Howdy ya'll,
Its that time again, its time for another post! This post is going to be a lot more nerdy and a lot less serious compared to my last few posts.
I am happy that I don't live in Vietnam because Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communication has put in a request to block access to online games between the times of 10:00pm and 8:00am. The government has also authorized other stiff measures in the last few months, do you know the reason why they are doing this? Its to help mitigate the apparent side effects of online gaming. I don't believe personally that online games are having that great of a side effect on us that we need to be monitored, but maybe there is a bigger problem in Vietnam then here.
Today is also the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, which was released on February 21st 1986. So many of us have played one of the many versions and off shoots and it has instilled so many great memories. Happy Anniversary and thank you for all the hours spent having fun.
So the Science Channel has bought the rights for Firefly and they will be airing all the episodes in order in High Definition. Also a physicist will appear at times and help explain the theoretical sciences behind the show's sci-fi concepts. This is awesome and hopefully this will help it gain a larger following and eventually lead to the show being picked up and new episodes being created.
Now to the most exciting and scary news of the past few days, the US Navy just broke the world record for the most powerful laser. Their new free-electron laser is the most powerful as it can burn through 20 feet of steel per second. This has led to the Navy awarding a $163 million contract to Boeing to help work on weaponizing it while also making it available to be used for on ship communications, tracking and detection. Its scary to think about what would happen if this technology got into the wrong hands (albeit people may say its already in the wrong hands). But being a nerd has made me think about all the cool things that may eventually come from this latest advancement, like blaster guns and lightsabers. I can imagine it now, having my own lightsaber and being able to protect the ones I love. I think I'm going to have a good dream tonight.
That is all for tonight, please return for another post at the same Nerd time on the same Nerd channel
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