Frankly, that's 'cause you weren't thinking when you copied that URL. The best way to link to a particular Usenet post on Google has always been to link directly to the message ID, like so. It's almost always shorter than whatever it was you had above, and it takes you right to the correct article, without fail, even now...
The Trilogy Tuesday showings in the US last year had the EE version for the first two films, followed by the theatrical release of RotK, and (with breaks, and not counting waiting in line for seating order) you were in the theater for 13 hours. The only theater in our area doing it sold all the seats out in less than 10 minutes.
It was, without a doubt, the most satisfying movie-going event of my entire life, and if they'd do it again I'd shell out the cash again in a heartbeat.
I agree with the reccomendation to start with Snow Crash. It's, by far, the better beginner book to Stephenson's style.
But the Baroque Cycle is superior to Snow Crash in almost every regard. It has better characterization, more consistent plotting, and more thoroughly thought out digressionary material. As a bonus, it can teach you a little something about history and economics. The only areas where Snow Crash surpasses the Baroque Cycle are in humor and setting, and these only barely.
Stephenson's finesse as a writer has only continued to improve over the years, and Snow Crash is very much an "early in career" book. There are aspects of it that practically shout that, IMO, and it's not really a good thing. The Baroque Cycle is *not* as easy of a read, but it's a much more mature novel by a much more mature author.
So, by all means, start with Snow Crash. But don't be surprised when things get better (and more complicated) as you continue exploring Stephenson's creations...
I have the strangest feeling that "apartment" means "dorm room" in this context. At least, the article gave no indication that the problem was being caused by students living off-campus. So, the first problem is that they're renting space from the school. The school certainly has the right to set ground rules on their own property.
I'm afraid it's slightly more complicated than that. UTD On-campus housing is not typical dorms. Instead, there is a fully-fledged, multi-phase apartment complex called "Waterview Park" on campus, managed by a private management company. When you move in, you sign to an apartment lease just like you would any other complex in Texas, but with added restrictions imposed by the owner (i.e., the University).
Frankly, it kicks the ass of any dorm situation I've seen, and I loved it when I was a student and employee at UTD, but it is a little weird when it comes to stuff like this.
I'd say that this is an argument that absolutely *must* be made. Sample size and diversity is vital for any meaningful compilation of this sort, and Audioscrobbler appears to have a really miniscule sample size.
No, seriously. It's a game that you can get your wife/girlfriend/whatever involved in. They love the communicative aspects of the play.
We get together to play Settlers of Cataan at least twice a month, with as many as 14 people showing up. All the spouses/SOs like to play at least as much as the guys do, so it's one of the rare events that joins both sexes in talk and play.
Of course, when you've got that many people, you can't just play with a regular peanut...and thus, the Linear Trinut.
In Robert Forward's Rocheworld series, his characters have a fractally organized device called "The Christmas Tree." The limbs of the tree could break off, and the branches of those limbs could do likewise, and so on until you have little tiny clusters. Each cluster had some small amount of processing power, and sensor capability, and motile capability. A small branch was always with/following around after/worn by every crewmember, and could be used for pretty much everything these "PSAs" are intended for.
Lots of good science in the Rocheworld books, but as prose and characters go...well, the science is really neat...
...am I the only one here who's wondering if this supposedly awesome game will make it to the platform that FPS games are meant to be played on?
WASD fo' life, y'all!
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Oh, please. The Bowl of Plot Device was found and used several books ago...
The latest books are all about baths. Baths, baths, baths! Woo-hoo!
Why the hell would you have a cyber-sex chat log mailed to you?
Much like the rule stating there are few things less funny than a "funny" IRC log you did not participate in, I can think of few things more sexless than a cyber-sex chat log received via e-mail...
From the article: "Riess' team uses Hubble to find stars that exploded when the universe was about half its present age. A certain type of these supernovas, as they are called, shine with a known brightness."
Supernovas, you say? Wow, what a fascinating new concept for readers of Space.com!
Usually, I'd be right there with you, but for once, I'm amused by it.
Can't imagine why...
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Is that too much to ask for? I'd like to know who wrote the book before I click on the review for it, frankly, so that I don't waste my time on a review of the latest Eddings or Goodkind claptrap.
Caller: "I wanna talk about that SPANK stuff. People say it's bad for you. It's not bad for you at all. Why aren't you talking? Oh, you think I'm strange? Am I on the air? Hello? Answer me, you pansy!" Lazlow: "Err...what's your question?" Caller: "SPANK! SPANK SPANK! SPANK!"
Kind of hard to deny it when you're: 1) One of the founding members of a prominent fan club 2) Credited in the WoT FAQ 3) Chief Editor of the 2nd WoT RPG netbook (almost done!) etc., etc....
I've met some great people who liked Jordan at one point or another. Most of us don't anymore, but the communities are still strong and fun.
Best book published this year that I've read? Probably Brust's The Lord of Castle Black. Most of my reading this year has not been of books written this year, though. Best book I read for the first time this year? Probably either Gaiman's American Gods or Card's Ender's Game.
We must know...will the gnomes have little pointy red hats? Will they live in gardens and on lawns?
Most importantly...can they be smashed into thousands of little ceramic pieces when hit with clubs, run over by vehicles, thrown great distances, etc., etc....
I've seen several films on IMAX, now...Lodder Fodder and Spiderman among them (largely because of their amazing sound systems). The Matrix Reloaded, with it's "digitally enhanced IMAX Experience" was far and away the best looking of the films I've seen on IMAX. The quality was very nearly as good as a proper IMAX film.
If Lodder Rotkah will be similarly enhanced, it might be worth your dollars...
Only if Peter Jackson decides he hates us all, after all.
Bombadil was boring and ridiculous, and I don't give a damn if Tolkien thought he was important; because he's completely extraneous to the primary story and a good cut from the film.
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Frankly, that's 'cause you weren't thinking when you copied that URL. The best way to link to a particular Usenet post on Google has always been to link directly to the message ID, like so. It's almost always shorter than whatever it was you had above, and it takes you right to the correct article, without fail, even now...
The Trilogy Tuesday showings in the US last year had the EE version for the first two films, followed by the theatrical release of RotK, and (with breaks, and not counting waiting in line for seating order) you were in the theater for 13 hours. The only theater in our area doing it sold all the seats out in less than 10 minutes.
It was, without a doubt, the most satisfying movie-going event of my entire life, and if they'd do it again I'd shell out the cash again in a heartbeat.
I'm going to agree and disagree.
I agree with the reccomendation to start with Snow Crash. It's, by far, the better beginner book to Stephenson's style.
But the Baroque Cycle is superior to Snow Crash in almost every regard. It has better characterization, more consistent plotting, and more thoroughly thought out digressionary material. As a bonus, it can teach you a little something about history and economics. The only areas where Snow Crash surpasses the Baroque Cycle are in humor and setting, and these only barely.
Stephenson's finesse as a writer has only continued to improve over the years, and Snow Crash is very much an "early in career" book. There are aspects of it that practically shout that, IMO, and it's not really a good thing. The Baroque Cycle is *not* as easy of a read, but it's a much more mature novel by a much more mature author.
So, by all means, start with Snow Crash. But don't be surprised when things get better (and more complicated) as you continue exploring Stephenson's creations...
Frankly, it kicks the ass of any dorm situation I've seen, and I loved it when I was a student and employee at UTD, but it is a little weird when it comes to stuff like this.
I'd say that this is an argument that absolutely *must* be made. Sample size and diversity is vital for any meaningful compilation of this sort, and Audioscrobbler appears to have a really miniscule sample size.
Or maybe it's because whenever one identifies himself, his Inbox is immediately flooded with requests for "Hey, can you get me a job there?"
No, seriously. It's a game that you can get your wife/girlfriend/whatever involved in. They love the communicative aspects of the play. We get together to play Settlers of Cataan at least twice a month, with as many as 14 people showing up. All the spouses/SOs like to play at least as much as the guys do, so it's one of the rare events that joins both sexes in talk and play. Of course, when you've got that many people, you can't just play with a regular peanut...and thus, the Linear Trinut.
In Robert Forward's Rocheworld series, his characters have a fractally organized device called "The Christmas Tree." The limbs of the tree could break off, and the branches of those limbs could do likewise, and so on until you have little tiny clusters. Each cluster had some small amount of processing power, and sensor capability, and motile capability. A small branch was always with/following around after/worn by every crewmember, and could be used for pretty much everything these "PSAs" are intended for.
Lots of good science in the Rocheworld books, but as prose and characters go...well, the science is really neat...
...am I the only one here who's wondering if this supposedly awesome game will make it to the platform that FPS games are meant to be played on? WASD fo' life, y'all!
Oh, please. The Bowl of Plot Device was found and used several books ago...
The latest books are all about baths. Baths, baths, baths! Woo-hoo!
Why the hell would you have a cyber-sex chat log mailed to you?
Much like the rule stating there are few things less funny than a "funny" IRC log you did not participate in, I can think of few things more sexless than a cyber-sex chat log received via e-mail...
From the article:
"Riess' team uses Hubble to find stars that exploded when the universe was about half its present age. A certain type of these supernovas, as they are called, shine with a known brightness."
Supernovas, you say? Wow, what a fascinating new concept for readers of Space.com!
I mean, come on!
Actually, I've found that firetruck missions are probably the easiest way to make money in the game.
Plus, those things are damn near indestructible. You can plow through just about anything...light-posts, traffic lights, hookers, busloads of nuns...
Usually, I'd be right there with you, but for once, I'm amused by it.
Can't imagine why...
Is that too much to ask for? I'd like to know who wrote the book before I click on the review for it, frankly, so that I don't waste my time on a review of the latest Eddings or Goodkind claptrap.
...to do a duet with Ol' Yellow Eyes?
Caller: "I wanna talk about that SPANK stuff. People say it's bad for you. It's not bad for you at all. Why aren't you talking? Oh, you think I'm strange? Am I on the air? Hello? Answer me, you pansy!"
Lazlow: "Err...what's your question?"
Caller: "SPANK! SPANK SPANK! SPANK!"
*shrug*
Kind of hard to deny it when you're:
1) One of the founding members of a prominent fan club
2) Credited in the WoT FAQ
3) Chief Editor of the 2nd WoT RPG netbook (almost done!)
etc., etc....
I've met some great people who liked Jordan at one point or another. Most of us don't anymore, but the communities are still strong and fun.
As someone who's been prominently involved in RJ fandom for the last decade, I'd have to say...you're absolutely right.
I'd probably get up to book 7 on the "to read" list, just because of Dumai's Wells, but it's been a cereal-varnished-saucer sled ride from there.
(ObLink: 17 minutes of story after book 10 ends)
Best book published this year that I've read? Probably Brust's The Lord of Castle Black. Most of my reading this year has not been of books written this year, though. Best book I read for the first time this year? Probably either Gaiman's American Gods or Card's Ender's Game.
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Isn't this article a dupe? I know I've seen this stuff before...
from the look-at-the-big-brain-on-brad dept.
It's BRETT, you deaf sons of bitches!
"Look at the big brain on Brett."
Sheesh!
The article says that people with deep voices have to sing falsetto to get points...which I'm gonna have a problem with.
I'll admit it...I've enjoyed a few nights of Karaoke. My three Karaoke songs were "People are Strange," "Chantilly Lace," and "Secret Agent Man."
Would it kill the Japanese to include something in the lower registers, eh? Eh?
We must know...will the gnomes have little pointy red hats? Will they live in gardens and on lawns?
Most importantly...can they be smashed into thousands of little ceramic pieces when hit with clubs, run over by vehicles, thrown great distances, etc., etc....
Did you see the Matrix Reloaded on IMAX?
I've seen several films on IMAX, now...Lodder Fodder and Spiderman among them (largely because of their amazing sound systems). The Matrix Reloaded, with it's "digitally enhanced IMAX Experience" was far and away the best looking of the films I've seen on IMAX. The quality was very nearly as good as a proper IMAX film.
If Lodder Rotkah will be similarly enhanced, it might be worth your dollars...
Only if Peter Jackson decides he hates us all, after all.
Bombadil was boring and ridiculous, and I don't give a damn if Tolkien thought he was important; because he's completely extraneous to the primary story and a good cut from the film.