My first thoughts of this were, simply put, “Awesomely Awesome!”. Yes, I happen to be a big fan of Ms. Day. I think her show The Guild is just great and her timid acting style is a perfect fit for any geek. She’s seems to be fitting well into the cast of Eureka and her character seems right at home dealing with Fargo.

I wonder how long she’ll be on the show and if it will effect the long term future of The Guild. Eh, probably unwarranted concerns. Either way, if you haven’t had a chance to check out Eureka’s new summer season with Felicia Day, I highly recommend it. Not only do you get to see her supreme geeky coolness, but you also get to see the great show of Eureka itself. It’s in an awesome reboot style season where several main cast characters have gone into an alternate universe and now must deal with what to do next. The wickedly delicious sub plot here is the son of Alison, who in her own universe he was autistic, in this universe he is not. So she is confronted with the constant pain of making a choice to return home or stay with her non-autistic son. Very cool plot.

At any rate. If you haven’t seen it, watch it, its really cool.

I often wonder if I had gone to Harvard, Princeton, Yale or some other top school, how would I have turned out. I know its fruitless to look back and wonder what if, but shit man, I could have made the facebook site in two weeks, who couldn’t? I’ve remade 5 million dollar a year websites in a month before, from scratch! Sigh.

The real question is, ok, I didn’t invent some crazy cool website like Facebook, but can I now? Is it still possible to invent something that will rock like all the others have? Is the idea of dorm room companies even possible anymore? I don’t know. There’s a lot of others out there, yes from Harvard and every other college, that are a lot younger, can write a lot better code than I can and have a lot more time to do it.

But I am not deterred. Granted this blog has been mostly a failure. I get maybe 20 people a day. But I think I can come up with something great. I’m working on it now, wish me luck!

On the scifi front, we’ve a ton of new shows coming out. I haven’t even had a chance to watch them all. I want to review them as I watch them. Going to be a fun scifi summer!

Lets get some framework going here, and then I, yes I, will show you how all three are wrong and what the meaning of the Singularity event really is. First, the singularity event is something that will/might/won’t happen in the future where computers become just as smart as people. That is the event. Once that happens we can call up our trusty dusty computer and ask it a question and it may or may not answer, since it’s just as smart as us it may just choose not to.

Of course, that’s the problem that Mr. Stross has. The computer, you see, will never be as smart as us because we have millions of years of evolution. Our intelligence has been crafted by generations of suffering and misery and goddamnit, no machine will ever be able to be us!

Mr. Knapp says, slow down there Mr. Stross, we’re not saying that computers will be human intelligence they will just be as intelligent as us. So when we ask them, why the fuck my computer has blue screened, they will tell us, because window’s sucks.

Mr. Anissimov, whose name is just far to similar to Asimov, says…well I really don’t know what the hell he says. Honestly, the debate is really a philosophical one and not one that is helpful or hurtful to the emerging singularity event, that will of course happen.

How do I know it will happen? Because, the singularity event really has nothing to do with whether or not you can ask your toaster to not burn the toast. Wanna know what it is? The really big secret?

Ok, it’s not really a secret. All the singularity event really is is a time when computers become so powerful we can ask them, just what do I need to do to live forever? A computer will become so powerful that it will be able to totally simulate the human body. When that’s done we’ll be able to rapidly test drugs, in hours and not years. We’ll be able to model replacement organs. We’ll be able to do experiments on the human body that we can not do today.

Computers and the medical industry will fully merge and replacement organs, parts, etc will allow us to extend our lives and live indefinitely. We’ll be able to replace eyes, ears, augment our immune systems and perhaps even record our brains so that if our bodies do suffer major trauma, we can have a new body grown and plugged right back into it.

Ray Kurzweil knows full well that’s what the singularity event is. He doesn’t give a good god damn whether or not he can have a conversation with the computer, he only cares if the computer will save his life and extend it, not to mention make him young again and bring his father back from the dead (yes he really wants that).

So the next time you see a couple of bloggers debating the fate of future AI, just remember, we don’t give a shit. All we want is our bodies to be 25 and stay that way for 1,000 years. If they do turn out to be intelligent, and threaten us in any way, we’ll just unplug the fuckers.

Of course, I doubt anyone really gives a shit about these two idiots. They were granted a 60+ million dollar win against the Facebook and they still pursued more litigation. Yes, they 60+ million dollars wasn’t enough to satiate their incredible desire for revenge, or wealth, or just plain greed.

But don’t worry, they will still live on and be part of the elite of the country, find great jobs, and lobby the hell out of congress to not raise their taxes. Yes, you just watched a dance of the rich and assholish. They fight, barter and trade over millions while you and me can’t afford to pay  our bills. They piss away millions and while millions of American’s go unemployed. Nice isn’t it?

In case you haven’t noticed, I hate the Facebook. I much prefer looking at the Lamebook. Very funny and I highly recommend it.

On other news, I am back after studying for and passing certification exams so expect to see some more posts coming along. There’s a ton of new Sci Fi shows coming out and each and everyone one of them needs to be watched and blogged about until i’m blue in the face.

Yes, Eve Online is based in Iceland and yes they did have a volcano eruption. But, what else is new? Volcano’s erupt there quite regularly. The entire island is sitting on a series of volcano’s after all. And no, it has nothing to do with the Sansha nation. They are an NPC group in the wildly popular Eve Online game, which I used to play regularly.

I did give up Eve Online some time ago. I just couldn’t get around the fact that you had to have a ton of friends to really do anything cool. I mean if you are some super powerful and uber rich guy, you can’t just go off and buy your own star system. Some player empire will come along and kick your ass out of it eventually, and that kinda sucks.

It would be nice if they somehow evened the playing field to allow for the small frys to concentrate their power and at least hold on to a single system. Of course, eventually, some big bad guy will eventually be able to break in, but at least for a time a small fry made it happen.

Oh and about the Doomsday. Well, what can ya say. I’m surprised this had that much traction actually. CNN even had this on their front page. Was everyone, even the non-believers, just a little bit wanting the rapture to happen? I think they were. But, sorry, it’s not going to. I really feel bad for the folks that gave up their jobs and spent thousands on this thing. It’s really proof that religion should be kept to Sunday mornings and not allowed to creep out into every day life. It’s just bad for you. Just like alcohol, only in moderation. That’s all I got this Sunday, have a happy not-day-after-doomsday!

Of course, the bible says no man can know when the time will come. So they are in effect spitting in the eye of God. But hey, spit away, he doesn’t exist anyway.

Yes, I’m a reformed Christian. I don’t believe in any religion. I won’t go as far to say that there is no afterlife, but certainly, any religion created thousands of years ago is not likely to be accurate. Primitive people trying to explain their world will often resort to some kind of supreme power that can explain everything.

Rest assured though, the end of the world is not going to happen tomorrow. I only wish I could have come up with a “give me your money if you think the end will come on the 21st” website. I would have cleaned up. How do I know this? Ya know, this isn’t this song’s first dance.

There have been many cults that think the end of the world has a date. There was one in China, or South Korea, where the followers killed the prophet the day after doomsday.

I’m not advocating any followers of the family network, or whatever idiots are spewing this crap, to kill anyone. Far from it. I’m just saying, the end is not going to come tomorrow on May 21 2011.

I know we are only two hours away from this but anyone willing to give me millions before the end, please do so! I”ll gladly take it and spend it like mad on the 22nd.

I am looking forward to the 22nd to see how these people are going to respond when the day doesn’t come. Many say they will just justify it as ‘oops, we were wrong’ and go about their business. Lots of people have given up their jobs though and many have strained the relationships with their families. For that reason, I think this how debacle is a real crime.

Please please please, once you have seen the end hasn’t come, stop listening to some idiot’s interpretation of the holy books. They are just people. They don’t know anything.  Keep your faith, live your life, don’t worry about the end, worry about being happy and enjoying life. If the end ever comes, deal with it the

Yes, as crazy as it sounds, that is what happened according to author Annie Jacobsen claims to have spoken to over 70 former personnel of Area 51 and gotten them to talk. And they have told her a whopper!

So, remember when the Nazi’s were all the rage in Europe? The last great pillagers and rapers of our age also had a few scientists under their thumbs. Apparently they made a saucer like ship that was stolen by the Soviets when Germany fell. Stalin took the ship and some genetic play things of Joseph Mengele, the super nuttie insane Nazi scientist, loaded them all on the ship and sent it over the US.

The result? It crash lands in the desert and we scoop it up and put it on an army base. I imagine we figured out it wasn’t really aliens, the military did that is, and just kept it as a nyah nyah to Stalin. Still, could it really be true?

What is really shocking in this book, and yes that’s not the shocking part, is that then President Clinton, in the 90′s, asked to know what was going on at Area 51 and was told, you don’t need to know. I find that more shocking than Stalin sending over Mengele babies (mengbabies?, meng? Emperor Ming? Ming the Merciless? Is this all a buck rogers plot?). After all, the soviets did send the CIA on a wild goose chase many times over during the cold war. And often we bought into it.

Still, can anyone that works for the US Government tell the President to piss off? Shit. Those are some ballsy people. If that’s true they they certainly have something powerful to hold over the President. Do you think they told Bush Jr. to piss off? Cheney? I don’t know if I see the dark lord taking a back seat to anyone.

But really,  is this possible? Can this type of a secret really be kept for years and years only to be revealed by a random author after doing a few spot check interviews? Does that really pass mustard?

Just seems to me that somewhere at some point we would have heard some rumor of this. That is, of course, unless the people back in the 50′s who found the craft really did think it was aliens. The space kind. If that’s true then it kinda makes sense. The 50′s Area 51 people thought it really was aliens and that rumor escaped. The 80′s Area 51 people realized it was a Nazi / Soviet plot and just let the old rumors fly. I wonder what the current batch of Area 51 people have to say about it.

Really though, at the end of the day, it’s just some interviewees telling a probing would be author some interesting and sensational news. Here’s a thought, lets come up with a wild story, find an author to tell it, and everyone will forget about aliens at Area 51. Just blame it on the Nazis! Besides, this almost coincides with Iron Sky, a movie where Nazi’s fled to the dark side of the moon and are planning to come back, big time, so maybe this is all just a promotional stunt? We’ll probably never know. But good fodder for the masses regardless!

Are we really raising a generation of whiny little pussies? The author even said that he “talked to interns who have reported being verbally abused or yelled at on the clock”. Oh my god! An intern was yelled at???? Jesus Mary and Joseph, lets get a first aid kit for their ego and make sure they asses are pampered on Italian leather couches.

First off, welcome to the real world. You are being yelled at as an intern? Tough shit. You’ll be yelled at as a ten year employee too. It happens. Some jobs are tense and have lots of demands. There is the rumor that at Apple during the iPhone creation, doors would slam so hard they’d get stuck.

No one likes a whiny little bitch. Don’t be one. You are at the bottom of the totem pole. Like it or not, we all started there. Being an intern gives you an edge on the competition in later years. Though, actually, I doubt that’s even true. I’ve seen tons of resumes and not many had “intern” on them and they still got the job. Either way, it can’t hurt and might help, so do it, and don’t whine.

Whatever value you think you are providing, think again. You are nothing but manual labor. You know nothing, you have nothing to offer, you are pond scum. Live with it. The reason why you are being told to fetch coffee, do errands, etc, is because you can’t do anything else. You don’t know anything about the business that you are interning for, so don’t try to think you do. If an intern came to me and said, ‘give me something real to do’, i’d give it to them and come back to find nothing was done. How do I know? I’ve done it! After delegating something for the interns to do, every time I walked by their desks, they are on Facebook, twitter or just goofin off.

Second, we, businesses, are doing you the favor, not the other way around. What you are getting is 100 times more valuable then what you are giving. You are getting exposure to the real world. Not the made up world of college, but the real world of industry. You are there to soak up anything and everything and maybe learn something. Do it, don’t bitch, just do it.

Third, if all interns disappeared, no one would even notice. We don’t give important jobs to interns. Interns are a pain in the ass. We give them stupid tasks to do because they can’t be trusted with anything real. Why? Because, basically, they don’t give a shit. You can’t really hurt an intern. You can’t fire one. They clearly don’t have to account for the time interning, as they are in school. You aren’t paying them, so there’s no money to lose. So, if they walk out the door, they won’t care, but that important work you had them do walks out with them. Not going to happen.

Bottom line, a message to all interns. Don’t think you are necessary. Don’t read this idiot book. Don’t whine, don’t complain, just suck it up and do it. The lesson is get the job done, whatever it takes, whatever it is. That’s a far more important lesson to learn than, ‘oh gosh, someone yelled at me, i’m going to tell!’. That’s not even a lesson at all.

The link to the article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailycaller/20110518/pl_dailycaller/internnationauthorvisitsdcsaysglamorindustriesoftenmistreatinterns?bouchon=511,dc

The book is: Intern Nation, how to Earn nothing and learn little in the brave new economy by Ross Perlin.

For all those that don’t know, some time ago a planet was found in the sweet spot. A planet that could possible hold life. It was named Gliese 581D. Everyone got excited, everyone jumped up and down, and then it faded into the back of the internet.

Some time later Nasa reportedly found 55 potential planets in the habitable zone and 5 really really good candidates. Suffice to say, there’s likely a bunch of earth’s out there.

So, was Dvice just milking it when it reported that this one is confirmed to be habitable? Is it true?

In a phrase, how they hell do they know? A computer model. The same bad guys that are going to take over the world in fifty years want us to get on a space ship and travel 20 light years away, find nothing, and come back.

All kidding aside, basically some guys in France ran some computer models and predicted that, yes indeed, Gliese 581d is Habitable. They didn’t look at it, they didn’t analyze the atmosphere, they didn’t do any super special test. They just asked a computer.

Sorry, I don’t think that counts. The only way to really confirm if the planet is habitable is to look at the planet, get some information on atmosphere, etc. How exactly can they tell it has liquid water at all? The model said so? Computer models really only as good as the people that programed them.

My vote is, Dvice jumped the penguin, landed on the next penguin, and impaled their asses on a nice pointy beak. I really hope it hurt Dvice, I really do.

Granted, I am no where near as smart as Mr. Hawking, but if a species that has advanced enough to be able to travel the stars to another planet, do we really have to be afraid of them? The technology to do that, and the technology to support that, has to be such that anything they can do, they can do on their own. They would see us as ants on an ant hill.

Now, sure, they could choose to squash us, but again, any species that has advanced that far has had to learn a few things. I would hope one of those is how to get things down with out breaking out the magnifying glass and burning some bugs on the ground.

We also know now that planets like this one are probably all over the place, as is water and organic molecules. So, we don’t have anything that they could want. Hell, they found a planet with diamond mountains. We don’t have anything that can compete with that. What, are they gonna come here for the dim sum?

No, Mr. Hawking, I think any advanced species would only be curious about us. Maybe laugh a bit that we haven’t figured out how to charge our flux capacitor’s, even though we learned how in 1985. They may even throw us a bone or two. And a bone from a million year old species is bound to be mighty tasty.

The other thing Mr. Hawking said recently, today I think, was that there is no god and that the idea of an after life is a fairy tale. Well, way to really turn a bright day into a bummer Mr. Math.

I happen to agree that most religions are just wrong. I don’t believe any god is that concerned with us to give one of us enough strength to tear down a building, but not enough to get a hair cut. I think most are just ways that ancient man tried to explain the world they were living in.

However, that isn’t to say I do believe that there is no life after death. Not because I think the Ghosthunters found a jacket pulling entity on Halloween. But because of a quantum experiment that shows that consciousness has something to do with the universe.

I simply can’t get away from that one. Do a double slit experiment, get your minds out of the gutter, one with a camera observing the slit and one experiment without, and you’ll get different results. The act of trying to observe the particles of light change the nature of the light. That’s just scary to me. It means that this universe is somewhat dependent on our consciousness.

Now, of course that doesn’t mean you get to live after death. But I think it’s a strong suggestion that you might just be able to.

Mr. Hawking’s third point I do agree with. Life your life the utmost. Do as much as you can, don’t be afraid of anything and attack life. You have no guarantee that you’ll get to the Singularity event or that you’ll survive death. So might as well boogie woogie while you still can. I’m off to the party!