http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upc ... oming.html]Jimi Hendrix' music is coming to Rock Band

But not as a standalone game (like the one that the Beatles got) - instead, these will be available as downloadable content, according to CBC Radio's broadcast news.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

As we all know, Fenspace proper began with a dumb plotbunny of mine back in 2006. But the general idea of the thing (FANS... IN... SPAAACCCE~!) has been rattling around in my head for a while now.

This is something I wrote up for the http://www.orionsarm.com]Orion's Arm worldbuilding/fiction listserv back somewhere in the 1999-2002 period. They never went for it, much to my disappointment, but I still have the thing so I thought I'd share.

There's no real impact to Fenspace here; nothing I plan on adding to the current world-as-developed or the metaplot or anything. Just a little bit of nonsense that I thought you might enjoy. --Mal

 Good



Thunder - Prodigy - 4:10

I hear Thunder but there's no rain

This kind of Thunder break walls and window pane

I hear thunder but there's no rain

This kind of Thunder

T-T-Thunder

T-T-Inside

T-T-Thunder

T-T-Thunder

T-T-Inside

T-T-Thunder

I hear Thunder but there's no rain

This kind of Thunder break walls and window pane

I hear thunder but there's no rain

This kind of Thunder

(Repeat)

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwdyrYQjE0M

Power - Allows Doug to create devastating thunder/sonic booms by clapping his
hands together or striking an object or person

Bad

 

Dicky Tum – Chris Moyles – 2:39

I got the feeling, my stomach is heaving

Boy now I'm really scared

Must have been something I've eaten

Now it's repeating

My guts are in need of repair

So now I'm in trouble

I feel the rumble

I gotta be prepared

And I know it's true, if I don't find a loo

It could go everywhere

 

 

‘Cause I need to go

And I'm scared it's about to blow

Wish I hadn't had

That chicken tikka and shish kebab

 

Bad chicken tikka I've got a dicky tum

‘Cause I need to go to the loo and I'm gonna have to run

Gotta run now, gotta go, got to get home

‘Cause my bum's about to explode

Bad chicken tikka I've got a dicky tum

‘Cause I need to go to the loo and I'm gonna have to run

Gotta run now, gotta go, got to get home

‘Cause my bum's about to explode

 

I'm on my way home, this journey is so long

Will I ever get there?

Seem to be walking forever, my ass ‘ain't too clever

The whole day just isn't fair

Cause I am no liar, my ass is on fire

This really ‘ain't any fun

‘Cause I need to go soon, I'm feeling marooned

In the street with a dicky tum

 

 

‘Cause I need to go

And I'm scared it's about to blow

Wish I hadn't had

That chicken tikka and shish kebab

 

Bad chicken tikka I've got a dicky tum

‘Cause I need to go to the loo and I'm gonna have to run

Gotta run now, gotta go, got to get home

‘Cause my bum's about to explode

Bad chicken tikka I've got a dicky tum

‘Cause I need to go to the loo and I'm gonna have to run

Gotta run now, gotta go, got to get home

‘Cause my bum's about to explode

 

I just need to get me home

And sit upstairs on my porcelain throne

Even though I've lowered the tone,

Gonna blow off like a big trombone

I just need to get me home

And sit upstairs on my porcelain throne

Even though I've lowered the tone,

Gonna blow off like a big trombone

Bad chicken tikka I've got a dicky tum

‘Cause I need to go to the loo and I'm gonna have to run

Gotta run now, gotta go, got to get home

‘Cause my bum's about to explode

Bad chicken tikka I've got a dicky tum

‘Cause I need to go to the loo and I'm gonna have to run

Gotta run now, gotta go, got to get home

‘Cause my bum's about to explode

 

http://www.youtube.com/wa...ey28&feature=related

 

Power – Uncontrollable diaorehha is NOT useful in combat context, mmkay?

Depends

Manowar – Warriors Of The World – 5:52

Here our soldiers stand from all around the world,

Waiting in a line to hear the battle cry.

All are gathered here, victory is near,

The Sound will fill the hall,

Bringing Power to us all,

We alone are fighting for metal that is true,

We own the right to live the fight, we're here for all of you,

Now swear the blood upon your steel will never dry,

Stand and fight together beneath the battle sky!

Brothers everywhere

Raise your hands into the air

We're Warriors, Warriors of the World!

Like thunder from the sky

Sworn to fight and die

We're Warriors, Warriors of the World!

Many stand against us but they will never win,

We said we would return and here we are again,

To bring them all destruction, suffering, and pain,

We are the hammer of the gods, we are thunder, wind, and rain!

There you wait in fear with swords in feeble hands,

With dreams to be a King, first- one should be a man,


I call them out and charge them all with a life that is a lie,

And in their final hour they shall confess before they die!

Brothers everywhere

Raise your hands into the air

We're Warriors, Warriors of the World!

Like thunder from the sky

Sworn to fight and die

We're Warriors, Warriors of the World!

If I should fall in battle, my brothers who fight by my side,

Gather my horse, and weapons; tell my family how I died,

Until then I will be strong I will fight for all that is real,

All who stand in my way will die by steel!

Brothers everywhere

Raise your hands into the air

We're Warriors, Warriors of the World!

Like thunder from the sky

Sworn to fight and die

We're Warriors, Warriors of the World!

(repeat to fade)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ0sW7KOFhU

Power - I see this as either a 'Summon ALL Active Warriors'
song, or a 'Create Simulacra Of ALL Active Warriors' song, both of which have
upsides and downsides. The Summon version, whilst incredibly useful if Doug
stumble across a Cosmic level threat and needs massive backup a.s.a.p., I get
the feeling it would only work in his homeplane (wasn't there something written
in an old topic to the effect that his teleport -friends-to-me or similar songs
didn't work across dimensions?), plus there's the fact the power needed to pull
it off would likely be immense. The simulacra version, we know explicitly that
summoning three or more simulacra would be murderously difficult for him from
the scenes in DW2. So unless the song had some unique loophole that would allow
it to work, I doubt he could ever use it safely under his own power. So in
practical terms, ONLY if it's the Summon version, and ONLY if he was in his own
dimension, would this be useful.

 

Since Cleanup in aisle 12 is getting long on the tooth I offer you The Inferno...
And for the first update I offer you very appropriately from Vathara:
Embers Chapter 29 http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5398503/29/
--Werehawk--
My mom's brief take on upcoming Guatemalan Elections "In last throes of preelection activities. Much loudspeaker vote pleading."

Exactly what it says on the tin, and so very delightfully wrong.  (Borderline NSFW for violence)http://godxiliary.com/alienvspooh/

Article here.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

You guys remember this band?� They did the video with the treadmills a year or two back?

This time they've done an amazing Rube Goldberg machine -- this video
is all one continuous shot!� (Although given the band's
condition at the start and what happens at the end, it's pretty clear
it's not the first take.) Check it out!� (High Def version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w.)


(Oh, and an article about it from the UK's Daily Mail can be read http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... storm.html)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/images/ ... ic-101.jpg]This week's Anime News Nina should have, at the least, a recognizable punchline...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

I'm cramming for the coding test part of my second interview with the local company.  The fellow knows I'm lacking in SQL Server, and he's told me he's looking for more than just coding skill for his hire, but I want to ace this.  The actual test as described is pretty simple, even for someone like me who hasn't worked in SQL Server before.  But I've been having one persistent problem, and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.  I'm hoping someone here with SQL Server experience can tell me what it is, and how to correct it.
Setup is this:  I've using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2008 Express Edition to set up a stored procedure for a little table -- a simulated customer base with 10 records -- that I created to run a query against.  Simple procedure, runs this query with the appropriate parameters:
    SELECT firstname, lastname, customernumber, customersince
    from dbo.dummydatabase
    where customersince between @customerstart and @customerend;
"customersince" is a datetime field, and customerstart/customerend are datetime params.  I created the stored procedure with the context menu "New Stored Procedure" option.  The little table lives in master and as you can see from the query is called "dbo.dummydatabase".  The stored procedure is in master's Stored Procedures under Programmability, and itself is called "dbo.customer_age". 
The problem is that when I try to run it from an ASP.NET page I've set up in Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, I get a "procedure not found" error.  I also get the same error inside SQL Server Management Studio from the dynamic syntax-checking system, but I can still run the procedure via a separate query despite this.  Obviously I did something wrong, but damned if I know what.  Can anyone help?
Thank you.
(Edit:  Corrected vague/incomplete terminology.)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I will repeat that. We can now print organs.
Welcome to the future everyone. Enjoy your stay.
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Epsilon