Lots of Monkeys

So, did you see that we’ve got a critical amount of space junk we’ll have to deal with at some point? I find this interesting because I recently started watching a television series about this very topic.

Planetes happens to be about “space junkmen,” the people that dispose of the debris in earth’s orbit. I suppose that the future of space travel in real life might follow the story of Planetes.

Orbital debris will be ignored and will build up until a catastrophic incident occurs with loss of human life. Then governments will start regulating corporations that send things into space and pass legislation requiring “debris collection departments.”

I can see it happening.

This interesting bit of news aside, I like Planetes as an interesting character driven dramedy.

I find myself drawn to the forums, even though I hardly play the game. Found this brilliant post about devotion.

Looks like the World of WarCraft will be celebrating Lunar New Year. I expect whining about Blizzard catering to “Chinese Gold Farmers” to commence on the forums in exactly negative two days.

I find it interesting that this holiday happens to come after the news that racism has come to Azeroth. Some misguided players believe that all non english speakers are Chinese gold farmers. They have resorted to a “screening” process that involves proving that English is your native tongue. This proof is demonstrated by typing one or two sentences with correct grammar and spelling.

Of course, this process is entirely dependent on whether or not the screeners know that a semicolon is not a part of your lower intestine.

Having played World of WarCraft, I predict that this practice will lead to a dramatic decrease in the number of groups, and perhaps eliminate groups entirely.