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The Authorized Guide and Companion to Dune. Lots and lots of links to documents in there.

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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.

Whooops. Working on it.

I LIKE CHICKEN
I LIKE LIVER

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...

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!

Whoops. I forgot, it only works in 610nm. I'll put it in the rest of the themes tomorrow. (tired)

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...

Here's another mashup trailer I found that makes The Shining look like a happy go lucky family comedy:

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.

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Her style of writing reminds me strongly of Gene Wolfe, who I also adore. I am definitely going to read more.

Omphalos wrote:
Robspierre wrote:Now that you are a professional, time ot do all of the hack's Dune butcheries!

Rob
I've done just under half; five or so. I havent got the fortitude to do any more.

It's always been easier to destroy than to create.

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...

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...

Baraka 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

That works very well, thank you for all the labor

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...

I have installed the 610nm theme here on TaU. Please let me know if there are any issues.

Freakzilla wrote:I don't think I ever saw the show but I remember the Iron Maiden song.

Ok, I have got to find a smiley throwing the horns. My perfect reply is now RUINED.

Omphalos wrote:The Blob.

Rover.

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'.

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...

Hunchback Jack wrote:Yeah, Inversions is a good one.

HBJ,
avoiding another "Banks is God" rant.

I couldn't agree more with your unspoken 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

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...

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 ...

Omphalos wrote:Landshark!

candygram

There's also this. I have a copy, and it's very cute.

How... wait. How did the horse... work the lighter...? How did it buy a pack of smokes? Where did it learn how to play Asshole? This book asks more questions than it answers!!!11one

Omphalos wrote:
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?
I haven't though of IRC in over a decade. Do any servers still exist?

If there's interest, I can install a private chat server on the machine that hosts T(A)U.

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.

The Postman never drank his own urine.

Robspierre wrote:Damnit! Now you have me itching to dash off a Cyberpunk 2020 campaign! Ah fuck it ,I'm goint to go play Hammer of the Scots instead,

Rob

Is that where you go to a pub, order 50 scotch eggs, and smash them all with a rubber mallet?

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...

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...

:D :D :D I decided very quickly that the drone in the ship under attack could have whipped the entirety of the Synchronized Worlds single-handed. :lol: And I've settled on another adjective for the depiction of the "Thinking Machines" (snort) in Pinky and The Brian's books: INFANTILE . 8)...

My girl found me a copy of Against a Dark Background on paperback swap. I can't wait to reread it

Also, they're publishing Use of Weapons (the only Culture novel I haven't read yet) in the new line next month.

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 ...

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 ...

Omphalos wrote:Anyway, in the "reimagining" I am sure is to come, it will probably be about global warming or terrorism or something.

Ya know, 'aliens are dicks' is enough for me.

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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...

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...

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.

HULK SMASH!!!!

Robspierre wrote:ALL THE PRETTY HORSES Cormac McCarthy

Rob

That's a burly goddamn book. I love it.

Omphalos wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:
Ragabash wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:Just give me phpbb.
Word. I'll set it up this weekend.
So, how's that goin?
I asked Ragabash to re-prioritize his action items list this week, and get the fucking lead out. He agreed.

It's set up. Freak, did Omph send you the administrator information?

Freakzilla wrote:Just give me phpbb.

Word. I'll set it up this weekend.

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......

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...

I lasted till season two. I watched most of season three only because my friends wanted to watch their new DVD sets. I'm not really that interested in it. It's just dragging too much. Like "24" it feels like a new way too hook people into watching more commercials week after week with one...

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

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...

Oh, and I've seen all of it via highly illegal downloads from the intartubes.

Ragabash is an old Dr. Who fan from way back. What do you think of the new one, Raggy? I am a huge fan of the new Dr. Who and of Torchwood. Dr. Who preserves the heart of the older version of the show (equal parts whimsy and "playing-for-keeps"), while giving the Doctor a dark, nasty edge...

Omphalos wrote:
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.
Can someone tell me what network its airing on?

I dunno, I saw it on DVD.

Omphalos wrote:
SandChigger wrote:(No opinion on the finger sniffing?)
Doesn't bother me too much. You gotta have some objective way of determining if you need a shower.

I settle on "general principle" for that. Once a week whether I need to or not!

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.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Omphalos wrote:That article says its got a love story in it that is right out of Felicity.

Hopefully that's the chick that explodes in the ad.

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...

I've only seen "V..." once and liked it well enough for what it was. Maybe it wouldn't hold up after repeated viewings, though. (Note: it was on one of my satellite movie channels for a month, so I had the opportunity to watch it more than once. I didn't, so maybe that says something?) Bu...

From Hell? Was that the basis of the movie with Johnny Depp by the same (I think) name? God, I hope not. If it is, no fucking way I'm gonna bother with it. It is. Don't let the movie fool you. As with most of Moore's material, they slaughtered it to make a buck. The original is over the top good.

SandChigger wrote:I think we should make it into a drinking game.

Anyone who mentions RULES henceforth should have to drink something.

I'll drink to that!

Rules are for chumps.

*drinks*

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...

GamePlayer wrote:
Ragabash wrote:I'm more into other SF authors, like Iain Banks
A man with good taste Welcome and thanks for giving us a home!

Thank you, and you're welcome

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!

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...

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