Definitions by nick weiner
Nationals
A dismal Major League Baseball team that despite a move from Montreal, still hasn't gotten over the 1994 baseball strike.
Given that the Nationals (then Expos) went 74-40 in 1994 and were tied for the best record in baseball before the strike, the loss of morale led to season after season of dismay.
Nationals by Nick Weiner February 4, 2009
Plattsburgh
A town in extreme upstate New York that is pretty much the only place for activity in that whole area. Very cold in the winter.
Plattsburgh by Nick Weiner February 3, 2009
Assist
1. A statistic in sports, mainly hockey and soccer, when you pass the object in play to a teammate who then scores.
2. A statistic in first-person shooters that shows how many times you tried to kill an enemy but your teammate had to finish the job.
2. A statistic in first-person shooters that shows how many times you tried to kill an enemy but your teammate had to finish the job.
1. In an ice hockey game, I got an assist by passing across the ice to my teammate who then shot and scored.
2. In Call of Duty I shot a guy in front of me only for him to strafe away and I got an assist after he ran right into my teammate's bayonet.
2. In Call of Duty I shot a guy in front of me only for him to strafe away and I got an assist after he ran right into my teammate's bayonet.
Assist by Nick Weiner February 3, 2009
Battlefield Earth
A movie so horrible that not only was it a critical and box office epic fail, but its producer, Franchise Pictures, was convicted in court over it due to a scam in which the film's budget was overstated. Not to mention an indelible scar in John Travolta's career. And cult status for the movie in the future? HAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Battlefield Earth by Nick Weiner February 3, 2009
Interstellar Travel
Travel between star systems - which may someday be do-able but given that even our closest star is 4.6 light years away it is something that will require technology and resources that we can only dream of by today's standards.
It is also a very big subject in science fiction; the rapid transit between star systems by faster-than-light travel; Star Trek, Star Wars, and Mass Effect are examples.
It is also a very big subject in science fiction; the rapid transit between star systems by faster-than-light travel; Star Trek, Star Wars, and Mass Effect are examples.
While Voyager 1 is technically making interstellar travel, at the rate it is going, it will take more than 72,000 years from now to do so.
Interstellar Travel by Nick Weiner January 31, 2009
Interplanetary Travel
Travelling between the eight planets in our solar system. We've reached every one by unmanned probes but all we've been able to take a human to is our moon.
NASA is planning to send humans on an Interplanetary Travel mission to Mars by 2020, but it looks like we have too many problems on Earth to deal with first.
Interplanetary Travel by Nick Weiner January 31, 2009
Intergalactic Travel
The travel between galaxies - which is considered complete and utter science fiction given the incredible distances. Even light will take 2.5 million years to reach our nearest galaxy.
Intergalactic travel, even to our nearest galaxy, would mean a minimum distance of 23,700 million million million meters away making it cleanly impossible.
Intergalactic Travel by nick weiner January 28, 2009