...subtitled, The Things Geeks Wonder About as They're Trying to Fall Asleep. Well, this particular geek, anyway.
Why didn't marketers think to call it "oystershell" packaging? (Pearls + seafood > seafood by itself--am I right?)
Why did it take a whole generation to finish Death Star 1.0, when 2.0 was operational in something like three years?
When cordless mice outnumber ones with tails, can we start calling them "hamsters"?
How many C programmers reflectively invoke the increment operator in "C++" and (mentally) call the language "D"?
Wasn't MI6 (in the Bond films) rather short-sighted to have a thousand special agent numbers (000 - 999) but only 26 letters for command/support staff (e.g. "M" and "Q")? And where does "Moneypenny" fit into all this anyway?
Are Java classes considered "illegitimate" because they can only have one parent?
When the screen of Enterprise's bridge is being used for videoconferencing, how is anyone supposed to drive?
Speaking of which...am I the only one who thinks that the "Starfield" screen-saver would be 1000% better with the occasional swipe of a windshield wiper?
When my COBOL prof. reminisced about computer memory being "a buck a byte," was that just because "two bits" is retro. slang for twenty-five cents?
How will Superman's changing-room and Dr. Who's Tardis be plausible in a world of mobile phones?
What would happen if you used Romulan Ale as the chaser for a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster?
