The Quantum Mechanic » geekage http://quantum-mechanic.com Uncertain rants and musings Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:04:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 If only Beethoven had followed in the footsteps of his teacher… http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/01/29/if-only-beethoven-had-followed-in-the-footsteps-of-his-teacher/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/01/29/if-only-beethoven-had-followed-in-the-footsteps-of-his-teacher/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:40:34 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/01/29/if-only-beethoven-had-followed-in-the-footsteps-of-his-teacher/ Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
(and listen to the samples!)

“Doing-doing-doing-DOINNNNNG. Doing-doing-doing-DOINNNNNNG!”

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/01/29/if-only-beethoven-had-followed-in-the-footsteps-of-his-teacher/feed/ 0 Moore’s Law, baby! http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/01/22/moores-law-baby/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/01/22/moores-law-baby/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:47:26 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/01/22/moores-law-baby/ We’ve come a long, long way.

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/01/22/moores-law-baby/feed/ 0 Tales of Supernatural Law! http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/12/16/tales-of-supernatural-law/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/12/16/tales-of-supernatural-law/#comments Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:37:11 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/12/16/tales-of-supernatural-law/ Damn that Volokh Conspiracy commenter for finding me another webcomic to waste time on.

As a legal geek and mild horror fan, I find Supernatural Law nicely amusing and a fun read. Based on the webcomic, I’ve decided to take a flyer by ordering some of their collections of past physical SL comics.

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/12/16/tales-of-supernatural-law/feed/ 0 Be true, Unbeliever! http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/06/25/be-true-unbeliever/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/06/25/be-true-unbeliever/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:42:39 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/06/25/be-true-unbeliever/ For people who are into self-punishment, be aware that book 2 (Fatal Revenant) of four of The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant will be out this October.

Though if dictionary publishers were more on the ball, they’d strike a deal with Donaldson’s publisher to give away a paperback collegiate dictionary with each copy of Fatal Revenant. Lord knows Donaldson loves his 4-bit words (let alone 2-bit ones).

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/06/25/be-true-unbeliever/feed/ 1 Happy 30th, SW! http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/05/25/happy-30th-sw/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/05/25/happy-30th-sw/#comments Fri, 25 May 2007 18:07:33 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/05/25/happy-30th-sw/ Star Wars opened on 25 May, 1977.

Tempus fugit and all that…

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Tom Cruise is rumoured to be starring in the latest Star Trek movie – as Mr Spock.

May JJ Abrams rot in hell forever.

(via)

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/11/04/nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo/feed/ 1 “You and I are of a kind. In a different reality, I could have called you friend.” http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/09/11/you-and-i-are-of-a-kind-in-a-different-reality-i-could-have-called-you-friend/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/09/11/you-and-i-are-of-a-kind-in-a-different-reality-i-could-have-called-you-friend/#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:25:44 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/09/11/you-and-i-are-of-a-kind-in-a-different-reality-i-could-have-called-you-friend/ The remastered Balance of Terror will air locally on Channel 5 at 02:05 on 18 September. Set your TiVos on stun!

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/09/11/you-and-i-are-of-a-kind-in-a-different-reality-i-could-have-called-you-friend/feed/ 1 Happy 40th! http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/09/08/happy-40th/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/09/08/happy-40th/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:16:29 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/09/08/happy-40th/

Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her five-year mission: to explore strange, new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.

September 8, 1966.

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/09/08/happy-40th/feed/ 1 Space, the final frontier… http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/08/31/space-the-final-frontier/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/08/31/space-the-final-frontier/#comments Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:29:26 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/08/31/space-the-final-frontier/ It appears that Star Trek is going to be given the “Special Edition” treatment.

While it does sound cool at some level, what’s the point? And changing the music, noises, and SFX shots to be more modern? Won’t that create horrible mismatches with the rest of the footage?

The cynical part of me wonders if this isn’t a ploy on the part of the studios to push fans (who have seen the atrocities Lucas has committed on the original Star Wars films) to start buying DVDs now, so they can have the originals before they go out of print.

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/08/31/space-the-final-frontier/feed/ 2 How not to do your job better http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/07/how-not-to-do-your-job-better/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/07/how-not-to-do-your-job-better/#comments Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:14:16 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/07/how-not-to-do-your-job-better/ This is not the best of ideas.

Not that the FBI doesn’t deserve a flogging, too.

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