Comments on: Desktop Project Part 1: A weird Moon crater

By: B-sson

B-sson — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:26:52 +0000

Phil, just a funny thing. When “Them” went up to teathers at that time in Sweden it was named “Spindlarna”. It means spiders in Swedish. Apparently the promoter didn´t find ants that terrible.

By: Stan9fromouterspace

Stan9fromouterspace — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:06:14 +0000

“Them” was just on the AMC channel a few days ago. Great cast, cheesy effects and a couple of nice juicy Wilhelm screams. Good times.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:02:31 +0000

Roger WIlco (21) said:

While we’re talking about tonnes, I’m sure you know, BA, that a “Metric Ton” is only about 10% bigger than a common or garden “American” ton. People seem to think the expression means megaton or something

Heh. Interestingly, the Imperial ton is a little bigger again than the tonne.

So, the “American” or “short” ton is 2000 lbs;
The “metric” tonne (incidentally, AFAICT this always takes the French spelling) is 1000 kg or (as near as makes no never-mind) 2205 lbs;
The Imperial ton (sometimes called the “long ton”) is 2240 lbs, or 20 cwt.

By: Jess Tauber

Jess Tauber — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:50:31 +0000

Its an old scar from a surgically removed Borg implant, the same type that comes popping out of Picard’s face in the dream in Star Trek First Contact.

By: Roger Wilco

Roger Wilco — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:38:42 +0000

While we’re talking about tonnes, I’m sure you know, BA, that a “Metric Ton” is only about 10% bigger than a common or garden “American” ton. People seem to think the expression means megaton or something

By: don gisselbeck

don gisselbeck — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:34:17 +0000

It took me several minutes to see craters as indented. I had to magnify the image and focus on the rocks to the lowere left of the crater. I had a similar problem seeing the Hadley Rill as a valley in a video of a lunar lander lift off.

By: roymeo

roymeo — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:57:07 +0000

I dunno, I saw “Them!” at the Insect Horror Film Festival while munching on corn-borer corn bread and pop corn sprinkled with tiny insects, you may not be the biggest nerd of them all. I’m pretty sure I also saw it ~15 years later at the Dryden Theater in the George Eastman House….one improptu festival showing, one full-on theater showing.

Boy, this post is going to get more commentary about Them! than anything else.

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:46:42 +0000

@1. Big G : I could be mistaken but I don’t think the BA has any control or even any influence over what ads appear here. Think its some automated computer thingummywhatsit that generates them. Same thing happens on a number of other blogs too, not just the BA blog.

But, yeah, its a bad match up of ad to audience – and a bad ad period!

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Strange crater indeed. Wonder what it would be like if we could see it from the lunar surface? Wonder if and when anyone will visit it in person – maybe take samples of it – one day?

By: Meskine

Meskine — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:39:00 +0000

Please tell me you’re referring to the original “Them” with James Arness (My second favorite 1950′s sci-fi B movie behind the original “The Blob” with Steven McQueen). If not, you’re just a wannbe peeking through the front window fantasizing about how glorious it must be to be a real dork.

By: kat wagner

kat wagner — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:50:42 +0000

It’s an outtie.