To clarify, the iconic picture is from the second flag raising on Iwo Jima, which was also captured on motion-picture film by William Genaust. This detail is important because the Marines who raised the first flag were sometimes called liars for saying they first raised the flag. You see them overlooked again here with "but it took them until the afternoon of the 23rd to capture the summit". The first Marines captured the summit and planted the flag on the morning of the 23rd.
The Cocktail Computer is amazing! I've been doing research in edge-notched punched cards, which had their heyday in the 1940s and 1950s, and were still used until about 1980s, when home computers replaced them. It's listed as an example of a 'dead medium' at http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/11/111.html . I made some myself in paper to experiment with it. And today I get to see them used in a modern product. Thank you Neatorama!
I'll add another quote: “The concept began as an [O]rientalist propaganda fiction created by the CIA to mobilize domestic support for a massive military build-up. This fiction proved so effective that the CIA’s operations directorate believed it and began a furious search for a real mind control weapon. The search resulted not in a miraculous new weapon but a program of simulated brainwashing designed as a prophylactic against enemy mistreatment. This simulation in turn became the real basis for interrogating detainees in the war on terror.”
The magic years when the same movie won all three categories for that year are 2003 (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), 1961 (West Side Story) and 1957 (Bridge on the River Kwai). I haven't seen any of the three movies for my birth year of 1970.
A minor correction to "Nothing at all was there before the laboratory". There was a private boy's school, the Los Alamos Ranch School, described in the text as "the US government took over a local school".
"Far Out Space Nuts" (1975), "While loading food into various compartments to prepare a rocket for an upcoming mission, Barney instructs Junior to hit the "lunch" button, but Junior mistakenly hits the "launch" button." https://youtu.be/SgvYgobd17w?t=13
Great, now we've got 4channer-wannabes stinking up the joint. On the one hand, there's a white supremacist who wants all of the refugees to rape the girl scout. While on the other hand there's a teenager who just been given dripping turd combining misogyny and anti-immigrant lies about refugee rapists into a single sentence. How many teenagers do you know who could respond to lies and hatred on the fly and not have their response deliberately distorted by the likes of you? Because I saw how you changed "if something happens to me", should the Nazi's disgusting fantasy come true, into some sort of condoning of all rape. So, great on you for calling out the scout for not being perfect. You win one internet point.
Things kids can't get away with now: sprinting in the halls, smoking in the boy's room, OJ+spirits (legal at 18 then), clothing not allowed under many present-day dress codes. Did I miss anything?
Many of these arguments seem petty. Yes, if the water isn't drunk then that it goes to waste, as does the water needed to wash it. That gallon of water costs less than a penny. But the spoon I don't use is also wasting water - why not make utensils available on request only?
To give an idea of how small 1 gallon is in regards to the meal, it takes over 100 gallons just to make the meat in a quarter pounder. I also can't help note that this is a conservation method which is based on guilting the customer, and costs the restaurant almost nothing. Is the restaurateur also switching to low-flow toilets, upgrading to more water efficient dish washer, and so on?
The "Bitchy Waiter" comment about not making tips for tap water sounds like another reason to get rid of tipping. The cost of water is part of the cost of doing business. The waiter also doesn't make extra tips for bringing an extra fork, should the one I use fall on the floor, nor bringing an extra napkin.
For what it's worth, here in Sweden, tap water is free at most restaurants, delicious, and used by the locals. At cafes and other places without wait staff, there's usually a stack of glasses and a pour spout or pitcher for you to pour (and top up) yourself. I think that's the practice across the Nordic countries.
To give an idea of how small 1 gallon is in regards to the meal, it takes over 100 gallons just to make the meat in a quarter pounder. I also can't help note that this is a conservation method which is based on guilting the customer, and costs the restaurant almost nothing. Is the restaurateur also switching to low-flow toilets, upgrading to more water efficient dish washer, and so on?
The "Bitchy Waiter" comment about not making tips for tap water sounds like another reason to get rid of tipping. The cost of water is part of the cost of doing business. The waiter also doesn't make extra tips for bringing an extra fork, should the one I use fall on the floor, nor bringing an extra napkin.
Nor is the glass of water at the table a result of Prohibition. https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2010/09/06/that-glass-of-water/ points out that it was common practice in the US well before Prohibition, though there is a connection to earlier temperance movements.
For what it's worth, here in Sweden, tap water is free at most restaurants, delicious, and used by the locals. At cafes and other places without wait staff, there's usually a stack of glasses and a pour spout or pitcher for you to pour (and top up) yourself. I think that's the practice across the Nordic countries.