IMAO Time Machine: IMAO Podcast #16 10-11-05

The 16th podcast, from 2005. — The Editors


  1. Introduction
  2. IMAO’s Wizard of Oz Parody (Part 1)
  3. SarahK: “She Blonded Me With Science”
  4. IMAO’s Wizard of Oz Parody (Part 2)
  5. Harvey: Fun Facts About Kansas Part 1
  6. IMAO’s Wizard of Oz Parody (Part 3)
  7. Harvey: Fun Facts About Kansas Part 2
  8. IMAO’s Wizard of Oz Parody (Part 4)
  9. Frank J: “The End of the Yellow Brick Road”
  10. IMAO’s Wizard of Oz Parody (Part 5)
  11. Laurence Simon’s Crappy Bedtime Stories: The ChallahBread Man
  12. Sarah K: “The End of the Yellow Brick Road”
  13. “World of Knowledge” w/ host Frank J: Crazy Weather Phenomena
  14. IMAO’s Wizard of Oz Parody (Part 6)
  15. Harvey: “The End of the Yellow Brick Road”
  16. SarahK reviews “Serenity”
  17. IMAO’s Wizard of Oz Parody (Part 7)
  18. Conclusion

If you are able to assist Harvey during this time, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

The Words “Explosion” and “Explode” Keep Coming Up

TV Provider Shifting Satellite to High Orbit Over Explosion Fears
Phys.org / Jan. 24, 2020

OK, you now have my attention.

US authorities said Friday . . .

[January 24th]

. . . they had granted permission to a TV provider to urgently lift a four-ton (3,600-kilogram) satellite to a so-called “graveyard orbit” over fears a battery fault may soon cause it to explode.

Wait — what?

DirecTV had told the Federal Communications Commission its Boeing-built Spaceway-1 satellite had suffered a “major anomaly” in its batteries and did not have time to deplete its remaining fuel before disposing of it by placing it 300 kilometers (190 miles) above the “geostationary arc.”

The company said it was necessary to complete the procedure before February 25, . . .

[Thus, during January 24th]

. . . when the satellite would pass through the Earth’s shadow forcing it to rely on its batteries instead of its solar panels, heightening the risk of a “catastrophic failure” that could impact other satellites.

But “because the SpaceWay-1 satellite is being retired ahead of schedule, it has significantly more propellant remaining than it would have had at its previously scheduled retirement date,” the FCC spokesman said, which itself is a risk factor for explosion.

You keep using that word.

OK … so it’s retiring early?

The move was confirmed to AFP by both DirecTV’s parent company AT&T and Boeing, which said “the battery malfunction occurred in the course of operating the satellite more than two years after its contractually required design life.”

OK … so it’s retiring later than it was designed for.

Whew!

It’s fortunate for us you didn’t try to push this ‘splodey satellite any further past its prime than two years . . .

The satellite was launched in 2005 and was originally authorized until October 2020, but DirecTV had previously filed a request to extend its life until 2025, the FCC said.

TV viewers need not fret, said AT&T.

They generally don’t.


“CLASSICS of Animation. Let’s de-Animate Them!”

“Bambi” Remake in the Works With “Captain Marvel”, “Chaos Walking” Writers
Hollywood Reporter | January 24, 2020 | Borys Kit, Mia Galuppo

In the latest move to turn its animated classics into live-action features, Disney has set its sights on one of its most storied: Bambi.

The studio has hired Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel, Tomb Raider) and Lindsey Beer (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, Chaos Walking) to pen the screenplay for the live-action remake.

Upcoming in the pipeline are The Little Mermaid, starring Halle Bailey, and David Lowrey’s take on Peter Pan, titled Peter and Wendy.

Depth of Field is already working on a Disney live-action remake as it is in active development on Pinocchio which has Robert Zemeckis directing.

“Orange Man Bad”

What’s next, a live-action Fantasia? Live-action Yellow Submarine?

Stunt men everywhere are crossing their fingers for live-action remakes of Wile E. Coyote and Yosemite Sam cartoons, but these might be too cerebral for Hollywood writers.


I Don’t Want To State the Obvious . . . But It’s Tanktops

Neuroscientists To Build Video Dataset That Catches People Looking (At Everything)
Phys.org / Jan. 24, 2020

To better understand the organization of the brain and the perceptual tendencies in humans, a team of four scientists are recording video from four head-mounted cameras —- with eyetracking and head movement —- and assembling a massive video database with more than 240 hours of first-person video that can be used by researchers everywhere.

The team of neuroscientists and social scientists is setting out to build a visual database that can be used to more accurately reflect human activity. They will create the vast gallery of videos that show what people see as they go about their daily activities.

Are they that dim?


Photo Essay: My Schumer Vacation

I have returned from an assignment for …

… Yeah, for a ski group, whatsitsname …

I tried to run over wildlife just because of a typo …

but tried not to drink cold milk to warm myself up in a blizzard / thunderstorm / lightning storm …

or stand on a fence that was apparently electrified!

I just tried to make things easy for ISIS

and found a long-lost relative.

Oppo

Straight Line of the Day: Hillary Said on Twitter: “In America, No One Is Above the Law.” Other Ironic Comments Include…

Straight Line of the Day: Hillary said on Twitter: “In America, no one is above the law.” Other ironic comments include…


Living in a post Trump world

The question for the week is simple. Who will follow Trump? I doubt it will be any of the clowns currently occupying the Democratic Presidential Clown car but unless the 22nd Amendment gets repealed he will have to leave on January 20, 2025.

So who can assume the mantle? Who will continue the success? Who can tweet the Liberals into depression? I hope we don’t have another GWH Bush situation. Read my lips, no new wimps! But who, who, who…

are you, who, who, who who!

Tells us what you think. There will be no math and you won’t be graded.

Global Warming in Fort Lauderdale

BREAKING NEWS:

Congress Resumes Its Hearings: