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About Jay Garmon
Jay Garmon has a vast and terrifying knowledge of all things obscure, obtuse, and irrelevant. One day, he hopes to write science fiction, but for now he'll settle for something stranger -- amusing and abusing IT pros. Read his full profile. You can also follow him on his personal blog.
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The five best Deep Space Nine episodes of all time
May 17, 2012 7:40am PDT
The five Deep Space Nine episodes that defied typical Star Trek boundaries and defined the franchise's most daring and unorthodox spinoff series.
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Geek Trivia: What descendant game of chess was designed specifically to stifle artificial intelligence?
May 11, 2012 6:26am PDT
What descendant game of chess -- played with all the same pieces on a standard chess board -- is specifically designed to be difficult for computers, even supercomputers, to play?
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Imagining a world without Star Wars
May 4, 2012 12:04am PDT
What if George Lucas never invented Star Wars because he was able to make the science-fiction movie he wanted, instead?
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Geek Trivia: What math error was accidentally built into the Pioneer Plaques?
April 27, 2012 7:18am PDT
Despite the extraordinary intellects working on the Pioneer Plaques, a math error crept into the design -- one that might prevent our future alien overlords from locating Earth.
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The top 10 geek rock artists
April 20, 2012 7:42am PDT
From nerdcore rappers to dork-folk acoustic acts, we run down the top 10 geek-rock artists recording today.
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Geek Trivia: What are only two local U.S. holidays to delay the IRS tax deadline?
April 12, 2012 10:34am PDT
Emancipation Day is the only local holiday that can delay the national U.S. federal tax filing deadline. However, as recently as 2010, another local holiday also delayed Tax Day in much of the...
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The 38 geek movies of spring, summer, and early fall 2012
April 5, 2012 1:36pm PDT
Our annual tradition of previewing the geek-centric theatrical movie releases of the year rounds up the 38 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and generally geek-related flicks that will hit U.S. cinemas...
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Seven great fools in sci-fi and fantasy
March 26, 2012 9:52am PDT
April Fools' Day brings out the idiot-seeker in most geeks, so we serve up seven of the foremost fools from geek media to get the imbecility going.
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Geek Trivia: How many Apollo Goodwill Moon Rocks have gone missing?
March 23, 2012 8:23am PDT
Precisely 270 prepared lunar rock samples were distributed as part of the Goodwill Moon Rocks program. Four decades later, no one can account for a significant number of those rocks.
5 Latest comment by HAL 9000
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The five best Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes of all time
March 15, 2012 9:05am PDT
Jay Garmon ranks the top five episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. See if your favorite TNG episode is on his list.
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Geek Trivia: What three Facebook non-founders stand to profit the most from the company's IPO?
March 9, 2012 8:03am PST
Three individual investors stand to make a substantial amount of money from Facebook's impending IPO -- despite not being company founders.
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The top 15 fantastic fictional swords
March 1, 2012 1:00pm PST
Ancient myth and modern stories are rife with enchanted swords that make even the most unlikely protagonist infinitely more awesome. We rank the 15 finest fighting blades in the annals of genre...
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Geek Trivia: In what year is the current Gregorian leap year system expected to 'fail?'
February 23, 2012 10:00am PST
A recurring margin of error is building in the leap year system that suggests it will fail -- as in, the vernal equinox will be more than a day removed from March 21 -- at a particular date in the...
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The five best Star Trek episodes EVER!
February 17, 2012 7:03am PST
Behold the five greatest Star Trek episodes ranked fifth to first.
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Geek Trivia: Why (and how) did the real-life US government rule that the fictional X-Men aren't human?
February 10, 2012 6:45am PST
Why did a real-life court of US law rule that mutants like the X-Men are definitively non-human -- ironically fulfilling the villainous role that the X-Men's comic book adventures always predicted?
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The top 20(ish) geek holidays to celebrate in 2012
February 3, 2012 7:13am PST
Every day is a great day to be a geek, but these subcultural holidays double down on the dorkiness for infinitely more fun.
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Geek Trivia: What Apollo 1 practical joke became unofficial NASA policy after the loss of that mission's crew?
January 27, 2012 7:11am PST
An Apollo 1 practical joke became unofficial NASA policy following that mission's fatal accident, in part as a memorial to the astronauts, and in part because it was a good idea.
5 Latest comment by Sterling "chip" Camden
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The 11 Star Trek movies ranked worst to first
January 19, 2012 1:17pm PST
We've assembled a roll call of the worst episodes of every single Star Trek series. Now it's time to measure the worst and the best of Trek's silver screen adventures.
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Geek Trivia: Prior to Wikipedia, what work held a centuries-long record for longest encyclopedia ever written?
January 13, 2012 7:49am PST
In 2007, Wikipedia became the most extensive encyclopedia ever written, displacing a reference work that had held that title for nearly 600 years.
7 Latest comment by Sterling "chip" Camden
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The first 25 geek movies of 2012
January 4, 2012 9:02am PST
Continuing our annual tradition of previewing the geek-centric theatrical movie releases for the coming year, we offer up the first 25 sci-fi, fantasy and horror flicks that will hit U.S. cinemas...
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