In the movies, War Machine’s suit was one of Stark’s earlier models, that he “accidentally” left lying around where Rhodes (his best friend) could find it, because his ego wouldn’t let him deliberately give one of his suits away, but he needed help. So it has less built-in functionality than his own suits, because he’s always tinkering with them and adding new features (at the start of The Avengers, he’s on version 42, compared to Rhodes’ version 2). But then Rhodes, and the Air Force, added a bunch of more conventional military weaponry, like a big gatling gun, to the War Machine suit.
In case anyone is curious about the current state of his nuttiness.
Here’s Sabine Hossenfelder picking apart Howard’s ‘ideas’ and demonstrating admirable bullshit resilience in that she apparently managed to read more than a few pages of his ‘book’ without breaking down.
I found out I was granted a VR-related patent this week, so reading this headline makes it feel like even less of an accomplishment than I already felt it to be (I really just drafted the application and they added my name).
Regarding that patent for augmented reality technology, I was active in that industry about 25-30 years ago and the idea of augmented reality was around back then. So I’m not quite sure what he claims to have invented.
You should feel virtually proud of that.
Ok. I’ve read the 2010 patent application. It sounds like a description of augmented reality - the augmented reality that was common parlance in science fiction for at least 4 years before that patent was submitted - I can name two novels from before 2010 that use that idea, and that’s because I’m not trying very hard.
P.S.
Jimmy: Okay, here it is. I have this great money-making idea. I just need a gear head to get it to the finish line.
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Leonard: What’s the idea?
Jimmy: This is just between us, right?
Leonard: Right.
Jimmy: Okay. What do you think about a pair of glasses that makes any movie you want into 3D?
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Howard: How exactly would these glasses work?
Jimmy: How the hell should I know?
I cringe a bit when i read threads on this board about black celebrities. Always a handful of posters seem to almost proudly say they’ve never heard of the person.
Why are we comparing him to Kanye West? There are lots of famous yo-yo’s out there.
Terrance Howard is an A-list celebrity in Black media.
Imagine reading a thread of mostly black posters claiming to have never heard of Kevin Bacon. Weird.
Kevin who?
Now we need a Seven Degrees of Terrance Howard.
I recognized his face instantly, but not where I know it from. Probably Crash.
Kevin who?
Well, Kevin Bacon is an actor. So, obviously, we should compare him to a rapper. Eminem. Yes, Eminem and Kevin Bacon are practically the same person.
If they both had very public mental health problems displayed on podcasts within the last like 2 years…
Just like Cliff Claven and Elon Musk are practically the same person.
I don’t think that’s what the OP was going for.
He’s also a musician. He and his brother have a band called The Bacon Brothers.
(Yeah, not super original.)
They’ve been putting out albums since 1997 and have 9 out, and also tour. It’s not just a hobby.
So it’s not totally incorrect to compare him to another musician, although that’s kind of like calling Michael Jordan a baseball player. It’s not wrong, but…
If you were talking about Morgan Freeman or even Don Cheadle, you’d have a point. But Terrence Howard hasn’t realeased anything big and mainstream in a while and is now mostly known for the crazy stuff. You say he’s big in Black media and I’ll believe you, but I don’t follow a lot of back media, and I expect that’s true for a lot of dopers. I listen to a lot of metal, but I wouldn’t be shocked if people didn’t know who Barney Greenway or Liz Buckingham were.
I do agree that it’s one thing not to know who someone is and another to proclaim your ignorance in public. It doesn’t make you look like a refined sophisticate above the plebian tastes of hoi polloi. It makes you look like a pompous ass too stupid to know how to use Google.
How about Dylan McDermott or Dermot Mulroney?
I say they are one person: Dylan McDermot Mulroney.
Just like (for our older viewers) James Franciscus, James Farentino and Tony Franciosa. Have you ever sen them in the same place?
Or (for our whiter viewers) the Chrises… one of them (Chris… umm… aha! Pine. The ‘lens flare’ Capt. Kirk) hosted SNL and did a bit about them getting confused with each other all the time.
No, I can’t name the other two right now.