- Wired magazine gives their own tribute to Gary Gygax with their celebrity character sheets for AD&D. I think that we could do better (especially Dez and Foxbat).
- Drinking eight glasses of water a day may not be the miracle of health that you thought it was. Quote:
Neither are there many studies to say that guzzling water will prevent headaches or flush toxins from your body.
- A newspaper in Tampa reports that workers for Continental Airlines are stealing electronics easily, since our wonderful TSA requires baggage to be unlocked. Joel Johnson of Boing Boing has this to say (I guess our personal dignity is no longer considered valuable):
Always carry on electronics. In fact, always take anything valuable on as carry-on.
- Foxbat sends this Associated Press story detailing the trial of four Islamic terrorists in Britain. They were apparently going to use soda bottles containing hydrogen peroxide with a hollowed out camera battery for a detonator. The problem with this is that we’re not getting the full truth–hydrogen peroxide and a detonator don’t make a big boom. Peroxide and something to oxidize (a nice, low molecular weight organic compound would work nicely) would make a nice concussive explosion if it was held under pressure, but this certainly wouldn’t require a detonator in the traditional sense. Would a soda bottle sized explosion from such a reaction harm a plane? Color me doubtful. Would six soda bottle explosions harm a plane? Maybe. Besides, the current limits on gels/liquids only mean that our “friends” with towels on their heads need to break their payloads into smaller packages to get through security. If our benevolent government was truly serious, they would allow zero food, liquid, toiletries, medicines, etc. on the planes. This includes stuff served by the stewardesses. (Why? Maybe a stewardess has a penchant for submission and she’s hooked up with Mohammad at the University down the street.) On top of this, the TSA should allow zero technology (no cell phones, blackberries, cameras, laptops, game boys, etc.), and they would physically inspect every bag. That way, nothing could be on board that could be a detonator. Anything else gives us the illusion of security without the reality. The American people won’t stand for that, so they give us arbitrary rules that annoy those of us who haven’t sunk into apathy and that please the pudding headed liberals by pretending to do something.
- We were taught lies in our History classes. At least, that’s what Cracked.com reports.
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Wired’s tribute reminds me of a classic Onion article: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29743
Concerning the 5 lies of History classes: Cracked is partially correct. At least 4 of the stories are myth. But as Cracked cites no sources to back up the claims made, Cracked shows itself to be culpable for the same error that produced and prolonged these myths.
As for the peroxide bandits: I couldn’t care less if their Junior Wizard Chemistry set could not produce a bomb of sufficient strength to take down a jet-liner. Whether they produced these devices to detonate or to intimidate makes no difference. They conspired to commit murder. Game over.
With the D&D sheets: Certainly we can come up with more appropriate and humorous descriptions… to include that scientific hypocrite Richard Dawkins… an avowed atheist and denouncer of “Intelligent Design,” when pressed to the point of describing how life began he stumbled thrice… first saying (I paraphrase) “We don’t know”, then conceding that the complexity of the simplest life forms on this planet suggest some form of design, and finally chalking up the origin of all life on Earth to a star-faring race of aliens. Yes, you read that right… aliens. This begs a few problematic questions for militant Darwinists like Dr. Dawkins, such as, (assuming life did originate with these mythic aliens) “How did life begin for the aliens?” You can see the “infinite regression” issue blooming here. Doubt that what I report is true? I then dare you all to view a film that audibly and visually records this subject of his admissions… on April 18 watch “Expelled”, a film by Ben Stein. I would modify the character sheet thusly… add a multiclass: 1st level (1st rate) Hypocrite. Reduce Wisdom to 12. Add Special Power: Charm Moron (but saving throw vs Will allowed… at -5 if you are a Darwinist, at -10 if you are an Atheist, and -15 if you are both). Add note that he thinks the glasses are trueseeing, but are instead glasses of Alien Delusion (rose tinted). Add Weakness: can be turned (as Vampire of equal level) by rational discourse. This discourse may take several rounds to take effect. And Steve Jobs is no Paladin… more like a Gnome (from the game Illuminati).
The Onion article is hilarious! The only time Bill Gates has a CHA of 20 is when he’s handing out cash… good thing he’s a very good thief.