Archive for May, 2012
Driverless cars
Friday, May 25, 2012 16:11 No CommentsFor a while now, I’ve been talking about how public transport should work ideally in private conversations with my wife. This is because I think privately owned motor vehicles are terribly inefficient. They’re idle the vast majority of the time, they transport too few people for the road area they occupy and consequently waste too [...]
7 Tips for successfully invading the Earth
Saturday, May 12, 2012 19:45 No CommentsOne thing that I didn’t like about The Avengers is how the alien invasion at the end is yet another half-assed one without a chance in hell of actually succeeding. As one QT3 poster put it, “How did they expect to conquer Earth with a few hundred guys on flying motorcycles?” Never mind the Avengers, [...]
Avengers
Friday, May 11, 2012 13:00 No CommentsAbout four years ago, I wrote about this being the golden age of superhero films. I can now say with confidence that the golden age has reached its zenith with The Avengers. Yes, other films like Christopher Nolan’s Batman series and Watchmen have shown that superhero films don’t necessarily have to be mere action movies, [...]
Recent Interesting Science Articles (Apr ’12)
Saturday, May 5, 2012 13:20 No CommentsNo less than five articles this month! I’ve been a little busy bee, especially with moving into a new house and all. Jon Stewart commented that you rarely see a headline in 2012 that sounds like it should be a headline in 2012 when you were just a kid. This is of course apropos of [...]
Thoughts on Malaysian protests
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 13:52 No CommentsI did not participate in the latest iteration of the Bersih protests. My wife and I are currently living in Seremban and in fact we are in the process of moving house this week. My wife wanted to check out the local chapter of the protests here but it turned out that we were too [...]