the Montreuil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreuil,_Seine-Saint-Denis suburb of Paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris, with several development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Honor, , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Persia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Cry_(series), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayman, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbids, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_Dogs, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Dance_(video_game_series), and the series.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubisoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubisoft Green leap forward: China boosts renewable energy capacity - https://www.upstreamonline.com/energy-transition/green-leap-forward-china-boosts-renewable-energy-capacity/2-1-1047867 https://www.upstreamonline.com/energy-transition/green-leap-forward-china-boosts-renewable-energy-capacity/2-1-1047867 The 20 most popular passwords stolen in Adobe hack - https://www.smh.com.au/technology/the-20-most-popular-passwords-stolen-in-adobe-hack-20131106-2x03o.html https://www.smh.com.au/technology/the-20-most-popular-passwords-stolen-in-adobe-hack-20131106-2x03o.html A crossword based on the Adobe password leak. - https://zed0.co.uk/crossword/ https://zed0.co.uk/crossword/ ';--have i been pwned? (This site came about after what was, at the time, the largest ever single breach of customer accounts — Adobe. I often did post-breach analysis of user credentials and kept finding the same accounts exposed over and over again, often with the same passwords which then put the victims at further risk of their other accounts being compromised.) - https://haveibeenpwned.com/ https://haveibeenpwned.com/ SIM-Jackers Can Empty Your Bank Account with a Single Phone Call - https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kx4ej/sim-jacking-mobile-phone-fraud https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kx4ej/sim-jacking-mobile-phone-fraud Yubikey (a hardware authentication device https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_token manufactured by YUBICO to protect access to computers, networks, and online services that supports one-time passwords https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_password, public-key cryptography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography, and authentication, and the Universal 2nd Factor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_2nd_Factor (U2F) and FIDO2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDO2_Project protocols developed by the FIDO Alliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDO_Alliance. It allows users to securely log into their accounts by emitting one-time passwords or using a FIDO-based public/private key pair generated by the device.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YubiKey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YubiKey RSA SecurID (formerly referred to as SECURID, is a mechanism developed by RSA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_Security for performing two-factor authentication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-factor_authentication for a user to a network resource. The RSA SecurID authentication mechanism consists of a "token https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_token" — either hardware (e.g. a key fob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_fob) or software (a soft token https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_token) — which is assigned to a computer user and which creates an authentication code at fixed intervals (usually 60 seconds) using a built-in clock and the card's factory-encoded almost random key https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_(cryptography) (known as the "seed").) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_SecurID https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_SecurID Direct-to-video (refers to the release https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_release of a film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film, TV series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_series, short or special to the public immediately on home video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_video formats rather than a theatrical release https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_theater or television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_film broadcast. Direct-to-video release has also become profitable for independent filmmakers and smaller companies. Some direct-to-video genre films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_genre (with a high-profile star) can generate well in excess of $50 million revenue worldwide.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-video#cite_note-dvdex-4 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-video Piracy : Its a Crime TV Ad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU The IT Crowd https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHfMU1aheLwursYZHtf6uhw - Series 2 - Episode 3: Piracy warning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over streaming of Black Widow - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58017445 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58017445 Freelancer (a space trading and combat simulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_trading_and_combat_simulation video game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game developed by Digital Anvil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Anvil and published by Microsoft Game Studios https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios. It is a chronological sequel to Digital Anvil's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlancer, a combat flight simulator released in 2000.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelancer_(video_game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelancer_(video_game) Starflight™ 1+2 on sale at GoG - https://www.gog.com/game/starflight_1_2 https://www.gog.com/game/starflight_1_2 J. Robert Oppenheimer: "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb13ynu3Iac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb13ynu3Iac Part of the Einstein https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein exhibition. - The Manhattan Project - https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/peace-and-war/the-manhattan-project https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/peace-and-war/the-manhattan-project WB Kids https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9trsD1jCTXXtN3xIOIU8gg - Looney Tunes | Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½th Century | Classic Cartoon| WB Kids - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukTuKnIZCUU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukTuKnIZCUU Cast Party : A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast - https://thatsnotcanon.com/cast-party-a-dungeons-dragons-podcast SHOUT OUTS __ __ Starflight is a space exploration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_exploration, combat, and trading role-playing video game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_video_game created by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts in 1986. Originally developed for IBM PC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC compatibles, it was later ported to the Amiga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga, Atari ST https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST, Macintosh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh, and Commodore 64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64. Set in the year 4620 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_millennium, the game puts players in the role of a starship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship captain sent to explore the galaxy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy. There is no set path, allowing players to switch freely between mining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinding_(video_gaming), ship-to-ship combat, and alien https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life diplomacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy. The broader plot of the game emerges slowly, as the player discovers that an ancient race of beings is causing stars to flare and destroy all living creatures. The team coded the game mostly in Forth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language) with a few key routines written in x86 assembler. Forth was chosen since it is easier to use than assembler and more compact. This was important because the game had to fit into 128K of RAM. It took "fifteen man-years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-year" and three actual years to develop the game. The group designed what they called a "fractal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal generator", which took six man-years to develop and allowed them to increase the number of planets in the game from 50 to 800. The game was one of the earliest to use procedurally generated content https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedurally_generated_content for planets and everything on them. The techniques used created a type of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike environment on each planet, with the contents randomly distributed. The story network was also one of the earliest examples of a sandbox game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_game design. They created a separate ecosystem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem generator over the course of two man-years of work. The alien names were created by randomly combining syllables until they had names they liked, and their code for simulating communications was rewritten four times before completion. The game has been widely praised by both contemporary and modern critics. The game has been widely praised by both contemporary and modern critics. It led to the development of a sequel, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starflight_2:_Trade_Routes_of_the_Cloud_Nebula, and influenced the design of numerous other games for decades after its release __ __ A Chinese giant panda at a Singapore wildlife park has given birth to a cub — the first born in the South-East Asian country and a rare event for an endangered species. Pandas Kai Kai, 13, and Jia Jia, 12, entered their seventh breeding season in April this year with the aid of artificial insemination, after arriving in Singapore in 2012 on a decade-long loan from China. Weighing about 200 grams, the cub was born on Saturday but the sex has yet to be determined, Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) told Reuters, adding mother and cub were doing well. WRS said female giant pandas can display hormonal and behavioural signs of pregnancy even when not pregnant, but the organisation detected signs last month that a cub was on the way and Jia Jia's pregnancy was confirmed on August 10. China has been sending its black and white ambassadors abroad in a sign of goodwill since the 1950s as part of what is known as "panda diplomacy". __ __ MAKI KAJI, THE CREATOR OF THE POPULAR NUMBERS PUZZLE SUDOKU WHOSE LIFE'S WORK WAS SPREADING THE JOY OF PUZZLES PASSED AWAY. KNOWN AS THE "GODFATHER OF SUDOKU," MR KAJI CREATED THE PUZZLE TO BE EASY FOR CHILDREN AND OTHERS WHO DIDN'T WANT TO THINK TOO HARD. Its name is made up of the Japanese characters for "number" and "single," and players place the numbers one through nine in rows, columns and blocks without repeating them. Originally, Sudoku was called "Suji-wa-Dokushin-ni-Kagiru," which translates to, "Numbers should be single, a bachelor." It wasn't until 2004 that Sudoku became a global hit, after a fan from New Zealand pitched it and got it published in the British newspaper The Times. In recent years, Sudoku, believed to be the world's most popular pencil puzzle, has come out in digital versions. He was 69 and had bile duct cancer. __ __ was released on August 18, 2006, which means it’s celebrating its 15th anniversary this week. However, the film’s legacy begins a little before that; in July 2006, took its hilarious title and premise into San Diego Comic-Con and blew the roof off the place https://gizmodo.com/the-best-marvel-studios-moments-in-comic-con-history-1844460215. There, fans and bloggers alike were wowed by the gory, fun footage. The event created huge buzz all over the internet and, as a result, people who got their film news online expected it to be an instant cult hit. Then it opened. While it did hit number one on its opening weekend, it barely grossed $14 million on its way to $34 million domestic (and $62 million international), which was way under expectations. The story is credited to David Dalessandro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dalessandro, a University of Pittsburgh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh administrator and first-time Hollywood writer. He developed the concept in 1992 after reading a nature magazine article about Indonesian brown tree snakes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_tree_snake climbing onto planes in cargo during World War II. He originally wrote the screenplay about the brown tree snake loose on a plane, titling the film . He soon revised it, expanding upon the premise to include a plague of assorted venomous snakes, then—crediting the film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_(film)—revised it once again to include "lots of them loose in the fuselage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuselage of a plane." More than 450 snakes were used for filming to represent 30 different species of snakes. The different species include a 19-foot (5.8 m) Burmese python https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_python named Kitty (which the crew called Kong for film purposes), scarlet kingsnake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_kingsnake (the non-venomous double for the eastern coral snake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrurus_fulvius), milk snake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_snake, corn snakes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_snake, rattlesnakes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattlesnake, and mangrove snakes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiga. The scarlet kingsnake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_kingsnake and Pueblan milk snake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblan_milk_snake stood in for coral snakes, while another species of milk snake and Florida kingsnake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_kingsnake filled the role of the venomous Australian taipan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipan (which attacks the couple having sex and the man using a restroom respectively). About two-thirds of the snakes seen throughout the film were either animatronic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animatronic or CGI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery. The snakes that were real were mostly the non-venomous ones that are never seen attacking anyone. The scenes where someone is clearly bitten were often done with a mix of animatronic and animation. According to the DVD, all the snakes had production names, but only Scarface (an animated pit viper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_viper), Peanut (a cobra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra), and Kong are mentioned by name in the audio commentary. During filming, Samuel Jackson did not come into contact with any live snakes, due to a contract clause preventing snakes from being within 8 m (25 ft) of the actor. When the film was released in theaters, "pranksters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_joke" released two live western diamondback rattlesnakes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_diamondback_rattlesnake at the AMC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Theatres Desert Ridge 18 theater in Phoenix, Arizona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona during a showing of the film on August 22, 2006. One snake made its way into the lobby of the theater on its own, the other was found in the parking lot. No one was harmed and the snakes were released back into the desert. REMEMBRANCES __ __ An American engineer and computer pioneer. At Computer Terminal Corporation (later renamed Datapoint Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datapoint), he co-created the architecture that was ultimately implemented in the first successful computer microprocessor, the Intel 8008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8008. Subsequently, Computer Terminal Corporation created the first personal computer, the Datapoint 2200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datapoint_2200 programmable terminal. Poor continued his research and development, trying to develop a method for sending photographs and pictures wirelessly. In 1969 while working his notice period from Frederick Electronics, during the Thanksgiving https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving holiday, Poor and fellow amateur radio colleague Harry Pyle https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_Pyle&action=edit&redlink=1 produced the underlying architecture of the modern microprocessor on a living room floor. They then asked fellow radio amateur Jonathan Schmidt to write the accompanying communications software. Pitching the idea to both Texas Instruments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments and Intel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel, the partnership developed the Intel 8008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8008, the forerunner of the microprocessor chips found in today's personal and computing devices. In late 1969, Poor joined start-up computer company Computer Terminal Corporation as Technical Director in San Antonio, Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas. Founded by two former NASA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA engineers, Phil Ray and Gus Roche, they asked him to approach Intel to see how much of his design could fit onto a computer chip. Pitching a $100,000 proposal to place the architecture onto silicon and into production, the project became the Intel 8008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8008 master chip, the world's first 8-bit microprocessor. Poor and Pyle then developed the instruction set architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instruction_set_architecture which enabled Ray and Roche to design and develop the mass-produced programmable Datapoint 2200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datapoint_2200 computer terminal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_terminal. As a result of the success of this product, the company changed its name to Datapoint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datapoint. Datapoint remained one generation ahead of Intel until the Intel 80286 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80286. Overseeing the development of ARCNET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARCNET by lead ARCNET architect John Murphy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Murphy_(engineer), an early local area network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_area_network, Poor stayed with Datapoint until 1984, after they had lost their technical microchip lead to IBM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM and been bought out by corporate raiders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_raider. Poor died at the age of 79 in Palm Bay, Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Bay,_Florida. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS __ __ Lieutenant General https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_General_(United_States) Leslie Richard Groves Jr. a United States Army Corps of Engineers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers officer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces) who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project, a top secret https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_secret research project that developed the atomic bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bomb during World War II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II. In September 1942, Groves took charge of the Manhattan Project. He was involved in most aspects of the atomic bomb's development: he participated in the selection of sites for research and production at Oak Ridge, Tennessee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Ridge,_Tennessee; Los Alamos, New Mexico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alamos,_New_Mexico; and Hanford, Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site. He directed the enormous construction effort, made critical decisions on the various methods of isotope separation, acquired raw materials, directed the collection of military intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_intelligence on the German nuclear energy project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nuclear_energy_project and helped select the cities in Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan that were chosen as targets. Groves wrapped the Manhattan Project in security but failed to prevent the Soviet Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union from conducting a successful espionage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_spies program that stole some of its most important secrets. After the war, Groves remained in charge of the Manhattan Project until responsibility for nuclear weapons production was handed over to the United States Atomic Energy Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission in 1947. He then headed the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Special_Weapons_Project, which had been created to control the military aspects of nuclear weapons. He was given a dressing down by the Army Chief of Staff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army, General of the Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_of_the_Army Dwight D. Eisenhower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower, and told that he would never be appointed Chief of Engineers. The Manhattan Engineer District https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Engineer_District (MED) was formally established by the Chief of Engineers, Major General Eugene Reybold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Reybold on 16 August 1942. The name was chosen by Groves and MED's district engineer, Colonel James C. Marshall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Marshall. Like other engineer districts, it was named after the city where its headquarters was located, at 270 Broadway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_270. Unlike the others, however, it had no geographic boundaries, only a mission: to develop an atomic bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bomb. He was born in Albany, New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York. EVENTS OF INTEREST __ __ Double Eagle II, piloted by Ben Abruzzo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxie_Anderson and Larry Newman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Newman_(aviator), became the first balloon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon to cross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_flight the Atlantic Ocean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean when it landed 17 August 1978 in Miserey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miserey near Paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris, 137 hours 6 minutes after leaving Presque Isle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presque_Isle,_Maine, Maine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine.It can be regarded as a successful crossing at the point that the Double Eagle II crossed the Irish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland coast, on the evening of 16 August, an event that Shannon Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Airport notified the crew about when it happened. Newman originally intended to hang glide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_gliding from the balloon to a landing, while Anderson and Abruzzo continued to fly, but the hang-glider had to be dropped as ballast earlier on 16 August. While flying over France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France, they heard by radio that authorities had closed Le Bourget Airfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bourget_Airport, where Charles Lindbergh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh had landed, for them. The crew declined the offer as they were running out of ballast and it would be too risky (to themselves and anyone below) to pass over the suburbs of Paris. They landed in a field of barley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barley, owned by Roger and Rachel Coquerel, in Miserey, 60 mi (97 km) northwest of Paris. Television images showed a highway nearby, its shoulders and outer lanes crowded with stopped cars, people sweeping across the farm field to the landing spot. The gondola was protected, but most of the logs and charts were stolen by souvenir hunters. The flight, the fourteenth known attempt, was the culmination of more than a century of previous attempts to cross the Atlantic Ocean by balloon. Some of the people who had attempted it were never found. Larry Newman won a draw among the three to sleep in the same bed at the United States Embassy that Lindbergh slept in. British balloonists Don Cameron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Cameron_(balloonist) and Christopher Davey feted the trio at a party that included a balloon shaped like the Double Eagle II. The trio and their wives planned to return to the United States aboard the supersonic Concorde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde. Upon the successful crossing, the trip was accommodated by Air France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France at no charge to the trio and spouses. __ __ On this day in 1939 (in Portugal), Buck Rogers took a trip into the future after waking up from a long sleep. Here's the plot summary: In the original comic strip, Buck Rogers is actually a former World War One pilot who was working as a mine surveyor at the time he came to fall into his long (500 years long) sleep. For some reason, the regulations would not allow the screenwriters to use the comic strip's continuity, so the serial is actually a completely original story with the comic strip characters added. The character of Killer Kane was changed, too: in the original strip, his real name was Oba Kane, he had a twin brother named Nova and a pistol called "Baby". He also had a girlfriend named Ardala Valmar. The regulations would not allow any of this background to be used, either: instead, Oba "Killer" Kane is presented as the despotic ruler of a future Earth. This serial is probably based on an unofficial Flash Gordon story in which Flash Gordon travels to Saturn; this story was not and has never been part of the original Flash Gordon universe (it was illegally published in 1936). After the serial came out, a second origin appeared in the comic strip in which Buck fell into a crater while looking for a meteor made from impervium, an indestructible metal used in the making of spaceships. Due to having hit the meteor when he fell in, Buck released the gas from inside and it put him to sleep for 500 years, only to be found by scientists and awakened. Again, this origin took place on Earth and not in space. There was a character in the strip who was in stasis in a satellite for 500 years, but his name was Dr. Laika; the story was inspired by the launch of Sputnik II. This is the origin story used in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078579 (1979). Henry Brandon https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104770 hoped to play chief villain Killer Kane but was cast as Kane's henchman Captain Laska instead. When Brandon complained to his agent about this he was told, "The lead heavy works for one day, the henchman works for three weeks. Which part did you say you wanted again?" The film takes place in 1938 and 2440. 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We've got a very important issue to talk about this week. Apple wants to look at your private pictures. They've made such a big deal about privacy for years, so what's changed and why can't we trust them anymore? What have you done Tim Apple? The Australian government really hasn't liked supporting the games industry, despite years of lobbying and studies into how great the industry is for the economy. Someone's finally got through to them and we'll be getting changes to tax and visas to help encourage AAA development. Jason Mamoa thinks superheroes are like Greek mythology. Turns out the only reason he's joining the Scorsese comic genre battle is to remind everyone he wants to talk about climate change in his movies. Anyway, we all know his best role will be Duncan Idaho in Dune. It better not get delayed again APPLE’S CONTROVERSIAL NEW CHILD PROTECTION FEATURES - https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/10/22613225/apple-csam-scanning-messages-child-safety-features-privacy-controversy-explained https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/10/22613225/apple-csam-scanning-messages-child-safety-features-privacy-controversy-explained - https://www.ask-solutions.org/blog/2021/08-11-01?fbclid=IwAR1M731S3OrleR84O6134H-ZWXb5EtBoTY9tyXlIs0TiUXBVFwgHpP8Qmvc https://www.ask-solutions.org/blog/2021/08-11-01?fbclid=IwAR1M731S3OrleR84O6134H-ZWXb5EtBoTY9tyXlIs0TiUXBVFwgHpP8Qmvc - https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-apples-child-protection-features-spark-concern-within-its-own-ranks-2021-08-12/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-apples-child-protection-features-spark-concern-within-its-own-ranks-2021-08-12/ AUSTRALIAN GAMES INDUSTRY GETS A GOVERNMENT INJECTION - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-10-how-australia-is-creating-a-sustainable-video-game-development-ecosystem https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-10-how-australia-is-creating-a-sustainable-video-game-development-ecosystem? JASON MAMOA’S TAKE ON SUPERHERO MOVIES - https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/08/09/aquaman-star-jason-momoa-defends-superhero-movies-as-an-art-form-in-response-martin-scorseses-genre-criticisms/ https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/08/09/aquaman-star-jason-momoa-defends-superhero-movies-as-an-art-form-in-response-martin-scorseses-genre-criticisms/ OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED Worst Cooks in America (an American reality television series that premiered on January 3, 2010, on Food Network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Network. The show takes 12 to 16 contestants (referred to as "recruits") with very poor cooking skills through a culinary boot camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training_camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000 and a Food Network cooking set.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worst_Cooks_in_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worst_Cooks_in_America FBI–Apple encryption dispute (The FBI–Apple encryption dispute concerns whether and to what extent courts in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States can compel manufacturers to assist in unlocking cell phones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_phone whose data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data are cryptographically protected https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography. There is much debate over public access to strong encryption. The Federal Bureau of Investigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation (FBI) wanted Apple to create and electronically sign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signature new software that would enable the FBI to unlock a work-issued iPhone 5C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_5C it recovered from one of the shooters who, in a December 2015 terrorist attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_San_Bernardino_attack in San Bernardino, California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino,_California, killed 14 people and injured 22.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI%E2%80%93Apple_encryption_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI%E2%80%93Apple_encryption_dispute How Does the YouTube Algorithm Work in 2021? The Complete Guide - https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-the-youtube-algorithm-works/ https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-the-youtube-algorithm-works/ Perceptual hashing (the use of an algorithm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm that produces a snippet or fingerprint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint_(computing) of various forms of multimedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia. A perceptual hash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function is a type of locality-sensitive hash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locality-sensitive_hash, which is analogous if features https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature_vector of the multimedia are similar.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual_hashing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual_hashing reCAPTCHA (a CAPTCHA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA system that enables web hosts to distinguish between human and automated access to websites. The original version asked users to decipher hard to read text or match images. Version 2 also asked users to decipher text or match images if the analysis of cookies and canvas rendering suggested the page was being downloaded automatically. reCAPTCHA is owned by Google https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReCAPTCHA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReCAPTCHA The Shadow Brokers (a hacker group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_group who first appeared in the summer of 2016. They published several leaks containing hacking tools, including several zero-day exploits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_(computing), from the "Equation Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_Group" who are widely suspected to be a branch of the National Security Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency (NSA) of the United States.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_Brokers#cite_note-3 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_Brokers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_Brokers Electronic Frontier Foundation (The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights group based in San Francisco, California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco,_California. The foundation was formed on 10 July 1990 by John Gilmore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gilmore_(activist), John Perry Barlow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow and Mitch Kapor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Kapor to promote Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet civil liberties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_liberties.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation - https://www.eff.org/ https://www.eff.org/ WarGames (a 1983 American Cold War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War science fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science-fiction_film techno-thriller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno-thriller film written by Lawrence Lasker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lasker and Walter F. Parkes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Parkes and directed by John Badham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Badham. The film, which stars Matthew Broderick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Broderick, Dabney Coleman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabney_Coleman, John Wood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wood_(English_actor), and Ally Sheedy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ally_Sheedy, follows David Lightman (Broderick), a young hacker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_hacker who unwittingly accesses a United States military supercomputer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercomputer programmed to predict and execute nuclear war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_warfare against the Soviet Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames Hackers (a 1995 American crime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_fiction film directed by Iain Softley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Softley and starring Jonny Lee Miller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Lee_Miller, Angelina Jolie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Jolie, Jesse Bradford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Bradford, Matthew Lillard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lillard, Laurence Mason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Mason, Renoly Santiago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renoly_Santiago, Lorraine Bracco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Bracco, and Fisher Stevens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_Stevens. The film follows a group of high school hackers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_hacker and their involvement in a corporate extortion conspiracy.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film) Shodan (Shodan is the world's first search engine for Internet-connected devices. Discover how Internet intelligence can help you make better decisions.) - https://www.shodan.io/ https://www.shodan.io/ PhotoDNA (PhotoDNA creates a unique digital signature (known as a “hash”) of an image which is then compared against signatures (hashes) of other photos to find copies of the same image. When matched with a database containing hashes of previously identified illegal images, PhotoDNA is an incredible tool to help detect, disrupt and report the distribution of child exploitation material. PhotoDNA is not facial recognition software and cannot be used to identify a person or object in an image. A PhotoDNA hash is not reversible, and therefore cannot be used to recreate an image.) - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/photodna https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/photodna The Trauma Floor The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America - https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona Mortal Kombat 11 Developer Was Diagnosed with PTSD Due to Graphic Violence - https://segmentnext.com/mortal-kombat-11-developer-ptsd/ https://segmentnext.com/mortal-kombat-11-developer-ptsd/ Facebook will pay $52 million in settlement with moderators who developed PTSD on the job - https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/12/21255870/facebook-content-moderator-settlement-scola-ptsd-mental-health https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/12/21255870/facebook-content-moderator-settlement-scola-ptsd-mental-health Artificial neural network (usually simply called neural networks (NNs), are computing systems inspired by the biological neural networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_neural_network that constitute animal brains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain. An ANN is based on a collection of connected units or nodes called artificial neurons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neuron, which loosely model the neurons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuron in a biological brain.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neural_network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neural_network Bob’s Burgers https://genius.com/artists/Bobs-burgers – The Snake Song - https://genius.com/Bobs-burgers-the-snake-song-lyrics https://genius.com/Bobs-burgers-the-snake-song-lyrics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tvhw7jnYi0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tvhw7jnYi0 Financial crisis of 2007–2008 (also known as the global financial crisis (GFC), was a severe worldwide economic crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis. Prior to the COVID-19 recession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_recession in 2020, it was considered by many economists to have been the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008 Halfbrick Studios (Australian video game developer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_developer based in Brisbane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane. The company primarily worked on licensed games until 2008. The company released https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_Ninja (2010) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetpack_Joyride (2011).) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfbrick_Studios https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfbrick_Studios Untitled Goose Game (a 2019 puzzle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzzle_video_game stealth game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_game developed by House House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_House and published by Panic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_Inc.. Players control a goose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose who bothers the inhabitants of an English village. The player must use the goose's abilities to manipulate objects and non-player characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-player_character to complete objectives. It was released for Microsoft Windows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows, macOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS, Nintendo Switch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch, PlayStation 4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_4, and Xbox One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_One.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untitled_Goose_Game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untitled_Goose_Game Fruit Ninja (a video game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game developed by Halfbrick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfbrick_Studios. It was released April 21, 2010 for iPod Touch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Touch and iPhone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone devices, July 12, 2010 for the iPad, September 17, 2010 for Android OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system) devices.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_Ninja https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_Ninja Fiverr (Israeli online marketplace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_marketplace for freelance services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelancer. The company provides a platform for freelancers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelancer to offer services to customers worldwide.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiverr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiverr Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Alleges Horrific Mistreatment Of Women - https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2021/07/22/activision-blizzard-lawsuit-alleges-horrific-mistreatment-of-women/?sh=56144afb166c https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2021/07/22/activision-blizzard-lawsuit-alleges-horrific-mistreatment-of-women/?sh=56144afb166c YongYea https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6iAerLNE-0J1S_E97UAuQ - Scummy Amazon Policy That Steals Employees' Personal Game Projects Dropped After Backlash From Devs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQtKfutVFTI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQtKfutVFTI Motion Picture Production Code (a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-censorship of content that was applied to most United States motion pictures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States released by major studios from 1934 to 1968. It is also popularly known as the Hays Code, after Will H. Hays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_H._Hays, who was the president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) from 1922 to 1945.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Production_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Production_Code Breaking Bad (an American neo-Western https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_(genre)#Contemporary_Western_or_neo-Western crime drama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Gilligan. The show aired on AMC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_(TV_channel) from January 20, 2008, to September 29, 2013, consisting of five seasons for a total of 62 episodes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Breaking_Bad_episodes.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad ‘Simpsons’ Episode Featuring Michael Jackson Kept Off Disney+ - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/simpsons-episode-featuring-michael-jackson-kept-disney-1254609/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/simpsons-episode-featuring-michael-jackson-kept-disney-1254609/ 2012 (a 2009 American science fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_film disaster film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_film directed and written by Roland Emmerich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Emmerich. It was produced by Harald Kloser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Kloser, Mark Gordon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gordon_(film), and Larry J. Franco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Franco, and written by Kloser and Emmerich. The film stars John Cusack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cusack, Amanda Peet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiwetel_Ejiofor, Oliver Platt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Platt, Thandiwe Newton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandiwe_Newton, Danny Glover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Glover, and Woody Harrelson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Harrelson.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_(film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_(film) Geostorm (a 2017 American science fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction disaster film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Dean Devlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Devlin (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Gerard Butler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Butler, Jim Sturgess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sturgess, Abbie Cornish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbie_Cornish, Ed Harris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Harris, and Andy García https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Garc%C3%ADa. It follows a satellite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite designer who tries to save the world from a storm of epic proportions caused by malfunctioning climate-controlling satellites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_modification.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostorm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostorm Volcano (a 1997 American disaster film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_film directed by Mick Jackson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jackson_(director), and produced by Andrew Z. Davis, Neal H. Moritz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_H._Moritz and Lauren Shuler Donner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Shuler_Donner. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Jerome Armstrong and Billy Ray, and is inspired by the 1943 formation of the Parícutin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par%C3%ADcutin volcano in Paricutin, Mexico.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano_(1997_film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano_(1997_film) Thanos (a genocidal warlord from Titan https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Titan, whose own main objective was to bring stability to the universe by wiping out half of all life at every level, as he believed its massive population would inevitably use up the universe's entire supply of resources and condemn this. To complete this goal, Thanos set about hunting down all the Infinity Stones https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Infinity_Stones, being confident that the combined power of the Stones would achieve his goal.) - https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Thanos https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Thanos No Man's Sky Gameplay Trailer | E3 2014 | PS4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLtmEjqzg7M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLtmEjqzg7M AngryJoeShow https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsgv2QHkT2ljEixyulzOnUQ - No Man's Sky Angry Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTTPlqK8AnY&t=1897s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTTPlqK8AnY&t=1897s Internet Historian https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR1D15p_vdP3HkrH8wgjQRw - The Engoodening of No Man's Sky - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5BJVO3PDeQ&t=59s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5BJVO3PDeQ&t=59s Agent Orange (a herbicide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbicide and defoliant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defoliant chemical, one of the "tactical use" Rainbow Herbicides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Herbicides. It is widely known for its use by the U.S. military https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces as part of its herbicidal warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbicidal_warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ranch_Hand,during the Vietnam War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War from 1961 to 1971. It is a mixture of equal parts of two herbicides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbicide, 2,4,5-T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic_acid and 2,4-D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic_acid. In addition to its damaging environmental effects, traces of dioxin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioxins_and_dioxin-like_compounds (mainly TCDD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin, the most toxic of its type) found in the mixture have caused major health problems for many individuals who were exposed, and their offspring. ) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange The Tramp (also known as The Little Tramp, was British actor, Charlie Chaplin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin's most memorable on-screen character and an icon in world cinema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_cinema during the era of silent film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tramp_(film) is also the title of a silent film starring Chaplin, which Chaplin wrote and directed in 1915.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tramp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tramp Apple – Think Different Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oAB83Z1ydE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oAB83Z1ydE Anti-Monopoly (a board game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_game made by San Francisco State University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University Professor Ralph Anspach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Anspach in response to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game). The idea of an anti-monopoly board game dates to 1903 and the original Monopoly created by Lizzie Magie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Magie.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Monopoly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Monopoly Anti-Monopoly, Inc. vs. General Mills Fun Group, Inc. court case 1976–1985 (Starting in 1974, Parker Brothers and its then corporate parent, General Mills https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Mills, attempted to suppress publication of a game called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Monopoly, designed by San Francisco State University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University economics professor Ralph Anspach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Anspach and first published the previous year.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Monopoly#Anti-Monopoly.2C_Inc._vs._General_Mills_Fun_Group.2C_Inc._court_case_1976.E2.80.931985 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Monopoly#Anti-Monopoly.2C_Inc._vs._General_Mills_Fun_Group.2C_Inc._court_case_1976.E2.80.931985 The Rageaholic https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQeWZ0ninG-2pzlaenh2ECw - Begun, The Comic Film Crash Has - A Rant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlk3-NtOFkk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlk3-NtOFkk Terror Australis Podcast (TNC podcast) - https://anchor.fm/terror-australis-podcast https://anchor.fm/terror-australis-podcast SHOUT OUTS __ __ No Man’s Sky is easily one of the most infamous titles in video game history, thanks to its extremely rocky launch and poor state at release. The game lacked many of its core promised features when it launched, resulting in heavy fan backlash. Within two years of its rollout, the tide started turning in , thanks in large part to updates that transformed the experience. counted as the first of such changes, ushering in multiplayer gameplay options that Hello Games teased in the lead up to launch. This particular update also overhauled the graphics and introduced refined base-building mechanics. Hello Games' efforts didn't stop there either; as such, the redemption arc for has been rather impressive to watch unfold. With the game now celebrating its fifth year anniversary, Hello Games has put out a short video looking back at all of the updates we’ve seen so far, along with a tease of what’s coming next. __ __ Stylized on-screen as A 1996 American post-apocalyptic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction action film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_film co-written, co-scored, and directed by John Carpenter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carpenter, co-written and produced by Debra Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debra_Hill and Kurt Russell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Russell, with Russell also starring as Snake Plissken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_Plissken. A sequel to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_New_York, co-stars Steve Buscemi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Buscemi, Stacy Keach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Keach, Bruce Campbell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Campbell, and Pam Grier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Grier. The film gained a strong cult following. The film was in development for over 10 years. At one point, a script was commissioned in 1987 and was written by screenwriter Coleman Luck, with Dino De Laurentiis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_De_Laurentiis's company producing. Carpenter later described the script as "too light, too campy". In time, Carpenter and Kurt Russell got together to write with their long-time collaborator Debra Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debra_Hill. Carpenter insists that Russell's persistence allowed the film to be made, since "Snake Plissken was a character he loved and wanted to play again." At the beginning of the film, Kurt Russell https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000621 wears his costume from the original film, which still fits after fifteen years. The film takes place in 2013. __ __ Operation Ranch Hand was a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War, lasting from 1962 until 1971. Largely inspired by the British use of 2,4,5-T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,4,5-T and 2,4-D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,4-D (Agent Orange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange) during the Malayan Emergency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Emergency in the 1950s, it was part of the overall herbicidal warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbicidal_warfare program during the war called "Operation Trail Dust". Ranch Hand involved spraying an estimated 20 million U.S. gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong of food and vegetation cover. Areas of Laos and Cambodia were also sprayed to a lesser extent. Nearly 20,000 sorties were flown between 1961 and 1971. The herbicides were sprayed by the U.S. Air Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Air_Force flying C-123s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_C-123_Provider using the call sign "Hades". The planes were fitted with specially developed spray tanks with a capacity of 1,000 U.S. gallons (4 m3) of herbicides. A plane sprayed a swath of land that was 80 meters wide and 16 kilometers (10 mi) long in about 4½ minutes, at a rate of about 3 U.S. gallons per acre (3 m3/km2). Sorties usually consisted of three to five aircraft flying side by side. 95% of the herbicides and defoliants used in the war were sprayed by the U.S. Air Force as part of Operation Ranch Hand. The remaining 5% were sprayed by the U.S. Chemical Corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Corps, other military branches, and the Republic of Vietnam using hand sprayers, spray trucks, helicopters and boats, primarily around U.S. military installations. The use of herbicides in the Vietnam War was controversial from the beginning, particularly for crop destruction. The scientific community began to protest the use of herbicides in Vietnam as early as 1964, when the Federation of American Scientists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_American_Scientists objected to the use of defoliants. In 1967, seventeen Nobel laureates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize and 5,000 other scientists signed a petition asking for the immediate end to the use of herbicides in Vietnam. According to the Vietnamese government, the US program exposed approximately 4.8 million Vietnamese people to Agent Orange, resulted in 400,000 deaths due to a range of cancers and other ailments. The Vietnamese population has suffered a range of ailments with three million Vietnamese people suffering health problems, one million birth defects caused directly by exposure to Agent Orange, and 24% of the area of Vietnam being defoliated. __ __ On August 12, 1981, Don Esteridge, who was unknown at the time, announced the release of the new personal computer created by his company. The head of development at IBM Entry Level Systems presented the 5150, or IBM PC, a concept that would revolutionize the computer industry forever. The machine was based on open architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_architecture and a substantial market of third-party peripherals, expansion cards and software grew up rapidly to support it. The PC had a substantial influence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influence_of_the_IBM_PC_on_the_personal_computer_market on the personal computer market. The specifications of the IBM PC became one of the most popular computer design standards in the world, and the only significant competition it faced from a non-compatible platform throughout the 1980s was from the Apple Macintosh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh product line. The majority of modern personal computers are distant descendants of the IBM PC.Pricing started at $1,565 for a configuration with 16K RAM, Color Graphics Adapter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Graphics_Adapter, and no disk drives. The price was designed to compete with comparable machines in the market. For comparison, the Datamaster, announced two weeks earlier as IBM's least expensive computer, cost $10,000. IBM's marketing campaign licensed the likeness of Charlie Chaplin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin's character "The Little Tramp" for a series of advertisements based on Chaplin's movies, played by Billy Scudder. The PC was IBM's first attempt to sell a computer through retail channels rather than directly to customers. Reception was overwhelmingly positive, with sales estimates from analysts suggesting billions of dollars in sales over the next few years, and the IBM PC immediately became the talk of the entire computing industry. Dealers were overwhelmed with orders, including customers offering pre-payment for machines with no guaranteed delivery date. By the time the machine was shipping, the term "PC" was becoming a household name. REMEMBRANCES __ __ American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thorn_Birds_(miniseries), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_and_South_(miniseries), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_(film) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka_%26_the_Chocolate_Factory (1971). He was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hersholt_Humanitarian_Award at the 57th Academy Awards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57th_Academy_Awards in 1985 for his work producing the opening and closing ceremonies of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXIIIrd_Olympiad,_Los_Angeles_1984 as well as helping to bring the games to L.A. His 1971 film (as executive producer) about the study of insects, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hellstrom_Chronicle, won an Academy Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards. On March 13, 1974, one of his crews filming a National Geographic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic_Society history of Australopithecus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecus at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammoth_Mountain_Ski_Area was killed when their Sierra Pacific Airlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Pacific_Airlines Corvair 440 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvair_440 slammed into the White Mountains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mountains_(California) shortly after takeoff from Eastern Sierra Regional Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Sierra_Regional_Airport in Bishop, California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop,_California, killing all 35 on board, including 31 Wolper crew members. The filmed segment was recovered in the wreckage and was broadcast in the television series . The cause of the crash remains unsolved. In 1988, Wolper was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_Hall_of_Fame. For his work on television, he had received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame. He died from congestive heart disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congestive_heart_disease and complications of Parkinson's disease at the age of 82 in Beverly Hills, California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS __ __ American who modified the design of Lizzie Magie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Magie's original invention He became the first millionaire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millionaire game designer in history, and although Magie patented her invention she received only $500. Parker Brothers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers falsely credited Darrow as the original inventor. While Darrow eventually sold his version of to Parker Brothers, claiming it to be his own invention, modern historians credit Darrow as just one of the game's final developers. Monopoly is a board game which focuses on the acquisition of fictional real estate titles, with the incorporation of elements of chance. After losing his job at a sales company following the Stock Market Crash of 1929 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_Market_Crash_of_1929, Darrow worked at various odd jobs. Seeing his neighbors and acquaintances play a board game in which the object was to buy and sell property, he decided to publish his own version of the game, with the help of his first son, William, and his wife Esther. Darrow marketed his version of the game under the name . In truth, Darrow was just one of many people in the American Midwest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest and East Coast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States who had been playing a game of buying and trading property. The game's direct ancestor was , created by Elizabeth Magie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Magie. The Darrow family initially made their game sets on flexible, round pieces of oilcloth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_manufacturing_terminology#O instead of rigid, square carton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carton. Charles drew the designs of the properties with drafting pens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drafting_pen, and his son and wife filled in the spaces with colors and made the title deed cards and Chance and Community Chest cards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_and_Community_Chest_cards. In 1970, three years after Darrow's death, Atlantic City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City placed a commemorative plaque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commemorative_plaque in his honor on The Boardwalk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boardwalk_(entertainment_district)#Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey, near the corner of Park Place. In 1973 Ralph Anspach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Anspach, an economics professor at San Francisco State University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University, produced https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Monopoly, a game similar to , and for this was sued by Parker Brothers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers. He was born in Philadelphia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania. EVENTS OF INTEREST __ __ On this day in 1960, it was 'Jurassic Park' all over again with the release of DINOSAURUS! The feature starred Ward Ramsey and Kristina Hanson, and here's the plot summary:The leading role was intended for Steve McQueen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen, who starred in The Blob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blob two years earlier, also produced by Harris and directed by Yeaworth. McQueen passed on the film to make The Magnificent Seven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magnificent_Seven instead. The dinosaurs were filmed using the technique of stop-motion animation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop-motion_animation as well as puppets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet for close-ups. The film promulgates the naïve idea that herbivorous animals (such as the brontosaurus) are not dangerous (a similar claim was made in Spielberg's 'Jurassic Park', 1993). The cape buffalo is one of the most aggressive and dangerous animals in Africa (and only weighs about 5% of what a brontosaurus is estimated to have weighed). Marcel Delgado https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0217012 was given less than half the time originally agreed upon to create the dinosaur models used in the film. The studio initially agreed to give him five to six weeks, as he requested, but two weeks later he was told that they would begin production on Tuesday. When Betty is captured by the neanderthal and taken to his cave, she's wearing a white dress and a pearl necklace. Combined with her red hair, she bears a striking resemblance to Wilma Flintstone, one of the stars of the TV cartoon series "The Flintstones" (1960), which would debut on American television one month after this movies US release (coincidentally, Betty is the name of Wilma's best friend). __ __ On August 10, 1990, the American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_probe probe, named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan, arrived at its orbit around the planet and started a mission of detailed radar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar mapping at a frequency of 2.38 GHz. It began the orbital insertion maneuver which placed the spacecraft into a three-hour, nine minute, elliptical orbit that brought the spacecraft 295-kilometers from the surface at about 10 degrees North during the periapsis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periapsis and out to 7762-kilometers during apoapsis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoapsis. During each orbit, the space probe captured radar data while the spacecraft was closest to the surface, and then transmit it back to Earth as it moved away from Venus. This maneuver required extensive use of the reaction wheels to rotate the spacecraft as it imaged the surface for 37-minutes and as it pointed toward Earth for two hours. The primary mission intended for the spacecraft to return images of at least 70 percent of the surface during one Venusian day, which lasts 243 Earth days as the planet slowly spins. To avoid overly-redundant data at the highest and lowest latitudes, the probe alternated between a , a region designated as 90 degrees north latitude to 54 degrees south latitude, and a , designated as 76 degrees north latitude to 68 degrees south latitude. However, due to periapsis being 10 degrees north of the equatorial line, imaging the South Pole region was unlikely. The resulting maps were comparable to visible-light photographs of other planets, and are still the most detailed in existence. greatly improved scientific understanding of the geology of Venus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Venus: the probe found no signs of plate tectonics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics, but the scarcity of impact craters suggested the surface was relatively young, and there were lava channels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_channel thousands of kilometers long. 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The Steam Deck is not coming to Australia yet. WHY, GABEN, WHY? WHY HATH YOU FORSAKEN US? Professor was pretty annoyed that the Index had never released here, but realised researching for this episode that it's finally here. So at least that means maybe the Deck will get here eventually. It has very exciting hardware and has Professor gushing over Valve's push to save us from Microsoft and let us game on Linux. Amazon's Lord of the Rings series has a release date. Hopefully Jeff Bezos won't make us regret letting him come back from space. The series covers events of the second age. We still have a lot to learn, but so far all the pieces look great. There's a bit of a stereotype of autistic kids liking Minecraft. Turns out it can be used to help children learn social skills. Obviously it can't entirely replace real world experience, but the next generation of helping autistic children learn social skills at a more relaxed pace is exciting to see STEAM DECK - https://www.techradar.com/au/news/steam-deck AMAZON’S LORD OF THE RINGS - https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/lord-of-the-rings-amazon-series-premiere-date-1235032768/ MINECRAFT HELPING KIDS WITH AUTISM - https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23030713-100-how-is-helping-children-with-autism-make-new-friends/?fbclid=IwAR16Oec1CQchRkqxJd2Lk9U21Bvj9SbPzL0mIjW6xTZHPErXQGXaXZwkaQM Other topics discussed Linus Tech Tips https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw - I tried Steam Deck early and it's AWESOME! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SElZABp5M3U Valve Index Finally Comes To Australia In August - https://uploadvr.com/valve-index-australia/ How To Preorder A Steam Deck In Australia - https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/07/steam-deck-australia-how-to-preorder/ Steam Deck (an upcoming handheld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handheld_PC gaming computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaming_computer developed by Valve Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation. It is expected to be released in December of 2021.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Deck PlayStation Portable (a handheld gameconsole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handheld_game_console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment. It is the first handheld installment in the PlayStation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation line of consoles. As a
We're back, tell your friends. Let us know what you think of our new format. California isn't actually banning gaming PCs, despite what you might have heard. Yet again clickbait channels are using lies to drive clicks, which isn't really a surprise. But California IS requiring minimum power consumption for devices in idle state. So get back to gaming and have fun. Dogs are better than children at knowing when someone is lying. Is this an evolutionary response to owners with laser pointers and hidden treats? A live action Pokemon series is being produced by Netflix and Joe Henderson. We don't know much about it yet, but hopefully it's more Detective Pikachu and less live action Ghost in the Shell. CALIFORNIA VS GAMING PCS - https://www.pcworld.com/article/3627491/why-california-isnt-banning-gaming-pcs-yet.html - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxs5YxY2xXI LIAR, LIAR, DOGS ON FIRE - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2284611-dogs-will-ignore-you-if-they-know-you-are-lying-unlike-young-children/ A LIVE ACTION POKEMON SERIES IN THE WORKS - https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/pokemon-netflix-series-live-action-joe-henderson-1235026390/ Other topics discussed The Olympic opening ceremony was full of video game music - https://www.polygon.com/22590146/olympics-2020-games-athletes-parade-of-nations-video-game-music-dragon-quest-kingdom-hearts Manga featured in opening ceremony for Tokyo Olympics - https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/manga-featured-in-opening-ceremony-for-tokyo-olympics/2021/07/23/0c893c08-ebac-11eb-a2ba-3be31d349258_story.html Dune Official Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g18jFHCLXk Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over Black Widow streaming release - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-30/scarlett-johansson-sues-disney-black-widow-streaming/100335880 Emma Stone Reportedly Considering Suing Disney Over Cruella Release - https://screenrant.com/cruella-movie-emma-stone-disney-lawsuit-rumors-updates/ JayzTwoCents https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkWQ0gDrqOCarmUKmppD7GQ - Will California Ban Gaming Monitors? Explaining the New Monitor Law - See acast.com/privacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxs5YxY2xXI for privacy and opt-out information.
Despite the universe conspiring to prevent us releasing this week, we've finally got this episode done. Things will be a bit hectic for a few weeks while we sort out moving, but we'll be back to our usual schedule soon. The Powerpuff Girls, created from sugar, spice and everything nice, were nearly rebooted into a weird dark alternative universe where the Powerpuff girls gain some additional bitterness and relationship issues. It's pretty bad, and the leaked script has gotten the entire concept dumped for a rewrite. The Xbox Series (Dumb name) has joined the PS4 as another example of restrictive DRM that will inevitably lead to more ewaste and cultural loss. Yep. Professor's mad again. Console developers lock games to their specific hardware then make sure that you can only play it as long as they'll let you. Invasive crazy ants are killing all the famous Christmas Island crabs. Scientists are fighting back with micro wasps. Kinda the opposite of what we all thought science would do in 50s B movies. This week DJ watched the new DOTA anime (apparently it's really good) and Professor watched Edge of Tomorrow (also really good). Live Action Powerpuff Girls...a Colossal Diaster - https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/powerpuff-girls-pilot-reworked-the-100-prequel-1234981201/ DRM vs Xbox Series - https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/xbox-one-series-x-drm-problem/ Crazy Ants vs Red Crabs - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-25/scientists-work-to-curb-crazy-ants-on-christmas-island/100161132 Nerdful things DJ - Dota: Dragon's Blood - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dota:_Dragon%27s_Blood Rating: :4/5 Professor - Edge of Tomorrow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Tomorro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Tomorrow Rating: 4/5 Other topics discussed Diablo Cody (American writer and producer. She gained recognition for her candid blog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog and subsequent memoir, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Girl:_A_Year_in_the_Life_of_an_Unlikely_Stripper (2005). Cody received critical acclaim for her screenwriting debut film, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(film) (2007), winning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay, the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_First_Screenplay, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original... * See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Disco Elysium is the latest victim of Australia’s Classification Board, those evil boomers who want to stop you having fun. Ok, I’m only exaggerating a little. It took us this long to get R18 games, why do they keep getting banned? Why does the ACB treat games differently to movies? There’s a long history of video game censorship in Australia, and we spent way longer than planned talking about it. Some ants live significantly longer than others, being waited on hand and foot by the workers. But they aren’t the queen, they’re just workers infected with tapeworms. This is the most interesting example of parasitism I think I’ve ever seen, and I’m really hoping we work out how to do it to people soon. DJ couldn’t pick just one thing to talk about in pop culture, so we got the merger of Warner Media and Discovery, and Japan’s pick for the next live action Hollywood anime movie. They’ve got some very interesting views on the reason Hollywood should adapt their pick, and it might even be an anime you’ve never heard of. Disco Elysium Unbanned - https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/05/disco-elysium-has-been-unbanned-in-australia-gets-r18-rating/ The Curious Case of the Immortal Ants - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-never-aging-ants-with-a-terrible-secret/ar-BB1gSGNu Pop Culture Wrap Around - Future of DC comics - https://bleedingcool.com/comics/what-does-warnermedia-discovery-merger-wmd-mean-for-dc-comics/ - Japan says no to live action anime movies by Hollywood - https://soranews24.com/2021/05/15/japanese-fans-make-landslide-pick-for-next-anime-they-want-a-hollywood-live-action-adaptation-of/ Nerdful things DJ - Jupiter’s Legacy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter%27s_Legacy_(TV_series) Rating: 2.5/5 Professor - Love Death & Robots Volume 2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love,_Death_%26_Robots#Volume_II_(2021) Rating: 2.5/5 Other topics discussed Snowpiercer (an American post-apocalyptic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction dystopian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopian_fiction thriller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre) television drama series that premiered on TNT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNT_(American_TV_network) on May 17, 2020. It is based on both the 2013 film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowpiercer of the same name, directed by Bong Joon-ho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bong_Joon-ho and the 1982 French graphic novel See acast.com/privacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Transperceneige for privacy and opt-out information.
