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Hawaii group offers lessons in bagpipe, Celtic drumming

Edit Star Advertiser 23 Oct 2016
When the USS Enterprise sent Spock’s body into deep space at the end of the film “The Wrath of Khan,” the scene is punctuated by a bagpipe rendition of “Amazing Grace.”. Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawaii may not be as “far out” in their performances, but the organization is about as close as it can get on this planet ... “Also, we’re multi-ethnic ... That’s only the half of it ... ....

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers review – an AI on the run

Edit The Guardian 22 Oct 2016
This followup to The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet is a charming story of love and friendship. The old-style model of publishing was. you wrote your book; you got an agent; your agent got you a publishing deal; you got published ... Finally, you relaxed on your yacht off Cap d’Antibes ... The world has changed ... Read more ... It’s well earned ... Either way, characters such as Star Trek’s Spock or Data are talismanic figures for many such fans ... ....

Can’t find a perfect CEO? Create an AI one yourself

Edit Venture Beat 22 Oct 2016
“On August 29, 2027, at 2.14 PM EST, Skynet, the largest and the most successful financial corporation in the world, conducted an IPO on NASDAQ. As the only human left on staff, the corporate lawyer had to ring the bell ... A good sense of humor would be useful too ... Similar to the neocortex of our brain, which is a learning system, AI technology will also have to be a bit like the hyper-logical Spock of “Star Trek.”....

Bedlam Lowertown to close Nov. 2; money problems blamed

Edit Pioneer Press 21 Oct 2016
... has run out” on some of its debts, according to an email to patrons from Bedlam artistic director Maren Ward and Dan Spock, president of its board of directors....

Why aping humans is to be abhorred

Edit The Guardian 20 Oct 2016
Smoking chimp . Star Trek kisses . Culling books . Abhorrence of hatred ... The ape remarks. “I repeat. I was not attracted to imitating humans; I imitated because I was looking for a way out, not for any other reason.”. Simon Nicholls. London ... Half-Vulcan Spock kisses Nurse Chapel just before the famous interracial kiss between Kirk and Uhura ... Jem Whiteley. Oxford ... London ... ....

Oct. 25-Dec. 15: 'Star Trek' (University of Delaware)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Oct 2016
(Source. University of Delaware) ... To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first episode, the exhibition 'Star Trek. 50th Anniversary' will be on display from Oct. 25-Dec ... The adventures of Captain Kirk, Spock and the crew of the starship Enterprise formed the basis for four subsequent live-action television series, an animated series, 13 feature films, hundreds of novels and countless pieces of merchandise ... (noodl. 35888638) ....

U.S. presidential race goes out of this world

Edit Toronto Sun 19 Oct 2016
The good news if Hillary wins is that America will finally open diplomatic relations with Mars and Alpha Centauri. At last, the White House will be hailing on all frequencies. WikiLeaks show Ms. Clinton’s campaign boss, John Podesta, is a big fan of aliens, and I don’t just mean the ones swimming the Rio Grande. Great gobs of greasy galactic gopher guts. Set phasers on stun ... He even looks a bit like Spock ... Imagine the bounty....

Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols: ‘Martin Luther King was a Trekker’

Edit The Guardian 18 Oct 2016
In a way it was Roddenberry’s idealistic response to the racial ferment of the 1960s – so Lt Sulu was a Japanese helmsman, Lt Uhura was African-American and Mr Spock was half-Vulcan ... One of my favourites is when an entranced Spock explains her name (Uhura, adapted from the Swahili uhuru, meaning “freedom”, was chosen by Nichols herself.) He then quotes Byron at her for good measure....

Best shows on Netflix: 50 great Netflix TV series

Edit TechRadar 17 Oct 2016
UPDATE. Netflix has announced that new episodes of Black Mirror will be available from 21 October. Welcome to TechRadar's always-updated selection of the best shows on Netflix - 50 TV shows that showcase the best Netflix series available in the UK ... And they should be ... One of the first to get this is Marco Polo ... 7 ... 4 ... 1 ... 3 ... 2 ... 2 ... William Shatner's Kirk and Leonard Nimoy's Spock. Kirk is all bluster and pomp, Spock is cool, calm and authoritative....

Gut instinct guides us and we're lucky it does

Edit Canada Dot Com 14 Oct 2016
Spock, shaking his head and warning against faulty logic, and Captain Kirk insisting he had a hunch, a gut feeling ... [caption id="attachment_420944" align="alignnone" width="640"] Do you make your decisions impulsively, like Kirk, or logically, like Spock?[/caption] Recent findings show that instincts based in feelings from within our bodies are powerful and useful influences on the way our minds make decisions ... Spock ... • • •....

Why does Star Trek have a huge following?

Edit Slate 14 Oct 2016
This question originally appeared on Quora, the knowledge-sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights ... The Star Trek franchise celebrated its 50th anniversary in September ... Like angels and devils on his shoulder were his advisers, Spock, the logical Vulcan viewing the world through a cerebral lens, and McCoy, the ship’s physician and the very embodiment of heart, compassion, and morality....

Barack Obama names his essential science-fiction films and television shows

Edit Entertainment Weekly 13 Oct 2016
Of Star Wars - Episode IV ... It was about values and relationships.” ... When Leonard Nimoy died in 2015, the president released a statement professing his admiration for Spock and the actor. “I loved Spock,” Obama wrote ... ....

How virtual reality will bring your favorite comic books to life

Edit TechRadar 13 Oct 2016
Superhero films take our favorite comic book heroes and insert them into our world. Now, through virtual reality, one startup is hoping to do the reverse. insert comic book fans into a 3D-version of their favorite comics ... The panel, titled “The Future of Comics in New Realities,” showcased an intriguing working demo of 3D comics in action ... A new dimension of comic book storytelling ... Credit ... Credit ... Spock” appears before Spock’s dialogue ....
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