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2017-Jul-17, 04:15 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread The next Dr Who to be......a woman?! in Small Media at Large

I'd have liked to see Helen Mirren in the role.

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2017-Jul-17, 03:58 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Ron Howard picks up the reins to direct Han Solo prequel in Small Media at Large

What we really need is a Han Solo prequel-prequel-prequel: Han as a wisecracking toddler.

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2017-Jul-16, 09:32 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Could you make functional spectacles out of sugar? in Off-Topic Babbling

. . . why? Use the right materials for the job.

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2017-Jul-15, 11:48 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread What would it be like to walk through radon? in Science and Technology

The most stable isotope of radon has a half-life of 3.8 days. In pretty short order there'd be little gas left in the tank.

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2017-Jul-13, 03:22 AM

SkepticJ replied to a thread 57 Channels and Nothing On in Off-Topic Babbling

If you haven't watched TV, how do you know that none of it is good? I only have satellite TV and a DVR and I don't have the time to watch everything...

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2017-Jul-09, 07:42 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Amelia Earhart mystery in Off-Topic Babbling

People go missing all the time and are never heard from again, what makes Earhart so special? Are famous people more "worthy"? This and "who was...

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2017-Jul-03, 12:30 AM

SkepticJ replied to a thread What Happened to Anime? in Small Media at Large

I haven't heard "Japanimation" since the internet was the Information Superhighway.

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2017-Jul-02, 09:25 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread What Happened to Anime? in Small Media at Large

I gave Attack on Titan a try, and it's pretty meh. The Titans are delightfully weird, but otherwise it feels like any other mediocre anime to me....

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2017-Jul-02, 08:59 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Foundation, The Series? in Small Media at Large

I wonder if they'll update it somewhat, or revel in the datedness (e.g. like Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow?

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2017-Jul-01, 06:00 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Movie scenes you've never understood in Small Media at Large

There's no such thing as gratuitous nudity.

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2017-Jun-30, 07:54 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Cosmic Modesty in Life in Space

Cosmic Hubris can be disproven, by finding that we're not alone in th universe. Cosmic Modesty can be disproven by finding an extremely critical...

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2017-Jun-30, 07:00 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Movie scenes you've never understood in Small Media at Large

Aramid is real. Use aramid fabric with a gas-tight plastic membrane layer as the "canvas". The tape could be aramid with an epoxy-like adhesive...

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2017-Jun-29, 07:45 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Ron Howard picks up the reins to direct Han Solo prequel in Small Media at Large

Han Solo: Pet Detective Alllllllllllllllrighty then!

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2017-Jun-29, 05:55 AM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Stuff you just don't get. in Off-Topic Babbling

Anywhere you're being mauled by a dog?

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2017-Jun-28, 08:55 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Aliens are hibernating until the computers get faster in Life in Space

I don't understand why hibernating now is more efficient than building Dyson solar collectors around red dwarfs (fusion lifetime 10^12 years) and...

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2017-Jun-25, 09:47 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Ron Howard picks up the reins to direct Han Solo prequel in Small Media at Large

The game changed soon after that: TV shows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-running_scripted_U.S._primetime_television_series ...

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2017-Jun-23, 06:30 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Ron Howard picks up the reins to direct Han Solo prequel in Small Media at Large

Because if there's anything that one doesn't want in entertainment, that's creativity.

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2017-Jun-23, 06:15 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Replacing the Internet? in Science and Technology

Clev asked how an EMP-proof internet could be made, you wrote that answering his question of how to make one would be divulging secret information, I...

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2017-Jun-23, 03:51 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Replacing the Internet? in Science and Technology

Why? Electronics shielded by Faraday cages aren't secret technology, neither are fiber optic communications--EMP-proof.

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2017-Jun-22, 05:52 PM

SkepticJ replied to a thread Stuff you just don't get. in Off-Topic Babbling

Relatedly, when I was in Elementary school, I was standing in line for the bus at the end of the day, and another kid, from a grade or two higher,...

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