War of All Worlds

Special K: The grandparents of Tom Cruise's kids at the end of War of the Worlds (2005) are played by Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, the two leads of 1953's The War Of The Worlds.

b1-66er: THAT I did not know.

Great trivia.

K: Yes. I just watched it Saturday night and didn't know.

b1: Where'd you stumble across that fact?

Thave a Criterion DVD version of the

original WotW and

I'm pretty sure that fact isn't mentioned in there.

K: I was searching to see where the movie was filmed, and that tidbit turned up.

https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/w/War-Of-The-Worlds-2005.php

This is what you get...

b1-66er: "...He found an error in the maths..."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/19/jeremiah-horrocks-the-forgotten-maths-genius-who-laid-the-foundations-for-isaac-newton

Special K: Don't arrest that man.

...butt watt am eye?...

b1-66er: 

b1 okay Google, who is smarter, you or Leslie?

G I know you know my real name.

MISTER Crypto: Weird

Special K: Oh snap..

One thumbs up

b1-66er: Just tried calling you.

Many rings. No answer.

I was merely calling to say hi.

Special K: We were watching Spartacus. Still are - it's 3.5 hours. 

b1: Watching the movie, itself, is like a gladiation event.

K: I'm loving it so far. Never saw any part of it before. 

b1: Not even IRL?

K: Nuthin.

b1: So THAT'S one way we're different.

K: Seeing Spartacus?

b1: No.

Having parts of your life being like a gladiation event.

K: Ah. 

Pinched

b1-66er: <Wombo>

 https://www.npr.org/2023/03/15/1163615206/maine-lobster-industry-sues-california-aquarium 

b1-67er: While helping out at MPC we did a project for a company developing submersible floats for lobster traps. You send a low frequency pound signal in the water to release the floats. So the fisherman goes out, triggers the floats, they raise to the surface and he retrieves them. It minimizes wale entanglement 

It has a knock on benefit. People steeling or raiding your lobster traps is such a big problem fisherman go out just to watch their traps.

Swearing about talking about walking the rubber knife edge

b1-66er: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/buffalo-wild-wings-has-hilarious-response-lawsuit-claiming-boneless-wings-arent-wings/XXYRA4F3BRGIHO4MIXACMJGM7E/

D4rw1n: That tweet is so meta it crosses from insulting to meta to insulting 

Of apples and kites

b1-66er: <Wombo>

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/14/1157862843/endangered-snail-kite-invasive-apple-snail-florida

b1-67er: There are a bunch of rare snails in the Everglades, some native only to a single clump of trees. Many are in trouble because shell collectors poach them for their exotic patterns.