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 Sep 7 2005, 04:39 AM
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Uncle Fisty  Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928  |
Yeah, I thought it was pretty slick too. ;)
I wonder if "Willis" sould perhaps be the boy the Renny left behind because he didn't want to leave when he and the girl were extracted? WOuld be very interesting that. As for "very life like robots"... maybe he finally got the whole bio- computer-meets - taking-peoples-out right? Seriously, when's Halberstram gonna go down? Why can't people just die of old age anymore, like good ol' Willehemina Graff-Bolt? She had some class that one. And freakin' Damien Knight. "Sure I'm 67 now, but I LOOK 25! Yay for me! Buy a gun!" hoser |
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Sep 7 2005, 04:47 AM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
Hey, it benefits neither you or me to get involved in a big flame war that really comes down to personal interpretation of a canonical story. It's like asking "When is Parker Lewis, I mean, Corin Nemec coming back to Stargate SG-1?" or "When will there be another season of Enterprise?" or "Is Firefly coming back?" No one knows, very few people care, and the only way that it will truly be answered is if it actually happens. I have no interest in fighting over it... I'm just presenting the facts as they are written. As of System Failure, that NPC is effectively dead, along with Captain Chaos and many many others. I'll be happy to take an "I told you so" if you are right, but in the meantime, anything else is just wishful thinking. |
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Sep 7 2005, 04:53 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
:wavey: in lieu of a *thumbs up* for hahnsoo
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Sep 7 2005, 04:54 AM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
BTW: I really want Corin Nemec to come back for at least one episode of Stargate SG-1. *cheesy grin* |
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Sep 7 2005, 05:01 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
There's actually a specific discussion related to that, although not regarding DK. BTW, Wilhelmina didn't die of old age. She died of a stroke. There's a difference. hahn: it was a joke. |
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Sep 7 2005, 05:08 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
one tends to lead to another. She was what, in her 80's. My grandpa died of a (series 0f ) strokes, but he was having them because he was in his 80's. His body was failing, and that was the result.
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Sep 7 2005, 05:15 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
But did he have a 30-odd year blood feud with a great dragon?
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Sep 7 2005, 05:19 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
ya know I'm not sure. My Grandma's a pretty rough lady though, and they were married for 50+. ;)
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Sep 8 2005, 03:16 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: 12-August 05 From: Spirit Kingdom of Palmdale, CFS (Mojave Desert) Member No.: 7,550 |
I just finished reading SF and I enjoyed it, there was some good fiction in it. There was a lot going on. *Some Spoilers Below*
I’m pretty sure Deus is dead, but I wonder what happened to the other 2 AIs they could have escaped. Too bad about Cap Chaos, twisted way to die (if he is gone for good). I’m not quite sure what happened to the New Revolution, they seemed to have some internal dissent, was this led by Gen. Collton? Or was she just an innocent UCAS patriot? It sounded like the IPO went through (Novatech was cash flush and the Chromed Accountant made mucho bucks amoung others I assume), but I thought that the crash basically happened the instant that the IPO started. This would have halted trading and destroyed all or most of the records. I figured that Novatech would have been bogged down in lawsuits, figuring out who owns what and how much they really made and would have collapsed Novatech given their precarious financial situation. I guess in the era of the Nanosecond buyout the IPO must have happened very fast and the records must have been backed up or secured. I liked the opening and closing fiction, I thought it brought the story full circle. Poor Villers, he now controls the third biggest corp and he’s still miserable (that’s human nature; I felt it was kind of poignant, same with Alice and the President). |
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Sep 8 2005, 05:16 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
"Didn't you know? We're all innocent here." --The Shawshank Redemption. ;)
Actually, the IPO started before the Crash. The moment it started, Novatech automatically cashed in all the big stock orders (institutional trading). So everyone is screwed up afterwards, but Novatech still has the money. |
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Sep 8 2005, 05:43 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: 12-August 05 From: Spirit Kingdom of Palmdale, CFS (Mojave Desert) Member No.: 7,550 |
Ahhh, I'll have to reread that section, it seemed that Dues took over right at the start. Poor guy, all he wanted was to take over the world and look at what it got him *sniff*
BTW, I thought that whoever wrote the IPO section did a pretty good job of explaining it. |
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Sep 8 2005, 05:53 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
That'd be Fark.com's very own Drew Curtis.
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Sep 8 2005, 06:56 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 7-September 05 Member No.: 7,698 |
/disbelieve Jong
Edit: I see a Drew Curtin in the credits, but is it -=the=- Drew Curtis? Not sure. If it is, I may very well buy the book on that basis alone. |
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Sep 8 2005, 07:01 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
Yes, it is -=the=- Drew Curtis.
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Sep 9 2005, 04:04 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 7-September 05 Member No.: 7,698 |
Alrighty, he confirmed it in an email. It is -=the=- Drew Curtis. Next paycheck that book is coming to my doorstep.
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Sep 9 2005, 04:12 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Who's Drew Curtis, and why should I care?
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Sep 9 2005, 04:32 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
Because he's =THE= @#$%@# Drew Curtis!
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Sep 9 2005, 04:42 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
makes a jerking off motion
Swell. |
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Sep 9 2005, 05:32 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
A straight answer: Drew Curtis is the founder of fark.com, a very popular sort-of-news-weblog from well before anyone used the word 'weblog'.
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Sep 9 2005, 06:20 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
...and it has "boobies" links clearly marked with an animated "boobies" GIF. Doesn't get much better than that! :grinbig:
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Sep 9 2005, 06:47 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
Thanks Adam :) Never heard of the page before. Just checked it and bookmarked. Nice one :)
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Sep 9 2005, 04:31 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
Drew is the proto-Captain Chaos and Fark is the proto-Shadowland. :P
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Sep 9 2005, 04:54 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 7-September 05 Member No.: 7,698 |
Would that make AH, Fastjack? :-D
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Sep 9 2005, 04:57 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
Is he SO old? Wow.
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Sep 9 2005, 07:23 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
He will be...
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