new link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXcziKmjVs0

For anyone who's interested, this video is from the film Angel-A, by Luc Besson.

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Hadn't seen this one in awhile. Absolutely excellent.

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Genius! Ah, the memories...

Sulu got a cape... must have loved that.

Very, very clever. Open mailbox, indeed!

Childish and low brow, but freakin' hilarious. Waaaay up vote.

Awesome! More proof that liberals do not dominate the media.

Can we tag this with some sort of cautionary note, as in a milder version of "Faces of Death"? Had I known this video would have played out as it did, I wouldn't have watched it. (NB: I'm not saying others shouldn't watch it -- just that I would have liked to get a better idea of what I was going to watch beforehand.)

Where can I find that article about physicists exploring "universe as a simulation"? (Totally agree with you, by the way -- the evidence is out for both sides!)

In reply to this comment by dag:
I'm no theist, but I don't think Dawkins does his movement many favours with his attitude. The thing that annoys me, is that he seems to have it all worked out. He's as sure of himself as the devout. That's the wrong approach.

There may well be beings in our universe or outside our universe that are so far beyond us that we might as well call them gods. We may all be running as a simulation on their iPhones. (no not really, but yes really for the magnitudes this implies).

I was reading an article recently that physicists are starting to seriuosly explore the "universe as a simulation" idea. I hope someday, we crack an atom in a collider and open up the admin panel to this universe. Some Buddhist monks think they already have.

Superb! I love it when someone rises to the challenge.

I've appended to my original blog post citing your correction. I thought about correcting those errors, but after two years online, it seems a crime to erase them when they can be quite educational in their own right. Thanks again!

In reply to this comment by nibiyabi:
You've got a few grammar errors in there yourself (e.g., using "their" instead of "his or her"). I know this is a super late reply, but I might as well.

In reply to this comment by rosspruden:
Westy, I can't focus on what you're saying because I'm spending more time deciphering your mistakes: the medium should deliver the message, not impede it. If you're being lazy, that's one choice, I guess... but I'm always willing to engage in a heathly discussion through comments. But how seriously do you think you appear if you're too lazy to write properly?

I've written in my blog about this extensively:

GRAMMAR MATTERS
http://rosspruden.blogspot.com/2006/06/grammar-matters.html

NEW FORMALIST POETRY & MISLAID APOSTROPHES
http://rosspruden.blogspot.com/2005/12/new-formalist-poetry-mislaid.html