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Re: Anti-science fantasy

2008-12-04T07:18:23Z

No it hasn't. It's not being used to investigate a particular part of
the world, but that's not going awry, that's not having gotten around to
it yet.
And given that magic is influenced by thoughts, it's not really clear
that the technology to adequately use science to investigate it exists
just yet.

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-04T03:59:25Z

Slouch away, maybe.
Dave

Re: YASID Re: Science fiction hunt: No one ever dies

2008-12-04T06:42:31Z

[lots of references snipped]
I think you're right, I found it online here:
[link]

Re: Anti-science fantasy

2008-12-04T05:57:12Z

I still don't see it as Harry saying science has gone awry.
People apply science to magic, when they admit to themselves that it
exists. The reasons why people don't admit that it exists seem to be
twofold; first, people/political/whatnot reasons, and second, there seems
to be a magical suppression of memory. Or at least, I conclude there are

Re: Want a Kindle before Christmas? Get ready to pay

2008-12-04T05:38:47Z

In article <F-WdnX9BSKMQOavUnZ2dnUVZ_snin ...@giganews.com>,
louan...@yahoo.com says...
I've got one of those things on my DS light but didn't know they made
one for the TX. Who makes it and where can I find it?

Re: Anti-science fantasy

2008-12-04T05:35:02Z

peachy ashie passion <exquisitepe...@hotmail.com> wrote in
It doesn't have to be untrue to be retarded. And while it is
technically not untrue, it is presented in such a was as to imply an
untrue claim, namely that science has not improved our lives in any
way.

Re: eBook Ignoramus Authors

2008-12-04T05:33:42Z

thro...@sheol.org (Wayne Throop) wrote in
It all depends on what you're doing. As I have said, when I do
something where regular expressions would be useful, I'm usually
doing other stuff where using VB and Access is rather more useful,
and more to my liking.

Re: eBook Ignoramus Authors

2008-12-04T05:32:11Z

thro...@sheol.org (Wayne Throop) wrote in
You're a freak.
See above.
The basic principles are simple enough, but they are limited enough
in acutal use that there are any number of other ways of doing the
same thing. True understanding is not intuitive, and can get as
complicated as need be to do the job.

Re: Critters in SF

2008-12-04T05:10:26Z

In article <w6GZk.9247$be.1...@nlpi061.nb dc.sbc.com>,
I am the exact opposite of invulnerable.
Did I mention I noticed a place on my right shoulder that
isn't scarred? It is as though my mother dipped me in the River
Styx but only dipped that one small patch.

Re: Anti-science fantasy

2008-12-04T04:40:27Z

Clearly a fantasy rather than science fiction.
-Moriarty

Re: What an epic thread! [Was: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF]

2008-12-04T04:35:10Z

In this way we're breeding a higher class of spam, one that's
interesting enough to almost become content again.

Re: Male vs Female viewpoints in SF

2008-12-04T04:38:31Z

On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:57:47 GMT, P. Taine <u...@domaine.invalid>
wrote:
I had four sisters. I learned young.

Re: One Last Ken Hogan Note

2008-12-04T04:33:18Z

"Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seaw...@sgeinc.invalid.com> rote in news:gh7ln0
$ct...@news.motzarella.org:
I got along pretty well with him because I could see that attempts to educate
him like Wayne's weren't going to work. He had too much difficulty expressing
his point and understanding other people's. But I was saddened I never got to

Re: Review: Duainfey by Lee&Miller

2008-12-04T04:31:16Z

It doesn't have that feel to the story. This is solidly
fantasy/romance, no science fiction vibe to it.
And I will give the authors props for getting the romance
tropes right. If they ever need easy money, they could
easily churn out some standard Regency/Georgian/Gothic
romance books. In fact, for about the first third of the

Re: Soon (?) to be a Major Motion Picture?

2008-12-04T04:29:00Z

The imagery looks dead on.
Now, the actual movie could still be totally screwed up.
And I wonder if even well done you can get away without the Huge
Honking Logical Hole in the Villain's Master Plan ending up screaming at
you. It's ... not exactly concealed, but you're distracted from noticing