The Internet is its own region and thusly has a dialect unique to the inhabitants.  To this end, l33t and tech are relegated to mere “accent” status, and the cadence and structure of the dialect conforms and transforms culture. Language drives culture and interaction.  It should be apparent that language is a prerequisite to ordered filing systems,...

It’s not as easy a question as you might think.  I personally know about several pretty serious beings that Conan has brought low–some that are arguably more powerful that Vader.  It not just about a steel sword up against a light saber.  One has to consider the entire package here. I won’t delve into the un-answerable, but here is some...

It is truly paradigm shattering when empirical evidence confronts one to up-end a fully-realized meme. What is more well known than the epic battle between Galileo and the Catholic Office of the Inquisition? How he was tried and would have had a death sentence executed* for teaching that the Earth was not the center of the Universe in contradiction to the...

Well…as it sits on our kitchen counter it doesn’t look like much.  But, you’ll have to trust me.  It will butterfly into an extremely cool rocket.  It is completely custom designed using the fantastic RockSim 8.0 program. It will fly on a 29mm Aerotech reload, and hit about 1660ft on an F40.  Which is about where I wanted it. ...

I started working on a short story based upon the work of Ray Bradbury about 10 years ago.  I never could quite get the feel right…but now, I’ve finally finished it.  Or abandoned it.  There were alot of references that wanted to put in which simply would not fit, and there were a few that stayed in that I probably slighted.  And then...