 |
Babel Fish
A living fish which, when placed in your ear, will live there and translate any form of language for you. (Read the full article)
| "Wild book ...author must have been drug induced!!
J" (JeffP of NH 5/25/2004 8:20:06 PM ) |
| "Isn't it funny how much of a complete piece of crap the actual translator is? That thing couldn't translate itself out of a wet nutsack.
" (Samuel Whatley 11/9/2004 3:01:33 PM ) |
| "well i guess that just about wraps it up for god " (mousehth72 1/27/2005 12:02:41 AM ) |
| "hey I've been using AV. Babel fish to strengthen my french for a year, and I've been familiar with humorous sci- fi novel THHGTTG. for years, (I also saw the film recently) But it took me this one long boring night to put the two and two together. I think it's a great name for a Langauge translating website. Thanks Technovelgy.com: for varifying this little neat fact with me ;)" (Beeart 7/19/2005 9:32:36 PM ) |
| "please, please include the part of the story that dicusses the liklihood of the babel fish evolving on its own and the ramifications of this (...and he vanished into a puff of logic)" ( 3/13/2006 9:08:19 AM ) |
| "I've got only one thing to say: read the book!!! You won't regret it" (Hinne 6/10/2007 2:54:23 AM ) |
| "There's actually an item advertised as an authentic babel fish on ebay Item number: 140229767398" ( 5/10/2008 3:25:07 PM ) |
Leave a comment:
Tediously, spammers have returned. So, send me your comments to bill at the site name (be sure to mention the page) and I'll post them. Thanks!
Current News Articles
SpaceX Wants A Moonbase Alpha
'And he had been sent with troops, supplies and bombs to command Russia's most trusted post, the Moonbase.'
Vast Apartment Living Will Get Even More Vast
'What is your population', I asked. 'About eighty millions.'
NASA Wants Self-Driving Or Remote-Controlled Vehicles For Lunar Astronauts
'THE autobus turned silently down the wide street of Hydropole. Robot-guided, insulated from noise and cold...'
Elon Musk Says Robotaxis Will Be Ready This August, 2024
'The car had no steering wheel, and no one drove!'
Moonwalkers AI-Controlled Electric Shoes
Now that's power walking that Hugo Gernsback would have approved.
Steve Jobs: 'Capture The Next Aristotle - With AI'
'It was disturbing to think of the Flatline as a construct...'
No Tips! Robotic Food Delivery In Phoenix
'...he rewired the delivery robot so that it would serve him midnight snacks.'
Electric Catamaran 'Explorer Eco 40m' Has 'Solar Skin'
'On went the electric-yacht faster and still faster.'
Orbital Mechanics, The Liftoff, The Turnover, The Retrograde Burn
'...the huge vessel had spun, with a sickening lurch, through a complete half-circle, the instant the power was reversed.'
Harvest Power From Tears And Blinking With Smart Contact Lens
'...he realized that it was not quite a clear lens. Speckles of colored brightness swirled and gathered in it.'
Europa Clipper Plate Carries A Special Message
'...a universal cryptogram — yet it is one which can be interpreted by any intelligent creature on any planet in the Solar System!'
Micro-Robots Are Smallest, Fully Functional
'With a whir, the Scarab shot from the concealing shadows of the corner where it had hidden itself.'
