Chad’s News

Back in my Usenet days, the Star Wars vs. Star Trek debate became so heated that it got its own forum, just to keep it from clogging up the actual Star Wars and Star Trek discussion forums. Someone has taken this to a whole new level, as shown in this video.

I am convinced that, just based on sheer size, the Star Wars fleets would easily be able to demolish anything from Star Trek. The regular, Imperial-class Star Destroyers are about a mile long, while the Super Star Destroyers (think Darth Vader’s flagship) are nearly 12 miles long. The late-model Enterprise ships were only 750 yards long, with much less destructive power. A single Death Star could probably take out the entire Borg collective.

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If you’ve never heard of the “Star Wars kid,” then check out this video before reading the linked article. There are also modified videos, with effects. Leave some comments to let me know what you think of the whole situation.

http://arstechnica.com/…

This is just too unreal…

http://blogs.starwars.com/…

Yesterday marked the DVD release of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Some retailers, including Target, Wal*Mart, and Best Buy, are giving away promotional items along with the DVD. The smart consumer, of course, will put off purchasing until the release of the second-trilogy bundle, which is bound to come out in a year or so and which will have all kinds of extras…

http://www.theforce.net/…

Chewbacca threw out the first pitch for a Red Sox game. The picture is great! (Who knew he was a lefty…)

Link: http://bostondirtdogs.boston.com/…

George Lucas’ latest effort to push new technology into the mainstream.

Link: http://www.videobusiness.com/…

This is definitely the stuff of science fiction:

Link: http://www.newscientist.com/…

***** Begin Obligatory Star Wars Rant *****
The article mentions the comparison to Star Wars, but it’s completely obvious that the weapons in Star Wars are not lasers—most likely they’re some sort of plasma. First, they’re visible, which lasers are not unless there’s dust in the air. Second you can see them move, which is definitely not the 186,000 miles/second speed of light. Third, they combine and change direction (think Death Star #1), while real light beams simply pass through each other and continue moving in the same direction as before.
***** End Obligatory Star Wars Rant *****

Okay, so they didn’t actually arrest him, but they were called. The picture is priceless:

Link: http://www.theforce.net/…