Space Station Colbert

The votes are in. And the winner is...Colbert.

NASA's online contest to name the next module for the International Space Station ended Friday with almost 1.2 million votes cast. And Stephen Colbert won. And by a lot. Personally, I think that is funny as hell. You would think that in this day and age, with a bridge in Hungary, a sports team's mascot and an eagle named after Colbert, people would stop allowing write-ins on their naming contests. Stephen will just hijack your contest and get it named after him. You know he will.

Anyway, if NASA allows it, it looks like the internet fanboys have won . If they don't, the internet fanboys still win because the second place winner is Serenity (which of course is the name of the space ship in the cult classic Firefly series and movie).

I really doubt NASA is going to name Node 3, "Colbert," but if they do, whenever I see that bright point of light streaking across the night sky, I won't be able to help but think of this...

— Justin

The entire "Cosmos" Series

I was pleased to locate the complete 13 hours of Carl Sagan's Cosmos series on Hulu. Sagan teaches us about intelligent life, space travel, and urges viewers to contemplate existence. Created and filmed in 1980, the science presented is still informative and contemporary.

— Tony

Rebranding the SciFi Channel

According to a press release from the SciFi Channel, they intend to reinvent themselves into the Syfy Channel. Heh. Siffy Channel.

Please take the time read the fan-boy comments at the bottom and also the ones to the response article for all the fan-boy comments!

Justin and Scott are devoted Battlestar Galactica watchers, and I have never missed an episode of Eureka, but other than those two shows ... seems little left to offer. The SciFi Channel is just playing Star Trek TNG reruns between episodes of Ghost Hunters, add a dash of horrible, in house movies and then sprinkle in a good show for 1 hour of the week.

Speaking of shitty TV channels ... remember when G4 was Tech TV and it didn't suck?

— Tony

Beer Correction

Before we get any emails, I want to point out a mistake that was made. I referred to the 90 Shilling as an English beer, and I was totally wrong. First it is brewed by the Odell Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado. Secondly, it is their version of traditional Scottish ale. My bad.

— Justin

And I said "post-humorously," but what can I say I was a wee bit drunk. I meant to say posthumously meaning after death.

— Tony

Beer Bullshit + Brains Episode #03

Beer and drinking beer seems to be the prevailing topic of the episode but we did get time to argue about vampires!

Episode #03 Show Notes

This episode we discussed beer, beer and more beer, climate change with economic shifts, and vampires!

Here are the links to stories discussed in this week's episode.

Beer Benefits

Italy dig unearths female 'vampire' in Venice

Is the Financial Crisis Saving the Planet?

The Artwork of Brady Scott

Dinosaur Comics, Zombies vs. Vampires

As a footnote to the "Bullshit Question of the Week," I have been doing some research on vampire regeneration. In the classical Nosferatu, Vlad the Impaler & Bram Stoker Dracula stories I could find no mention of regeneration.

Yet in more contemporary stories of vampires, the supernatural powers of these undead keep growing and expanding further in to the realm of super anti-heroism, without any limits. These increased powers also have a relation to age, the older the vampire, the more super powers they seem to acquire.

One prime example if from the Japanese animation series "Hellsing" which tells the tale of Alucard, a ridiculously over powered vampire, that oddly enough works with humans to kill other vampires. Alucard does have the power of unlimited regeneration, which makes him pretty much impossible to kill. At least Superman had Kryptonite.

Justin has a point as do I, but since we did not define the terms of classic vampire mythology or contemporary comic book and manga undead, I will admit defeat.

Comments?

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