Interesting/Unusual Site of the Arbitrary Time Period



Holy Fortress of Solitude, Batman! Er... Check out this site about the largest crystals found in Chihuahua, Mexico. Thanks to BBSpot for the link.

The video that started it all!

Not really, but it was one of the first I ever made.

A Question of Physics (I Think)

Ok, I am not a physics professor, so I have a question for the FU News crowd who might know something about the matter. Tom and I were having a discussion about morality, beginning with the premise that speeding is "more" immoral than modifying the Boggle ini file so that I can continue to play it on the computer for free. This discussion rapidly progressed to geekier topics, ranging from how much we personally drive over/above the speed limit all the way to the question I would like to pose.

Here it is:

Does a car going 90 mph that hits a stationary car have the same effect as two cars going 45mph that hit each other? By "effect," I mean in regard to the people involved and in regard to vehicular damage. Assume that all drivers are wearing seat belts and have standard air bags. Tom posits that the effect would be the same, but to my convoluted mind, I think that adding the speed of the two moving cars to get 90 and saying they would have the same effect as the single car going 90 is too simplistic.

So which is worse: Hitting a stationary object at 90mph, or hitting an oncoming car with both cars going 45mph? Or is there absolutely no difference?

Happy Pi Day!

Pi is....

Double Feature!


Ok, I apologize for letting a little baby thing go in the way of doing what I really should be doing: Posting videos on the internet. So this week I present to you the double duece!

Best. Composer. Ever

I found this sample of genius from that lovable musical miscreant, John Stump:


More examples of what happens when composers not as genius as Beethoven lose their hearing can be found here.

Trailer Dump.

Best. Movie Title. Ever.

I'm thinking Tom's already camping in front of the theater for this one.

Nerdgasm.

Major Nerdgasm.

"New" trailer for Men With Waxed Chests. (Still torn on whether I'm going to see it in theaters or not.)

And can someone please tell me why, with just over two months before release, there is still no trailer to be seen for POTC:AWE, teaser or otherwise?

The Wikipedia Game.

No one won last week's contest. You all suck.

Speaking of which, this week you are to link from John Woo to Sucks. You cannot use year or date articles. Six Degrees claims there is a 4-degree path, but my magic number is 6. You cannot use more than 2 of the intermediate steps in Six Degrees' path.

Oh, and if you want to edit John Woo's entry to say something like "All his movies suck" or "he is the suckiest living director", I won't hold it against you, but since I must personally verify your path, try and make sure I'm looking during the .68 seconds between when you make the change and when the Wikipedia admins ban you for life.

Hannah Emperatrise is born!




Hannah Emperatrise Adams was born Sunday, March 4th, 2007 at 3:20AM She weighs 7lbs and 1.1 ounces, and 19 inches tall

Ileana is recouping just fine. Well be back in our house on Wednesday. Thanks so much to everyone who called, wrote and wished us well.

You can find more pictures in the Image Gallery at http://www.owibtyw.com

From hotair.com
Uncomfortable Questions about the Death Star Attack

1) Why were a handful of rebel fighters able to penetrate the defenses of a battle station that had the capability of destroying an entire planet and the defenses to ward off several fleets of battle ships?

2) Why did Grand Moff Tarkin refuse to deploy the station’s large fleet of TIE Fighters until it was too late? Was he acting on orders from somebody to not shoot down the rebel attack force? If so, who, and why?

3) Why was the rebel pilot who supposedly destroyed the Death Star reported to be on the Death Star days, maybe hours, prior to its destruction? Why was he allowed to escape, and why were several individuals dressed in Stormtrooper uniforms seen helping him?

4) Why has there not been an investigation into allegations that Darth Vader, the second-ranking member of the Imperial Government, is in fact the father of the pilot who allegedly destroyed the Death Star?

5) Why did Lord Vader decide to break all protocols and personally pilot a lightly armored TIE Fighter? Conveniently, this placed Lord Vader outside of the Death Star when it was destroyed, where he was also conveniently able to escape from a large-sized rebel fleet that had just routed the Imperial forces. Why would Lord Vader, one of the highest ranking members of the Imperial Government, suddenly decide to fly away from the Death Star in the middle of a battle? Did he know something that the rest of the Imperial Navy didn’t?

6) How could any pilot shoot a missile into a 2 meter-wide exhaust port, let alone a pilot with no formal training, whose only claim to fame was his ability to “bullseye womprats” on Tatooine? This shot, according to one pilot, would be “impossible, even for a computer.” Yet, according to additional evidence, the pilot who allegedly fired the missile turned off his targeting computer when he was supposedly firing the shot that destroyed the Death Star. Why have these discrepancies never been investigated, let alone explained?

7) Why has their been no investigation into evidence that the droids who provided the rebels with the Death Star plans were once owned by none other than Lord Vader himself, and were found, conveniently, by the pilot who destroyed the Death Star, and who is also believed to be Lord Vader’s son? Evidence also shows that the droids were brought to one Ben Kenobi, who, records indicate, was Darth Vader’s teacher many years earlier! Are all these personal connections between the conspirators and a key figure in the Imperial government supposed to be coincidences?

8) How could a single missile destroy a battle station the size of a moon? No records, anywhere, show that any battle station or capital ship has ever been destroyed by a single missile. Furthermore, analysis of the tape of the last moments of the Death Star show numerous small explosions along its surface, prior to it exploding completely! Why does all evidence indicate that strategically placed explosives, not a single missile, is what destroyed the Death Star?

I demand an investigation by the Imperial Senate! Oh wait, forgot that it is disbanded. Oh well, probably for the best because all it did was waste its time on campaign finance reform and debating universial healthcare (like Ewoks and Jawas need good HMO coverage, anyway!).