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QFT: "goes right over" is part of what transcend means; another would be "leaves behind".…
18 Apr 2012, 22:05
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You might need to take that up with his agent.…
18 Apr 2012, 21:38
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None of that seemed to make a difference to the plot, being more along the lines of conceits or dreams on the parts of various fallible people. The concept of people shrinking as…
18 Apr 2012, 21:35
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I was ready for either, but outside of a talking fish and bird, I came up empty. It has to be the least fantastic fantasy I've ever encountered. Other than that, it was okay.…
18 Apr 2012, 12:11
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My guesses are: 1. Length under relativistic Lorentz contraction. 2. Loop's electrical induction. 3. Lolita.…
18 Apr 2012, 04:25
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_Little, Big_ was a disappointment for me. Part of the novel is urban, but the specks of actual fantasy come before and after.…
18 Apr 2012, 02:42
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This can be true, but not all of the criminals are residents, some are among the custodians and occasionally the warden. Strother Martin said, "What we've got here is, failure to…
13 Apr 2012, 18:22
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BELL JAR, THE, 1963 PLANET OF THE APES (film), 1968 SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER (film), 1959…
13 Apr 2012, 03:58
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It can really depend on the conditions, and your "feed stock". The easier it is get life, the more typical people will be there, who make it less of a hell hole and are more like…
12 Apr 2012, 16:49
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However, offense spending has proven to be a more reliable deterrent in its sphere than domestic corrections.…
12 Apr 2012, 16:40
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It can lead to spree killing, like the Phillipine "amok". If you've already got the maximum punishment coming, there are no further consequences to additional crimes. There's a …
12 Apr 2012, 16:32
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Sorry, my fault-finding was as simplistic as I was accusing the "humane" comment of being,…
12 Apr 2012, 04:44
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The planet where people say any justice system without a death penalty would be humane? I mean, damn! You guys have pretty low standards. One reform does not a liberal correctio…
12 Apr 2012, 04:23
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Replacing execution with lobotomy is humane?…
12 Apr 2012, 03:52
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Oh, and one thing that heavily suggested it was a shot of the original wreckage scene that the network thoughtfully showed after the end of the show. They later said they put it …
07 Apr 2012, 07:20
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It ended when Jack ended, and it was his dad that came back from the dead to reassure him that it was okay and Jack hadn't screwed up. I realize Dad says that everyone there is d…
06 Apr 2012, 18:23
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It looked to me like the "flash-sideways" world was Jack's dream, but they said in the first season that the resolution would not be "it was all a dream" and again later. They sa…
06 Apr 2012, 06:24
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I have no problem with that, I've admitted to doing it myself. But I at least make sure when I include a prophecy or foreshadowing involving the number 12 that I am familiar with…
04 Apr 2012, 03:56
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The Sci-Fi channel's SCI-FI BUZZ show, late one Sunday night earlier the year it premiered. Later complaints by JMS and accounts of writing for him by another writer did not bear…
04 Apr 2012, 01:33
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Grrr... At least George Lucas could say "Darth Vader" is Low German for "dark father". Babylon 5 had a real plan for a 5 season arc, even though the "I have every episode outli…
03 Apr 2012, 22:19
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Er, they did NOT plan out LOST; the conclusion violated numerous statements the producers made in earlier seasons.…
03 Apr 2012, 20:25
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But He keeps giving Jonah second chances to deliver judgment to Nineveh. Perhaps G-d has higher expectations for Moses, arguably the most accomplished and best educated man in hi…
03 Apr 2012, 19:49
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The other Jordan posted about it last night...…
02 Apr 2012, 23:24
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"except that it can be made to do a mortal's bidding" Moses uses magic when he strikes the rock in defiance of G-d's command. The events that conspire to keep Jonah from shirking …
02 Apr 2012, 22:50
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Dude, it's the Trinity.…
02 Apr 2012, 17:47
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Off the cuff, I'd say magic is characterized as an agency that is similar to divine power except that it can be made to do a mortal's bidding. Magic can be couched in material ve…
02 Apr 2012, 17:34
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Except that the yet more powerful gods from Yesod do all he can and more, and they cop to being material beings living in a technological world, then proceed to show the evidence…
01 Apr 2012, 22:05
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Supposedly, Apu-Punchau is a necromancer in reverse; he traffics with the living on behalf of the other dead people.…
01 Apr 2012, 00:57
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I can see Apu-Punchau as an aquastor conjured by the Cumaean's pocket eidolator, but what about his career as a vivimancer? How do the dead confer without benefit of the Cumaean'…
31 Mar 2012, 19:18
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What/where does she mention it?…
30 Mar 2012, 15:28
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Baldanders certainly uses technology to adapt himself to the water, Juturna may be likewise adapted with gills concealed by her green hair. Nanomachines weren't a thing at the ti…
29 Mar 2012, 16:35
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I think fairies and the opportunity to join them in their frolic can represent the allure of casting off society's strictures, but the complications, like the conflict between th…
29 Mar 2012, 16:18
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For purposes of scholarly research: http://nullfile.com/ebooks/%28ebook%29%20Asimov,%20Isaac%20-%20I,%20Robot.pdf…
29 Mar 2012, 16:05
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Eh? Don't fairies generally have strictures they constitutionally can't break, like being unable to go back on their word, can't break the seal of the cross, etc? While humans ar…
28 Mar 2012, 17:57
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SHADOWS OF THE NEW SUN and _Teaching Science Fiction (Teaching the New English)_ are his as well.…
26 Mar 2012, 14:59
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Some background from a fellow Ag: A&M was a land grant college, and gets its letters from that act's imperative to promulgate the useful arts of agriculture and mechanology. As …
24 Mar 2012, 17:30
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I'm afraid Dan ninja'd you by about 7 months, but yes, it's a neat comic.…
22 Mar 2012, 18:28
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Was the the IOBA visibly a party to the listing? I've been buying used books on Amazon for years and this is the first I've heard of them.…
22 Mar 2012, 18:24
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If it's sold as a collectable, sure. As used retail merchandise, the standards are lower. I admit the lines are blurred somewhat by the market's barriers to entry being lowered t…
22 Mar 2012, 16:35
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Were they sold as new, or "as good as new" condition? If you bought books listed under the "used" tab, you could do a lot worse.…
22 Mar 2012, 16:18
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The rights to keep their religion didn't seem to prevent them from being prostituted or used in blood sports or worked to death in mines, though. Not much of chance to pick up en…
22 Mar 2012, 02:56
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Larger views of some of the gorgeous rooms seen over the shoulders of the participants, and detail on the upright organ: http://www.wurlitzer2003.com/victorian_palace.htm news …
22 Mar 2012, 02:49
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Weren't they still subject to arbitrary use and abuse, and sale to other owners without consent?…
21 Mar 2012, 17:48
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The video of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4gPZPKJc0s For those who don't follow Amanda Palmer, the white face and bowler hat is part of her former group, the Dresd…
20 Mar 2012, 03:59
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Dagon…
17 Mar 2012, 05:03
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Has Tebow disclosed that's what he's praying for, rather than the usual, "Please don't let me screw up" and freedom from injury prayers most athletes offer up?…
16 Mar 2012, 20:52
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Their machine planet certainly fits the "engine room of creation" description.…
16 Mar 2012, 20:49
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This is not the least common take on things, with people misguidedly seeking to possess or coerce their divine benefactor rather than follow his example. It is repeated in UOTNS …
15 Mar 2012, 18:13
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thricetimes Argh!! I did not say this.…
15 Mar 2012, 17:39
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Apparently the Ascension isn't repeated each time. I also get the sense that the Yesodis, or at least some faction of them, want to avoid the torturous part as much as possible, …
15 Mar 2012, 05:07
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