Duke Bushido Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 6 hours ago, L. Marcus said: If you had known the movie, Duke, I would have had to pick my chin up from the floor, seriously. My quote is from a locally produced and made little film called Dö hårdast 2: utan någon anledning ("Die Hardest 2: For No Reason"). It's a pastiche of an action movie, with a budget that would make Clerks look like a blockbuster. A friend of mine was in it as an extra -- he had a whopping two seconds of screen time and no lines. Thank you, Sir. Mine was from a deliciously fun guilty pleasure of a movie called Highway to Hell-- back in the heyday of video stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 7 hours ago, assault said: From New Zealand: Artist 'broken' after judge rules copyright of her work must be shared in divorce "These paintings could be worth millions. I just want a fair share." CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 Absolutely horrifying We Finally Know How 43 Students on a Bus Vanished Into Thin Air unclevlad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Dude... Physicists say The Universe May Have Never Begun Pariah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Logan.1179 said: Dude... Physicists say The Universe May Have Never Begun Then perhaps it's not too late to stop this horrible mistake! *actually reads article* oh Lawnmower Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Let's ask Old Man. He was there, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 ... Haven't seen him around lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Hope he's okay Lawnmower Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Logan.1179 said: Dude... Physicists say The Universe May Have Never Begun Most important paragraph: There's still a lot of work to be done, however. It's not clear yet if this no-beginning causal approach can allow for physical theories that we can work with to describe the complex evolution of the Univese during the Big Bang. Sorry to be Debbie Downer, but once again the headline ought to have been, "Theoretical Physicist Plays With Freaky Cool Math; No Evidence It Describes Anything Real." The article mentions string theory, and that's a case in point. In 30 years of grand promises, last I heard string theory still has not produced a single testable prediction. Still, I've used string theory as the rubber physics for an SF setting. The question that matters is: Can we use this for games? Dean Shomshak pinecone, Cancer, Duke Bushido and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Why yes. I'd use it as the basis for SF techs like dimensional manipulation -- you know, those dimensions that are all curled up on themselves; I assume that the scales are comparable. A gravitic drive that magnifies local gravity in one specific direction; shields that send energy over a certain magnitude orthogonal to normal space ... All stuff I've been playing with in my head. Duke Bushido and pinecone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 1 hour ago, DShomshak said: The question that matters is: Can we use this for games? As always, the answer is Yes. Ranxerox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Actually, I kind of like the villain line: "BACK OFF, moron, or I'll start a real universe right where you're slouching now, and then you'll be nothing but numerical artifacts in someone else's microwave background map!" Pariah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 On 10/9/2021 at 2:56 PM, assault said: From New Zealand: Artist 'broken' after judge rules copyright of her work must be shared in divorce Reverse the genders, and there would be no story. Grailknight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 In the US, certainly true. I don't know enough about New Zealand jurisprudence to be able to say anything about there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 10 minutes ago, Cancer said: In the US, certainly true. I don't know enough about New Zealand jurisprudence to be able to say anything about there. True, it may be that they are breaking new ground. But I suspect that male artists have been subject to the same reasoning in the past. Though maybe only writers, rather than graphic artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Cancer said: Actually, I kind of like the villain line: "BACK OFF, moron, or I'll start a real universe right where you're slouching now, and then you'll be nothing but numerical artifacts in someone else's microwave background map!" That still wouldn’t work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Reddit is reporting they found Gaby Pepito's body and the coroner is stating that she was strangled CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 The BBC are saying this about it https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58892307 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 12 hours ago, Bazza said: That still wouldn’t work. Oh, I don't care about working. I was after a cool statement the GM could make as a villain in a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Shatner Returns From Space Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds – and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there, I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or even eagle flew – And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God. John Magee, High Flight I like to think that's engraved on a marble tablet at Starfleet Academy. Pariah, tkdguy, DShomshak and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 You know they should give Mark Hamill and/or Harrison Ford that chance as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 I'd much rather go on the SpaceX three day trip rather than the Blue Origin 3 minute trip Matt the Bruins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 1 hour ago, tkdguy said: You know they should give Mark Hamill and/or Harrison Ford that chance as well. And Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian ... who else am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Bill Mumy assault 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Daisy Ridley--and yes, Bill Mumy. To name but a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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