zaterdag 19 augustus 2017

zaterdag 19 augustus 2017 Forbidden Planet - the granddaddy of tomorrow. A lovely synopsis for one of my favorite movies: A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair provides astonishing evidence of a populace a million years more advanced than Earthlings. There are many wonders on Altair-4, but none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. Factual error: The star Altair is shown as an orange-red star, eclipsed by one of its (spherical) planets. It is now known that Altair is white and is oblate, with its equatorial diameter 14% greater than its polar diameter, something that was not known when the movie was produced.

It's 67 °F at solar noon (13:13 PDT). Nice mild weather for us.

Minnesota senator Al Franken appears on Real Time to discuss Donald Trump's "unbelievably horrible" week. Yes! Franken/Stein for President!