Re: Review: Planetes.
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:51 +0100 (BST)
Tsunami(tsunami_65@hotmail.com) added
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> > (...or how the blurb on the back of Planetes would have read if
> > it had >been released by U.S. Manga Corps... ^_^)
>
> And you know that people would have watched that too..
Some people will watch anything...
== Peter ==
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Review: Planetes.
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:21:30 +0100
Back when the Space Race was still doing its warm-up exercises by the
side of the playing field, Arthur C. Clarke wrote a number of short
stories about the possible troubles, benefits and adventure of space
travel.
These stories usually involved a collection of pipe-smoking, British
astrochaps with names ...
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Re: [Off-topic] Char needs YOU!
Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:19 +0100 (BST)
Rob Kelk(robkelk@deadspam.com) added
> >> I was about to state that no-one would be stupid enough to
> >> make a mecha out of something combustible [1] - and the
> >> remembered that both MegaMan and (I think) Robot Carnival did
> >> just that. ^_^
> >>
> >> [1] As opposed to pure Explodium.
> >
> >Ah, ...
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Re: [Off-topic] Char needs YOU!
Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:19 +0100 (BST)
Nick Roberts(tigger@orpheusinternet.co.uk) added
> > > I was about to state that no-one would be stupid enough to
> > > make a mecha out of something combustible [1] - and the
> > > remembered that both MegaMan and (I think) Robot Carnival did
> > > just that. ^_^
> > >
> > > [1] As opposed to pure Explod ...
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Re: [Off-topic] Char needs YOU!
Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:36 +0100 (BST)
Justin(Justin@briareos.demon.co.uk) added
> (snip)
>
> >>> Every good mech pilot should have a sound grasp of basic
> >>> pyromania :)
> >> We do. Why else would you hear "It burns! It BURNS!" over the
> >> comm channels so often? ^_^
> >
> > Sometimes they are referring to the target...
> > ...other t ...
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Re: [Off-topic] Char needs YOU!
Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:36 +0100 (BST)
Tsunami(tsunami_65@hotmail.com) added
<snip>
> >> > Every good mech pilot should have a sound grasp of basic
> >> > pyromania :)
> >>
> >> We do. Why else would you hear "It burns! It BURNS!" over the
> >> comm channels so often? ^_^
> >
> >Sometimes they are referring to the target...
> >...other times ...
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Re: [Off-topic] Char needs YOU!
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:26 +0100 (BST)
Justin(Justin@briareos.demon.co.uk) added
> >>> (snip)
> >>>
> >>>>>>> I must have skipped that class...!
> >>>>>> You skipped pyromania 101!!!!!!???!!
> >>>>> Must have clashed with Blast Radius 50,000... ^_^
> >>>> Exactly.
> >>>> Anyway, whoever heard of a giant mech pilot who would settle
> >>>> for s ...
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Re: [Off-topic] Char needs YOU!
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:28:22 +0100
In message <6729m.15526$VZ5.13952@newsfe01.ams2>, Justin
<Justin@briareos.demon.co.uk> writes
>Robert Sneddon wrote:
>> (for a counter-example see the episode of Zipang when a modern
>> Aegis cruiser's forward 5" gun engages a squadron of 1940s American
>> torpedo-bombers).
>
> 5,25" was the standard Am ...
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Re: [Off-topic] Char needs YOU!
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:12 +0100 (BST)
Justin(Justin@briareos.demon.co.uk) added
> (snip)
>
> >>>> I must have skipped that class...!
> >>> You skipped pyromania 101!!!!!!???!!
> >> Must have clashed with Blast Radius 50,000... ^_^
> >
> > Exactly.
> > Anyway, whoever heard of a giant mech pilot who would settle for
> > simple pyromania whe ...
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Re: [Off-topic] Char needs YOU!
Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:56 +0100 (BST)
Justin(Justin@briareos.demon.co.uk) added
> >> (snip)
> >>
> >>>>>> My mother completely overturned the Laws of Nature by
> >>>>>> asking about upgrading her camera the other day...
> >>>>> Now that is scary!
> >>>> She even has an idea what kind of camera she would like.
> >>>> Does anyone know how to bu ...
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