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| Member number | 496 |
| Title | Shaper |
| Postcount | 2333 |
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| Registered | Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, June 20 2003 02:02
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The Trial? This guy's after light summer reading! Hey, why not Metamorphosis where the guy turns into an enormous cockroach and his family keep him in his room without evenh a PC to pass the time and he eventually dies of neglect. A barrel of laughs, that one! Starship Troopers is one occassion where the film is better than the book, IMHO. Heinelan actually approves of the fascistic military society he describes, whereas the movie hilariously rips into the 'all-Amerikan' characters and their 'vile ambitions'. I Am Legend is the opposite and more typical, a damn good book turned into a movie that totally missed the point (i.e. extreme loneliness, alienation and 1950s-style sexual repression) for the sake of a happy ending. Interesting ef mentioned John Brunner, a man of greater foresight and pessimism than most of today's vacuous sci-fi cyber-hypers. I even have an author-signed copy of Sheep Look Up! Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, June 19 2003 09:08
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You mighht check out some of classic HP Lovercraft anthologies. 'Wheel of Time' series reads pretty quickly when you get into it, though it's inexcusable that it has now degenerated into nearly 1,000 pages / book to move events on only a week or so. Looks like someone's cashjing in at the expense of long-suffering readers to me. I prefer Primo Levi to Elie Wiesel myself - less ideologically dogmatic and mystifying. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, June 19 2003 09:03
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I couldn't give a stuff about wrestling [insert 'bored silly' graemlin here], but see no reason why a topic enthusing about it shouldn't live - any more than, for example, the obscure political discussions that also often feature in General. I don't see why a slag-fest in the guise of a topic on wrestling should live though. The bullet - please! Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, June 19 2003 08:56
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Grammar. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 19 2003 08:54
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Fiction or nonfiction? Which genre of which? It's gotta be pretty long to fill the whole summer though, right? Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, June 19 2003 08:52
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General is degenerating into locked RPs and locked topics consisting of prepubescents whining about their topics being locked and people baiting them about it. Oh dear. :( Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, June 19 2003 08:50
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Apologies: double-posted due to flooding / connection problems - darn it! :o [ Thursday, June 19, 2003 09:55: Message edited by: X ] Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, June 18 2003 04:41
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There's a lot to be said for people that kill others 'in a just cause'. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, June 18 2003 04:31
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:( Such impoliteness can only diminish your achievement. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, June 17 2003 10:22
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Oh, I thought this was 'pet pervs'. See Bob Mk2's comments on the NeoPets thread. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, June 17 2003 10:19
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Then there's the Ophicus question, a 13th traditional constellation not featured on astrological charts. ;) Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, June 16 2003 09:37
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:eek: That's disgraceful, Bob Mk 2, something should be done about these people. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, June 16 2003 09:25
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#2. No you're not Iolanda. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, June 16 2003 04:39
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I bet iDavid was particurly sorry he asked. :D Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, June 16 2003 04:24
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Gemini / Wood Dragon, though I'm not like that really. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, June 14 2003 02:32
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Oh dear iDavid. You need to tell us. Reviewing the thread, you evidently started it. It often goes like this, doesn't it?  Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, June 14 2003 02:29
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Actually just ran through the A3 demo. I really did like the graphic quality and the plot in-fill with sidequests, etc - but not how extremely truncated the play area was, a hell of a lot less generous than the E3 demo. Playing in Normal, I still found some challenges. Even at ave. 19th level, I couldn't take the Drakelord under Bolton volcano after the preceding fight. A lot of the rest was pretty Aunt Sally though, esp. with that lighting strike spell. EDIT: The mutant lizards just above the Valley of the Ursagi were impossible too - guaranteed to kill one or two of your party before you even got your turn in the 1st round, and supertough thereafter. [ Sunday, June 15, 2003 06:56: Message edited by: X ] Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, June 14 2003 02:16
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I am not an ex-Para or ex-military anything. I just know about the hat rituals as friends like near Hereford. iDavid's tabooing response to Gothy satanists will only encourage them. They're silly, not evil - whatever they may think of themselves. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, June 14 2003 02:08
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Yep, toothache and sand flies rather take the gloss of desert island living, as does the daily grind of work in non-desert island living. I must say, I rather tend to the plumpest offering for reasons discussed by others above. Did someone mention their gorging on burgers and pizza above? Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, June 13 2003 04:16
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Well, I would, but I'd probably break it.... Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, June 13 2003 04:11
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Bob Mk2: I do actually know about the Para's odd hat rituals, though wouldn't want one of those either. When I said 'nick it', I was assuming they sell the webby beret in shops somewhere. Though I'll add now that it is probably a crime that carries within it its own punishment - wearing the purloined beret afterwards. Goths and satanism? :eek: If they are Satan's children, he'd better see an androcologist quickly! Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, June 12 2003 07:28
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Half the people on these boards probably never go out of their rooms in daylight, so any fashion discussion strikes me as pretty abstract. Fashion-wise, I prefer public indecency myself, preferably in others. As to the price of the beret - just nick it or pirate your own with a £3 black one and a white-out pen if you must look like that. It'll teach the designers for being fashionistas. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, June 11 2003 06:49
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Sorry about that. Years since I last read Christopher Hill's 'World Turned Upsidedown'. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, June 11 2003 06:47
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Oh, a rather dramatic 'bye. Keep that black flag flying, mate. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, June 10 2003 08:40
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Don't get me wrong - the cases I cited above were cited with approval, though I have even more time for the Ranters. The gentility and respectability of modern-day Quakers--given their glorious past history--is more of a concern to me. Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |