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| Turkish Air Force F-16 |
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Saturday, October 10, 2026
Drive-In
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| Rt 66 Skyview Drive-In Litchfield. IL |
Drive-in theaters still exist! I haven't seen one in ages. This one is still in business. Seeing that the titles on the marquee are old films, I got to wondering if they were still using film projectors. No, they are not:
Rt 66 Skyview Drive-In in Litchfield, Illinois uses digital projection. The theater converted from traditional 35mm film to digital projection in 2013 when major film studios stopped distributing 35mm prints.
Are any theaters still using actual film? Yes, quite a few. Sprocket School maintains a list of theaters still using analog projectors.
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Friday, October 9, 2026
What weapon would be best for fighting against robots?
First Human VS. Robot Fight in History (FULL LENGTH)
Frankie LaPenna Vlogs and REK
Found this over on ZeroHedge, wherein I also found this line:
The machine wasn't fighting on its own: a human handler was controlling it, according to Futurism.
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| Magnus Robot Fighter |
This got me to thinking and I posted this over on reddit:
What weapon would be best for fighting against robots?
This is speculative, but people are making ever more capable humanoid robots. I think some are even operating out in the public, giving people directions, stuff like that. But they are getting better everyday and it won't be too long before police departments all over are going to be wanting some robots for directing traffic or hostage negotiations or who knows what.
Anytime there is power there is potential for abuse, so what kind of weapon do you want to have when a humanoid robot is breaking down your front door?
Once upon a time there was a comic book called Magnus - Robot Fighter. Magnus had been trained up to disable robots by punching them with his deadly Magnus punch. At the time (many years ago) I thought that was pretty fanciful. Back then, any kind of machine was made of steel and was stout. Punch that sewing machine all you like, it ain't gonna break. But then we got Star Wars and the armies of marching humanoid robots and I thought, you know, Magnus could probably handle these guys because they were made by the cheapest bidder out of the lightest materials (weight matters when you are being transported by starship). One good punch and they would crumple. But weight won't matter so much for Earthbound robots. And you can bet that robots being sent into harm's way are going to be armored.
I suppose the first question we want to answer is just what kind of armor are attack robots going to be wearing? And if it's super tough, maybe we want to attack it electrically like with a beam of microwaves or possible ultrasound? Guess we would need to experiment to see just what would work. Or course, the old armored bulldozer trick would work, but you're liable to end up with more damage than just your front door. Though, in extreme circumstances, it might be well worth it.
Nan Madol
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| Nan Madol within Pacific Ocean |
I'm reading A Quantum Mythology by Gavin Smith. On page 75 we pay a visit to Micronesia and in particular Nan Madol, an ancient construction made of stone adjacent to the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia.
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| Pohnpei Island Airport is blue marker at top, Nan Madol is at lower right |
Kanamwayso is a mythical homeland or residence of the gods in Pohnpeian legend, also referred to as Western Katau.
- According to Pohnpeian oral tradition, twin sorcerers or divine brothers named Olisihpa and Olosohpa came from Kanamwayso (Western Katau).
- They arrived in a large canoe to build a sacred altar for their god of agriculture, Nahnisohn Sahpw, which eventually became the foundation of the ancient ruined city of Nan Madol off the coast of Pohnpei.
- After Olisihpa died, his brother Olosohpa became the first ruler of the Saudeleur Dynasty.
- Legend states that the brothers used magic and a flying dragon to levitate the massive basalt blocks into place.
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| Nan Madol |
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