Edited by author 05-29-2004 07:26 AM
"... double it, subtract 10%, add 32, and you'll be within 1 degree of the Farenheit temp."

In my book, that is the exact conversion between Celsius and Fahrenheit, just stated in a way that's easier for us hu-mans (pronounced like a Ferengi would say it) to calculate. Doubling a number & subtracting 10% being a bit easier to do in your head than multiplying by 1.8.

Of course, Bill is probably trying to say that the result you get won't be the same as a digital Fahrenheit thermometer, since each of the displays is rounded to the nearest whole degree.

"Thank you, Mr. Science"

OH. MY. GOD.

The VCL Horrors group just had an entry on Gonty and there were links to TWO Gonterdance pages!!!

Appropriate song - http://www.geocities.com/gontermania/
I will never hear this song again without crying - http://www.conhugeco.org/gontermandance/

And then there's a website with a comments section under the panels!!!! http://gonterman.kicks-ass.net/displaystrip.php?comic=1&strip=1

So now instead of trying to get to sleep (at 6am) I'm going to read the comments. All the way through.

A quick link for y'all. I don't know if any of Bill's ardent cult following here are fans of Radiohead, but whether you are or not you might find this entertaining:

http://www.hardnphirm.com/rodeohead.html

It's more funny if you know the songs, but good either way. :)

"Why do I only need to know the C temp when I'm driving by a bank? Or the time, for that matter? And why only banks?"

As someone who works for a bank, I will let you in on a secret. It is because banks own the time and temperature. Bwahahahahaha!

Maybe you've already heard this one, but it still makes me laff:
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
-Bushbaby

M3:
The Kids are big? They're Domestic Shorthairs, and while it was Fate that brought 2 of the same breed into my life, if I'd actually researched cats, I'd've opted for the DS breed. They're actually not at all big. Killsy weighs in at 12 lbs, which isn't huge, and even less when you consider that DS's are very muscular.

Check out Scalzi's Ghlaghghee (pronounced "Fluffy"). She's only 2 months older than Byron, and THAT is a big cat.

Don't they have Maine Coons out your neck of the woods? They run in the 25 lb range. Now those are cats as big as dogs! Hell, they're as big as burros.

Edited by author 05-30-2004 12:29 AM
LavGrey:
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
Yes, but only because no one told Bush about fish oil!

Spacey:
But why are banks so sloppy about caring whether or not the sign is accurate? There's one on the way to work that's always 7 degrees too hot if the sun's out, even in the winter.
"We can't even operate a thermometer--So let us handle your money!"

To be honest Bill, I've actually only seen two cats up close in my life. My parents and brother were/are allergic, and of the one I actually touched, I don't recall much of it. It didn't seem to care about me much and wandered off after one pet and sniff.

Eh, someday.

I once saw a grey cat big enough that I initially mistook it for an ottoman. I cringe to think of the late-night kneading sessions.

Disturbing news Bill offers from Kaijuland-- Last Godzilla movie?! EEEEEE! Of course, they said that of the one previous to Tristar's Gojira tai Ferrisu Byuraa as well...

"We can't even operate a thermometer--So let us handle your money!"

It may be one of those mock-frugal things: "We've got more important things to worry about than the wonky thermometer: OUR CLIENTS"

Frankly, I think it's more likely that as a giant faceless corporation, they're hoping to mislead the temperature sensitive into hyperthemic coma; "If you die intestate, your money goes to the CEO's Cigar Fund!"

Edited by author 05-31-2004 02:34 AM
Disturbing news Bill offers from Kaijuland-- Last Godzilla movie?! EEEEEE! Of course, they said that of the one previous to Tristar's Gojira tai Ferrisu Byuraa as well...

"Anyone? Anyone? Barugon??"

Well, they said "last for 5-10 years." Forget James Bond, the Mean Green will always be the longest-running movie franchise. They'r prly just waiting for the CGI to get cheap enough for Japanese budgets.

Has anyone seen the '98 Godzilla? I heard that it was so bad, it wasn't bad-good, just a festival of tastes-like-ass.

Edited by author 05-31-2004 04:08 AM
Bill -

1) a friend has a Maine Coon cat. That thing is intimidatingly big. At first you think it could be the fur... then it climbs into your lap, and soon your legs fall asleep...

2) And I saw the '98 Godzilla. It was Godzawful. I festival of product placement, bad acting, and... well, utter crappiness. Is GZ a mutant? A parthogenically created creature? A hybrid? Hell if I know, because the screenwriter apparently didn't know the difference between the concepts! I could forgive Godzilla laying several times its body weight in eggs without losing a pound, but using human pregnancy tests on it - and they work?! Godzilla attacks a Japanese cannery ship, but the can that came from the wreckage has Korean writing on the wrapper? Holy crap. Compared with that, one can ignore things like Godzilla being able to see through milky white cataracted-up pupils, and baby Godzillas being able to see straight up without tilting their heads, despite having huge bony shelves right above 'em.

I saw it with my mother. After the second or third false enzing she asked me "How long is this movie?" I didn't know, but I knew how long we'd been in there 'cause I'd just had the same thought and looked at my watch.

Edited by author 05-31-2004 01:20 PM
Well.. '98 godzilla had jean reno. and i sorta liked the creature design/glowing back, so it was cool with me. then, i learned jean reno refused to be 'smith' in the matrix to act in godzilla. and my anger went to the xxtreme.

I saw godzilla 2000. it was.. exactly like the others? but really, one only sees godzilla movies to see godzilla! gosh, i'm on one of my retarded days. back to assembling network cable.

When Godzilla was first announced, I wasn't completely against the idea. They were going to have Zemeckis direct, and he can be fun. But he said it couldn't be made without a budget of $130M or so, and they dumped him. When I heard that they replaced him with The "Independence Day" Guys, I knew it would suck. (Those who've read the Sisto stories know my opinion of that stinker)

From what I know of the plot, it's pretty much a straight rip of the "Gamera vs Gyaos" remake, but without Gamera. "ID" was just a rip of every Alien Invasion movie ever made, so I'm sure that's what they did. Why else make Godzilla a female?

I understand that they can't even give Godzilla a consistent size--s/he's 300 feet tall in one scene, crawling through a subway tunnel in the next. That's a size difference of, what, 15 to 20 times? And it's monsoon season in NYC, and also always night, so as to hide the cheeziness of the CGI.

Maybe someday I'll rent it. But I haven't rented "Battlefield Earth" for the same reason--it might not funny-suck, it'll just sucky-suck.

I'm a huge kaiju fan (figuratively-- I still fit inside a minivan, rather than stomping them flat), and I cannot wholeheartedly dismiss Godzilla Takes Manhatten. It's certainly miles better than ID, even if the supposed Godzilla is a bit of a creampuff. Jean Reno makes a lot of good in a movie-- Il est un tres bonne homme. If you can distribute the cost of rental amongst several MiSTypes, it's worth a look.

Battlefield Earth on the other hand-- Once I was contemplating it, and the owner/manager of the video store, whose rent is paid by people renting movies from him, told me to put it down like it was full of plague and on fire. I gotta think that's a BAD movie.