I guessing there must but a segment of the Geosciences academia are all playing a joke on us to simply prove we are all standing on piles of all of life's shit.
The joke is even better because someone in academia is going to get their Doctorate and full tenure and never have to work a day in their life again.
The idea of "realism" in fiction, especially science-fiction/fantasy genres is truly odd. Although their saving grace is comparing to whether it is like a movie or not.
(Historical fiction not so much, except when they make up major events that never happened. Invented love interest however is always a given that can be lived with.)
According to a the Notes section of John Ciardi's translation of Dante's Inferno, "The men of Friesland were reputed to be the tallest in Europe." So apparently there was a tall affinity for Frieslanders in 1321. Or perhaps there is a pendulum swing and they are in an up cycle?
Canto XXI,line 63 to 64:
"three Frieslanders standing on the rim, standing one on another, could not have reached his hair;"
I have this home schooled friend in his mid-twenties who plays a character in my old school D&D game. While smart, he can barely read. We discovered this when I asked him to read the room descriptions his party was exploring.
He told us when he was about seventeen, the home school subscription service his Mother subscribed to lost its accreditation. (This kind of service supplied all the workbooks and materials for the schooling. I suspect they did all the grading by correspondence as well.) So he never did get an equivalent of a High School diploma.
So the gang even tried to get him enrolled in a GED course at the local Community College. He failed the test on the reading comprehension portion.
Test Flight (Tales of tomorrow). Season 1, episode 10. Original air date: 26 October 1951. An ambitious, headstrong businessman uses his huge personal fortune to construct a spaceship that will take him to Mars. Cast: Lee J. Cobb (Wayne Crowder), Vinton Hayworth (Davis), Cameron Prud`Homme (Marty Peters) and Harry Townes (Wilkins). From IMDB. Very good story well developed. Great interpretation of Lee J. Cobb.
Test Flight (Tales of tomorrow). Season 1, episode 10. Original air date: 26 October 1951. An ambitious, headstrong businessman uses his huge personal fortune to construct a spaceship that will take him to Mars. Cast: Lee J. Cobb (Wayne Crowder), Vinton Hayworth (Davis), Cameron Prud`Homme (Marty Peters) and Harry Townes (Wilkins). From IMDB. Very good story well developed. Great interpretation of Lee J. Cobb.
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I should have replied to yours. I didn't see it until I posted mine. (I used a different control-f search word to avoid duplication.)
I guessing there must but a segment of the Geosciences academia are all playing a joke on us to simply prove we are all standing on piles of all of life's shit.
The joke is even better because someone in academia is going to get their Doctorate and full tenure and never have to work a day in their life again.
You beat me to this.
The idea of "realism" in fiction, especially science-fiction/fantasy genres is truly odd. Although their saving grace is comparing to whether it is like a movie or not.
(Historical fiction not so much, except when they make up major events that never happened. Invented love interest however is always a given that can be lived with.)
And Today (day after your reply) is Adolf's birthday also.
Would not Scotty have said "Ion power" ?
I thought all sea-life was supposed to be reduced by a only third?
So when will it turn red?
According to a the Notes section of John Ciardi's translation of Dante's Inferno, "The men of Friesland were reputed to be the tallest in Europe." So apparently there was a tall affinity for Frieslanders in 1321. Or perhaps there is a pendulum swing and they are in an up cycle?
Canto XXI,line 63 to 64:
"three Frieslanders standing on the rim, standing one on another, could not have reached his hair;"
Only Soulskill's Department byline had any reference to the game. What has slashdot turned into?
Actually I prefer the Quorum Trolls as outlined in HackMaster.
Pygmalion or My Fair Lady anyone?
He could tell what street of London you were from based on a just a few words.
My guess is you're being set up for a fall. Don't do it.
Who gets fired after a chemical spill? The Material Safety guy not any company officers.
Who gets fired after a fire? The Facilities Maintenance guy not any company officers.
Who gets fired after a computer security breach? The Computer Security guy not any company officers.
Would they have stopped the fate of Dr. Leonard Church in the Project Freelancer Offsite Storage Facility?
http://rvb.wikia.com/wiki/Dr._...
I guess it will have to be done. Whether it is cheaper to kill than arrest.
"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a 1953 science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke.
Now that the Tibetan Monks have laser printers, it is only a matter of time.
Come to think of it, it would also take a great deal of coordination for all the star lights to wink out on earth at nearly the same time.
Do you mean to say that the tool behind the die roller for my D&D characters is all wrong?
I have to re-roll my characters all over again!
The obligatory South Park episode referenced here.
"They took our jawbs!"
How many Wu's and Chen's can they keep track of?
And will their tracking table burst?
Will the first kid that comes out be called Damien?
Anecdotal Reference Sorry.
I have this home schooled friend in his mid-twenties who plays a character in my old school D&D game. While smart, he can barely read. We discovered this when I asked him to read the room descriptions his party was exploring.
He told us when he was about seventeen, the home school subscription service his Mother subscribed to lost its accreditation. (This kind of service supplied all the workbooks and materials for the schooling. I suspect they did all the grading by correspondence as well.) So he never did get an equivalent of a High School diploma.
So the gang even tried to get him enrolled in a GED course at the local Community College. He failed the test on the reading comprehension portion.
We'll keep trying.
That's why I always have my speakers on mute by default.
It isn't so much is there are videos, it is to prevent annoying the rest of the slaves in my cube farm.
My modus operandi is to open all the links from my slashdot firehose email, then close the tabs one by one as I read them.
By the time I got to this one, the video had already finished and I never knew it. (Because the speakers were off.)
Same thing with Drudgereport, must invariably it always happens, but here it is a rare occurrence.
Why does this sound like one of the several episodes of Stargate Universe at the end of the series?
What part of "All Day" does regular exercise fit in?
I wanted to say the same thing but you beat me to it. Because obviously, Pythagoras could not have pre-dated himself, and he never was in India!
Commented on the wrong TAB in my browser. Was supposed to be for the Billionaires' Space Club story.
Sorry ...
Test Flight (Tales of tomorrow).
Season 1, episode 10.
Original air date: 26 October 1951.
An ambitious, headstrong businessman uses his huge personal fortune to construct a spaceship that will take him to Mars.
Cast: Lee J. Cobb (Wayne Crowder), Vinton Hayworth (Davis), Cameron Prud`Homme (Marty Peters) and Harry Townes (Wilkins).
From IMDB.
Very good story well developed. Great interpretation of Lee J. Cobb.
Test Flight (Tales of tomorrow).
Season 1, episode 10.
Original air date: 26 October 1951.
An ambitious, headstrong businessman uses his huge personal fortune to construct a spaceship that will take him to Mars.
Cast: Lee J. Cobb (Wayne Crowder), Vinton Hayworth (Davis), Cameron Prud`Homme (Marty Peters) and Harry Townes (Wilkins).
From IMDB.
Very good story well developed. Great interpretation of Lee J. Cobb.