Could someone explain......

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:22 am

we can not empty the tank - every one of my posts must be saved for future generations.

Post by **Vain** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:52 am

This place is a time capsule - we have stored every post made since 1976

Post by **peter** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:08 am

Orlion wrote:
Avatar wrote:That message is only for true Donaldson fans! (aka, those who've read GAP )
Not even halfway there! Your diehard Donaldson fan has read (looks back over his shoulder to see no-one is coming) Mordants Need
(There is even a sub-group of sick individuals who have read the Reed Stephens novels but we won't talk about those).

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:44 pm

Vain wrote:This place is a time capsule - we have stored every post made since 1976

they had computers in 1976?

Post by **Auleliel** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:42 pm

Orlion wrote:
Auleliel wrote:When Kevin's Watch fills up, it will virtually collapse from the enormous mass of its database, creating a singularity which will evolve into a black hole, gradually consuming the entire internet, and eventually, the world as we know it.
Not to nit-pick, but a black hole is a singularity

Though a singularity is not necessarily a black hole

The rest is sound. As Donaldson fans, we must destroy... that's the message of the Chronicles, right?

I actually knew that. I just chose not to act on that knowledge.
I was more interested in making a vague and obscure GAP reference than actual scientific accuracy.
And I also intended to have my post be an even vaguer answer to peter's question.

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:51 pm

and not a single mention of my question. neither vague or concrete?

Post by **Auleliel** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:18 pm

I think 1976 was a reference to the hack that caused some posts to have their dates changed to 1976...
But I'm not sure since I wasn't around then...

Post by **Savor Dam** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:51 pm

Younglings!

Yes, WE did have computers in 1976 -- not just room-filling monsters either. I'd already been programming for at least three years.

Ah, punch cards...I do not miss them.

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:14 pm

is that you Hal?

Post by **Vraith** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:01 pm

peter wrote:
Orlion wrote:
Avatar wrote:That message is only for true Donaldson fans! (aka, those who've read GAP )
Not even halfway there! Your diehard Donaldson fan has read (looks back over his shoulder to see no-one is coming) Mordants Need
(There is even a sub-group of sick individuals who have read the Reed Stephens novels but we won't talk about those).
Stop talking about me while pretending not to.
[though actually, I've only read one...I plan to read them all, though].

Post by **Orlion** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:34 pm

Vraith wrote:
peter wrote:
Orlion wrote: Not even halfway there! Your diehard Donaldson fan has read (looks back over his shoulder to see no-one is coming) Mordants Need
(There is even a sub-group of sick individuals who have read the Reed Stephens novels but we won't talk about those).
Stop talking about me while pretending not to.
[though actually, I've only read one...I plan to read them all, though].
I've read everything except The Man Who Fought Alone... That's in a glass box with a hammer and sign that reads "Break in case of psychotic need for new Donaldson."

Post by **Savor Dam** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:37 pm

Go ahead and read TMWFA. It is arguably the best of the four mysteries.

Spoiler

Still waiting to find out how SRD is going to resolve the longstanding central issues between Brew and Ginny...

sgt.null wrote:is that you Hal?

Heh. Sarge, this is probably the thread you are looking for.

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:50 pm

Savor Dam wrote:
sgt.null wrote:is that you Hal?
Heh. Sarge, this is probably the thread you are looking for.

would you like to play chess Dave?

Post by **Savor Dam** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:00 pm

Dave's not here, man...

Post by **dANdeLION** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:07 am

Savor Dam wrote:Go ahead and read TMWFA. It is arguably the best of the four mysteries.

That's the 4th book, right? The 4th book was the best one, IMO.

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:32 am

I've never read them. I've never even seen them.

And somebody messed up their quotes...I never said that thing that's being attributed to me up there. ^^^

--A

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:22 am

Avatar wrote:I've never read them. I've never even seen them.

And somebody messed up their quotes...I never said that thing that's being attributed to me up there. ^^^

--A

because you are looking at sequence av. i am guessing that you have said all those words at one time or another. in some strange accent that i can only base on leonardo dicaprio in a movie i have never seen.

so by parsing and clipping and rewinding and resetting we would get the above quotes.

something about monkeys, typewriters and the collected workings of ezra pound will get you ten schillings and half a pence.

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:50 am

sgt.null wrote: in some strange accent that i can only base on leonardo dicaprio in a movie i have never seen.

First off, please gods don't imagine that atrocious accent was in any way representative.

Second, I was just thinking the other day how strange it is...we all "hear" each other in our own voices, as it were.

--A

Post by **Vraith** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:55 pm

___ wrote:
Savor Dam wrote:Go ahead and read TMWFA. It is arguably the best of the four mysteries.
That's the 4th book, right? The 4th book was the best one, IMO.

Heh, that's the one I've read...a friend of mine tossed it to me saying "hey, you like this guy, right?" I was all WTF!? never heard of this, read it immediately ignoring the fact I didn't know most of the back story. Heard there's a single volume that has all four, gonna get that.

Avatar wrote: Math isn't real Taxes are Gov't money, not yours.
Math isn't real Taxes are Gov't money, not yours.
Math isn't real Taxes are Gov't money, not yours.

That's what you always say. /sigh.
Coult someone explain THAT?

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:22 pm

Avatar wrote: Second, I was just thinking the other day how strange it is...we all "hear" each other in our own voices, as it were.

--A

i have wondered if we would recognize most of the poeple her eif we met them at a tram station.

i have lost much of my New England accent and have picked up some southern slang. but in no way sound as redneck as many of my coworkers.

but my mother has remarked how odd i sound when i call her.