I can guarantee that most petrologists will continue to refer to it as perskovite.

dv posted:

j_tso posted:

I was little when this was around. Why didn't I get one?

Projecting here, but my guess would be:

You already have a swing set, we don't get toys that need batteries because batteries are too expensive, and were not getting a dog because it's not allowed in the lease.

That's not a dog, that's a Tauntaun.

Gotta be in Britain. My doctors all have fishing pictures on the walls.

j_tso posted:

I was little when this was around. Why didn't I get one?

to me it looks like a monster lawsuit machine

It's got the official movie logo doesn't it?

The names are changed.

Or do you mean the gap in the side without a ladder?

Ain't that many Hippos, Lions, Wolves and Elephants. Keeps the numbers down.

Not sure bugs belong on that list, anyway.

Is that put out by Mosquito Patrol?

TOS posted:

j_tso posted:

I was little when this was around. Why didn't I get one?

to me it looks like a monster lawsuit machine

hey, whoah, there's one on ebay!

Licensed by Lucas.

Maybe you shouldn't have posted that link.

what's the prob?

TOS posted:

to me it looks like a monster lawsuit machine

ukimalefu posted:

So much stupid, but still. I d

is that a toe coming off, or just a flip-flop?

This could save thousands

ukimalefu posted:

I had one of those. I was an early adopter.

sturner posted:

ukimalefu posted:

I had one of those. I was a suckerchump.

fixed

TOS posted:

I hope the work that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has done on malaria will come up with a cure soon. That's way too many people who die each year from a parasite transmitted by friggin' little insect.

sturner posted:

ukimalefu posted:

I had one of those. I was an early adopter.

My first business was built around those machines. I cleaned and serviced rental VCRs for the video rental businesses that popped up all over in the late 70s and 80s. Then I expanded into servicing customer machines. Sony maintained a parts warehouse in my city that sold to anyone, over the counter, Sony spare parts. Sony used to be a fine company to deal with. I bought my first condo with money I made from that. And I was still in high school. What an awesome era. So much opportunity in stupid luxury items.

macuser posted:

TOS posted:

I hope the work that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has done on malaria will come up with a cure soon. That's way too many people who die each year from a parasite transmitted by friggin' little insect.

There's a vaccine that's showing promise, but it has to be injected intravenously. That would make it a non-starter for widespread immunization of developing nations and would be another item for the developed nations only.

Torture a man and he'll tell you anything. In this case, Iggy Pop is saying "Justin Bieber is the future of rock'n'roll".



It's a campaign against torture. And I agree, but, I don't see much difference with the normal look of Iggy. They went easy on him. And the Bieber hate is so overdone it's now a joke.

And rock is dead. It has no future.

Very nice! What are the theories about the lack of "seas" on the dark side?

user posted:

Very nice! What are the theories about the lack of "seas" on the dark side?

It's an asteroid sponge?

radarman posted:

pen pals? so, I can't "visit"?

radarman posted:

What, no unicorns?

Let's not drop off into fantasy-land.