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The Authorized Guide and Companion to Dune. Lots and lots of links to documents in there.
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- Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:25 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Links of interest
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7182
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Test Forum Thread
- Replies: 83
- Views: 115716
Re: Test Forum Thread
Honkity smoooo
- Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Yeah, that's right.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12659
- Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:22 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Feedback
- Replies: 189
- Views: 464049
Re: Feedback
I think all the smilies and avatars are restored. Let me know if more oddness pops up. We essentially had to replace the guts of the board with a fresh copy, as something went horribly, horribly awry when I tried to mod the board's kitty/car technology ZOMG At any rate, I think we're back to normal.
- Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:17 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Feedback
- Replies: 189
- Views: 464049
Re: Feedback
Whooops. Working on it.
- Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Feedback
- Replies: 189
- Views: 464049
Re: Feedback
I LIKE CHICKEN
I LIKE LIVER
I LIKE LIVER
- Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: It's Alive!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20568
Re: It's Alive!
We seem to have recovered as well as we're going to. Thanks to the genius of Alan, the server tech at the colo facility that hosts this server, we managed to save the majority of essential data and software from the old drive. Some of it got corrupted, but that seems to be in the small minority, and...
- Sun May 31, 2009 2:19 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Feedback
- Replies: 189
- Views: 464049
Re: Feedback
Whoops. I forgot, it only works in 610nm. I'll put it in the rest of the themes tomorrow. (tired)Omphalos wrote:Bun of a Sietch! It ain't working for me now either. We had this goddam thing working a few hours ago.
I wonder if this requires a funky browser setting?
More as things develop!
- Sat May 30, 2009 11:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Feedback
- Replies: 189
- Views: 464049
Re: Feedback
Omph, I asked one of my techie friends what needs to be done to get a "mark forums read" link for templates that don't have it and this is the code he gave me. add this line where you want the link to show up in the viewforum.html file of the template <!-- IF TOTAL_TOPICS and not S_IS_BOT...
- Sat May 30, 2009 11:18 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Shining!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5390
Shining!
Here's another mashup trailer I found that makes The Shining look like a happy go lucky family comedy:
- Sat May 30, 2009 11:13 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Watchmen-E
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7517
Watchmen-E
I came across this on YouTube the other day; it's a mashup trailer some genius kid made that takes the Watchmen trailers' audio and splices in scenes from Pixar's Wall-E, making it look like a dark SF movie. Hilarious.
- Sat May 30, 2009 9:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Feedback
- Replies: 189
- Views: 464049
- Fri May 01, 2009 2:17 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7454495
Re: Books in the pile
Her style of writing reminds me strongly of Gene Wolfe, who I also adore. I am definitely going to read more.
- Fri May 01, 2009 11:09 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Professional Review?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10067
Re: Professional Review?
It's always been easier to destroy than to create.Omphalos wrote:I've done just under half; five or so. I havent got the fortitude to do any more.Robspierre wrote:Now that you are a professional, time ot do all of the hack's Dune butcheries!
Rob
- Fri May 01, 2009 10:36 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7454495
Re: Books in the pile
I bought Rocannon's World a while back but haven't been able to find the other two in the trilogy. I'm holding off reading it until I can read them all in sequence. Can't wait :) This renews my interest in reading her stuff. I wanted to a few years back, but got distracted by shiny objects and bits...
- Fri May 01, 2009 10:23 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7454495
Re: Books in the pile
I just finished Rocannon's World (LeGuin). I am utterly blown away. It was like reading fine literature of the period in which it was set. What a satisfying, brutal and true ending. It's the first part of a book I got at a library sale called Three Hainish Novels . I can't wait to read the rest. :cl...
- Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:30 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 610nm theme
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25365
Re: 610nm theme
That works very well, thank you for all the laborBaraka Bryan wrote:what about if I have the full height version, but without the side things... just the centre piece so it blends in?
edit: like this
- Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:38 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 610nm theme
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25365
Re: 610nm theme
here's a new version with brackets... hey i just noticed it's up top :) thanks Omph. Here's the link to the full size version with brackets... it'll look better up top for sure. http://tinyurl.com/cuhg8o Kewl... Unfortunately, the image bar up top is actually three images, which allows it to stretc...
- Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:44 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 610nm theme
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25365
610nm theme
I have installed the 610nm theme here on TaU. Please let me know if there are any issues.
- Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:29 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Prisoner
- Replies: 35
- Views: 29476
Re: The Prisoner
Ok, I have got to find a smiley throwing the horns. My perfect reply is now RUINED.Freakzilla wrote:I don't think I ever saw the show but I remember the Iron Maiden song.
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:41 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Prisoner
- Replies: 35
- Views: 29476
Re:
Rover.Omphalos wrote:The Blob.
I don't like this trend of remaking cold war paranoia stories, and recasting terrorists as the heavies. It just isn't analagous enough to make any sense. Cf. the remake of 'The Manchurian Candidate'.
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:36 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: People on This Board
- Replies: 67
- Views: 43690
Re: People on This Board
Yes, yes, I'm sure and all that, let's get back to the discussion of your choices in test account names.... :naughty: That was my pseudonym from back when I wrote letters to Penthouse. "You'll never believe what happened to me the other day. I can hardly believe it myself!...And then I learned...
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:44 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7454495
Re: Books in the pile
I couldn't agree more with your unspoken rantHunchback Jack wrote:Yeah, Inversions is a good one.
HBJ,
avoiding another "Banks is God" rant.
My GF found a copy of Against a Dark Background for me the other day on paperback swap; I can't wait to re-read it
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New Board
- Replies: 68
- Views: 66999
Re: New Board
FYI, the board was offline for a few seconds this evening (about half an hour ago) to deploy a patched release of the board engine. The patch only affects new account creation, and constitutes solely of a new CAPTCHA system that employs the judicious use of OMG CUTE KITTENS!!!!111one Apologies if yo...
- Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:41 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New Board
- Replies: 68
- Views: 66999
Re: New Board
As you can clearly tell, the board has been upgraded. I've added no mods yet, save for a good spam catcher, but there are a bunch of themes and a shit-load of new smileys now. If anyone wants any specific mods, post about them here and Ill see. I have a few I will be putting up shortly. There seem ...
- Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:29 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: BSG Season 3
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18934
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Baby's First Mythos
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6529
There's also this. I have a copy, and it's very cute.
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 2008 Vote
- Replies: 53
- Views: 46879
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Inadvertently Funny Drug Humor Thread
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12335
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:42 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chat a la Worms? (as seen on Jacurutu)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11289
If there's interest, I can install a private chat server on the machine that hosts T(A)U.Omphalos wrote:I haven't though of IRC in over a decade. Do any servers still exist?inhuien wrote:5 bucks a month? Fuck that when you just need to open up a random thread for random blahs. Aside, do irc channels cost?
- Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:15 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: 1/3 more Waterworld
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8901
Re: 1/3 more Waterworld
The Postman never drank his own urine.Omphalos wrote:YES! Perhaps now the genius shall show through!
Honestly, I liked this one alright too. A bit stupid, but following the travesty that was The Postman, it was a regular Lawrence of Arabia.
- Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: GenCon report (WARNING! INTENSE NERDERY)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8226
- Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:44 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: GenCon report (WARNING! INTENSE NERDERY)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8226
GenCon report (WARNING! INTENSE NERDERY)
Greetings, (Almost) Undeletedans! My brother, Omphalos, asked me to write a report about my experiences at GenCon this year, as there are quite a few gamers and other people interested in gaming on the site. Always happy to contribute to content on this site, I readily agreed. I'm going to do this i...
- Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:21 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Genre Best of Lists
- Replies: 44
- Views: 42868
Re: Genre Best of Lists
I love searching for best of...lists on-line. I have four or five in particular that I used when I put together a list of books to read a number of years ago, and I still love perusing different ones to decide if the voters/creators are on to something, or high on crack. Anyway, I'm going to put th...
- Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7454495
- Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7454495
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:55 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Kurt Vonnegut
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9413
God, he was brilliant. I voraciously read his stuff as a teenager, but didn't really get the nuances; I was more into the high weirdness. I've reread some of his stuff recently (and plan to do more), and I've found a touching depth to his work that went over my head before. His sincere examinations ...
- Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The metrosexuals are coming!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21646
What, fighting games? I liked them as a kid but got bored of them quickly. No. Games where the point is to show virtual humiliation like that. I have a problem with games where collecting the badges of dead cops is the point too. Now, give me a good zombie whacking game and I'm there. But not that ...
- Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:49 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: V: The Second Generation
- Replies: 132
- Views: 130944
- Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:18 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Test Forum Thread
- Replies: 83
- Views: 115716
test
test test test, ignore
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7454495
Just started Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut. Excellent book! That's such a good book, I need to read it again. I've reread Breakfast of Champions and Cat's Cradle recently, both were staggering. It's amazing how Vonnegut's writing, while superficially dated, transcends time and manages to be...
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:12 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Starship Troopers....III?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 34864
The first film's only redeeming quality was the satire and interesting special effects. Other than that, I hated it. I'm not sure I was aware they made a sequel. I'm trying to remember something, anything, about it but I'm coming up blank. I know I didn't see it, but I don't seem to recall even hea...
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:04 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Hulk Smash!!!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12529
Re: Hulk Smash!!!
HULK SMASH!!!!Omphalos wrote:John Hurt? Edward Norton? Liv Tyler? Social commentary? Personal retribution? Defeating inner demons? I always said that this story still had a little life in it. Though I am holding back my kudos for now.
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7454495
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:48 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Jacurutu - New Dune Forum Suggestions
- Replies: 58
- Views: 58563
It's set up. Freak, did Omph send you the administrator information?Omphalos wrote:I asked Ragabash to re-prioritize his action items list this week, and get the fucking lead out. He agreed.Freakzilla wrote:So, how's that goin?Ragabash wrote:Word. I'll set it up this weekend.Freakzilla wrote:Just give me phpbb.
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:10 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Jacurutu - New Dune Forum Suggestions
- Replies: 58
- Views: 58563
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:24 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Dr Who and Torchwood
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12893
I can't say I'm a fan of Torchwood. Russell T Davies clearly wants to be Joss Whedon, but since I could never understand the appeal of Buffy, I don't see what's so good about Torchwood. The characters are unlikeable, the plots are silly, and having snog each other and anything else that moves is......
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:23 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Lost
- Replies: 30
- Views: 26862
Yeah, I heard Lost was tentatively planned for 6 seasons. There's no way I have patience to wait that long. Even if the sex is good, I won't go through that kind of boring foreplay ever again. See, BSG (2004) was kinda awkward and shy during the mini-series, but we still had fun. By the time season...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:09 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Lost
- Replies: 30
- Views: 26862
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1321841
Whenever I see this topic get bumped, I get that old Europe song 'Cherokee' stuck in my head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZn4S4y4NII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZn4S4y4NII
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:02 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Cloverfield
- Replies: 28
- Views: 22443
I saw Cloverfield today. It was good. Not great, not bad, but good. Here are some thoughts on it without spoilers: The story was pretty run-of-the-mill as far as monster stomping city movies go. They drew heavily from Godzilla et al for it. It was done competently, and the visuals were highly satisf...
- Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:13 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Dr Who and Torchwood
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12893
- Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:12 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Dr Who and Torchwood
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12893
- Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:36 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: CSA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8133
I dunno, I saw it on DVD.Omphalos wrote:Can someone tell me what network its airing on?Ragabash wrote:I saw this the other night. It wasn't half bad in the alternate history department, but it did make some really outrageous assumptions about the nature of the war and some key historical events. Worth a peek, tho.
- Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:38 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Cloverfield
- Replies: 28
- Views: 22443
- Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:36 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: CSA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8133
- Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:51 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Watchmen, by Moore & Gibbons
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5731
- Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:31 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Cloverfield
- Replies: 28
- Views: 22443
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7454495
You gotta let me see the pile that you have, bro. I still want to get those zombie comics you loaned me a long time ago. I think I read the first one or two and loved it, then never got the rest. Do you know what Im talking about; what they are called? Because I dont remember. The Walking Dead, whi...
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7454495
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7454495
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
- Replies: 540
- Views: 1732439
- Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:47 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7454495
I love Watchmen. One of Moore's best. Reading the manga Five Star Stories right now and eagerly anticipating Iain M. Banks newest Culture novel. I'm a huge fan of The Watchmen. Up until recently, I would have agreed that it was his finest work. However, after reading the unabriged version of From H...
- Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:16 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
- Replies: 540
- Views: 1732439
Re: Greetin's n' such
Thank you, and you're welcomeGamePlayer wrote:A man with good taste Welcome and thanks for giving us a home!Ragabash wrote:I'm more into other SF authors, like Iain Banks
I just read today that a new Banks SF novel is coming out next month, and it's going to be a Culture novel. Very excited!
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
- Replies: 540
- Views: 1732439
Greetin's n' such
Hi, everyone :) I'm Ragabash, Omphalos' little brother. I maintain and host this and his other web sites. He's forcing me at gunpoint to contribute to the site, so Hi. :D I'm not much of a Dune fan, although I've read the first novel. I'm more into other SF authors, like Iain Banks and Lovecraft. Bu...