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[The Lorcan Nagle]

[Mike]

Speaking of 'from outer space':



London as seen from the ISS 2 nights ago.

[Arjan Dirkse]

Interesting that for people on Earth, all that light obscures our view of outer space.

[Mike]

Which is one of the reasons I love going home.

One of the Dara O'Briain astronomy thingies on BBC2 a month or so ago had an adult London woman who had never seen the Milky Way, and who was amazed when she saw it for herself for the first time. I found that a bit sad.

On the flip side though, there is a part of me that loves that the lights of our cities shine so brightly. The concept of a city is one that's fascinated me since I was fairly young; there's something organic about the way they metastasise and spread, about their shape and form and how that relates to function. Someone smarter than me once made the off-handed remark that humans are the vectors by which cities reproduce themselves; I love that idea.

[Steve Sensible]

[The Lorcan Nagle]

That's not a fail, he stopped the car from crashing!

[Christian U]

My thoughts exactly. Well done, that man!

[al-x]

Hello:






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[Steve Sensible]

[brucegray666]

THEY'RE COMING OUTTA THE GODDAMN LEGO BRICK WALLS!

[Rory Abel]

[Noel Luperon]

This is THE official, Otomo-recognized Kaneda bike. It just toured for charity across Japan according to these folks: http://kotaku.com/59...-bike/gallery/1 :

There are other customized Akira bikes, sure. But there is only one that has been officially recognized by Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo. This is it.

As previously posted, this US$121,000, custom-built bike raced across Japan for charity. Its final destination was a Katsuhiro Otomo exhibit, which was also for charity. Sister site checked out the show—and the bike—this past weekend in Tokyo. Well...how was it?

Kotaku Japan Editor-in-Chief Shin Osada not only got to try on Kaneda's jacket, but also got to sit on the bike. He also met Otomo, which Osada described as one of the best days of his life.

How was the bike? According to Kotaku Japan, the bike was surprisingly huge. It was heavy and felt sturdy. Osada told Kotaku: "To be frank, it seemed like it would be difficult to ride—tough to turn." Cornering, Kotaku Japan reported, actually seemed like it would be scary.

Guess that's the difference between a bike designed by an engineer and one designed by an illustrator. So. Good for manga. Bad for biking.

[Paul F]

A lot of people are idiots.

[craggy]

A lot of people are idiots.

Well, of course. In this case, I hope they're idiots because they're making a "cool" joke, but part of me worries that they're just actual idiots who are sincere about this.

[Christian U]

I dunno, those are all fairly young people. They had to find out at some point... anyway, this isn't really unusual. The ignorance of teenagers knows no bounds, believe me.

[brucegray666]

Well, of course. In this case, I hope they're idiots because they're making a "cool" joke, but part of me worries that they're just actual idiots who are sincere about this.

I'd watch what you're saying, the second guy from the bottom is a goddamn dragon slayer - you don't want to mess!

[Rory Abel]

[Ulf Imwiehe]

And here I thought the Shining twins couldn’t get any creepier!

[Arjan Dirkse]

A lot of people are idiots.

They're all tweetards. Not that surprising.

Still, it's also a matter of what priorities different generations have. To thirty somethings the name of the Titanic still features pretty large in our memory but we may never have heard the name of the ship sir Francis Drake sailed across the world with for instance.

[Ulf Imwiehe]