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[to Robot]
Dr. Smith: Now come along with me, you ludicrous lump, there’s much to be done.
Robot: I cannot accept that course of action.
Dr. Smith: [thinking he has been transported to Hades] Good Heavens!
Morbus: Guess again.

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Stardust Movie

Just saw the preview for Stardust when I went to see Next. Based on Neil Gaiman’s novel of the same name and stars Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer. It’s been a while since I read that novel but the plot of the movie seems to be the same as that of the book. However, the trailer is portraying Stardust as an action flick, which is not at all the way I remember it. Well, neither is Harry Potter, but that is the Hollywood formula. Maybe if this works out, the Sandman movie will become more than a pipe dream.

A real mouse, mouse via Digg
The internal components of a computer mouse stuffed into the preserved body of a real mouse. The photo in the above link is not for the squeamish.

Marv

Pi played on the piano via Digg

The keys on a piano are assigned values of 0 – 9 correspond to the digits in the number Pi. The piano is then programmed to play Pi and since Pi is an irrational number, there is no repeating pattern. Sounds like a retro 8-bit video game tune. There’s no rythym and the music is played in a major key.

11 signs that you will die in this movie

#11. You’re wearing a red shirt.
’nuff said

Marv

Ben: I just felt a disturbance in the force..
Luke: Huh? oh, sorry, that was just lunch. Excuse me.

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I knew it! I Knew it!

Foxnews:Scientists Discover ‘Kryptonite’ in Serbian Mine

Scientists have discovered a new mineral that matches the composition of kryptonite, the mythical rock that could sap Superman’s strength in comic books.

The rock

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“Your lips are moving but I can’t hear what you are saying….”

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Killer robot? Converted Roomba shoots AirSoft projectiles but is no Roombo via Digg

Let’s call this the first milestone on the way to galaxy-wide Cylon Roomba domination.

The origin of “OK” via Digg

OK = “Oll Korrect”, but there’s a deeper story behind that.

Marv

Google Fight via DL.TV

Ok so you wanna know who’d win Battlestar vs. Enterprise but you don’t have time to catch Sci-Fi Smackdown, well now you can just ask Google Fight.

Want some interesting results? Try these:
TV vs. the Internet

Boys vs. Girls and Men vs. Women

And, at the risk of inflating an already over-inflated ego…
Scott Sigler vs. Tee Morris

Top 59 useless facts via Digg

Ok, so some of these are obviously bogus. Marilyn Monroe did not have six toes on either foot, nor is the dragonfly lifespan a single day. But there are one ore two real nuggets of truth, like the tidbit about how dynamite is made from peanuts.

Graph : 2nd Cousin Twice Removed? – What Does That Mean? via Digg

Just in case you ever need to explain your relationship to a long lost cousin, here’s the official rules. Just for the record, Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Steppe are “separated at birth” 🙂

Marv

Whoop Whoop Whoop (*claxons) – Dive! Dive@! Dive!

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