George Allen Miller One Geek's take on all things SciFi

Alright, that was cheesy, but got your attention. Just a quite note on the volcano, it had nothing to do with the doomsday preached by Harold Camping for the 21st of May, 2011. I thought i'd share that one. 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 ... More

I spent ten years in a baptist school. From third through senior I was inundated with Christian philosophy including the end of times. I even watched some crazy movie about how, when Satan rules the land, people will get tattoo's on their foreheads and/or hands. So, I know where the doomsdayers are coming from. At least, I know what they are expecting. 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" ... More

There is a new book out, the author of which appeared on the Daily Show recently, that claims to know what's going on at Area 51. And it's not aliens. Well, not space aliens. What is it? Would you believe it was a Soviet spy plane filled with mutant Nazi children on a mission to start mass panic in the US? Crazy huh? Boy do I miss the cold war! 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 ... More

I just read a Yahoo news story about a book just come out where in an intern, or intern Savior, or whatever, claims that interns are mistreated, misused and if they disappeared the world would stop. Wow. 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 ... More

I'm sure you, like me, are waiting patiently for the Singularity event. That great time when computers will match the power of the human mind. When computers will actually be able to think and be able to do it a hundred thousand times faster than the human mind. What that means is we will be able to ask it the all important question, how do we rewind the clock on our bodies and live forever. We're hoping that the computers tell us and not hold out as some sort of cosmic joke. The reality is we will be able to replace organs, turn back aging, improve our own brains and live for thousands of years. Who doesn't want that to happen? According to Aubrey de Grey we should be able to be 20-25 forever, if we just learn how to do a few key things. Eventually we'll be able to crack the speed of light and go to other stars. We'll colonize the galaxy and maybe the universe. Doesn't that sound cool? Well, I for one, and on like donkey kong for ... More