Sunday Surf

Shaking my head while watching 'Alpha Company: Iraq Diary' on the Military Channel today.  Said shaking the result of the realization that the soldier boys over there are really just Traffic Cops in Camo.  A silent 'thank you' sarcastically tossed into the Winds of Georgie's War. 

Here's some 'Cheery Baghdad News'.  So much for 'The Surge'.

At least we are seeing the Fall of the NeoCons, eh?

Moving right along at 25x speed!  Came across some Cable Industry News (while pursuing the ever elusive Job Lead, sigh).  Seems Comcast has come up with 'bundled wiring' into a next generation Cable Modem that bumps the broadcast speed to 150Mps.  Yes, you read that right.  Current speeds top out at 6Mps.  Its Comcast's answer to the Fiber Optic Systems that AT&T are rolling out (which are also quite fast at 50Mps).  The new modem should be available in a year or two.  At least Comcast is doing something right!  I'm really sick of their propaganda commercials that run incessantly here in Nashville since AT&T is attempting to get their stuff going here.  It always bemuses me that the Comcast Party Line is that 'You've seen those commercials that AT&T, the largest phone company in the world, is showing telling you that ... blah, blah, blah.  Vote Against AT&T.' Or words to that effect.  Nope, no AT&T commercials on my Comcast branded TV.  Sorry.  Let alone that I would welcome the change with open arms!  Don't even get me started on the damn turtles!

Blizzard announced Starcraft 2.  The big hype was that Blizzard was going to do an MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online) Starcraft. Didn't happen.  Roomie scoffed at that when it was in hot rumor mode.  He is beating his chest and saying 'I told you so' all over the place right now. 

Did you catch the news that Jerry Falwell went to heaven? Yup.  Cherubs and Angels.  The Whole Hosanna.  At least Gingrich will miss Ole Fatty.

Briefly consider a Web Campaign to buy a Castle (up for sale in Massachusetts for a mere $15 Million.  Who's with me?  We can turn it into a Web Kiosk / Restaurant / Coffee Shop / Dungeon Strip Club!  No takers?  Ahh, damn.

Tearjerker of a story on Maggie, The Only Alaskan Elephant.  Seems Maggie has health problems and there's a lot of wringing of hands from the Animal Right Activists to get her moved from the Anchorage Zoo to a more southerly climate.  Hmm.  Nashville Zoo to the rescue?

What happens when two galaxies collide?  Well, they merge their Super Black Holes at the centers for one.  Details on the Scientific Study of this collision occuring a mere 300 Million Light Years away. In a couple of billion years or so our Milky Way Galaxy is expected to tangle with Good Old Andromeda. The resulting Galactic Merger will result in a super galaxy some silly scientists have dubbed 'Milkomeda'.  Yes, Virginia, our galaxy has a Super Black Hole at it's core (as does Andromeda).  In fact, it's now considered a norm for all galaxies to have such a beast at it's heart.  They actually are intertwined in Galaxy Formation.

Speaking of space... they finally found Star Trek's Scotty's Ashes.  I thought 'he' was going into permanent orbit.  Should have read the fine print Scotty!  Ah, well, it only cost $500.  I might sign up for that!

Hmm... here's an interesting RPG MMO. Great looking costumes!  But the game play movies just looked ... bleh.  Sigh.  Also, what's the deal with bad techno in Role Playing Games? Can you say 'atmosphere'?

The world drones on...

Damn, that's almost porn!

Zenny, Lazy Sunday Surfer Dude