Comments for Geekfoolery http://www.geekfoolery.com Commentary on emerging trends, especially cool or absurd innovations across a broad range of geekiness. Sun, 6 Jul 2008 02:00:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on 12 Geeks of Christmas, Day 2 (Special Guest Blogger edition) by fine motor skills in babies http://www.geekfoolery.com/2007/12/07/12-geeks-of-christmas-day-2-special-guest-blogger-edition/#comment-27777 fine motor skills in babies Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:36:20 +0000 http://www.geekfoolery.com/2007/12/07/12-geeks-of-christmas-day-2-special-guest-blogger-edition/#comment-27777 <strong>fine motor skills in babies...</strong> You must put a lot of work into blogging this much!... fine motor skills in babies…

You must put a lot of work into blogging this much!…

]]> Comment on Rocket Men by Bailey http://www.geekfoolery.com/2007/08/09/rocket-men/#comment-24723 Bailey Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:24:19 +0000 http://www.geekfoolery.com/2007/08/09/rocket-men/#comment-24723 Do you have any Challenger photos???? Do you have any Challenger photos????

]]> Comment on Here’s a Tip: No more tipping by Tiff http://www.geekfoolery.com/2007/03/08/heres-tip-no-more-tipping/#comment-21575 Tiff Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:46:32 +0000 http://www.geekfoolery.com/2007/03/08/heres-tip-no-more-tipping/#comment-21575 I officially decided to STOP tipping today. It's getting outrageous. I go out and eat, pay $30,.. then I have to pay a server $4.50?! That's the cost of two drinks or an appetizer or a small entree! No way. I'd rather go pick my OWN food up and refill my OWN drink. I think your service in carrying food to my table and filling my drink is worth a single dollar. Don't whine about how much you would make if you didn't get tips... how about revealing just how much you make WITH tips. You people just don't want to lose the lucrative pay (with tips) that you wouldn't get if you had to work for minimum wage! I officially decided to STOP tipping today. It’s getting outrageous. I go out and eat, pay $30,.. then I have to pay a server $4.50?! That’s the cost of two drinks or an appetizer or a small entree! No way. I’d rather go pick my OWN food up and refill my OWN drink. I think your service in carrying food to my table and filling my drink is worth a single dollar. Don’t whine about how much you would make if you didn’t get tips… how about revealing just how much you make WITH tips. You people just don’t want to lose the lucrative pay (with tips) that you wouldn’t get if you had to work for minimum wage!

]]> Comment on Top Ten Movie Guns by jim http://www.geekfoolery.com/2007/02/21/top-ten-movie-guns/#comment-20627 jim Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:31:35 +0000 http://www.geekfoolery.com/2007/02/21/top-ten-movie-guns/#comment-20627 1. Deckard's gun, Blade Runner 2. Han Solo blaster, Star Wars 3. M 41-A pulse rifle, Aliens 4. Walther PPK, 007 5. Kanada's laser rifle, Akira 6. .88 Magnum in Johnny Dangerously is a classic 7. Phaser pistol in the original Star Trek 8. Shigur's shotgun with silencer in No country for old men 9. starship troopers Rifle 10. mad max sawed off double barrel shotgun 1. Deckard’s gun, Blade Runner

2. Han Solo blaster, Star Wars

3. M 41-A pulse rifle, Aliens

4. Walther PPK, 007

5. Kanada’s laser rifle, Akira

6. .88 Magnum in Johnny Dangerously is a classic

7. Phaser pistol in the original Star Trek

8. Shigur’s shotgun with silencer in No country for old men

9. starship troopers Rifle

10. mad max sawed off double barrel shotgun

]]> Comment on Top Ten Movie Guns by mark http://www.geekfoolery.com/2007/02/21/top-ten-movie-guns/#comment-16260 mark Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:56:22 +0000 http://www.geekfoolery.com/2007/02/21/top-ten-movie-guns/#comment-16260 what about the gun mouse uses in the matrix, just before he gets blown away... is this a movie prop or a real gun? what about the gun mouse uses in the matrix, just before he gets blown away… is this a movie prop or a real gun?

]]> Comment on Top Five Gripes from a Movie Geek at Oscar Time by Mr. Alex http://www.geekfoolery.com/2008/01/30/top-five-gripes-from-a-movie-geek-at-oscar-time/#comment-14968 Mr. Alex Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:50:51 +0000 http://www.geekfoolery.com/2008/01/30/top-five-gripes-from-a-movie-geek-at-oscar-time/#comment-14968 >4) Fine. If you want to stare of Stallone’s ass instead of Jovovich’s be my guest. That >CERTAILY is NOT a movie flaw. Bring on my skinny waifs with low camera shots >from behind. Just because I gripe doesn't mean I don't watch. >4) Fine. If you want to stare of Stallone’s ass instead of Jovovich’s be my guest. That >CERTAILY is NOT a movie flaw. Bring on my skinny waifs with low camera shots >from behind.

Just because I gripe doesn’t mean I don’t watch.

]]> Comment on Top Five Gripes from a Movie Geek at Oscar Time by Maddox http://www.geekfoolery.com/2008/01/30/top-five-gripes-from-a-movie-geek-at-oscar-time/#comment-14967 Maddox Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:38:46 +0000 http://www.geekfoolery.com/2008/01/30/top-five-gripes-from-a-movie-geek-at-oscar-time/#comment-14967 2) Swordfish - First of all any GOOD hacker would never have a girlfriend to even distract him. But I have to say the worst offender is Independence Day (you mentioned it) where Jeffy G hacks and alien operating system on alien hardware over an alien wireless network using alien protocols from his Mac. I can suspend disbelief to have a good time -- but only so far -- and then even listening to "Don't Stop Believin'" don't help anymore. And what about Hackers -- I can't even watch that movie -- The Net is a GREAT comedy. 3) We all that the HOS -- Hollywood Operating System. We keep a list of it's features as we watch movies and it's quite amazing. For instace, it's capable of running on ANY hardware, including old style cash register's with LED readouts, calculators, and even electronic billboard signs. It has a universal network where any protocol is accepted and it is capable of using wireless networks with unlimited range -- in fact, EVERY device is automatically wireless - we think it's in the software probably using some sort of frequency modulation of SOME electronic component in the system to produce the wireless signal (like modulating a disk drive head to play music for instance). Of course, universal data and universal storage. A floppy formatted on one computer, even an alien one, can be inserted into any HOS machine and be read. 4) Fine. If you want to stare of Stallone's ass instead of Jovovich's be my guest. That CERTAILY is NOT a movie flaw. Bring on my skinny waifs with low camera shots from behind. 5) Hollywood is dead. I can't wait for the movie remake of "Automan"! 2) Swordfish - First of all any GOOD hacker would never have a girlfriend to even distract him. But I have to say the worst offender is Independence Day (you mentioned it) where Jeffy G hacks and alien operating system on alien hardware over an alien wireless network using alien protocols from his Mac. I can suspend disbelief to have a good time — but only so far — and then even listening to “Don’t Stop Believin’” don’t help anymore. And what about Hackers — I can’t even watch that movie — The Net is a GREAT comedy.

3) We all that the HOS — Hollywood Operating System. We keep a list of it’s features as we watch movies and it’s quite amazing. For instace, it’s capable of running on ANY hardware, including old style cash register’s with LED readouts, calculators, and even electronic billboard signs. It has a universal network where any protocol is accepted and it is capable of using wireless networks with unlimited range — in fact, EVERY device is automatically wireless - we think it’s in the software probably using some sort of frequency modulation of SOME electronic component in the system to produce the wireless signal (like modulating a disk drive head to play music for instance). Of course, universal data and universal storage. A floppy formatted on one computer, even an alien one, can be inserted into any HOS machine and be read.

4) Fine. If you want to stare of Stallone’s ass instead of Jovovich’s be my guest. That CERTAILY is NOT a movie flaw. Bring on my skinny waifs with low camera shots from behind.

5) Hollywood is dead. I can’t wait for the movie remake of “Automan”!

]]> Comment on Top Five Gripes from a Movie Geek at Oscar Time by Top Five Gripes from a Movie Geek at Oscar Time « Free Cell Phones No Credit Card http://www.geekfoolery.com/2008/01/30/top-five-gripes-from-a-movie-geek-at-oscar-time/#comment-14937 Top Five Gripes from a Movie Geek at Oscar Time « Free Cell Phones No Credit Card Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:16:35 +0000 http://www.geekfoolery.com/2008/01/30/top-five-gripes-from-a-movie-geek-at-oscar-time/#comment-14937 [...] My willing suspension of disbelief dropped at that point of the movie like a cell phone call between towers. An even bigger offender was Transformers, though admittedly a movie that was a remake from a cartoon that was itself a spinoff … read more [...] […] My willing suspension of disbelief dropped at that point of the movie like a cell phone call between towers. An even bigger offender was Transformers, though admittedly a movie that was a remake from a cartoon that was itself a spinoff … read more […]

]]> Comment on Top Five Gripes from a Movie Geek at Oscar Time by Eric dP http://www.geekfoolery.com/2008/01/30/top-five-gripes-from-a-movie-geek-at-oscar-time/#comment-14929 Eric dP Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:03:56 +0000 http://www.geekfoolery.com/2008/01/30/top-five-gripes-from-a-movie-geek-at-oscar-time/#comment-14929 Now this is hilarious! "Macs must have good agents in the movies, because just a few years later, geek actor Jeff Goldblum manages to use his Mac laptop to upload a virus to a computer system on an alien spaceship in Independence Day. I know Mac fanboys are constantly going on about how their machines don’t get viruses, but this is little ridiculous." Did not realize that he was using a Mac in that film :P Now this is hilarious!

“Macs must have good agents in the movies, because just a few years later, geek actor Jeff Goldblum manages to use his Mac laptop to upload a virus to a computer system on an alien spaceship in Independence Day. I know Mac fanboys are constantly going on about how their machines don’t get viruses, but this is little ridiculous.”

Did not realize that he was using a Mac in that film :P

]]> Comment on Top Five Gripes from a Movie Geek at Oscar Time by The Fine Art of Eccentricity · “Take the cotton out of your ears” goes literal. http://www.geekfoolery.com/2008/01/30/top-five-gripes-from-a-movie-geek-at-oscar-time/#comment-14896 The Fine Art of Eccentricity · “Take the cotton out of your ears” goes literal. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:46:32 +0000 http://www.geekfoolery.com/2008/01/30/top-five-gripes-from-a-movie-geek-at-oscar-time/#comment-14896 [...] January 30, 2008 in Internet Links Top 5 gripes from a movie geek at Oscar time. [...] […] January 30, 2008 in Internet Links Top 5 gripes from a movie geek at Oscar time. […]

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