The Glade 4.0

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m ... story.html

Very sad

Debbie Reynolds announced a couple of hours ago that she's now in stable condition.

Apparently she didn't make it:

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... -1.2925518

The damage to her heart was done a long time ago. When John Belushi tells you that you're doing too much cocaine, you're doing too much **** cocaine.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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Holy shitsnacks!

Here, allow me to add:

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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RIP Ms. Fischer.

/mourn

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

I can't believe she's gone.

I was 7 years old when ROTJ came out, but to my young mind, she was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. She was, literally, the first crush I ever had.

She's in a galaxy far, far away now, and our world is a lot less bright, as a result.

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"I Live, I Love, I Slay, and I Am Content."
- Conan the Barbarian

I have a bad feeling about this...

And now Debbie Reynolds is gone too.

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"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me." - Alice R. Longworth

"Good? Bad? I'm the guy with the gun." - Ash Williams

A lot of us are the same way.

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Raell Kromwell

From Star Wars Celebration in Orlando this weekend:

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
█ ♣ █

Yea, I don't need to cry again.

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Raell Kromwell

She was so damn amazing.

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When he's underwater does he get wet? Or does the water get him instead?

Well, evidently "a long time ago" meant "ongoing and current."

Carrie Fisher had cocaine, heroin, and ecstasy in her system when she died.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
█ ♣ █

Musta been one helluva party.

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The Dude abides.

I'm guessing it was more of a Marid Audran situation -- constantly and (not-so) carefully tweaking your pharma cocktail to maintain the perfect state of consciousness at any given moment.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

That explains the "Force Awakens" plot then; they could have come up with a better course of action than another X-wing attack if the general wasn't high the entire time.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Based on prior experience, X-Wing attacks are highly effective strategies.

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

I know right. They're like 3 for 3 in blowing up Empire Superweapons.

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Holy shitsnacks!

2 and an assist, but yeah, they're pretty good.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

True, the Falcon is kind of the Republic's superweapon.

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Holy shitsnacks!

Asymmetrical ships are invincible.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

It's because Imperial pilots and gunners keep shooting to the (craft's perspective) right of the cockpit.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

They need a software upgrade.

(In the trench attack scene, we see that the fighters of both sides need to lock on to enemy fighters in order to hit them, and we can see Vader's laser streams adjusting automatically onto the rebel fighters. This makes perfect sense; while force-sensitives like Vader and Luke might be able to hit without computer targeting, regular pilots no doubt require it. Most ships we see do have the cockpit center-mass; the Falcon is highly unusual and the software probably automatically aims center mass.)

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."