[Spoiler!] Terminator Salvation’s downfall – The story!

Terminator Salvation Review: Really? That’s Skynet’s Plan? – GFR.

Skynet captures Kyle Reese and uses him to lure in John Connor so that it can kill him. Skynet knows John Connor will come to save Kyle, because Skynet knows that in his future Kyle becomes John’s father and Connor needs him if he wants to be born.

Kyle Reese is bait. John Connor is the target. Um… why doesn’t Skynet just shoot Kyle Reese in the head? Game over. John Connor is dead.

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics – Canadian Piracy Numbers

BSA’s Canadian Piracy Numbers Based On Hunches, Not Actual Surveys | Techdirt.

IDC doesn’t bother to survey Canadians about software piracy, because it considers Canada to be a “low piracy” country. So it just makes up the number…

…and then the BSA, other lobbyists, research groups, the press and politicians (including the US Trade Representative) use these made up numbers to support the claims that Canada is a high piracy country.

I’m glad there are news sources that still actually check the sources for validity rather than just assume that news reported by someone else is true.

Bacon martini? Next – the BACON CHEEZEBURGER MARTINI!

I saw this on @Grant Imahara of Mythbusters fame twitter feed.

Chillin @ Redwood Room havin a bacon manhattan. Experimental?… on Twitpic.

Vista SP2 and download speeds

Vista SP2 has been made publicly available, but is not yet up on Windows Update.  You can get it directly from Microsoft using this direct link.

What’s also nice to see is that I was getting a full 1.5 MB/sec download speed.

Just goes to show you you can’t rely on SpeedTest.net for all of your bandwidth testing needs. 

Are Violent Video Games Doing Enough For Our Kids?

Are Violent Video Games Doing Enough to Prepare Our Kids For The Coming Apocalypse?

Star Trek Trailer

The movie's looking good, but I can't find James T. Kirk believable as a 20-something captain of a new starship.  Kirk in TOS seemed much more captain-like than this new JTK in the up coming movie.

So I hope they don't try to make up for a spotty storyline by using multi-million dollar FX.  I'd still watch it for the FX, but if it's not got a good story I'll forget it soon after.

KHAAAAAAAN!

Wrath of Khan' Space Villain Ricardo Montalban Dies at 88

He’s gone up to that Fantasy Island in the sky.   I wonder if he’ll hook back up with his little buddy Hervé Villechaize?

It was in that show that I saw Ricardo when I was a kid, but it was his role of Khan in Star Trek 2 – The Wrath of Khan, that I remember the most fondly.  To date, I believe that’s the best movie Star Trek EVER MADE.  Don’t bother trying to argue with me.  It’s a fact.  Accept it!

Most people don’t know this, but that movie was actually an extension of a storyline created in the original series (TOS) episode called “Space Seed” which featured Ricardo as “Khan Noonien Singh”.

 

Kirk: Khan… Khan, you've got Genesis, but you don't have me. You were going to kill me, Khan. You're going to have to come down here. You're going to have to come down here!
Khan: I've done far worse than kill you, Admiral. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her; marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet… buried alive! Buried alive…!
Kirk: KHAAANNNN!
[echo]
Kirk: KHAAANNNN!

re: Windows 7 beta available to YOU on Friday!

Using some information from some websites on how to get an official download without going through the Windows7 website, I managed to get my key and a copy of Windows7 beta 64bit edition and have installed it.

re: Windows 7 beta available to YOU on Friday!

It's 6:45pm and the download links still aren't up for the Windows 7 download.  This has started to look bad for MS.

re: Windows 7 beta available to YOU on Friday!

I was there at noon, but it's now almost 4pm and the link still isn't up.

At least they've posted an update to those eagerly waiting for the beta to become available:

www.microsoft.com/…/default.aspx

Thanks for your interest in the Windows 7 Beta. The volume has been phenomenal—we're in the process of adding more servers to handle the demand. We're sorry for the delay and we'll re-post the Beta as soon as we can ensure a quality download experience.