[Kzyxtalk] The Xindi weapon.

[Marco McClean]

Something kept tugging at my memory as I watched animation after 
animation of the coming Monday eclipse track, and I finally realized 
what it was. The Xindi prototype weapon that slashes a boiling trench 
across Florida and into the Gulf of Mexico, killing millions and 
millions of people, including Trip's sister, in March of 2153, in /Star 
Trek: Enterprise/.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92Ypi5_ixE

Here's the best eclipse-related video I've seen so far. Eclipses can be 
considered from other points of view, and they should be:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyx0HFtC8Qg

Also, for those who already know what an eclipse is and how one works 
and so are tired of being shown diagrams and being explained to about 
eclipses, or who just like to memorize arbitrary terms, here is all of 
it in one image:
https://xkcd.com/1878/

IN OTHER NEWS, tonight (Friday) I'll be doing my radio show by live 
remote from Juanita's apartment, not from the KNYO storefront in Fort 
Bragg, so if you want to come in and play your musical instrument(s) or 
talk about your project, or whatever, make that Friday next week (August 
25) when I'll be there.

It's  325 N. Franklin (next to the Tip Top bar). Just waltz in any time 
after 9pm (Friday, next week), head for the lighted room at the back and 
get my attention.

Memo of the Air: Good Night Radio. Every Friday, 9pm to about 4am on 
107.7fm KNYO-LP Fort Bragg, including midnight to 3am 105.1fm KMEC-LP 
Ukiah. And also there and anywhere else via http://knyo.org or 
http://TuneIn.com

Again, /last/ week's show from Franklin Street was mostly sabotaged from 
being on either the air or the web by technical and/or malice-based 
problems beyond anyone at the station's control. Jerry has replaced all 
the pertinent passwords and significantly robustified the system's 
security, so /that/ particular [sweary swearword swearword] 
[noun-swearword] can't occur again, though a new one might, and that's 
the beauty of living in the world, having experiences, caring about 
these abritrary things to care about. The recording of the 
only-partially-aired Friday August 11 show, which I continued doing, 
nonetheless, is still available for download at my weblog, in case that 
interests you. It's pretty good, as will be the all-new one I do 
tonight, which you'll be able to get the recording of /tomorrow/ night, 
whether the STL technology behaves like a loving mother in an 
after-school special, which it usually does, or a demented slumlord in a 
Marvel comic book, like Wilson Fisk in /Daredevil/.


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Marco McClean

memo at mcn.org

http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com