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There’s an Enterprise-F?
I am a huge fan of Star Trek. When asking the question “Am I a Star Trek or Star Wars?” I always fall to the Trek side. It’s not that I don’t like Star Wars, but when I think to how I think humanity would look in a couple hundred years I want to believe it will look more . . . Roddenberry.
So, imagine my joy when Star Trek Online was announced. Then imagine my disappointment when the reviews came in and they weren’t so great. Finally, imagine my optimism when they announced that Star Trek Online would be free to play starting January 17th (today).
Finally, imagine my surprise that in the game they’ve already announced the successor to the Sovereign-class Enterprise. That’s right; in the game there is a NCC-1701-F USS Enterprise.
Announced as the Odyssey-class, it was the submission from a fan for a contest from the game publisher. And if I may say, it’s easily just as good as anything made in the official cannon. Now, this isn’t a new thing; this happened in Summer 2011. However, now that the game is free to play I thought it might be worth pointing out the content they’ve been adding.
I’d also like to ask Paramount and CBS to make this ship cannon! It’s beautiful!
Rupert Murdoch is a Relic Who Needs to Shut Up
UPDATE: I have been corrected by another writer, Dave Simmer II; the White House did in fact give an official response to SOPA legistlation . . . they don’t like it. I have updated the post to reflect that. Cause as a blogger and podcaster, I have no problem correcting myself when it turns out I was mistaken. You know, unlike . . . others.
In case you didn’t know, there is a real life Montgomery Burns. He doesn’t own and operate a nuclear power station, however. Instead he runs Newscorp and is the 38th most wealthy person in the United States. He is Rupert Murdoch.
- He founded Fox News with the sole purpose of swaying the American public.
- His company hacked the voicemail of a murdered girl, thereby throwing investigators off (making them believe she was still alive and deleting her voicemails).
- He is a dinosaur.
In today’s world of “faster than you can comprehend” information, Murdoch is a throwback to the older days of yore. Days when a single newspaper magnate could sway the opinion of an entire nation. And he’s dangerous.
SMV: Derezzed, Literally
Saturday Morning Videos is back in style. This week we bring you Derezzed by Daft Punk from the Tron: Legacy soundtrack . . . sort of. In my mind, this is what I imagine Stark’s computer sounds like starting up . . . taking just as long.
SD#42 Inverted Mute Buttons
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Image Courtesy of Penny Arcade
We cover CES for you, Zuke tries (and fails) to forget his Kinect experience, and Schmidty can’t figure out his mute button at all.
Flashback: My Rant On Popups
I used to have a blog called “Mad Geek” that I actually updated pretty regularly. For reasons I won’t get into here, I stopped posting there and have left it pretty much alone. However, in going back through it I’ve found some articles I thought I could bring back here. So, allow me to give you a glimpse into the past!
Original Post Date: September 28, 2004
As hard as it can be to admit it sometimes, we all like advertisements. Even though we hate seeing them in our Inbox or on billboards the simple fact remains, that they obviously DO work and we DO pay attention to them. This isn’t so bad, really, as without them businesses wouldn’t be able to make themselves known in the marketplace as well.
With that out of the way, allow me to start my rant.
This Is How Geeks Roll
Courtesy of Bruno Oliveira
I’d like to think this is 100% true, but if anything I’d say it’s closer to 90% true. Not to be outdone, Jon Udell made a much more accurate representation.
Less like a "Win". More like "Eternal Battle".
Blu-Ray DRM Is An Utter Failure
If you’re a fan of the podcast, you’ve no doubt heard by now that I use Windows Media Center for my TV. It has always met the needs of my family and never ceases to impress people who visit. However, it hasn’t been upgraded in a couple years now and is starting to show its age.
Some of that age showed itself this Christmas holiday. My mom gave the grand kids a couple movies (Kung Fu Panda 2 and Cars 2) on Blu-Ray for them to enjoy. We were all excited to watch them, however there was one problem; the media center doesn’t have a Blu-Ray drive. Well, that’s a problem that we’ll have to address later. In the mean time I have four kids and some house guests who want to watch the new movies.
Out came my laptop to the rescue! My laptop not only has a Blu-Ray drive, but also a super powered GPU and HDMI out so it was ideally suited for playing Lightning McQueen on our big screen LCD. Popped in the disc, hooked the laptop to the TV, and . . . nothing. Nothing at all. The computer could see the discs but couldn’t play them. I was stumped. We had borrowed another Disney movie, Tangled months earlier and had watched it without issue. Why we suddenly couldn’t see these movies now were a complete mystery.
And with four kids, the freak outs did indeed happen.
SD#41 That’s Our Sausage
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I'm not even sure why we started talking about this!
For clarification, I said “I’m going to EEP that out.” You’ll know what I’m talking about when you hear it!
