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04/21/2011 11:28:32 PM · #1
Earth Day Smearth Day!

According to the "Terminator" movie franchise, today is the day SkyNet, having become self aware, was to attack humanity with nuclear holocaust.


How's your day going??? Seriously? Having a good day? Or does life just suck? Inquiring minds want to know.

Message edited by author 2011-04-21 23:29:38.
04/21/2011 11:32:22 PM · #2
LOL...no kidding ! Oh well....we found out that Apple was tracking us and that Amazon crashed...does that count ?

Edit: You sure about this date?

Originally posted by Dr.Confuser:

Earth Day Smearth Day!

According to the "Terminator" movie franchise, today is the day SkyNet, having become self aware, was to attack humanity with nuclear holocaust.


How's your day going??? Seriously? Having a good day? Or does life just suck? Inquiring minds want to know.


Message edited by author 2011-04-21 23:33:46.
04/21/2011 11:35:47 PM · #3
Originally posted by kenskid:

LOL...no kidding ! Oh well....we found out that Apple was tracking us and that Amazon crashed...does that count ?

Edit: You sure about this date?

Originally posted by Dr.Confuser:

Earth Day Smearth Day!

According to the "Terminator" movie franchise, today is the day SkyNet, having become self aware, was to attack humanity with nuclear holocaust.


How's your day going??? Seriously? Having a good day? Or does life just suck? Inquiring minds want to know.


There is some ambiguity about the date ... 3 movies and a TV series ... collectively play fast and loose with the, ahem, facts. Best I can put it together ... today ... we're history! But the day is young!

Message edited by author 2011-04-21 23:36:51.
04/21/2011 11:42:01 PM · #4
I remember "celebrating" the birth of the HAL 9000 computer from 2001 A Space Odyssey on January 12, 1997.
04/22/2011 12:34:36 AM · #5
Originally posted by kenskid:

I remember "celebrating" the birth of the HAL 9000 computer from 2001 A Space Odyssey on January 12, 1997.


As did I ... celebrate, that is.

But this is the end of the f*@('ing world!!! You'd think we could get some first person personal commentary about it. Are you robbing a bank? Getting laid? Killing yourself? Come on, folks! What's up with you at this VERY moment?????
04/22/2011 10:00:02 AM · #6
I just went out a purchased a Phased Plasma Rifle in the 40-watt range and it was a pain in the ass to fill out all the paperwork on that big boy.

Originally posted by Dr.Confuser:

Originally posted by kenskid:

I remember "celebrating" the birth of the HAL 9000 computer from 2001 A Space Odyssey on January 12, 1997.


As did I ... celebrate, that is.

But this is the end of the f*@('ing world!!! You'd think we could get some first person personal commentary about it. Are you robbing a bank? Getting laid? Killing yourself? Come on, folks! What's up with you at this VERY moment?????
04/22/2011 11:17:11 AM · #7
Sometimes, real time events exceed science fiction fantasy. If I mention Stuxnet and Bushehr, do you know what might happen pretty soon? And, the US military industrial complex will announce a cyberstrategy soon. To say nothing of the launch of drone strikes in Libya.

I feel this is all too sobering to even think about. And, the parallels with the Terminator series is too close for comfort.

I'm headed out to photograph some nature scenes, while I still can.

Message edited by author 2011-04-22 11:18:03.
04/22/2011 11:22:20 AM · #8
Schwarzennegger's looking old these days. I can outrun a walker.
04/22/2011 11:23:24 AM · #9
Working... Now leave me alone... :)
04/22/2011 11:45:10 AM · #10
Don't worry...nature will still be there when the machines take over....don't you remember? Sarah Conner was heading to the mountians because she knew she would survive there.

Originally posted by hahn23:

Sometimes, real time events exceed science fiction fantasy. If I mention Stuxnet and Bushehr, do you know what might happen pretty soon? And, the US military industrial complex will announce a cyberstrategy soon. To say nothing of the launch of drone strikes in Libya.

I feel this is all too sobering to even think about. And, the parallels with the Terminator series is too close for comfort.

I'm headed out to photograph some nature scenes, while I still can.
04/22/2011 12:30:31 PM · #11
There was a precursor to all that, "way back" in 1970, as some of you old folks may remember:

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project


04/22/2011 12:37:37 PM · #12
That might explain why Facebook has been acting up....
04/22/2011 05:16:21 PM · #13
They attacked on Good Friday?!? Geez. Friggin' machines....
04/22/2011 07:15:14 PM · #14
Originally posted by kenskid:

Don't worry...nature will still be there when the machines take over....don't you remember? Sarah Conner was heading to the mountians because she knew she would survive there.

Why do you think I live in the mountains at 8500'.
04/22/2011 07:20:14 PM · #15
...because Canon cameras take better photos in the mountains?

Originally posted by hahn23:

Originally posted by kenskid:

Don't worry...nature will still be there when the machines take over....don't you remember? Sarah Conner was heading to the mountians because she knew she would survive there.

Why do you think I live in the mountains at 8500'.
04/22/2011 07:54:13 PM · #16
Originally posted by kenskid:

...because Canon cameras take better photos in the mountains?

Originally posted by hahn23:

Originally posted by kenskid:

Don't worry...nature will still be there when the machines take over....don't you remember? Sarah Conner was heading to the mountians because she knew she would survive there.

Why do you think I live in the mountains at 8500'.

Actually, I have friends with Nikon equipment...their image captures are equal or better. My "batteries" are recharged in the mountains. That's what it's all about.
04/22/2011 07:57:54 PM · #17
I can believe that Nikons work better in the mountains because I know for a fact that they don't take good pictures in the south.

Originally posted by hahn23:

Originally posted by kenskid:

...because Canon cameras take better photos in the mountains?

Originally posted by hahn23:

Originally posted by kenskid:

Don't worry...nature will still be there when the machines take over....don't you remember? Sarah Conner was heading to the mountians because she knew she would survive there.

Why do you think I live in the mountains at 8500'.

Actually, I have friends with Nikon equipment...their image captures are equal or better. My "batteries" are recharged in the mountains. That's what it's all about.
04/22/2011 10:16:20 PM · #18
Originally posted by kenskid:

I just went out a purchased a Phased Plasma Rifle in the 40-watt range and it was a pain in the ass to fill out all the paperwork on that big boy.



Inquiring minds want to know more about this ?!?!
04/22/2011 10:19:12 PM · #19
What do you want to know? I can tell you it is bad ass. When I first asked the shop owner for it, he looked at me and said..."just what you see pal". It took a little while to convince him to show me what he had in the back.
Check it out here.

Originally posted by scooter97:

Originally posted by kenskid:

I just went out a purchased a Phased Plasma Rifle in the 40-watt range and it was a pain in the ass to fill out all the paperwork on that big boy.



Inquiring minds want to know more about this ?!?!


Message edited by author 2011-04-22 22:20:59.
04/22/2011 10:48:19 PM · #20
So much clearer now. I applaud you for having the foresight to purchase such a weapon before they are outlawed ;)
04/22/2011 10:51:44 PM · #21
Yep...picked up three.

Originally posted by scooter97:

So much clearer now. I applaud you for having the foresight to purchase such a weapon before they are outlawed ;)
04/22/2011 10:55:30 PM · #22
If you have one to spare, I'd gladly take it off your hands. I'm sure there will be a need for it sometime soon :D
04/23/2011 12:14:26 AM · #23
I am going to wait for the florescent model. It only uses 8 watts but they say it's just as good.
04/23/2011 01:30:55 AM · #24
But it contains mercury.

Originally posted by TonyT:

I am going to wait for the florescent model. It only uses 8 watts but they say it's just as good.
04/23/2011 04:23:33 AM · #25
The first machine to do so!

That's just great news. Heh...they even mention SkyNet.lol.
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