Sorry, no books, just some titbits

 

Science

"If the experiment works, a signal could be received before it's sent" (via Kathryn Cramer). Imagine that happening with your e-mail. (Oh. This has just spawned a plot bunny.)
lambert at Corrente comments: "What a shame that unshitting the bed only works at the quantum level..."


Movies

Lance Mannion on James Bond and reality checks.


Geek jokes

"We are sorry, but the number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again."
"Press any key to continue or any other key to quit..."
"Unix is user friendly...its just selective about who its friends are."
"Unix...best if used before: Tue Jan 19 03:14:08 GMT 2038"
"I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code."


Latin joke

Julius Caesar walks into a bar. "I'll have a martinus," he says.
The Bartender gives him a puzzled look and asks, "Don't you mean a 'martini'?"
"Look," Caesar retorts, "If I wanted a double, I would have asked for it!"


Poetry

May I boil in oil
And fry in Crisco
If I ever call
San Francisco 'Frisco'
-- Ogden Nash