I just picked up KSR's 2312 and Jack Campbell's The Lost Stars: Tarnished
Knights (sequel series to the Lost Fleet series). Haven't started reading
them. I was re-reading Sword of Shanarra as MTV is threatening a new series
al a Game of Thrones. It's turning into a slog (seemed much better when I
w
At least in my defense I won't bother replying to him.
Damon.
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Warren Adams-Ockrassa
wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:12:03 -0500, Damon Agretto
> wrote:
>>
>> My question for the list is: if John comes across as a troll, why are
>>
My question for the list is: if John comes across as a troll, why are
people responding to him? By doing so, you give him exactly what he
wants. By getting a rise out of others, he makes you dance to his
tune. If you really think he has nothing worthwhile to add to the
conversation, don't reply to
Already have my copy on pre-order on Amazon!
Damon.
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Charlie Bell wrote:
>
> On 14/05/2012, at 12:26 AM, William Goodall wrote:
>
>> The new Brin novel Existence comes out in June. A topic!
>
> So, will they add a stupid apostrophe in the non-US versions?
>
> Ex'
Personally I started using FB as I find it superior to twitter for the
"microblogging" activity, as I often felt I needed more than 160 characters
to talk about what I wanted to talk about. It's a great way to stir up
conversations, or even to track what I'm doing with my various project. Also
Davi
I'm receiving.
Currently re-reading the Mars trilogy. I didn't see anything on Brin's
facebook feed about a new book, but I'm looking forward to such a thing...
Damon.
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
> [tap tap tap] Is this thing on? I haven't received any message sinc
I don't know; I think it still remains to be seen if the good outweighs the
bad. While so far the damage to the US appears to be fairly light, I have to
wonder about the damage done to US allies and other countries across the
globe. I'm sure the Yemeni president (who has been allegedly lying to his
I played Evony for a while, until other powers decided to farm the crap out
of my cities, and my alliance disintegrated while I watched. That pretty
much killed any enjoyment I had from the game...
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
>
> On 10/22/2010 8:13:45 AM, Charlie Bell (cha
I don't know if the Tea Party is a manufactured political movement, but one
thing I feel certain about, it's titular head Sarah Palin is exploiting it
for all it's worth. I can't imagine she would do anything that would not
ultimately benefit her bank account.
One thing about the Tea Party: if it
Incidentially, if anyone wants to read up about my thoughts on some of the
books I've read in the past few years (mainly because I'm bored at work),
check out my blog at bookslikedust.blogspot.com.
Damon.
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Damon Agretto wrote:
> I just finished
I just finished up Haldeman's Marsbound and Starbound several weeks ago. I
started reading Benford's The Martian Race, but set is aside for some pulpy
gaming supplements (Battletech's Masters & Minions if anyone wants to
know...)
Damon.
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I have 2 kids, and the things that depress me are things my kids have no
influence on. If you don't like kids, then you should be able to justify to
yourself why you don't want them IMHO.
There are things my kids do and experience that makes me happy. Watching
them grow up and experience the world
I should also add that I know it was a funny, but my statement should cover
me for all Apple products...
Damon.
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Damon Agretto wrote:
> Hi! Some of you might remember me!
>
> After looking at this, color me unimpressed. I'm going to wait and
Hi! Some of you might remember me!
After looking at this, color me unimpressed. I'm going to wait and see what
the competition does (probably cheaper for the same capability).
Damon, posted from his Gphone...
On Jan 27, 2010 2:08 AM, "Ronn! Blankenship"
wrote:
http://comics.com/prickly_city/20
I'm sorry you read this turkey, but the KJA is a hack and has been for
years...
Damon.
On Jul 4, 2009 4:19 AM, "Warren Ockrassa" wrote:
A week or so back I finished _Hidden Empire_, the first book in Kevin J.
Anderson's "Saga of Seven Suns":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_of_Seven_Suns
I d
ve to understand that
ANY historical movie is not meant for historians (ESPECIALLY 300...).
Damon.
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r 17mo discovers screaming, and seems to want to do
it constantly, you have other thoughts than looking for essays...)
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I have this feeling people are going nuts over nothing...
BTW, when does the new season of Enterprise start?
Damon.
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Didn't Bush come out several months ago and finally admit tha Global Warming
may be man-caused? ISTR a statement like that...
Damon.
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Yes, how sad that the Musical-industrial Complex has taken over...
Damon, does not listen to Pop...
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No
Well, I guess it really doesn't matter WHAT I think of the show...apparently
it's going to be cancelled:
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/guide.aspx?id=upfront
The good news is that America's Funniest Home Videos will be renewed. Hey, I
have a kid...I can TOTALLY win that thing!
Damon.
- Orig
IIRC I watched mine in Sub format, and I almost never listen to commentaries
(rather figure it out myself). With that in mind, the comment about
commentaries has no point for me...
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> Ack! They're licensing from Manga Entertainment? Call me crazy, but my
> past impression of their localization has been that it was less than
> stellar (the Evangelion movies being a particularly egregrious cause in
> point).
What was wrong with the Evangelion movies?
Damon, has a vinyl stat
I'd be interested in seeing how much energy this thing delivers to the
target at 250mi compared to a Tomahawk. The advantage of putting a warhead
on a missile is that it will do as much damage at point-blank range as at
maximum range, because it is not dependent on kinetic energy to deliver its
I have hopes for this restarting the franchise. After the mediocraty that
was Enterprise (well, save the last season and a few select eps), I think
the series needs something that'll get the blood going again...and a
creative staff that cares about the franchise (and not just the money...).
Dam
You know, this thread has been going for so long, and apparently I must have
missed a number of emails, so that I have NO idea how the discussion of
Roman/Parthian/Persian/Imperial Arab history came about. I wanted to comment
earlier but...eh...
Damon.
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How many pregnancies are planned, and how many are "accidental?"
I guess it would all depend on the technology. But whether people plan
their pregnancies around the tax season or their new-age hippie health
classes is irrelevant to the question: creating a system of artificial
iron wombs elimi
To veer slightly pedantic, ISTR I-beams are actually extruded...
Damon.
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. So I think this is very much a "perhaps...but.."
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be with *explosives,* but thermite burns
extremely vigorously, not explodes...
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You guys and your swords. I'll take a pollaxe...
Damon.
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I'd want to fly a Regia Aeronautica bf.109G just because
I'm a stickler for the underdog...
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s!
Damon ;)
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or its artistic
stylings. Something done in rotoscope (or its 21st C equivalent)
always seemed a bit like "cheating!" :)
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I don't think the "Ghibli" style would work for SR, IMHO. At least
not for me. However, I wouldn't mind the Otomo or Oshii style (Akira
and Ghost in the Shell respectively), which tends to be a bit more
sober and realistic.
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endearing...
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ness to the original works of the above TV
version. Hayao Miyazaki, has in the past admitted being an admirer of
Le Guin's writings.
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27;t seem right...
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Not yet, but it is on my to-read stack. Read Ilium.
Both on my to-read stack. How was Illium?
Damon.
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You know, with as many issues as I've seen with AOL at work, I'd just
say "the heck with 'em" and tell people to get a REAL email service...
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tan, a new game called (IIRC) Dungeoneer, and of course
D&D (which included my one friend's son). I felt that was time better
spent than sitting in the Wal-mart parking lot at 5am, any time...
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#x27;s back alley?
There's a lot of bits in the show like that that break suspension of
disbelief. If you know your firearms, it happens every ep...
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Hm. That might explain a few odd things I've seen this week. Thanks for
the info!
I didn't; World of Warcraft ran just fine for me... ;)
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x27;t catch and release outside (yes, I catch spiders and take
them out to the porch and into some bushes there adjacent).
Damon.
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Huh. And here I thought everyone drove around in Battlemechs...
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Religion needs to be banned.
I wonder how much of this actually is about religion, and how much is about
tribal "nationalism..."
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;ll donate. I'm getting some bonus
pay next check, so I'm probably going to throw some of that in too...
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x27;t like One Piece
(dissappointed they show this so much...)
Damon.
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a passing resemblance to Spike...), just wish it
was longer.
Inuyasha could be more interesting, if it delved more into Japanese
mythology, and less into the emotional life of teen-aged Japanese girls.
Damon, watching...
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fleet
will have to be grounded indefinitely after this flight until the problem
is fixed . . .
Perhaps it's time to cut our losses and look at developing other surface to
orbit vehicles...?
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The first unofficial MTG tourney to be held in NW AZ is less than 12 hours
away.
Pass...
Damon, got trapped in collectable games, learned his lesson, and now has
deep philosophical opposition to the concept...
Damon Agretto
I had no problems accessing CNN, BBC, and a handful of other regular
websites from my Blackberry, but a few were inaccessabile. Regular net
seems OK, though...
Damon.
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ow what sort of "operations" are going on in
other theaters, etc. or the political, economic, or environmental situation
on Mars (though we could make some good guesses...)...
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f the
population, and besides the fact, is already negatively biased. Your
methodology is flawed, and structured to fit into a preconceived notion,
rather than used to draw conclusions from.
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same...
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d the
murder of his children.
Yeah, cause we all REALLY know it was Dungeons & Dragons that drove him to
do it...
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lly I can
generate the cash in time before the minimums go up, so I can keep the max
amount of cash on-hand to "prepare..."
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Comrades,
I scored a Communist/Marxist/Socialist/Secular Humanist Worldview Thinker
score is: -44 points of 170 possible, -25%
Talk about a biased "test."
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hing I would call seriously thought provoking.
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Whaddya think? Good or bad?
2nd source? This stuff always seems to crop up, and oftentimes it has
little credibility or truth.
Damon.
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n the whole "Jedi religion thing..."
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Now Bui
used FAR less dialogue in this scene, and shown
Vader's reactions indirectly. Would've been far more effective, IMHO.
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The hot Vulcan was right - she was also right about the poor scripts for
most of the first two seasons.
So much potential, so much...
Damon.
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there a source on the net with regards to his game theory? Or a
published source?
Damon.
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d on 30yo molds...
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Take the test.
http://typology.people-press.org/typology/
No surprise for me; I tested out as "Liberal."
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Had this particular ugly little trend begun in 2003, we might have a
different president today.
Things are looking up!
Warren, you are just a font of positive thinking...
Damon, a little more jaded...
Damon Agretto
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ediev-l.html), populated by a number
of professional medievalists. They might be able to answer your questions,
or send you to sources that would have better info.
Damon.
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Late MA.
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Heh. The reviewer is a friend of mine...
Damon.
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rugs tell me so...
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The pendulum's arc might well have maximized this last weekend.
I can only hope. With statements from the Religious Right that the
Republicans "owe them," that sort of thing keeps me up some nights...
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gdu SUVs, then there's where the
spike in demand would occur...
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And, um, what has China to do with any of it anyway?
It's been widely reported that the reason for high fuel costs is because of
China's rapidly expanding economy.
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Not over yet. I heard there are going to be TWO TV series coming out. We'll
see how they do.
I don't care what anyone says, SW makes a great RPG setting!
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fry...
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e and couldn't grasp the
math -- of course I'm just a layman and have NO training in astrophysics
beyond a general interest. I'd love to hear the reactions of people more
in-the-know to this.
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sagree) to vastly underrate
the role of contingency in military outcomes.
Perfect example: France vs. Germany 1940.
You might be able to make the same argument of Athens vs. Sparta...
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-->Reading Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind before watching the DVD
later this month.
Sweet! If I was still employed I would've bought the DVD by now...
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http://www.nice-tits.org/
I feel cheated...
Damon :P
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aled or
raised from the dead, this Roman cult cannot really claim to be the true
successors to Christ.
He's not the successor of Christ. He's the successor of John, in whom
Christ gave his "authority" to create a church.
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I was going to simply let this go by without giving it the dignity of a
response, but after all this time you all know me better than that . . .
Call it for what it is: trolling.
Damon.
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Is this one of those "guess which ones are bogus" type posts?
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11 The Wow signal
I thought this was later refuted as being the signal from a Pulsar, which
had previously been unknown?
Damon.
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Well, my fiancee is a DD and she keeps complaining she wants reduction
surgery! I, of course, said it would be a bad idea...
Damon.
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as I'm not a huge Asimov fan...
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> Still, unlike Bush I can see a few good things he
> has done in the
> military so he is not an unmitigated disaster.
Just curious what good things?
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same, I'd be much more worried...
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ere the robotic soldiers of a dead
race. IIRC the "original" Cylons were lizards or something...
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E, but aren't
attacking...yet.
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but no less plausable than warpspeed and the like...
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In contrast with the first one, which didn'thave any action, either . . .
I dunno why this one gets so much flak. I personally liked it.
Damon.
Damon Agretto
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