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I’m a cruise line executive (that’s my day job at least, I like to think I am a few other things, too.) But, this is a legitimate conversation for any company in my line of work that has a longview, in my opinion. Talking about space cruising is something that happens regularly in my world, especially now that Branson… Read more
You can also hear the kids talking about how he drinks every day and tries to sell them adderall as the cop is arresting him. Read more
That was the second of two incidents in the same month. Here’s the first: Read more
A couple of readers emailed me to let me know that this is not Luke’s first time getting arrested. He allegedly called a cop a “nigger” in September 2014, according to a police report. Read more
“This is getting posted somewhere, and you’re gonna look like a fuckin’ tool” Read more
I got this book for Christmas when I was 12 (1985)! Awesome to see it here. It was totally gee whiz cool and inspirational. My best friend and I followed one of the recipes in it and made earthworm/chocolate chip cookies. Tasted great. Read more
Dude, WTF!
I keep thinking about how cool this idea is, ten ships going to Mars. Read more
“Corn dog gauntlet”
“why people care about Mars.” Read more
There is one problem with sending robots...
The day we go to Mars, we should go to stay. No way back, no half measures. It will take a hundred years for us to go there, but we will go, and we’ll bring life with us. Read more
Now, the one quote that I think is ascribed to me in Bartlett’s Quotations is ‘never send a human to do a robot’s job.’ Now, that comment has led some people to believe that I am against human spaceflight. That is not true at all. I’m not against human spaceflight and I believe that once robots have done what they… Read more
I know that Mars isn’t as comfortable as Hawaii, but it’s still amazing to me just how “mild” the surface is compared to the surface of every other world in the solar system. Read more
The biggest thing about the Jetsons and 2001 a space Odyssey and other futuristic shows of the time was that this is what we thought our near future was likely to be (minus sillyness things). This was a time of tremendous change at every level— technology, medicine, race relations, agriculture, sexually, politically… Read more
The Stop Making Sense tour was the best concert I’ve ever seen. In a college paper, on the subject of voice synthesis, I predicted that everyone would have their entire music catalog in their computer, within 25 years. This was shortly after seeing the Talking Heads on the Stop Making Sense tour. Coincidence?
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Tidal is great, you just need high quality headphones like Beats to truly appreciate it. Read more