Raithe

Finished work, then started installing Windows on the new PC. Wanting to get it set up before transferring stuff (both data and other hardware) from the old PC. Man, it is reminding me of all the things I dislike about Windows 10. That whole slice of frustration is making me non-excited about all the shiny hardware.

WSLS - "I couldn't resist" ; Actor Dennis Quaid is adopting a Lynchburg shelter cat named Dennis Quaid

Hm. and they've started shooting the new Leverage. Everyone is back except Hutton. They haven't clarified if it is a continuation or an actual reboot....

When someone tries making a Space Marine look somewhat human proportional....

Humans: *Sends interstellar radio messages into space* Every Lifeform in the Universe: *Swipes Left*

Okay, that amused me.

I am tempted to put this under "funny things", but still.... The Guardian - According to Brian Blessed, The Queen said that Flash Gordon is one of her favourite films

Ouch. UCF - Broken cable damages Arecibo Observatory

The things that happen at Cons..

There is also a reason I put that in the "Funny Stuff" thread....

Okay, point of thought: According to Star Trek, future clothes pretty much all look like pajamas. What if 2020 is the year that happened - because quarantine?

Right-Wingers in 2016: "We're not facsists, that's hyperbolic nonsense!" Right-Wingers in 2020: "If you didn't want to be abducted by the secret police, you shouldn't have been outside with different thoughts than me."

Tor - Terry Pratchett's The Watch to debut on BBC in January

To be fair, things like India wasn't even a government decision. Hell, as far as personal correspondence at the time has shown, the actual people in government were rather annoyed with the East India Company about that whole thing. Then they just had to run with the ball or it would have been a very bad job indeed.