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grumpygecko
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grumpygecko
film
2017-07-21 13:40
RE: Insomniac Film Festival #9: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
As a huge Star Trek fan, I was so looking forward to this movie back in 1979 but it was overly ponderous with all the Enterprise porn. I saw a cut on TV some years later that had a scene in sickbay with
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grumpygecko
bitcoin
2017-07-13 10:29
RE: Anybody else experiencing this problem on coinmarketcap? Is this the end?
It's just another periodic correction. Most of those altcoins are derivative of Bitcoin, so when it drops in value, so will they. People said it was the end for crypto when Bitcoin dropped from $1200 to
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grumpygecko
startrek
2017-06-25 13:27
RE: Star Trek Discovery's Transporter Room Still Doesn't Look Like The Original Series
Transporter tech is probably the most difficult of the Trek technologies to actually become a reality. Current thinking suggests that it may be possible. But the downside is that you'd have to destroy
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grumpygecko
startrek
2017-06-25 13:19
RE: Star Trek Discovery's Transporter Room Still Doesn't Look Like The Original Series
They backed themselves into a corner by setting the new series in a period where the design ethic was established 50 years ago. The new movies made an attempt to give that kitsch, retro TOS look a 21st
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grumpygecko
startrek
2017-06-24 16:18
RE: Star Trek: Discovery - Does Anyone Really Hate It Yet?
It probably sounds bad but as a life-long Star Trek fan, right now I'm looking forward more to Seth McFaralane's Orville series than Discovery. I thought Discovery would be something I've been looking
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fiction
2017-06-24 15:33
RE: Star Trek Discovery Uniforms - Star Trek Beyond Similarities?
Personally, I think they should have used the gold, blue and red 2-piece uniforms, at least on the USS Shenzhou to tie the series into the TOS era more. The USS Discovery can be a different beast as it's
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grumpygecko
startrek
2017-06-24 15:29
RE: Star Trek Discovery's Transporter Room Still Doesn't Look Like The Original Series
That's the problem with setting the series in the TOS era. It should have the look and feel of TOS with the gold, blue and red 2-piece uniforms and the interior ship designs should be reminiscent of the
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grumpygecko
space
2017-06-24 11:25
RE: Voyager 1 : An Interstellar Message in a Bottle
You're entitled to your opinion. But the BBC still make the best science and nature documentaries.
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grumpygecko
fiction
2017-06-22 13:40
RE: Star Trek Continues - Canon?
No it's not canon. The books and comics aren't canon either, and they're sanctioned by CBS and Paramount. Star Trek Continues is an independent production so unless CBS (who own the rights to the Trek
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grumpygecko
asteroid
2017-06-22 13:30
RE: Possibility Of An Asteroid Hitting Earth Very High, warns Scientists.
Meteors hit Earth every day. 70% of Earth is covered by water so any sizeable incoming meteors over that area are unlikely to be noticed, unless they're spotted by ships and/or satellites. While there
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grumpygecko
space
2017-06-21 23:52
RE: Voyager 1 : An Interstellar Message in a Bottle
The BBC made a great documentary about Voyager back in 2012. Had a tear in my eye as it came to a close. Here's a clip:
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startrek
2017-06-21 21:21
RE: Star Trek: Discovery Finally Gets An Airdate
I didn't enjoy Enterprise at all when it first aired. And that theme song! But I binge watched it a couple of years ago after buying the boxset (all 4 seasons on Blu Ray) new for £30 (about $45-50). While
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grumpygecko
computers
2017-06-21 13:40
RE: 1982 GOTO 2017
I introduced Turbo Pascal to Optimal Software where I worked at the time (can't remember if that was before you joined up). Before that we were using a really crappy version of basic on the Husky Hunters.
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grumpygecko
skyrim
2017-06-21 13:35
RE: Celebrity Break-ups: Murderiser and Lydia to Separate!
How many hours have you put into Skyrim now?...
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grumpygecko
writing
2017-06-21 13:25
RE: Do-It-Yourself Writing!
Wise words from someone who writes for a living. :)
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grumpygecko
philosophy
2017-06-19 18:25
RE: Conspiracy Theories "Truth behind the Human Landing on the Moon"
Well, at least this conspiracy doesn't deny that we went to the Moon!
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grumpygecko
philosophy
2017-06-19 18:23
RE: Humans Are Not Smarter Than Other Forms Of Life, Just Different
You're confusing the acquisition of knowledge and the application of that knowledge with human intelligence. Had the Romans had our knowledge and tech, they'd have been able to use it equally well. However,
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grumpygecko
philosophy
2017-06-15 21:42
RE: Humans Are Not Smarter Than Other Forms Of Life, Just Different
We're here because an ancestor species crawled out onto land, not because humans did. We do have tails - vestigial tails, because at one time our distant ancestors did hang from branches. Our brain volume
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philosophy
2017-06-15 21:18
RE: Humans Are Not Smarter Than Other Forms Of Life, Just Different
Are humans as smart as they'd like to think they are? They have four potential and concurrent apocalypses headed their way - the threat of nuclear war between at least two nations, the increasing loss
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grumpygecko
cryptocurrency
2017-06-15 18:43
RE: Bitcoin having worst week in more than 2 years, but it's not just Bitcoin...
People should look on these dips as opportunities to buy rather than times of panic when they should sell. It usually pays to be a contrarian and not follow the herd. :)
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