Retro, Hitler-thwarting, Dinosaur-dodging, 60's fun
I am not entirely sure what they were trying to achieve with this pastiche of 60's spy TV, dinosaurs, nazis and casual gender and racial stereotypes. But they certainly seem to have achieved it:
2011-11-03
Entry tags:
- aging,
- amazon,
- ape,
- apple,
- astronauts,
- autism,
- books,
- bullying,
- cell,
- culture,
- dailymail,
- drm,
- drugs,
- empathy,
- england,
- epicfail,
- health,
- history,
- humans,
- hypnosis,
- israel,
- kindle,
- law,
- legalisation,
- lgbt,
- links,
- longevity,
- mac,
- marijuana,
- marriage,
- medicine,
- money,
- movies,
- nasa,
- normocentrism,
- palestine,
- physics,
- politics,
- psychology,
- religion,
- rent,
- schools,
- science,
- society,
- software,
- technology,
- uk,
- video,
- wales,
- wtf
Interesting Links for 3-11-2011
- Israel rushes settlement growth in retaliation on Palestinian membership of Unesco
- Gay couples allowed to host civil ceremonies in churches in England and Wales
- Forty years on the Daily Mail is still bitter about decimalisation
- Agincourt, Hasting, WWII and other great British myths
- Trance stare led researchers to discover a genuine hypnotic state
- Aging slowed in mice. Best result I've seen in longevity research.
- By ape standards, humans are completely insane.
- This Is Probably the Weirdest, Goofiest Video NASA Ever Made
- Being bullied? Just act less gay, advise teachers
- Legalizing medical marijuana does not increase use among youth
- NASA studying ways to make tractor beams a reality
- Autistic people superior in multiple areas: Scientists must stop emphasizing autistics' shortcomings, expert urges (Another paper I'd love to read)
- New platform to give you access to your movies on every device is, unsurprisingly, more frustrating than torrenting.
- Amazon Prime’s new killer app: Kindle books by subscription. (very limited though)
- From March 2012 all Mac Apps installed from the App Store will be sandboxed. No more plugins...
Utopia, a poll (with other completely unconnected question)
"The Culture" in this case refers to the space-faring civilisation in Iain Banks' awesome series of novels.
[Poll #1792224]
[Poll #1792224]
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