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Inspirational and Meta Sites Redux
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http://applicants.mars-one.com/
My apologies if this has already been posted. A guy I know from the interwebs is trying to participate in this little thing. Can't say I find the goal altogether realistic, but considering the miraculous effects of Kickstarter's abilities to pull millions of dollars from the ether, I can't quite say it's outright impossible either. Sure, 2023 probably isn't a realistic goal. But the later 2030's? 2040's? Who knows. It might just be possible. 
What Fenspace would be like without the Convention - BBC or Daily Mail
(The Daily Mail story goes into more detail, but the BBC story has some information the Mail missed.) -- 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
http://plus.google.com/photos/10793549 ... 5605429250
Now just add a little bit Handwavium and you have a foam grenade. 
How much you bet this guy's books are like shopping catalogs to Fen?
http://music.yahoo.com/photos/on-the-ro ... 35278.html
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
“They opened up a can’a dumbass!” – Jon Stewart regarding Fox News, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.” – Harvey Fierstein
It's a pity that you can't just build a 1:1 scale replica of an X-Wing out of LEGO, dunk it in 'wavium, and have it work...
-- 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
Flying car! Delayed again, but at least it's actually had a test flight.
(And I'm wondering whether that CG model -which I'm thinking just might need 'wavium to work as specced - is OBJ format... ) -- 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
For those who prefer to dig a hole in the ground instead of getting minerals from a space rock, the ESA has a few maps of Mars for you...
-- 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 
A moment of silence please comrades, for Mr. Iain M. Banks, one of the finest writers of science fiction or anything else in the last twenty years. He was one of the inspiring lights of Fenspace, and he will be sorely missed by us all.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22835047 Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information "I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!" 
The story in this simple little platform-puzzle game would bring tears (the good kind) to the eyes of any infomorph that plays it... or at least the next closest thing if they don't have tear ducts.
http://www.thomaswasalone.com/ 
Heavy Metal Pirates
When the Heavy Metal Ninjas run into them, the resulting guitar duels are legendary. (Rumors that both groups are actually the same are just that, rumors.) _______________________________________________________________ Characters Sabre Fang Dakota Warning:
Dihydrogen monoxide Containment Vessel 
A song for an infomorph that longs for something more...
Sums up Gina's craving for a real body pretty well. (Mayonaka, too, I figure.)
Okay, it's been fixed up. Now we have to give it a 'wavejob...
-- 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  Quote:robkelk wrote:One of the few debates among the Trekkies that can quite literally come to blows... some feel that, as a piece of scifi television history, she should remain on Earth, unwaved, for people to see a piece of Fen history... others think she should have the opportunity to travel among the stars without the assistance of old-fashioned blue screen. -- "You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor
Ben would be among the latter. He would see it as making the dream come alive, which is pretty much what the Fen are all about. Waving it is not going to take anything away from the Galileo. It will be adding upon it, making it greater than it was before. I mean, seriously, can you imagine the cheers if it showed up at an dirtside sci-fi convention by actually landing there? And that's to say nothing of how big of a publicity stunt "Go for a ride in the TOS Shuttle!" would be.
blackaeronaut Wrote:And that's to say nothing of how big of a publicity stunt "Go for a ride in the TOS Shuttle!" would be."You mean the POS Shuttle!" "Be nice, Mr. Calrissian." "Yes, ma'am." -- 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 Bob Schroeck Wrote:Quote:robkelk wrote:Is somebody singing? Let the Filkers know...Oh, I want an MP3 of that. Next-best thing, straight from the CBC website: [image]http://static.music.cbc.ca/v2/modularpa ... yrics1.jpg[/image] [image]http://static.music.cbc.ca/v2/modularpa ... yrics2.jpg[/image] -- 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
If they can do this with purely 'dane medicine (and the article says it's been published in a peer-reviewed journal), imagine what someone with handwavium can do...
The Register: Modern-day Frankenstein invents CURE for BEHEADING (The less-sensational but far-more-important part is the one paragraph about spinal repairs.) -- 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 HRogge Wrote:http://minorplanetcenter.net/blog/sci-f ... after-him/"Nevertheless, I am here to announce that on June 23rd, 2013, asteroid (5099) was officially named Iainbanks by the IAU, and will be referred to as such for as long as Earth Culture may endure." As the closest Fenspace has to a deputy Mod (and I'm not that close), I'd prefer this Rock go to somebody or some group who will treat it with respect ... if it goes to anyone at all. Let's not make it just another random settlement. -- 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 |
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