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new Mission Impossible trailer.
Cruise is 52 and still doing all his own stunts. I know we all get a good laugh about the scientology stuff and the tabloid fodder and whatnot, but the guy is a freaking pro.
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Deep within the universe, there lies a gigantic black hole in the midst of an extremely luminous disc. This space-time warp is so gigantic, it’s estimated to be 12 billion times more massive than our own Sun. That makes it one of the most massive deep-space black holes ever recorded.
Given how young this black hole is, its immense mass comes at a bit of a surprise. It means the black hole must have been growing constantly at a very high rate just after the Big Bang happened—and that kind of growth is considered pretty rare. “People assume there’s a fast growth rate for these black holes, but the energy released by the black hole will often stop the flow of new material. Therefore it doesn’t grow that fast over the course of its lifetime,” says Bram Venemans, an astronomer at the Max Planck Institute, who wrote a commentary on the research. “But this black hole must have grown close to a maximum rate for most of its lifetime without the growth being stopped by energy output.”
Not only is this one of the biggest supermassive black holes ever found, it is perhaps the largest one discovered in the early universe. This black hole-quasar combo is estimated to exist 12.8 billion miles away, meaning the light we’re seeing from it now is relatively young: only 900 million years old. (It also means there's no chance it will swallow the Earth, in case you were worried.) The Big Bang is thought to have occurred 13.8 billion years ago.So, light travels 12.8 billion miles in 900 million years, meaning a light year is only like 15 miles. Quite a revolutionary discovery...
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Uhm. Yes. The reference is why it's an awesome Easter egg.
As to the other thing, what you said is a bigger spoiler. You're not wrong. But someone clicking that link without knowing what happens later would probably consider it a spoiler and be mad about no disclaimer
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Biden. lol
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About that time of year when Bell's Hopslam comes out and people go crazy trying to find some.
Good friend of mine from Michigan is completely obsessed, and basically stalks every decent beer store in a 20 mile radius and buys as much as he can. Although most stores around here do a 1 6-pack limit (or less), and sell out in a few hours, so he's typically lucky if he can get his hands on 18 bottles.
my humble opinion only, it is an absolutely delicious beer. But I'm just not going to go to that much effort.
Every January, Bell’s, one of Michigan’s most respected and beloved breweries, releases a seasonal double IPA called Hopslam. It’s a really good beer—perfect, some would say. A review of the beer isn’t our purpose here (it’s a hugely hoppy, yet drinkable concoction due to an addition of honey and a generous malt profile that allows the hop flavor to shine through without an overwhelming bitterness). Our purpose is more sociological, or maybe just a little case study on the idea of hype versus substance.
There are a number of beers that come out annually on “release days” with immediate sellouts such as Hunaphu’s Imperial Stout by Florida’s Cigar City and Dark Lord Imperial Stout from by Indiana’s Three Floyds, which has it’s own day, complete with fans camping out in line. California’s The Bruery has a subscription model called the Preservation Society that sells out limited production beers in advance. What makes Hopslam unique is release-day type frenzy that is spread out across the country, as Bell’s makes a lot of Hopslam compared to the extremely limited nature of other “release day” beers.
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Edelman trolling Sherman at the SB parade
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That Simpsons one is one of the best things I have ever seen.
Tremendous.
http://imgur.com/gallery/gIaRa
Here's a summary of Katy Perry's Superbowl halftime performance
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Seriously. I get so tired of that ****. Complete waste of time and money
I liked Patton Oswalt's comments on reboots from a recent interview:
PO: I have nothing against reboots philosophically. Do it if you're really inspired and you see something that didn't work in the original and you think you have a better idea. But a lot of these, they are just kind of dead-eyed, cynical, "Oh it worked for us before so let's do another one." The first two Spider-Man movies were ****ing great. So why do you need to reboot them? That's just like, "Well, we can squeeze some more money." But if you're making a reboot because someone had a great concept and didn't go far enough with it and you can go further, great. But I don't know. A lot of them are just cynical.http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/patton-oswalt-silver-screen-fiend-interview
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It really is extraordinary how persistent life is. We find it in the most inhospitable parts of the planet. In vents on the ocean floor spewing boiling hot ash from the core. Under a mile of ice. Whatever.
It's what I always think about when we discover a new planet that's close to the goldilocks zone but not perfect. If life was able to make that first major leap there (Seeded with bacteria from a comet. Prokaryote to eukaryote. Whatever.) If it could make that first leap, then the extreme cold or heat is only a bump in the road for evolution.
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I'll admit I don't know jack squat about what would/wouldn't work coaching-wise, or even if it could happen, but I would love to see Rex come be Defensive Coordinator for the Eagles.
Most Skins fans would love to have him as our d coordinator too. Fans of any team with bad defense probably want him. And that's his highest and best use. But he will not be a d coordinator anywhere next season (because he won't agree to do it). You can bet the mortgage on that one.
He'll be a head coach somewhere else, or he'll take a year or two off and work for ESPN and decompress a little (while making plenty of $$$), and then someone will give him another shot.
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Free diagnostic?
Well, that changes everything
Thanks guys
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Question re my wife's car, a 2009 Hyundai Veracruz (basically a slightly larger santa fe).
So, due to totally excusable circumstances that I won't describe in detail because it was my fault, the key got left in the ignition overnight one click forward so the electronics were on, which completely drained the battery. Completely to the point that all the presets on the radio got reset, and it took 15 minutes hooked up to my car last night to get enough juice to be able to jumpstart it.
On jumpstarting, I noticed that the check engine light had come on.
I drove it around for 20-30 minutes after jumpstarting, check engine light stayed on. I parked it in the garage overnight. Started right up this morning with no problem at all, but the check engine light is still on.
It seems awfully coincidental that it would have come on suddenly right when I jumped it, but I think everything should have been reset when battery died so I don't know why an indicator light would have come on, and stayed on through this morning. I don't like driving around with a check engine light on (especially with 2 young kids and it being winter), but I don't want to pay someone $50 or $100 to run one of those diagnostic tests if I really don't need it.
I'm pretty sure the battery is relatively new, that it was replaced maybe 4-6 months ago.
Thoughts?
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Don't think those are real but cool nonetheless.
star wars thread
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/james-bond-24-title-cast-revealed/ar-BBgkaSY
The upcoming 24th James Bond film will be called Spectre. The title was announced Thursday along with new cast members Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott and Monica Bellucci.
A live announcement by Eon Productions, MGM Studios and Sony Pictures from the 007 Stage at Londons Pinewood Studios, the British studio home of the Bond franchise, started at 11 a.m. local time.
Principal photography is due to begin on Monday.
According to the official 007 Twitter feed, Waltz will play Oberhauser, which could refer to Hannes Oberhauser, a character who was Bond's ski-instructor and considered his second father. Seydoux is set to play Madeleine Swann, Belluci will star as Lucia Sciarra and Bautista Mr Hinx.
Daniel Craig will return as 007, with Naomi Harris (Eve Moneypenny), Ben Whishaw (Q) and Ralph Fiennes (Gareth Mallory, later to become M) reprising their roles from 2012s Skyfall. Also announced Thursday was a returning Rory Kinnear as Tanner. Scott will join the British secret service as a character called Denbigh.
Sam Mendes is back in the director's chair, with Skyfall writers John Logan, Neil Purvis and Rob Wade also returning.
Scott is known to audiences from his role as Moriarty in BBC hit show Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. WWE star Bautista was recently seen in Guardians of the Galaxy.
The name Spectre is likely to refer to the fictional terrorist organization that featured in James Bond novels and first appeared on screen in 1962's Dr. No. It was led by Bond's arch-nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
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Well, credit to Leto I guess. First Joker post-Ledger is as thankless a role as I can imagine.
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"Is it up yet? Is it up yet? Is it up yet?"
star wars thread
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Previews of Coming Attractions: Upcoming New Movies (Thoughts and Info on Movies That Don't Have Their Own Thread Yet).
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I've heard nothing but great things about Edge of Tomorrow. it's high on my netflix list.