Off-Topic Books Thread - Off-topic

I've spent most of the day looking for something new to read, before realising i should have asked here first!
Fiction or non-fiction, the kind of writers i've enjoyed in the past include, but not limited to:
James Herbert
Michael Connelly
Mark Billingham
Ian Rankin
Bill Bryson
Joy Adamson
Michael Crichton
John Connolly
Terry Pratchett
Douglas Adams
Physics, Nature, Cosmology, History, WWI, WWII..
Should be enough to go on! Post up your recommendations or just list your favourites. Read something new recently? Rate it here.

Clive Barker is a great writer (in my opinion). He's normally thought of as a horror writer, mainly due to the success of Hellraiser (The Hellbound Heart) and Candyman (The Forbidden), but I prefer his fantasy stuff as I love the philosophical/cosmological edge he has.
I could not recommend these books any more as I truly believe they changed the way I look at the world...
Imajica
Weaveworld
The Great and Secret Show (1st in a trilogy - only 2 completed so far though)

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre is a really good read, if you haven' read it already.

anewhope said:
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre is a really good read, if you haven' read it already.
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Perfect! I remember hearing about this at the time but never thought to read it. I love psuedo science debunking, mainly as i'm so keen on doing it myself! Kindle edition ordered and ready to read. Great suggestion, thanks!
Archer said:
Clive Barker is a great writer (in my opinion). He's normally thought of as a horror writer, mainly due to the success of Hellraiser (The Hellbound Heart) and Candyman (The Forbidden), but I prefer his fantasy stuff as I love the philosophical/cosmological edge he has.
I could not recommend these books any more as I truly believe they changed the way I look at the world...
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Added all three to my Amazon wishlist. Hopefully i'll get a load of ideas here and a nice long list to keep me in reading for a while!
Thanks.

DirkGently said:
Perfect! I remember hearing about this at the time but never thought to read it. I love psuedo science debunking, mainly as i'm so keen on doing it myself! Kindle edition ordered and ready to read. Great suggestion, thanks!
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He has a column in the science section on the Guardian website which follows on the theme of the book, it's always a good quick read.

A recommendation for M_T_M...
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You with your quantum posts that flash in and out of existence without leaving a trace!

http://www.sfsignal.com/interactive/npr100.htm
Thank me later.

sakai4eva said:
http://www.sfsignal.com/interactive/npr100.htm
Thank me later.
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That was brilliant! As i don't like Science Fiction or Fantasy, clicking the links eventually led me to Orwells Animal Farm. A great book, but i've already read the classics.

DirkGently said:
That was brilliant! As i don't like Science Fiction or Fantasy, clicking the links eventually led me to Orwells Animal Farm. A great book, but i've already read the classics.
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It led me to a few books I've never read. Still good

Hey dirk,
+1 for the Clive barker, weaveworld is a good place to start.
I'm also a big fan of Ian banks - dig in to Wasp Factory.
One final recommend would be Life of Pi. - a truly wonderful read.

Mark Tufo's Zombie Fallout series (there's 4 plus a short prequel), you'll love them, especially if you enjoyed Stephen King's the Stand.

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Mark Tufo's Zombie Fallout series (there's 4 plus a short prequel), you'll love them, especially if you enjoyed Stephen King's the Stand.
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'The Stand' Is my favourite book of all time! Would you be one of Mother Abigail's people's.. or a follower of Flagg? Better to reign in hell, or serve in Heaven?
I was always the Larry Holmes of the story. Deeply flawed but, essential to outcome. Stu Redmond was the obvious hero, but wasn't there to make the sacrifice at the end.

DirkGently said:
'The Stand' Is my favourite book of all time! Would you be one of Mother Abigail's people's.. or a follower of Flagg? Better to reign in hell, or serve in Heaven?
I was always the Larry Holmes of the story. Deeply flawed but, essential to outcome. Stu Redmond was the obvious hero, but wasn't there to make the sacrifice at the end.
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Mother Abigail for definite, i'm a good boy
Zombie Fallout is like the Stand, but with zombies, a great family with plenty of sarcasm between them, and Henry; the bulldog with rectal eminations that Hans Blix should be investigating! Oh and pop tarts, somehow there's always pop tarts.
Best of all they're only a couple of quid each.

Stephen Kings "The Dark Tower" series. It should keep you busy for a while
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"My Robot Girfriend". A good short story. It's a free download. Read it.
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"My Robot Girfriend". A good short story. It's a free download. Read it.
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I got one more: Dr. Dotorow's; "Makers". Free! Must read.
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[Q] What made you say wow lately?

I had some delicious strawberry toast for dinner. It was quite delicious. It made me say wow.
America's got talent show. wow
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Taking 911 calls wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SGS II. What Android experience should've been from launch day.
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Found a replacement engine for my S14 for cheap $300. while I rebuild the one in mine...Wow
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When i last looked in a mirror. 'Wow' those Burger King meals and 6-packs of Beer have really taken a toll!
Also, this passage from the Bible:
The Way of Love
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,a but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love."
Isn't that the just the most beautiful thing to read?
Ventrilo on my phone made me go wow
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^ Reading that book wowed me.
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Flashed MIUI on my Cappy. Wow!
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Wow... I feel like crap, exact words.
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A new Job that I'm getting .
Watching bioshock infinity trailer
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A new Job that I'm getting .
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What's your new job?
I'm saying wow because I farted and it brought a tear to my eye it smelled so bad.
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How much houses cost in Hawaii compared to other states . Now how am I going to run away from my parents lol!
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Walking the street this morning to work and a chick with a very fit body walks by me wearing a very thin tiny little dress and I'm like WOW that's ****in hot
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Walking the street this morning to work and a chick with a very fit body walks by me wearing a very thin tiny little dress and I'm like WOW that's ****in hot
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Lol
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mprou said:
Walking the street this morning to work and a chick with a very fit body walks by me wearing a very thin tiny little dress and I'm like WOW that's ****in hot
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2 things. my fiances new lingerie, and and a patient i saw with a rather unusual dress sense (very austin powers, loads of mojo, but sadly not grOOvy)
Reading your post made say WOW!! So refreshing my dear Sir.
My hat off to you
DirkGently1 said:
When i last looked in a mirror. 'Wow' those Burger King meals and 6-packs of Beer have really taken a toll!
Also, this passage from the Bible:
The Way of Love
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,a but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love."
Isn't that the just the most beautiful thing to read?
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I played a playstation 3 for the first time. Graphics are just horrible wow they wouldn't let me do anything but play demo games. I wanted to see what the playstations like to see if I want to buy it but the demo model doesn't let you use psn features.
Xbox 360 for the win
Trust me (-..-) im from the webs

Dedication to SassiBoB - She is so elegant! We should all make songs for her.

I am going to start making a song for SassiBob. She is just so striking with her beauty that its our pleasure to make songs for her.
Ooooooookay.
Stalker in training.
Waaaaaa?
$1 gets you a reply
Who?
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This is SassiBoob SassiBob:
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This is SassiBoob SassiBob:
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*_*mind blown
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Wow most of thr comments are about her boobs....... Nerds
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You mean on YouTube? What did you expect? It's Youtube, home of the retards.
Grace Kelly was elegant.
SB is simply hawt!
m1l4droid said:
Dirk! Where have you been?
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Hunting around for a cool detective like silhouette to use as an avatar to match my detective nom de guerre.
After many fruitless weeks i gave up the search only to find that some git in Off-topic was already using the perfect one!
I'll give you $1.00 for it and no more! And that's cuttin' me own throat.
m1l4droid said:
You know what's even cooler? That's actually me in the picture!
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Must have been using a phone camera. Did you have the LED flash turned on?
m1l4droid said:
No, photoshop.
This is the actual picture:
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That is so cool! I actually did scour the internetz for a decent detective silhouette to use as an avatar but didn't find one i liked. If you'd read the books you'd see how hard it is to find something relevant, an avatar to match the name.
Once your done with yours i'm having it!
m1l4droid said:
Sadly I haven't read the books, but I know finding avatars are hard. If you have found the picture you like, I can Photoshop it for you.
Um, I also think I've found my perfect avatar, so, it's here to stay!
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Seriously.. you guys are sick.
-_-
I thought the web was done with this kind of abuse.
Bunch of 4 year old's.
OmegaRED^ said:
Seriously.. you guys are sick.
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I thought the web was done with this kind of abuse.
Bunch of 4 year old's.
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I'm not entirely sure at what point we overstepped the boundaries. Was it with the hot pictures of SB or the hot pictures of Milad?
Could you clarify?
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I'm not entirely sure at what point we overstepped the boundaries. Was it with the hot pictures of SB or the hot pictures of Milad?
Could you clarify?
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Females should not be viewed as objects of desire for their curves alone.
No offense meant.
Remember guys. She is also has knowledge on tech. Isn't that just hot?
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Females should not be viewed as objects of desire for their curves alone.
No offense meant.
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None taken. In fact i completely agree, although the aforementioned curvaciousness shouldn't only apply to females. I mean, i'm as guilty as the next guy for objectifying people on the basis of their appearance, but it's not every day that you see a fellow forumite like Milad in the flesh.. and i'm sure you'll agree that it's understandable if one finds themselves carried away in the moment.
After all, knowing Milad as i do, it's safe to say that he's not all about the pleasing aesthetics... Ok, he may be somewhat a good looking fella in his own right, (and tbh that whole outfit is really doing it for me), but he also has a great mind behind the facade, and it's a little shallow of people to judge him on his stunning good looks alone. Have a heart, the man has personality and character too you know?
I'd post a picture of myself but i'm too afraid people would either objectify, or more likely, ridicule me instead.
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None taken. In fact i completely agree, although the aforementioned curvaciousness shouldn't only apply to females. I mean, i'm as guilty as the next guy for objectifying people on the basis of their appearance, but it's not every day that you see a fellow forumite like Milad in the flesh.. and i'm sure you'll agree that it's understandable if one finds themselves carried away in the moment.
After all, knowing Milad as i do, it's safe to say that he's not all about the pleasing aesthetics... Ok, he may be somewhat a good looking fella in his own right, (and tbh that whole outfit is really doing it for me), but he also has a great mind behind the facade, and it's a little shallow of people to judge him on his stunning good looks alone. Have a heart, the man has personality and character too you know?
I'd post a picture of myself but i'm too afraid people would either objectify, or more likely, ridicule me instead.
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Sometimes ones opinion about oneself sucks, i always though of myself as a not very good looking guy, but when i go out a fair number of girls find me attractive
But when i see myself in the mirror i think, sheet! How am i allowed to go out the streets
But if you are good looking then... You suck for being embarrased for no reason
Someone Ridiculizing and judging other for the way they look proves he has the iq of a banana and its not worth of being heard
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Sometimes ones opinion about oneself sucks, i always though of myself as a not very good looking guy, but when i go out a fair number of girls find me attractive
But when i see myself in the mirror i think, sheet! How am i allowed to go out the streets
But if you are good looking then... You suck for being embarrased for no reason
Someone Ridiculizing and judging other for the way they look proves he has the iq of a banana and its not worth of being heard
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It's true! Every mirror i've ever looked in has cracked for some reason. I guess i should stop punching them! Seriously though, anyone who thinks they can do better than SB or Milad should post a pic of themselves...if they dare!
Personally, i'd rather get by judging people on who they are rather than how they look tbh. The internet is full of hot 'looking' people, but xda is full of hot 'real' people.

Bro

What's up with the useage of "Bro" in this forum?
Is it a xda or local Infuse forum thing because this is about the only place I see it used since the '80s...and it was kindof a derogatory term...
It's getting old..or maybe just reflects the poster's mental age??
Dude?
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Sorry broham dude
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andrawer said:
What's up with the useage of "Bro" in this forum?
Is it a xda or local Infuse forum thing because this is about the only place I see it used since the '80s...and it was kindof a derogatory term...
It's getting old..or maybe just reflects the poster's mental age??
Dude?
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Sorry bro. Will try to do it more often
bro..dawg...cuz...dude..was up B..
bro/brō/
Noun:
A friendly greeting or form of address.
Brother (used before a first name when referring in writing to a member of a religious order of men).
Unless they change bro to profanity ....does it matter....I'm 41....I will always use it....that me....mental age...?really?
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andrawer said:
What's up with the useage of "Bro" in this forum?
Is it a xda or local Infuse forum thing because this is about the only place I see it used since the '80s...and it was kindof a derogatory term...
It's getting old..or maybe just reflects the poster's mental age??
Dude?
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have you ever been to cali...bro?
Lol
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yea i see it can be a good or bad term.
...thought it was odd this was the only forum I see it being used frequently...whatever...next
Urban dictionary
1. Obnoxious partying males who are often seen at college parties. ...usually just stand around holding a red plastic cup waiting for something exciting to happen so they can scream something that demonstrates how much they enjoy partying. Nearly everyone in a fraternity is a bro but there are also many bros who are not in a fraternity. They often wear a rugby shirt and a baseball cap. It is not uncommon for them to have spiked hair with frosted tips.
Bros actually chose this name for themselves as they often refer to each other as "bro" even though they are not related.
2. Friend; commonly used in greetings.
What’s up bro?
3. An alpha male idiot. This is the derogatory sense of the word (common usage in the western US): white, 16-25 years old, inarticulate, belligerent, talks about nothing but chicks and beer, drives a jacked up truck that’s plastered with stickers, has
andrawer said:
yea i see it can be a good or bad term.
...thought it was odd this was the only forum I see it being used frequently...whatever...next
Urban dictionary
1. Obnoxious partying males who are often seen at college parties. ...usually just stand around holding a red plastic cup waiting for something exciting to happen so they can scream something that demonstrates how much they enjoy partying. Nearly everyone in a fraternity is a bro but there are also many bros who are not in a fraternity. They often wear a rugby shirt and a baseball cap. It is not uncommon for them to have spiked hair with frosted tips.
Bros actually chose this name for themselves as they often refer to each other as "bro" even though they are not related.
2. Friend; commonly used in greetings.
What’s up bro?
3. An alpha male idiot. This is the derogatory sense of the word (common usage in the western US): white, 16-25 years old, inarticulate, belligerent, talks about nothing but chicks and beer, drives a jacked up truck that’s plastered with stickers, has
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cool, bro.
btw, what's wrong with beer and chicks and a jacked up truck?
isn't a good night consists of a 6pack, a hot chick sittin' next to ya in a jacked up truck?
edit: as an after thought, bro. 2 chicks...
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bro..dawg...cuz...dude..was up B..
bro/brō/
Noun:
A friendly greeting or form of address.
Brother (used before a first name when referring in writing to a member of a religious order of men).
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LOL...Bro!
You asked for it....
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People have terrible grammar here. It's ridiculous.
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andrawer said:
What's up with the useage of "Bro" in this forum?
Is it a xda or local Infuse forum thing because this is about the only place I see it used since the '80s...and it was kindof a derogatory term...
It's getting old..or maybe just reflects the poster's mental age??
Dude?
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I see it all over the place... People use it all the time in real life as well. And let's not forget 4Chan.
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you put the wrong emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble!!!
bro!!!
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People have terrible grammar here. It's ridiculous.
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That's not nice, bro, eh?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eh
How can bro be derogatory? This thread is a joke.
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Bro its not that big a deal bro
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People have terrible grammar here. It's ridiculous.
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ofcoarse we're Americans. bro
most of my bad spelling and grammar comes from over editing my posts to reword stuff and posting from my phone where the keyboard likes to auto replace things that don't even make sense.
andrawer said:
yea i see it can be a good or bad term.
...thought it was odd this was the only forum I see it being used frequently...whatever...next
Urban dictionary
1. Obnoxious partying males who are often seen at college parties. ...usually just stand around holding a red plastic cup waiting for something exciting to happen so they can scream something that demonstrates how much they enjoy partying. Nearly everyone in a fraternity is a bro but there are also many bros who are not in a fraternity. They often wear a rugby shirt and a baseball cap. It is not uncommon for them to have spiked hair with frosted tips.
Bros actually chose this name for themselves as they often refer to each other as "bro" even though they are not related.
2. Friend; commonly used in greetings.
What’s up bro?
3. An alpha male idiot. This is the derogatory sense of the word (common usage in the western US): white, 16-25 years old, inarticulate, belligerent, talks about nothing but chicks and beer, drives a jacked up truck that’s plastered with stickers, has
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I find it comical that you question peoples' mental age that use the word "bro" in the forum, and then use Urban Dictionary as a reference.
i was in a meeting once at one of the automotive dealerships that i worked at, the general manager and the dealer principle called each other bro a few times during the meeting.. one of them i would say late 50's and the other early 60's.. i actually thought nothing of it. im 37ish ..use bro all the time...bro!
age??

Space: what awaits us?

Just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on the future of space exploration. The new Halo trailer had me thinking about how many visions of mankind's expansion into the stars leading to awakening or discovering things that aren't good for our health. Aliens, Predators--though of course they come to earth on their own anyway--Necros from Dead Space, and many more.
On the other hand, even with some of that bad that comes in Prometheus it is one film that I can say was so stunning that it made me want to hop a ship and sail the stars. Star Trek, Babylon 5, and Star Wars also offer a blend of the good with the bad when it comes to what might await us.
The odds of us being the only life of note in the entire universe is unlikely, so what shall our travels bring us? Will we find peace and prosperity, unending conflict between our own selves and with other beings, or some blend of both? :silly:
We know next to nothing about it since we have only really gotten to explore/study our solar system. So all I can say is that whatever we find will be monumental.
Pretty sure we're the only form of life in all of existence.
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Pretty sure we're the only form of life in all of existence.
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You're pushing that a little. There might not be any intelligent/sentient life but there is very little chance there aren't even unicellular organisms somewhere out there. You're thinking like somebody who would insist that the Sun orbited the Earth.
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Pretty sure we're the only form of life in all of existence.
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How did you come to that conclusion? Did you take a statistical significant sample of all viable planets in the universe that can support life? If so, NASA would really love to see it. You know, to stop all the billions in research in planet searching telescopes and such.
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Killer Klowns From Outer Space...
jerry_black28 said:
i wish we can have transforming aliens who would swap looks according to our fantasy. you see, half way through with "jolie" looking Alien, you think of it and it swaps for Salma hayek ....and since they are "alien" species, no tension of HIV/STD :victory: hehe
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So they change looks and become slutty to? Nice!!
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We'll only know by going to infinity and beyond.
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I think there is life out there. Think about history, every species that has walked or even lived on this planet. Earth is a tiny spec in the universe. Its like looking at a grain of sand and saying "this is the only grain of sand on this planet."
Plus, how do you think we got here? Probably microbes living in ice on a meteor. Most of our water came as ice from space, and we have found microbial life living under extreme conditions (pressure, heat, cold)
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Sexy Aliens!
Xenomorphs.
veeman said:
Sexy Aliens!
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Is that you Kirk?
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A world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned.
Female aliens that will blow your mind!
Josepho1997 said:
Pretty sure we're the only form of life in all of existence.
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That's pretty stupid. There are roughly 300 billion stars in our galaxy (milky way). Let's say that each star have 4 planets circling. That's a potensial of 1.2 trillion planets in OUR galaxy alone. NASA estimates that there are roughly a total of 125 billion galaxies in the universe (2002 numbers), and each of those galaxies have hundreds of billion stars. Now ask yourself again, are we alone? Most certainly not, but the question you should be asking yourself is; will we ever find or meet another intelligent lifeform? Probably not. The distances are just too great. Even if we could travel by the speed of light, we still wouldn't get that far.
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That's pretty stupid. There are roughly 300 billion stars in our galaxy (milky way). Let's say that each star have 4 planets circling. That's a potensial of 1.2 trillion planets in OUR galaxy alone. NASA estimates that there are roughly a total of 125 billion galaxies in the universe (2002 numbers), and each of those galaxies have hundreds of billion stars. Now ask yourself again, are we alone? Most certainly not, but the question you should be asking yourself is; will we ever find or meet another intelligent lifeform? Probably not. The distances are just too great. Even if we could travel by the speed of light, we still wouldn't get that far.
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Haven't you ever seen Event Horizon? We'll just bend space time using wormholes... and accidentally go to hell =p
Stargate. Eve-Online. These two have given me a bit of hope!
Ok, so Stargate is a bit out there and Eve is an MMORPG (read: more · peg)... but hey, there are QUADRILLIONS (maybe more?) of planets out there. To think we are the only life form is ludicrous. Even to think we are the only sentient being is ludicrous. Even to think that God created only us... is ludicrous! (assuming you believe in a higher being). We are an experiment as far as the biblical theology is concerned and we are a product of extreme circumstances according to the Big Bang theory.
Yes there are other life forms out there. I can almost guarantee that. How could there not be, at the very least, single celled organisms elsewhere?!
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Its five-year mission, to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to enslave and exploit the dumber ones, and to run like hell from the smarter ones.
To boldly split infinitives, where infinitives have never been boldly split before.
LoopDoGG79 said:
How did you come to that conclusion? Did you take a statistical significant sample of all viable planets in the universe that can support life? If so, NASA would really love to see it. You know, to stop all the billions in research in planet searching telescopes and such.
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God.
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[Looking for] RPG story teller

Hey guy and girls,
i'm looking for an awesome story / ideas for an awesome story for my own rpg
but i'm not that good in writing an epic story
so maybe there's someone here in this community, that likes writing stories?
i'd like to collect ideas and such things, to provide an epic plot for my rpg
if you're interessted, just have a look:
Project Eldena
maybe we could collect some stuff here?
those are my plot guidelines:
medieval virtual reality
cut off from the outside / reality
the main enemy is an enormously huge demon like fox
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"This isn't the RPG you're looking for!" :silly:
My favorite RPG was a story set in space. We were pirates. Kinda had the same reality as cowboy bebop.
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so there's no one with good ideas?
I got a great idea.
How about... this spikey haired young man with a giant sword goes and fights against bad guys?
boborone said:
My favorite RPG was a story set in space. We were pirates. Kinda had the same reality as cowboy bebop.
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Sh4itan said:
so there's no one with good ideas?
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fornicate you too
boborone said:
fornicate you too
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i'm really sorry if i've ashamed you
it's not the fact that your idea isn't good,...but it's just nothing for my setting
SirSigma said:
I got a great idea.
How about... this spikey haired young man with a giant sword goes and fights against bad guys?
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sounds like Bleach for me?
Sh4itan said:
sounds like Bleach for me?
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lol, I didn't think about that. I was referencing Final Fantasy 7. But now that you mention it, that serves to remind me of how unoriginal Bleach is.
Sh4itan said:
i'm really sorry if i've ashamed you
it's not the fact that your idea isn't good,...but it's just nothing for my setting
sounds like Bleach for me?
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Well what is your "setting"?
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lol, I didn't think about that. I was referencing Final Fantasy 7. But now that you mention it, that serves to remind me of how unoriginal Bleach is.
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but i like both
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Well what is your "setting"?
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till now i've a guy trapped in a medieval virtual reality. he awakes in a village, attacked by a giant fox. but it's a mostly texted based story, so i need lots of content
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but i like both
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Try really hard to copy both of them and maybe something really good will happen. Maybe.
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Try really hard to copy both of them and maybe something really good will happen. Maybe.
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yeah, this could become amazing. but i'm still not sure how much of such storys are 'compatible' with a medieval setting
but i'll try my best! :highfive:
Trapped in a virtual medieval world, wasn't that a Warehouse 13 episode?
I'll give it some thought, no promises though, I'm already writing my own stories and have 2 indigames on list (for ex-clan friends in game design uni courses). May not have the time
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ShadowLea said:
Trapped in a virtual medieval world, wasn't that a Warehouse 13 episode?
I'll give it some thought, no promises though, I'm already writing my own stories and have 2 indigames on list (for ex-clan friends in game design uni courses). May not have the time
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it's even the main idea of Sword Art Online and .hack but it's a freaking genius idea.
PS: it's ok, i just want to collect pieces, so even keyword would be enough there's no need to think of a whole story, that should be my part
edit: and... thanks in advance
Small fire in the village.
"Sorry I don't have time for that, oh lord Jesus there a fire. Smell like something's BBQing.'
Hope that helps.
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do a lame pointless story and focus on the gameplay a la pokemon
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negrobembon said:
do a lame pointless story and focus on the gameplay a la pokemon
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i'm really try'n hard to do both... an epic story AND impressive gameplay. but for me it's hard to think of an epic story all of my own.
Naruto + Bleach + One piece

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