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Looks like the Sci-Fi Channel is planning an MMO in which the actions of the players will shape and guide an ongoing television show.

A television show that is on once a week isn’t enough. The fans today want the experience to go beyond that. For example, we can tell them that there will be an alien invasion at a certain place in the game, at a certain time, and to be there with all their friends and be ready. The outcome depends on them. And then that battle will be part of the universe in the show. -Dave Howe, CEO of the Sci-Fi Channel

This was actually planned a long time ago for the Battlestar Galactica series, but scrapped for more traditional scripts. Little is known about the project other than that it exists.

Sci-Fi needs to get cooking on this project if they are planning to go live by 2010, especially since once Battlestar Galactica goes off the air is there any reason to even watch the Sci-Fi channel anymore?

I know, I know, another Grand Theft Auto comic. Well, I’m only about 20% through the game, so I can’t guarantee there wont be any more, but I cant think of any right now.

What drives me crazy about Liberty City is the freakin cop cars every 30 feet and how you can do anything you want besides steal a car right in front of them or give their squad cars even the slightest love tap, because that’s just taking it too far.

But still, a fantastic game.

Have you ever been out shopping, holding your fiance’s purse, staring at a rack of belts and find yourself thinking wow these would be easy to walk out with? I mean common, $30, for a belt, a guys belt that’s one of five shades of brown. Give me a break. Not looking forward to when my current belt starts to break down, with inflation and what not belts might be $100 by the end of summer. Stupid belts.

This is an Image of Namba Parks in Japan. I hate linking to the censorship Nazis over at Wikipedia, but the official site is in Japanese, so I figure this would be better, for most of you at least.

One step closer to Star Trek

ST. LOUIS, June 03, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] fired its new thin-disk laser system repeatedly in recent tests, achieving the highest known simultaneous power, beam quality and run time for any solid-state laser to date.

In each laser firing at Boeing’s facility in West Hills, Calif., the high-energy laser achieved power levels of over 25 kilowatts for multi-second durations, with a measured beam quality suitable for a tactical weapon system. The Boeing laser integrates multiple thin-disk lasers into a single system. Through these successful tests, the Boeing team has proven the concept of scalability to a 100-kilowatt-class system based on the same architecture and technology.

“Solid-state lasers will revolutionize the battlefield by giving the warfighter an ultra-precision engagement capability that can dramatically reduce collateral damage,” said Scott Fancher, vice president and general manager of Boeing Missile Defense Systems. “These successful tests show that Boeing has made solid progress toward making this revolutionary capability a reality.”

The thin-disk laser is an initiative to demonstrate that solid-state laser technologies are now ready to move out of the laboratory and into full development as weapon systems. Solid-state lasers are powered by electricity, making them highly mobile and supportable on the battlefield. The Boeing laser represents the most electrically efficient solid-state laser technology known. The system is designed to meet the rapid-fire, rapid-retargeting requirements of area-defense, anti-missile and anti-mortar tactical high-energy laser systems. It is also ideal for non-lethal, ultra-precision strike missions urgently needed by warfighters in war zones.

“This accomplishment demonstrates Boeing’s commitment to advancing the state of the art in directed energy technology,” said Gary Fitzmire, vice president and program director of Boeing Directed Energy Systems. “These successful tests are a significant milestone toward providing reliable and supportable lasers to U.S. warfighters.”

Boeing’s approach incorporates a series of commercial-off-the-shelf, state-of-the-art lasers used in the automotive industry. These industrial lasers have demonstrated exceedingly high reliability, supportability and maintainability.

A high-power solid-state laser will damage, disable or destroy targets at the speed of light, with little to no collateral damage, supporting missions on the battlefield and in urban operations.

Can you say freakin laser sniper weapon not affected by gravity?!

I did like the original Shrek, heck I’ve even watched it multiple times, but that complete tragedy called Madagascar that Dreamworks put out a couple years ago make me cringe every time I think of a computer generated move not made by Pixar. Kung Fu Panda looks kinda funny, but so did Madagascar. Sounds like a future Netflix candidate.

That being said, I cant wait to see Wall·E

One of my biggest complaint about remote control cars were their short play time after hours of waiting and doing chores. And if you think I am exaggerating, then you never had a remote control hovercraft as a kid.

The Onion reports on the new World of Warcraft sequel.

‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing ‘Warcraft’

A terrorist fist pump, are you kidding me? I’m not knocking Obama’s wife for going for the fist pump, but the idiots on FOX News who are wanting to link Obama to terrorism at the drop of a hat just because his name is very similar to various other undesirable persons.

News Flash

A person’s name does not decide what religion they will choose to follow, what groups they choose to associate themselves with nor does it decide on what that person grows up to become.

Full episodes of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are now available on HULU

No more 30 second clips from ComedyCentral.com, woot!