here for the good vibes!
I thought someone might. I just happened to be watching it last night, so I remembered the power rating of the laser.
Great Scott!
for those wondering, the (fictional) laser in the 1985 film Real Genius that could vaporize a human target from space was 9.4 megawatts.
Your service honors us! 🖖
Oh, now that is good news! It looks like the community has been quiet/mostly inactive for a while, but has 3x the subscriber count as that other community! I’ve subscribed, and I’ll see what I can do about helping to make it more active!
woohoo!
TL;DR: because it sounded cool and more science fiction-y
Mods on the Star Trek communities on StarTrek.world will delete (and ban you) for even the slightest negative opinion about the show Star Trek Discovery. Even if you say that you dislike the show, or that you think the writing is sub-par, or anything slightly minor and inoffensive, poof! Your comment is gone, and you’re banned.
It’s not a rule in the sidebar, which is most frustrating, too. All you get is “not constructive”, even though there are plenty of complaints about other things, some pretty abrasive. But one unadoring word about Discovery, and you and your comment vanish without warning.
I see mastodon users here once in a while. kbin users, too!
he won’t even pay his rent or his own legal bills… he stiffs his own employees on severance packages. he’s lying if he promises anything.
don’t be fooled— there’s purrder in those eyes!
i don’t think you’re misremembering it, it’s just that there was a huge commercial push to quash the idea of a “communist internet” that would cut them out of the business by sharing cheap/free internet service. plus, the tech evolved.
but the idea of mesh wifi didn’t die. in several major cities, mesh wifi/internet solutions exist. NYC Mesh, for example, is the local mesh network here in NYC:
We are a diverse group of volunteers dedicated to ending the digital divide and extending high-speed, reliable internet to all New Yorkers. You can help by joining our community network to get online, volunteering to connect neighbors or grow the network, and donating to improve our community infrastructure and ensure access for all.
for some reason, i don’t think that would stop him from trying anyway and then throwing a tantrum for being ineligible.
wtf…musk is an idiot
this is how bullies operate. bold and loud but, ultimately, cowards with no conviction.