Fifth Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner
June 15th, 2010 admin
On April 1, I announced the Fifth Annual Movie Plot Threat Contest: Your task, ye Weavers of Tales, is to create a fable of fairytale suitable for instilling the appropriate level of fear in children so they grow up appreciating all the lords do to protect them. On May 15, I announced the five semi-finalists. Voting continued through the end…
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On April 1, I announced the Fifth Annual Movie Plot Threat Contest: Your task, ye Weavers of Tales, is to create a fable of fairytale suitable for instilling the appropriate level of fear in children so they grow up appreciating all the lords do to protect them. Submissions are in, and here are the semifinalists. Untitled story about polar bears,…...
Once upon a time, men and women throughout the land lived in fear. This caused them to do foolish things that made them feel better temporarily, but didn’t make them any safer. Gradually, some people became less fearful, and less tolerant of the foolish things they were told to submit to. The lords who ruled the land tried to revive…
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In January I announced a contest to redesign the TSA logo. Last week I announced the five finalists — chosen by Patrick Smith from “Ask the Pilot” and myself — and asked you all to vote on the winner. Four hundred and seven votes later, we have a tie. No really; we have a tie. Rhys Gibson and “I love…
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Last month I announced a contest to redesign the TSA logo. Here are the finalists. Clicking on them will bring up a larger, and easier to read, version. Travis McHale Will Imholte Rhys Gibson Kurushio I love to fly and it shows Vote in the comments. The winner will receive a copy of each of our books, a fake boarding…
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BREAKING- Britain’s terrorist threat level has been raised from substantial to severe meaning that counter-terrorism agencies believe an attack is “highly likely”. The measure was approved at a meeting of the Government’s Cobra emergency committee and announced by Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary. The Times understands that the decision...
The Foreign Policy website has its own list of movie-plot threats: machine-gun wielding terrorists on paragliders, disease-laden insect swarms, a dirty bomb made from smoke detector parts, planning via online games, and botulinum in the food supply. The site fleshes these threats out a bit, but it’s nothing regular readers of this blog can’t...
Netflix is canceling its second $1 million Netflix Prize to settle a legal challenge that it breached customer privacy as part of the first contest’s race for a better movie-recommendation engine. Friday’s announcement came five months after Netflix had announced a successor to its algorithm-improvement contest. The company at the...
The Saudi Interior Ministry announced yesterday that it had uncovered a plot to attack Saudi oil facilities and arrested 113 suspected members of al-Qaeda. The 113 militants reportedly were organized into three cells and had been planning suicide attacks on oil and security facilities in Saudi Arabia’s oil-producing Eastern Province. Fifty two of...
Slate is hosting an airport security suggestions contest: ideas “for making airport security more effective, more efficient, or more pleasant.” Deadline is midday Friday. I had already submitted a suggestion before I was asked to be a judge. Since I’m no longer eligible, here’s what I sent them: Reduce the TSA’s budget,...
Alan Shimel and I are back doing our podcast again. We recorded an episode last night and should be up in the next day or so. We’ve started a podcast naming contest and we’d love your suggestions. The winner submitting the name we select will get a t-shirt with our new logo on it (including the name) and an appearance on our podcast....
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