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Rants and Stuff / Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« on: November 09, 2009, 09:04:06 PM »
well, at least you cant fake nerd.....
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A lot of people describe Scalzi’s Old Man's War novels as military science fiction, but I would classify its sequel Zoë’s Tale as a space opera. It’s a story about, well, Zoë, a teenage girl whose parents are invited to take leadership roles in building a colony on a new planet. Zoë is an enthusiastic member of the group sent to colonize Roanoke, despite the risks—and the risks are considerable even before the political machinations of greater powers boil to the surface. Continue reading Zoë’s Tale
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Magic Systems
« on: November 09, 2009, 02:26:26 AM »
Bob, wasn't Donaldson's Covenant series based on musical magic?
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Magic Systems
« on: November 07, 2009, 11:33:11 PM »
Im no writer, but I was thinking along the lines of calorie based magic. IE: how much you weigh determines the degree of difficulty of the spell.
For example, a 200 pound man could not cast a spell that used up his 200 pounds or he would die.
The fatter you are, the bigger the spell you can cast, but you lose the weight and have to gain it back.
For example, a 200 pound man could not cast a spell that used up his 200 pounds or he would die.
The fatter you are, the bigger the spell you can cast, but you lose the weight and have to gain it back.
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Music / Re: What are you Listening to?
« on: November 05, 2009, 09:34:25 PM »
I have Anthrax's Spreading the Disease on loop these last few days.
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Books / Re: Book Review Site
« on: October 28, 2009, 05:33:13 PM »
well, i have to swear off this site now until I read it.....
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Movies and TV / Re: Castle and Firefly
« on: October 28, 2009, 05:31:32 PM »
Plus, they have tried putting Fillion on high minded intelligent shows. Firely and Drive come to mind immediately. Both canned without airing a full season. Leave him on TV, and on Castle. it may not be a "special" show, but it is charming, although I doubt it will make it past season 3 without Castle and Beckett getting frisky, which will immediately sink the show.
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Books / Re: Book Price War
« on: October 27, 2009, 07:20:12 PM »
there are dozens of alternatives to paper. Right now, since the industry for them is small, they are more expensive, but if there was a movement towards Hemp or seaweed or kenaf or any number of other cheap, strong and long lasting sources, you would see a price drop, and since the publishers would no longer be competing with house builders for wood, might actually be cheaper. They could also more towards inkless printing, which would save themselves milliosn of dollars per year, if not per print run.
"Paper" as we know it, was not always made from trees or wood. Hemp was the paper choice for the founders of this country. The Constitution is on hemp paper.
Almost any fibrous plant can be used to make paper, I have even heard about a process which combines hemp and cornstalks.
"Paper" as we know it, was not always made from trees or wood. Hemp was the paper choice for the founders of this country. The Constitution is on hemp paper.
Almost any fibrous plant can be used to make paper, I have even heard about a process which combines hemp and cornstalks.
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Movies and TV / Re: Castle and Firefly
« on: October 27, 2009, 12:22:57 PM »
there were several references to Fillions old shows throught this episode. Castle is fantastic, even though the killer is almost always telegraphed. It is like Columbo, in a way.
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Books / Re: Book Price War
« on: October 26, 2009, 01:36:46 PM »
sort: the investment WOULD pay for itself, just not immediately, which is why they dont do it. there are many printing processes which use cheaper, longer lasting alternatives to paper and ink, but the printers are not set up for it, so they are "expensive" to print on. If they all switched to it, it would become cheap, that is the nature of things. Computer sin the 1980s were thousands of dollars, for a cheap one.
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Books / Re: Book Price War
« on: October 26, 2009, 02:20:38 AM »
I can answer that one Silk:
They would sell half as many books. Or worse. They complain, but in reality, they have only themselves to blame. the could find a cheaper way to print books, but they dont.
They would sell half as many books. Or worse. They complain, but in reality, they have only themselves to blame. the could find a cheaper way to print books, but they dont.
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Books / Re: Book Price War
« on: October 25, 2009, 10:53:33 PM »
really really stupid on the part of the publishers. The free market is the free market. If they want socialism, they should move their businesses to France.
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Books / Re: Book Price War
« on: October 23, 2009, 12:17:00 AM »
Kaz: why must this become a political debate? Are the religious debates not volatile enough?
Because, it could be completely turned around and say "why would anyone read a book by Obama? He only spent 2 years in his state Senate and 2 years in the US Senate, he has proven that he never finishes anything. Plus he is from Chicago... blah blah blah blah"
Because, it could be completely turned around and say "why would anyone read a book by Obama? He only spent 2 years in his state Senate and 2 years in the US Senate, he has proven that he never finishes anything. Plus he is from Chicago... blah blah blah blah"
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Books / Re: Authors undeserving of their fame.....possibly
« on: October 19, 2009, 07:19:06 PM »
you know, I had thought of picking up some of his works, now though, I wont. Does not help his cause that I thought "Legend of the Seeker" was awful. (Although a friend who turned me on to the Malazan series loves Legend. Go figure.)
I am currently looking for more books to read. Just finished Warbreaker and the Orson Scott Card twin Ender series'. Those books (including Warbreaker) did not take me nearly as long as I thought they would. Powered through all 9 books in about 10 days (with 3 days off in the middle).
I am currently looking for more books to read. Just finished Warbreaker and the Orson Scott Card twin Ender series'. Those books (including Warbreaker) did not take me nearly as long as I thought they would. Powered through all 9 books in about 10 days (with 3 days off in the middle).
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Movies and TV / Re: 2009-2010 TV Shows
« on: October 16, 2009, 04:55:57 PM »
I dont really do hulu much because only a few of the shows have closed captioning
I also stopped watching most Fox shows because the captioning gets all screwed up on almost all of the shows.
I also stopped watching most Fox shows because the captioning gets all screwed up on almost all of the shows.
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Movies and TV / Re: Dollhouse
« on: October 16, 2009, 04:49:56 PM »
I think Eliza Dushku and Summer Glau are actually robots sent from the future to destroy quality television. At least Joss Wheadon had the sense in Firefly to cover up Summer's complete lack of talent. And Sarah Connor made her a robot. Eliza never had that luck. She is actually asked to ACT in her shows, unfortunately, she can't act. Even her interviews with reporters are boring. The hand model eating a Big Mac in the McDonalds commercials has more personality than she does.