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This bit of ugliness rears it's head again. Everyone involved denies it's coming, but money is money... European breakaway league: Is football about to change forever? - BBC Sport

Issues of the old sci-fi magazine 'IF' have been made available to download from archive.org. "Old" in this case covers the years 1952 to 1974, so adjust expectations accordingly. IF Magazine : Free Texts : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Travelling to Highpass Keep as a DE Enchanter to get the low level pet spell, with only the vaguest knowledge of where that was ("somewhere next to Kithicor Forest", another zone I'd barely stepped into) and hoping no-one would see through the Human illusion. Later on, scaring the crap out of...

Physics - Viewpoint: Can Four Neutrons Tango? Four neutron particles shouldn't exist, although "exist" in this case only stretches as far as 10 ^-21 seconds.

The Smurfs are causing problems for China Log In - The New York Times

I think the theory of gravity acting instantaneously regardless of distance was disproven in the 19th century, something to do with the orbit of Mercury.

While the new show will likely still suck and there are way too many presenters, it should be pointed out that Chris Evans is personal friends with Joey and Eddie Jordan and AFAIK Matt le Blanc is the only one of them who hasn't worked in front of the cameras on a car show.

Eddie Jordan poised to join Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc for new-look Top Gear | Media | The Guardian

Damn this news sucks. There's a decent obit /tribute to him on the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...d-appreciation

Some interesting stuff in there, like the round FOV (Vive) vs rectangular FOV (Rift): plus the note that the guy felt nauseous even in the "ideal" VR situation of EVE Valkyrie, once he started doing barrel rolls - again it's the discrepancy between what you're seeing (the world spinning) and...

Unbelievable was it? Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker denies knowledge of David Cameron piggate | Metro News

It's great for something like Elite where being able to look around you is a big advantage. The downside is that the graphics are going to be low resolution compared to what you see on your monitor. One of the issues with VR in games is that it works best when your actual position mirrors the...

That's been a rumor for months but I think it's wishful thinking - although Hiddleston is a good friend of Cumberbatch and Sherlock's casting does include a bunch of friends and relatives, especially relatives. "Tom would be wonderful in Sherlock I'm sure but he only does movies now. What can...

In the books he's smarter than Sherlock but is a thinker rather than a doer, so he spends his time behind a desk at his club "advising" the government. The sibling rivalry between the two of them seems more a creation of film and TV.

With a lot of practice and an agile ship, there's fun to be had down there.* Don't try this until you can afford the many, many crashes that will follow. * you'll notice there's a lot of scene cuts in the video. Mucking about on the surface isn't the best use of your time if you are just...

It's still a year away, but they are in production...

I still don't get why people are so keen on being able to walk / drive around in games that are about flying - I mean why walk when you can fly, that's why we made planes - but people are keen so there you have it. Just wait till you can walk around stations; you'll end up with a sort of...

Some "aerial" combat from earlier today. The only real problem was worrying about where the limits of the no-fire zone was above the military base down below; not sure I'd fancy flying something less manoeuvrable about in a scrap down here though.

Some screenshots from the first moon fall that I made after release These were some nice ice canyons to fly over, but I had to jump back into orbit to make it to the target on time Sadly the mission base was on the dim side and my space to ground skills need work, I ended up some...

You could tell those two really don't like each other...

Some beta screenshots (not mine), spoilered for size. As you might expect from procedural generation, some spots are much better looking than others. There's definitely some issue with terrain "pop-up" and hopefully some optimisations to come on shadowing, which slows things down a lot.

I'm going with Missey switching dials on the Doctor back at the start of the series; torturing the Doctor for a few billion years sounds like her idea of fun. Plus, she always claimed to know where Gallifrey was, so who else could or would put a portal to it inside the dial?

I always found deathmatch on Ziggurat Vertigo to be fun, but most people would leave the server whenever that map came up on rotation

Yes, you will need an internet connection to play. As you can switch to "Solo" mode you can avoid blockades and the like, so it's less ganky than Eve. PvP tends to be something you have to go looking for, but there's plenty of it (Quineloe is the guy to ask), and it's more like air combat...

Big trouble ahead Antibiotic resistance: World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era' - BBC News

He had a rare kidney disease, nephrotic syndrome, which comes with a whole host of problems and one of them is an increased chance of heart attack or "sudden death". The man was unique as a rugby player; 6 foot 5 inches, 280 pounds, running 40m in 4.3 seconds and 100m in 10.6 seconds. And he...

England v France at Wembley, sometimes things are done right (and the match itself was irrelevant). England vs. France at Wembley as symbol of unity - ESPN FC

Richard Ayoade is actually a very busy guy; he writes and directs his own films now (Submarine, which was excellent, and The Double, which I've not seen). As well as the acting, writing and directing, he also works with Chris Morris in the Warp Records / Warp Films companies, he's into music.

More stuff as the release date gets closer. A drive around the Imperial Cutter and a surface starport.

These aren't for taking out ships, they are for striking naval bases and coastal cities from thousands of miles away. The speculation is that these are cobalt warheads to deal out lethal, long-lasting radiation. AFAIK the only existing torpedoes with nuclear warheads are anti-submarine.

Giant nuclear torpedoes are on the drawing board, hopefully not coming our way soon. Russia reveals giant nuclear torpedo in state TV 'leak' - BBC News

The BBC are teaming up with New Line Cinema to adapt this for TV. There's no word on when it's due to come out, but hopefully it will work out better than the film. His Dark Materials set to become BBC One drama series - BBC News

Air-launched rockets have been going on for a while (see Pegasushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(rocket) , which was partly designed by Burt Rutan.) although they use specially modified aircraft rather than standard jet fighters.

More engine tech BAE invests in space engine firm Reaction Engines - BBC News What thev've designed, built and tested so far has been verified by the European Space Agency and the U.S. air force, so it seems legit. Wikipedia link on the technology behind it...

A work in progress stream showing ground combat and low level flying. Stuff starts about 10 minutes in. It sounds like there are wrecks, bases and ports, which will mean combat, trading and missions. And to give a sense of scale:

Rosetta finds oxygen on comet 67P in 'most surprising discovery to date' | Science | The Guardian

The paper is here: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip...1063/1.4932196 There are some graphs buried in there; assuming I'm looking at the right set of points the thrust varied from about 15 to 30 mN, compared to 30 to 50 mN for the same drive operating in a "conventional" mode - although...

Boyega was in a film called Attack the Block which I didn't much care for but he was good in it.

This will cause a storm if it's true El Clasico corruption storm as linesman told to 'favour Real Madrid' by referee in La Liga clash with Barcelona - Telegraph

First reviews are, on the whole, excellent Spectre: Five star reviews greet new Bond movie - BBC News