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Voyage Home. Brother in law is/used to be a huge Trekkie, and it was on TV when we got back from the beach. Needed to stay in out of the sun for a while anyway, and it's not like there was any alternatives (on vacation, and no cable here).
The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
When I was a kid I used to run around in my Superman cape and pretend I was Optimus Prime transforming into a truck. I would make the sound effects too.
When I was a kid I used to run around in my Superman cape and pretend I was Optimus Prime transforming into a truck. I would make the sound effects too.
The "spoony bard" one was good. What was that... V?
V was Japan only, it seems. VII is the first 3D and the one most people like. VI is the last Super Nintendo FF.
Final Fantasy is the sort of thing I think I might enjoy if I had lots of free time to play my way through them, but I never did. Same with comics, sort of - I have limited free time, books to read, TV series and movies to watch, modern games to play, and I just can't be bothered to set up an emulator for a 20 year old game that I never played back then. Relive memories, yes, but games that I never played back then? No. And the new ones mostly suck, it seems.
Oh, and one more confession: Harry Potter. I don't get it. Read the first one and will never read another.
The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
V was Japan only, it seems. VII is the first 3D and the one most people like. VI is the last Super Nintendo FF.
Final Fantasy is the sort of thing I think I might enjoy if I had lots of free time to play my way through them, but I never did. Same with comics, sort of - I have limited free time, books to read, TV series and movies to watch, modern games to play, and I just can't be bothered to set up an emulator for a 20 year old game that I never played back then. Relive memories, yes, but games that I never played back then? No. And the new ones mostly suck, it seems.
Oh, and one more confession: Harry Potter. I don't get it. Read the first one and will never read another.
I think I never finished the first Dune book and never wanted to read another. Maybe I finished it, but I remember looking at the stack of sequels and backing away. Just dry, dry stuff.
I would like comics much better if the "collecting" thing wasn't part of them. Love the art, but I hated buying one, then never being able to find the next issue that continued the story. Therefore, I like the omnibus editions.
I think I never finished the first Dune book and never wanted to read another. Maybe I finished it, but I remember looking at the stack of sequels and backing away. Just dry, dry stuff.
I'd say it's even duller than Lord of the Rings. I couldn't finish it either.
OTOH, The Dune Encyclopedia was my early introduction to some hefty meta concepts. The encyclopedia exists in-universe, and is just as much a piece of fiction as it is a reference. A far better piece of fiction IMO, because it eliminates all of Herbert's expository cruft.
Since it's in encyclopedia format, it's also non-linear fiction, which was a heady concept for me.
Pretty sure it's out of print, which really blows.
I would like comics much better if the "collecting" thing wasn't part of them. Love the art, but I hated buying one, then never being able to find the next issue that continued the story. Therefore, I like the omnibus editions.
I had a friend at school who spent every penny he had on Marvel comics. At the time I probably still bought 2000AD weekly and the monthly Judge Dredd Megazine but that was about it. My friend would start half a dozen new lines in a given month.
I always thought this kind of output was almost irresponsible on the part of a publisher, especially when so many are set in the same universes. You had to be an affluent adult to stand a chance of keeping up with all of it.
I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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Jul 13, 2015, 10:32 AM
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
They have occasional clever science related jokes, but Futurama does it far better and without pandering.
Maybe in the first season. Then they moved to jokes that dumb people think were clever science/nerdy jokes. The type of stuff that would appeal to people that follow the "I ****ing love science" facebook group.
Still one of my favorite science "jokes" is from The Right Stuff. When Yeager breaks the sound barrier, everyone on the ground hears the sonic boom, and figures he's just blown up.
I haven't watched Dr Who since Rose. Some companions make the show other's break it.
I only owned an XBox long enough to return it so I've only played the first Halo.
I haven't watched Dr Who since Rose. Some companions make the show other's break it.
Watch more. Catherine Tate was an excellent companion. Fantastic to see a proper non bimbo in the role. And some of the better stories to share as well.
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