Worst part of the movie:
Unobtanium? Really? Their budget was HOW MUCH, and they couldn't come up with a better name than UNOBTANIUM? Fail.
-Mike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania |
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I like the name.
It's self-deprecating, and such.
Regards,
-scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson. |
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I agree.
It's like they're having a quiet laugh with the science wonks in the audience. :-)
Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately. |
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it's actually appropriate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium
Since the late 1950s, aerospace engineers have used the term unobtainium when referring to unusual or costly materials, or when theoretically considering a material perfect for their needs in all respects, except that it does not exist. By the 1990s, the term was in wide use, even in formal engineering papers such as "Towards unobtainium [new composite materials for space applications]". The word unobtainium may well have been coined in the aerospace industry to refer to materials capable of withstanding the extreme temperatures expected in reentry. Aerospace engineers are frequently tempted to design aircraft which require parts with strength or resilience beyond that of currently available materials. http://md1.csa.com/p...480&setcookie=yes |
Finally saw 'Avatar' the other night.
- (static)
- (21)
- Feb. 28, 2010, 08:56:43 PM EST
We just got back from seeing it in SF
- (rcareaga)
- (7)
- March 1, 2010, 12:49:09 AM EST
Didn't see the last episode of The Sopranos, did you?
- (drook)
- (5)
- March 1, 2010, 12:59:54 AM EST
He was the pro-to-GAH-nist.
-NT
- (jake123)
- (2)
- March 1, 2010, 08:38:37 AM EST
What spell-checker are *you* using?
- (drook)
- (1)
- March 1, 2010, 09:40:21 AM EST
The one in the Phantom Menace 70 minute review...
-NT
- (jake123)
- March 1, 2010, 05:33:11 PM EST
no. Tony was a villian?
-NT
- (boxley)
- March 1, 2010, 08:56:41 AM EST
different genre, different genus
- (rcareaga)
- March 1, 2010, 10:01:54 AM EST
I've been doing some writing of my own.
- (static)
- March 1, 2010, 07:14:31 PM EST
astrophysics question
- (rcareaga)
- (12)
- March 1, 2010, 11:02:28 PM EST
I haven't seen the movie yet.
- (Another Scott)
- March 1, 2010, 11:34:16 PM EST
Hush, you.
- (malraux)
- (4)
- March 1, 2010, 11:47:44 PM EST
Worst part of the movie:
- (mvitale)
- (3)
- March 1, 2010, 11:56:23 PM EST
I like the name.
- (malraux)
- (1)
- March 1, 2010, 11:57:08 PM EST
I agree.
- (static)
- March 2, 2010, 05:28:00 AM EST
it's actually appropriate
- (SpiceWare)
- March 2, 2010, 04:51:13 PM EST
Not necessarily.
- (static)
- March 2, 2010, 05:33:25 AM EST
reply from an astrophysicist
- (boxley)
- (4)
- March 2, 2010, 10:50:53 AM EST
Does he know it's a moon?
- (malraux)
- (2)
- March 2, 2010, 11:18:59 AM EST
prolly not, the blue people live on a moon?
-NT
- (boxley)
- (1)
- March 2, 2010, 11:22:40 AM EST
Orbits a gas giant, yes.
-NT
- (malraux)
- March 2, 2010, 08:39:15 PM EST
Blue skin.
- (static)
- March 2, 2010, 08:23:30 PM EST
