An innocuous thread…
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legalAlien wrote: with a healthy dose of Scottish. Och Ay the noo. Scots-Irish to be precise. There was no large scale migration directly from Scotland to the North American colonies. A few hundred here and a few hundred there, but nothing like the tens of thousands that came pouring out of Ulster to the American frontier. "Capitalism is the source of all true freedom."
Stan Shannon wrote: Scots-Irish to be precise. There was no large scale migration directly from Scotland to the North American colonies. A few hundred here and a few hundred there, but nothing like the tens of thousands that came pouring out of Ulster to the American frontier. Yes, of course, although many Scots did go to Canada where there is still a heavy Scots influence, expecially in BC. Vancouver and Victoria Island are delightful places and I can't wait to visit again.
The true price of freedom is war.
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A.L.F [edit] Marvin the Martian would take top seed, except he's not real. [/edit] BW
All the chickens get it.
And them singing canaries get it.
Even strawberries get it.[
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Marvin the Martian would take top seed, except he's not real. You are right. Why, just this morning, I mistook E.T. for a pices of already chewed bubble gum and then that damn monster form ALIEN bit into the right rear tire of my car and caused a blowout. Damn, those REAL monsters are all the trouble these days ... :rolleyes: And don't even get me going on the trouble I have with tribbles...
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Michael P Butler wrote: 6. Servalan (again from Blakes 7) - The ultimate in Sci-Fi sex-appeal (at least she was when I was 10) Now she had style :cool: Elaine (not even slighty malicous fluffy tigress) The tigress is here :-D
I'm sure my mum tried to copy her hairstyle. It didn't work though...:laugh: Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
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Marvin the Martian would take top seed, except he's not real. You are right. Why, just this morning, I mistook E.T. for a pices of already chewed bubble gum and then that damn monster form ALIEN bit into the right rear tire of my car and caused a blowout. Damn, those REAL monsters are all the trouble these days ... :rolleyes: And don't even get me going on the trouble I have with tribbles...
It's rough out there. Be careful. BW
All the chickens get it.
And them singing canaries get it.
Even strawberries get it.[
Discovering BPI
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Men
- Captain Picard or Yoda (for leadership and calmness)
- Data or Spock (for brains)
- Scotty, Geordi or Miles O'Brian (for fixing stuff)
- Worf - ST:TNG/DS9 (To Picard: If you were any other man, I would kill you were you stand.) (Anyone who's willing to kill his Captain must be worth it.)
Women
- Seven of Nine - ST:V (All hail the queen).
- Ro Laren - ST:TNG (She had the best female character of all.)
- Borg Queen - ST:TNG (The original who went on to seduce Data.)
- Kes - ST:V (Petite, cute and comes in travelling size.)
- Maya - Space 1999 (The eyes.)
- Jane - V (Jane Badler) (If Freddy Kreuger had a girlfriend, she would be it.)
- Julie - V (Faye Grant) (The doctor is in. Although Dr. Crusher was up there too.)
"If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS - Math
I'm not going to add anything to your lists, because then Paul Watson would make fun of me for a week. :) Good music: In my rosary[^]
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Actually, Kirk always fired at will and Spock saved the day. So if Kirk somehow managed to find a way back in less than seven years, it would be because of bad acting. Parumpum. :-D As for the house-trained Borg, can you honestly find any fault with that? Resistance is futile. :-D Sisko never died. He turned out to be a half-god and went to live with his other race. Would have been nice to know more about them. But oh well. DS9 was a bit too slow to begin with, but since Worf came on they picked up speed with the Dominion wars. Heard a new movie is in the works before Kirks time centralling on the Romulan wars. "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS - Math
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: Heard a new movie is in the works before Kirks time centralling on the Romulan wars. yay!!! Good music: In my rosary[^]
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Okay, lots of rancour and argument in the Soapbox. How about a debate on the top ten sci-fi characters (human or, as an alternative, not human). I select the following: 1: Neo: cos he's so far up his own arse he may as well be an alien. 2: Alien: Grrr. 3: Jean-Luc Picard: Pretentious git. 4: Frank Poole: stupid cunt. 5: Adama: who thinks up these names anyway? 6: Gort: Shoulda been in charge :-) 7: Darth Vader: should have let him keep Prowse's voice. 8: Everyone in Solaris (any version): could this have been any more boring... 9: Jodie Foster: wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. 10: Luke Skywalker: just because he suffers form small-man sydrome.
The true price of freedom is war.
legalAlien wrote: a debate on the top ten sci-fi characters (human or, as an alternative, not human). Looking at this list I wonder if you have ever read any science fiction rather than watch the palpable puke that is on the tube ? Perhaps Isaac Asimov's robot series. Maybe the Foundation Trilogy by the same author. These are classics. Hell try Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers - not the flick - the book - its quite different. Richard In a world of pollution, profanity, adolescence, zits, broccoli, racism, ozone depletion, sexism, stupid guys, and PMS, why the hell do people still tell me to have a nice day? --Unknown
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I'm not going to add anything to your lists, because then Paul Watson would make fun of me for a week. :) Good music: In my rosary[^]
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Obviously, I forgot to add an appropriate smiley to my message, making it clear that I too wasn't all that serious. Well not to that degree which has been perceived. :-D Good music: In my rosary[^]
ahh not so big problem, when Jörgen says teh sh1t it can't be serious :-D Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)
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I refer you to my previous posting: http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?forumid=2605#xx1178253xx[^] As a character, he is a pretentious turd, kind of like Chirac in space. As an actor he is a twat for even thinking of suing the creators of red dwarf, one of the all time greatest space based programs. I mean, who could forget the cat, and krighton. Excellent stuff! Nunc est bibendum!
I agree, red dwarf was/is excellent! :-D Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)
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legalAlien wrote: a debate on the top ten sci-fi characters (human or, as an alternative, not human). Looking at this list I wonder if you have ever read any science fiction rather than watch the palpable puke that is on the tube ? Perhaps Isaac Asimov's robot series. Maybe the Foundation Trilogy by the same author. These are classics. Hell try Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers - not the flick - the book - its quite different. Richard In a world of pollution, profanity, adolescence, zits, broccoli, racism, ozone depletion, sexism, stupid guys, and PMS, why the hell do people still tell me to have a nice day? --Unknown
Exactly. You will find very little real science fiction on TV or in a movie theater. Real science fiction is in books. I grew up reading Asimov, Bradbury, Bester, Heinlein, Clarke, etc., and still think about stories I read decades ago. The stuff that passes for science fiction on TV is mostly pretty bad and is quickly forgotten. If you haven't read science fiction, you don't know what you're missing.
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Okay, lots of rancour and argument in the Soapbox. How about a debate on the top ten sci-fi characters (human or, as an alternative, not human). I select the following: 1: Neo: cos he's so far up his own arse he may as well be an alien. 2: Alien: Grrr. 3: Jean-Luc Picard: Pretentious git. 4: Frank Poole: stupid cunt. 5: Adama: who thinks up these names anyway? 6: Gort: Shoulda been in charge :-) 7: Darth Vader: should have let him keep Prowse's voice. 8: Everyone in Solaris (any version): could this have been any more boring... 9: Jodie Foster: wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. 10: Luke Skywalker: just because he suffers form small-man sydrome.
The true price of freedom is war.
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ahh not so big problem, when Jörgen says teh sh1t it can't be serious :-D Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)
David's thoughts / dnhsoftware.org / MyHTMLTidyWell, Darth Vader is teh sh1t! But I'm not extremist about it. Good music: In my rosary[^]
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legalAlien wrote: 7: Darth Vader: should have let him keep Prowse's voice. What? Are you totally out of your mind!? James Earl Jones's voice is teh sh1t! Good music: In my rosary[^]
That gets a five. That's gospel right there.
I know you can't become if you only say what you would have done and you'll miss a million miles of fun." - Len Work hard, play hard. Don't forget who you are and don't forget where you're from. Do all these things well and you won't have to wonder where you are going.
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David Wulff wrote: Not that I'm complaining mind you. I may be doing something similar myself :-)
I watch 4 DVDs before I had to tap out. It was worth it. I've had my fix for another month. :cool:
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That gets a five. That's gospel right there.
I know you can't become if you only say what you would have done and you'll miss a million miles of fun." - Len Work hard, play hard. Don't forget who you are and don't forget where you're from. Do all these things well and you won't have to wonder where you are going.
:-> Good music: In my rosary[^]
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I watch 4 DVDs before I had to tap out. It was worth it. I've had my fix for another month. :cool:
Ðavid Wulff Audioscrobbler :: flickr Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (video)
David Wulff wrote: I watch 4 DVDs before I had to tap out. It was worth it. I've had my fix for another month. I didn't need to watch that much, but I did put on "Fry and the Slurm Factory", which seemed vaguely topical as the new Willa Wonka film is out :-)
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Oh come on now, without looking at the wealth of films philip k dick spawned! Surely blade runner, total recal, running man? Nunc est bibendum!
fat_boy wrote: Oh come on now, without looking at the wealth of films philip k dick spawned! ...running man? From memory Running Man was written by Richard S Bachman, which was a pseudonym for Stephen King. The movie was little more than eye candy and an Arnie vehicle while the book was dark and brilliant. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004