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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
malkingrey	7:13p	What the Thunder Said The promised thunderstorms arrived this morning at dawn. Oh, my, did they arrive. The Errol Fire Department and Errol Rescue got toned out for a structure fire for a home that had been struck by lightning and was not just "fully involved" but "engulfed" by the time they got there. They ended up calling on Colebrook Fire for mutual aid, as well as on 45th Parallel EMS, the latter because there was a casualty that had to be transported and the firefighters still needed an ambulance on standby. That was at dawn. At about 3 PM, another thunderstorm came through, this time knocking out all the power in town for about 3 hours. And we're currently under a severe thunderstorm warning and a tornado watch until 9 PM, not to mention a flash flood warning for low-lying areas. (There was, however, a non-rainy stretch during the middle of the day when we were able to get some trash to the town dump. O the excitement.) (Comment on this)
slashdot	9:59p	EU Commissioner: I Will End Net Neutrality Waiting Game http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/to/~3/IQr7yoio8Uw/eu-commissioner-i-will-end-net-neutrality-waiting-game (Comment on this)
slashdot	9:59p	RIM May Need To Write Off $1 Billion In Inventory http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/to/~3/rpasdT3WnQ0/rim-may-need-to-write-off-1-billion-in-inventory (Comment on this)
slashdot	9:59p	CS Professor Announces Run For VT State Senate On a Platform of Internet Polling http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/to/~3/L0Uc1l1EtLo/cs-professor-announces-run-for-vt-state-senate-on-a-platform-of-internet-polling (Comment on this)
slashdot	9:59p	Scientific Literacy vs. Concern Over Climate Change http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/to/~3/yw_behLZXqs/scientific-literacy-vs-concern-over-climate-change (Comment on this)
slashdot	9:59p	Another Afghan School Poisoned — 160 Girls Hospitalized http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/to/~3/IsFRvFlUlI0/another-afghan-school-poisoned-160-girls-hospitalized (Comment on this)
slashdot	9:59p	Mono Abandons Open Source Silverlight http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/to/~3/Y15pm2J27fw/mono-abandons-open-source-silverlight (Comment on this)
slashdot	9:59p	Ask Slashdot: Find a Job In China For Non-native Speaker? http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/to/~3/jO_zlALL96w/ask-slashdot-find-a-job-in-china-for-non-native-speaker (Comment on this)
slashdot	9:59p	Can Windows 8 Succeed In a Cloud-Based World? http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/to/~3/b1K8b7I51p8/can-windows-8-succeed-in-a-cloud-based-world (Comment on this)
slashdot	9:59p	The Netherlands Rejects ACTA, and Does One Better http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/to/~3/2Y2XtkxpTTE/the-netherlands-rejects-acta-and-does-one-better (Comment on this)
slashdot	9:59p	Audio Surveillance, Intended to Detect Gunshots, Can Pick Up Much More http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/to/~3/40B5RXQraVI/audio-surveillance-intended-to-detect-gunshots-can-pick-up-much-more (Comment on this)
slashdot	9:59p	Debate Over Evolution Will Soon Be History, Says Leakey http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/to/~3/U3VCIBa7syo/debate-over-evolution-will-soon-be-history-says-leakey (Comment on this)
slashdot	9:59p	Fedora 17 Released http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/to/~3/Su2FYsL-j3A/fedora-17-released (Comment on this)
slashdot	9:59p	Digging Into the Electrical Cost of PC Gaming http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/to/~3/cPv2cvIMElM/digging-into-the-electrical-cost-of-pc-gaming (Comment on this)
scifiwire	5:17p	Relive 27 of Will Smith's greatest sci-fi quips in 2 min supercut http://blastr.com/2012/05/relive-27-of-will-smiths.php Going all the way back to the '90s, Will Smith has been an action movie stalwart for nearly two decades—and throughout that time, he's dropped his fair share of quips. But, watching them all crammed into an approximately 2 minute clip? Now that's cine-magic. (Comment on this)
scifiwire	4:26p	Total Recall's latest trailer will give you a serious case of vertigo http://blastr.com/2012/05/new-total-recall-trailer.php Yet another new trailer has been released for the new Total Recall reboot, showing off some sweeping new action shots and what looks to be a mighty big fall. (Comment on this)
scifiwire	4:05p	Meet the new characters who'll pop up in Game of Thrones Season 3 http://blastr.com/2012/05/which-new-characters-will.php With the second season of HBO's monster hit wrapping up its second season next Sunday, its producers are already deep into planning the third season. And they've already decided which characters from George R.R. Martin's third Song of Ice and Fire book, A Storm of Swords, will get added to the already-sprawling ensemble. (Comment on this)
scifiwire	3:46p	New Starship Troopers trailer shows off classic bug-killing action http://blastr.com/2012/05/new-starship-troopers-tra.php It may have had a bit of cheese coming off the edges, but the 1997 big-screen adaptation of Robert Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers is still one of the most awesomely crazy sci-fi action movies out there. The even lower-budget, direct-to-DVD sequels? Not so much. (Comment on this)
scifiwire	3:09p	8 Marvel supervillains who could take on the Thunder God in Thor 2 http://blastr.com/2012/05/9-supervillains-who-could.php Here's the problem with Thor: His rogue's gallery is more of a collection than a gallery. He's not overflowing with titanic baddies. With Thor 2 heating up—and Marvel's cinematic honcho promising a "major, major" villain—we started thinking of who it might be. (Comment on this)
scifiwire	2:48p	If you still think Khan is in Trek 2, Simon Pegg's annoyed with you http://blastr.com/2012/05/if-you-still-think-khan-i.php So is Benedict Cumberbatch playing Khan or not in the upcoming Star Trek 2? In yet another twist to the whole Khan-not-Khan saga, actor Simon Pegg, who plays the U.S.S. Enterprise's chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, says he's NOT. And he's really annoyed with you about it. (Comment on this)
scifiwire	2:16p	Who does Stallone blame for the death of action films? Superheroes http://blastr.com/2012/05/who-does-stallone-blame-f.php Even at 65, Sylvester Stallone is still out there fighting the action-movie fight for moviegoers everywhere, but he seems to be losing a little bit of his faith these days. Sure, he's got plenty of action on the way with The Expendables 2 and The Tomb both headed for theaters, but he sees a new threat rising that might kill the genre that made his name forever, and it's a threat clad in tights and a cape. (Comment on this)
scifiwire	11:59a	See Spidey toss Gwen out a window in new Amazing Spider-Man trailer http://blastr.com/2012/05/spidey-tosses-gwen-out-a.php A new international trailer for Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man has made its way online, showing off quite a few new web-slinging shots—plus, we get to see Spidey toss Gwen Stacy out of a window (and catch her). (Comment on this)
scifiwire	11:29a	Leo Dillon, legendary science fiction artist, dead at 79 http://blastr.com/2012/05/legendary-science-fictio-leo-dillon.php Leo Dillon, the legendary Hugo Award and Caldecott Medal-winning sci-fi and fantasy artist who created hundreds of iconic images for sci-fi book covers and picture books alongside his wife Diane, passed away over the weekend at the age of 79. (Comment on this)
scifiwire	10:52a	Oops! See BBC mistakenly air Halo logo while reporting on the UN http://blastr.com/2012/05/oops-see-bbc-mistakenly-a.php When you're tossing together a news report, the Internet is the perfect resource to grab those obscure government logos and placeholder clip art—just make sure you don't snag a fictional one from the Halo universe instead. (Comment on this)
scifiwire	10:25a	Terrific (spoof) trailer for next game-based blockbuster: Tetris! http://blastr.com/2012/05/terrific-spoof-trailer-fo.php Apparently, Hollywood will make movies out of any damned thing. Comic books, board games, even Stretch Armstrong. So the idea of someone taking that most elemental shape-sorting videogame and making a Michael Bay-style invasion movie isn't that far from reality. Which is what makes it so perfect. (Comment on this)

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