Field Theory by Hadyn Green

For "droids" read "negroes", for Mos Eisley read "Mobile Alabama in the 1950's". The droids are effectively slaves, an underclass..

Besides, what would a droid orderin a cantina? CRC? It looks like the kind of place that would have a two-drink minimum and if you ain't buyin' you ain't stayin'

I don't think the ability to live-blog the game would be the concern, probably more the ability to live-stream it?

probably more the ability to live-stream it?

Given the iPad has no camera, probably not. You also aren't allowed video cameras, but how many videos have we seen on YouTube from Yankee Stadium?

For "droids" read "negroes"

Wow, I hadn't thought of that. And they were kidnapped and sold as slaves to the Skywalkers...

It looks like the kind of place that would have a two-drink minimum and if you ain't buyin' you ain't stayin'

For that band there was probably a $10 cover charge. In the new digital version you can freeze frame and see a small stamp on Luke's wrist.

On a side note and a complete tangent. You know when C3P0 and R2D2 get turned away from the Cantina in Mos Eisley?

Because they're got nothing against bickering old married gay-bots, but "that sort" have their own lube bar just around the corner? :)

There are two types of people in college: Jocks and Nerds. As a jock, it is my job to give the nerds a hard time....

Given the iPad has no camera, probably not. You also aren't allowed video cameras, but how many videos have we seen on YouTube from Yankee Stadium?

I was referring to the 'no laptop' ban, and by definition the iPad is a laptop - "A portable computer that is small enough and light enough to be used on one's lap.". Second it would be a lot easier to conceal a camera than a laptop, and that's not streaming the game in real time anyway [yet!]

Given the iPad has no camera

It could be as simple as, like most people on the planet, the powers that be at be at Yankee Stadium can't believe the iPad has no camera or, indeed, a USB port.

Besides, what would a droid orderin a cantina? CRC?

Well, they were fond of oil baths. So perhaps when Craig refers to their own bar round the corner, he really means whatever the 'droid equivalent of a Turkish Baths is.

It must have been a nightmare for the cantina bar owner, though. If your clientele consists of multiple sentient species, then keeping your stock up to date would take some organising. No wonder he was so grumpy. Perhaps he just decided he'd simplify his operation and keep the overheads down by sticking to normal life forms and not artificial builds?

Well, I waited a day, but hey, you must have expected it, right?

During the recent Cricket T20 World Cup on ESPN Sportscenter the two presenters bantered about how they didn't understand cricket because it was too confusing. And while it is compared to baseball, it's nothing compared to football, hockey and basketball.

Now you've GOT to be talking about NFL, American football right? Which BTW no one outside the US calls football.

Association football (actual football) isn't confusing at all. Apart from the offside rule, and that only got complicated when some idiot decided there was passive and active - as in the winning goal in Monday night's Socceroos-All Whites friendly.

It must have been a nightmare for the cantina bar owner, though. If your clientele consists of multiple sentient species, then keeping your stock up to date would take some organising. No wonder he was so grumpy.

Larry Niven did a rather interesting story collection called The Draco Tavern -- whose narrator is the bartender and owner of the only bar at the only spaceport on Earth (unfortunately it's in Siberia not somewhere more agreeable). How the hell do you pay the rent when most of your clientèle's idea of a night on the razzle is sitting around giving themselves mild electric shocks? (You also have to learn to dodge questions about what you really do with the high volume of pedigree lab rats that pass through the loading dock never to be seen again...) :)

Well, I waited a day, but hey, you must have expected it, right?

It's these sorts of things that restore your faith in humanity.

It's these sorts of things that restore your faith in humanity.

While still being absolutely certain that we're all doomed. But, hey, if we're fucked you might as well have some fun while you're at it. :)

It's these sorts of things that restore your faith in humanity.

The Iddie Izzard Death Star Canteen is also restorative in that sense, but I've posted that before I think.

"I'll have the Penne a l'Arrabiata."

Gold.

being absolutely certain that we're all doomed.

Ah. That explains your support of the National party. ;)

Well, I waited a day, but hey, you must have expected it, right

*whispers quietly* I love Richard Cheese. *shame*

*whispers quietly* I love Richard Cheese. *shame*

*whispers even more quietly* I quite like Barry Manilow's original. Especially at parties where everyone is 35+, uninhibited, and a little bit trollied. *end overshare*

Actually, that was a bit ageist. 40+ may be more accurate ;-)

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More importantly, does Mos Eisley allow laptops? Did Han shoot Greedo 'cos he suspected him of surreptitious fucking about on a netbook under the table?

Well, in the original, Greedo kept his hands in view over the table, and his fatal error was to allow Han to move his under the table. Han shot him cold.

In the crappy updated version, L*c*s CGI'd it so that it looked like Greedo shot first.

But I'm sure we'll get a new version soon, where Greedo is surreptitiously updating his facebook profile, unfriending Han and thus driving him into a killing rage.

Anyway, if you've ever wondered what star wars would be like if they had facebook, here it is.

Har, "Status: In a wretched hive of scum and villainy lol"

what star wars would be like if they had facebook

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C-3PO FTW!