So what were we going to do after attracting sentient life?

Lets say they'll try to aim for the area of greatest interest.

Perhaps an area with lots of radio waves. Like maybe downtown Los Angeles.

What happens if the United States shoots down the spacecraft with an SM-3 because it was re-entering at high speed towards LA?

I am finding isolationism more and more appealing as I think about it...

So what were we going to do if SETI found life?

It'd be like SMS, but slower.

@T = 0 (outgoing): "hey did u ever figure out [x]? we're having trouble and the future of humanity kind of depends on it lol"

@T + 150 years (outgoing): "actually nvm, we figured it out"

@T + 600 years (incoming): "no, but msg if you get it working we'd like to know"

@T + 750 years (incoming): "yeah we got it too"

@T + 750 years + 1 month (incoming): "lol"

@T + 750 years + 2 months (incoming): "good talk"

Since Hilldawg has been sharing her geeky stories...

Today I found someone who watches Battlestar Galactica, and it isn't a guy. How wonderfully unexpected.

Just a moment ago I walked down the hall and into someone's room on the left. Lo and behold, there was a ~25" monitor with Chouginga Gurren as the wallpaper. That made my day, but I feel bad now for not knowing that guy's name.

It took a million years for me to find a chat client, because none of them had a skin that fit my shell theme. I downloaded Miranda, Trillian and Pidgin in turn. I ended up using Live Messenger. I'll just talk to people without .Net accounts on Adium.

I often talk to Crobert over MSN despite being in the same room. He often responds by shouting "shut up and throw away your fucking soup!"

Rap is a Man's Soul

A sense of scale

Click for larger.


If you know me, you could probably guess how this ends.

Don't believe in the me that believes in you, don't believe in the you that believes in the me that believes in you!

Believe in the you that believes in yourself!


The two paths between human and beast,
Intertwine to create the path of the Spiral!

Piercing destiny as yesterday's enemies,
Creating a new path towards the future with these hands!

The union of fate!

Gurren Lagann!

WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE!?

The "Union" Jack

It's pretty old actually, but I decided it's worth sharing.

The comments section is particularly enlightening.

俺を誰 だと思ってやがる!?

Whether it's impossible or laughable,
Great men open up paths of battle!

If there's a wall, we break it down!
If there's no path, we make one with these hands!

The core of the heart burns with flames!

Everlasting combination!

Gurren Lagann!

Me!

US!

WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE!?

To hell with gattai!

PNG is not GIF

I've been noticing JPEG artifacts more and more.

People need to use .png more often.

If it's not a photo, highly rendered artwork, or black and white, then it should be in .png.

Also, APNG has potential in replacing GIF for higher quality animation in images with limited colour pallets. Firefox 3 supports it, all the more reason for web designers to hate IE.

Double Trouble

Haha!

I've forgotten how awesome the fight scenes are choreographed. Ranks third in missile slinging madness only to Eureka Seven and Macross.

Kittan...I've accepted your dying wish!

My companions' feelings have been etched onto this body,
I'll change this eternal darkness into light!

Heaven and Earth!

One who matches the gods!

Transcendent super-spiral dreadnought Ganmen
Inter-galactic Gurren Lagann!

I'll show you the power of mankind!

I always want to make an epic picture of Gurren Lagann, but I can't because every scene is already so fucking epic. It's so intense that sunglasses start appearing on everything from sheer willpower.

We're evolving every passing minute!

With one revolution,
We move forward a bit!

That is a drill!
That is your limit!

In this space full of turmoil,
You act like kings and seal other lifeforms,

And that is your limit!

Remember this well,
As this drill rips holes though the universe,
That hole will become a path for those who follow us,
The wishes of the defeated and the hopes of everyone who follows,
With these thoughts, with twenty spirals weaved in, we will carve the path to tomorrow!

That is heaven shattering...that is...GURREN LAGANN!

MY DRILL IS A DRILL THAT PIERCES THE HEAVENS!

Are all the lights in the heavens our enemy?

Even if we were to be enslaved in the galaxy's cycle of rebirth,
the feelings that were left behind will open the door!

Even if the infinite Universe were to go against us,
our burning blood will cut through fate!

We'll break through the heavens and dimensions!

We'll show you our path through force!

HEAVEN SHATTERING GURREN LAGANN!

WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE‽

HaHA! Foreshadowing!

"Your drill is a drill that will pierce the heavens!"

Then, they break the universe.