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News Briefs 21-11-2007

Save the cheerleader, save the whales.

Quote of the Day:

How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in Heaven.

Robert A. Heinlein

  1. She-wolf = prostitute?
    As with most mythology there may be a kernel of truth there. According to the Roman Historian Livy (59 BCE – 17 CE) Romulus and Remus were suckled by either a wolf or a prostitute. Or it may have been the wife of a Shepard. You choose.

    But it’s just in time for Latentalia so pick your favorite myth.

    Bill

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    Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
    Thomas Carlyle

    1. Lupanar
      The word Lupanar, which comes from the latin lupānar, -āris, and is derived from “Lupo” (wolf), it’s still used in the spanish language as another name for brothel.

      Funny how, in the english language, they went from wolves to cats and chickens to designate the same type of establishments 😉

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      It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
      It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

      Red Pill Junkie

      1. R & R
        Hi RPJ,

        The prostitute version is becoming the more likely story.

        The infamous Chicken Ranch actually was a chicken ranch before it became a “house of ill repute”.

        Bill

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        Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
        Thomas Carlyle

        1. hmmm
          well if she was a human,
          she must of gave birth to child around same time as
          rhea, quite possible she had plenty of milk or losted her baby,

          mayshe she did recieve some type of payment.

          maybe she was a prositute – but maybe rhea picked a shepard lady, also quite possible this shepard lady had dog which was half dog and half wolve to watch over flock.
          families from old fashion italians would of prefered a shepard lady than a prositude to breast feed their child.

          we have the same thing in ancient egypt – in fact in nurse-maid tomb they have proof she recieve something for breast-feeding.

          in today’s society most people do sell themselves in some manner – prostitutes of a sort.

          for me – i realize life is too sort – and i am no longer for sale –

          1. Maybe the She Wolf was
            a great warrior? But whats wrong with a creative, creation myth. R&R fierce, fearless, raised by a wolf!

          2. indeed
            nothing infact i love the wolf myth in rome,
            uncles told me story so many times growing up,

            i didnt dismiss that possiblity, i just responded with if along his response.

            the fact romulus – had a rep to maintain, wolf story is cool, plus the killing of his brother Remus the very second he jump over – which romulus took offend to indeed sugguest they were dangerous to say the least.

            i love the fact they found the cove this week.

  2. Kindle doesn’t impress me
    I’m with Rick in the sense that although I spend so much time reading things through a monitor, there’s nothing like the feeling of holding a book in your hands, feeling the texture of the paper, smelling the ink, caressing the cover. I know, it borders on fetishism 🙂

    Make no mistake folks, books are not a healthy hobby, for some of us it is a VICE more expensive than cocaine!

    Having said that, the concept of downloading any book instantly at will seems tempting, and that new e-book from Amazon does look interesting, but from a product designer standpoint, the interface looks rather ugly and cheap. I wouldn’t pay that much dough on a gadget like that. I wouldn’t have paid as much as the first buyers of the Iphone did for that matter, being an early adopter of any new tech has its risks and its rewards are only more compressed air to inflate your ego.

    Another major setback of the Kindle is that it doesn’t seem to display color in its electronic paper. Maybe that is not a big deal if you’re reading a book, but what about newspapers or blogs?

    It seems to me that it’s yet too early for these kind of products. Kind of reminds me how promising the Apple Newton seemed back in the early 90s, and how disappointing it turned out because the technology wasn’t mature enough for a sensible product. I would probably wait until someone can figure out how to make a device with electronic paper that doesn’t need a keyboard, displays at least 256 hues of color AND can be foldable to be safely stored in my pocket or something.

    Maybe in 2 or 3 years, or quicker if Bezzos would join forces with Steve Jobs instead of trying to invent the wheel all on his own.

    One final question would be to see if the catalogue of downloadable books Amazon will offer could also be read with other handheld devices like a Palm Treo or an Ipod…

    —–
    It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
    It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

    Red Pill Junkie

  3. Goatman
    And a double-edged battle ax to top it off. I’m guessing that the Goatman story is easily believed on a moonless night around the campfire told by one of the older boys while he holds a lit flashlight under his chin. Dark Stanley.

    Bill

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    Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
    Thomas Carlyle

    1. We’re the Devils!
      I think Goatman was just being friendly: the report says he “waved” the axe and then ran away. Goatman was just saying hello, and he was probably drunk too knowing what Pan’s like. Even if he was threatening, that’ll teach those kids for making out in the woods alone after their Prom night on Friday 13th during a full moon.

      Reminds me of a Seinfeld episode. “We’re the Devils!”

  4. Classic Star Trek Creatures
    Sjöberg says, “Thanks to the magic of high def, and a painstaking digital remastering effort, you can now see these [classic Star Trek] monsters in more detail than ever before — although, to be fair, that doesn’t make them look any more convincing.

    I beg to differ. 😉

    Thanks to Rick’s timely posting of a link to startrek.com, I went to the recent theatrical screening of The Menagerie, which also included a documentary, hosted by Gene Roddenberry Jr, about everything that was done during the recent remastering effort. Having witnessed it myself, I can assure you that the Gorn Captain now blinks.

    What a treat it was to be in an audience of fellow Star Trek fans at that moment — we simultaneously exploded with laughter the instant we saw it. 😉

    Btw, Rick, tribbles did make the list.

    Kat

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