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[robkelk]

The Inquirer titled their story about http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/ ... rac-exists]HypnoCube "Blakes' Seven Orac exists" We all know some fan's going to take that as an invitation...
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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

[robkelk]

In Oz, no less...

The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/24 ... t_lumiere/]Sydney skies menaced by deadly raygun disco-ball
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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

[robkelk]

http://robo-garage.com/english/robo/tatikoma.html]Tachikoma footage, from Kyoto University.

(And the site's other robots, as well.)
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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

[robkelk]

No, not that sort of inflatable robot... More the sort that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrahawks]the Gerry Anderson Fen would distrust.

New Scientist: http://space.newscientist.com/article/d ... -mars.html]Inflatable robots could explore Mars
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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

[robkelk]

SolStation's http://www.solstation.com/47ly-ns.htm]47.2 Light-Years Radius interactive chart. By default, it's centered on Sol. The stars in the chart are hotlinked to SolStaion's pages about them, too...

(A few related goodies are mentioned in http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=40896]this thread on another forum...)
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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

[M Fnord]

A quote that outlines in large part the Genre Directive and my personal vision of where the Pax Mundania will end up:

It may be that my friend Rob is right, that we’re all fucked and the best thing to do now is hunker down, rig up some solar panels, and start seriously gardening. I am still haunted by Cormac McCarthy’s comment that if you could have told a group of intelligent people in the year 1900 what the coming century would bring, their response would’ve been: “You’ve got to be shitting me.” But I tend to subscribe, believe it or not, to the scientific and political optimism of science-fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson, who in his books frankly acknowledges the seriousness and complexity of the problems we face but also envisions a future in which we use our intelligence and technology to solve them. As he writes in Antarctica, optimism is not some easy, empty-headed, cheerleaderish denial of the facts, but a stubborn, willful act of faith in the face of hopelessness. He predicts, “It will be a difficult century, and ugly, but I don't think that in the end people are so stupid as to kill themselves off.” Robinson envisions futures in which no one is hungry or homeless, in which health care is a right, no one owns land, there’s a cap on personal wealth, and women have truly equal status. Which I suppose may sound like some hippy-dippy California liberal utopia. But we live in a country where slavery is illegal, suffrage is universal, people can practice any religion they want and say anything they want against the government. Europe is unified and at peace; the Soviet Union disappeared without a fight. Not very long ago this would’ve seemed like an implausibly utopian vision.

Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery

FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information

"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"

[robkelk]

The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/26 ... ct_crater/]Mars whacked by object bigger than Pluto
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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]

Mars whacked by object bigger than Pluto

And now in my head I'm hearing an all-theremin version of The Sopranos theme song...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/27 ... kin_cylon/]Get your own Cylon.

Yes, it's only a statue... but that's before it's handwaved. (But who'd be crazy enough to handwave one of these? (looks at the Colonials) Oh, right...)
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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

[robkelk]

... because, apparently, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/27 ... chemistry/]you can grow it on Mars.
--
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

[robkelk]

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/ ... tic-barman]Asahi launches robotic barman

"It's a robot. It pours you beer. What more do you want?" Well, if it could look like the title character from http://www.animesuki.com/series.php/906.html]Bartender, that would be nice...
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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

[robkelk]

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/ ... k-yourself]Ray gun makes targets hear "voices"

Heck, if these can be brought down to handheld-szie, Noah might buy a few... for the Patrol, of course.
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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

[robkelk]

They've finally invented the un-waved precursor to the http://fnord.sandwich.net/fenwiki/doku. ... rgil_samms]Virgil Samms - the http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/30 ... k_big_ink/]backpack minicopter.

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/ ... ots-happen]Has somebody been reading my Fenspace stories? Probably not, but still...
--
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

[Black Aeronaut]

Interesting, but I like Yves Rossy's design much better. Sure, it uses somewhat traditional alcohol-fueled turbo-jets... But you cannot deny the awesome
factor. Check out his website here: http://jet-man.com/prod/index_en.html

[robkelk]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/31 ... to_launch/]USAF robotic spaceplane - now we know why nobody complained about the TSAB at the beginning.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/31 ... quid_lake/]Cassini spots liquid hydrocarbons on Titan. They're calling it "Ontario Lacus" - with that name, I wonder whether there's a Niagara Falls equivalent feeding it...
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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]

Cassini spots liquid hydrocarbons on Titan.

Fark reported on this yesterday with the headline "Bush declares war on Titan".
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/01 ... nds_water/]Phoenix lander finds water on Mars

That just cut a few months - or years - off the MTP.
--
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

[robkelk]

A bit late for Noah's original "angels", but maybe Dee, A.C., and Vulpine Fury can make use of the tactile sensors that Todai and Matsushita have developed.

The Inquirer: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/ ... ins-invent]Japanese scientists invent a sensitive robot nurse
--
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

[robkelk]

http://www.baekdal.com/design/art/rocketship-tours/]Rocketship Tours

How many Pulper tourist bureaus are these hanging in? "All of them", of course...
--
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]

Nice. There are some posters like these hanging in odd places in Tomorrowland at Disney World.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Cobalt Greywalker]

Now the Delivery Genin can http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=AEFNB103]Die without Honour. Or just Die. Whichever.

Of course, http://e23.sjgames.com/credits.html?t=p ... =aethereal] FORGE]dying with Honour is still available.

(Note: links to e23)

[Black Aeronaut]

Okay, I love the rocketship tours posters, if for any other reason than the art-deco style is just too flippin' awesome.
That's it. Sometime, Post-OGJ, Benjamin will be starting his business: Black Aeronaut Spaceframes - "Creative aerospace solutions for the discnerning spacer."
EDIT: This will probably be where our Nubian J-Type comes from.  Among other nifty-cool things (The Tie series, X, Y, A, and B-wing fighters, Talons and EDI's from Stealth...).

[Cobalt Greywalker]

That's it. Sometime, Post-OGJ, Benjamin will be starting his business: Black Aeronaut Spaceframes - "Creative aerospace solutions for the discnerning spacer."

EDIT: This will probably be where our Nubian J-Type comes from. Among other nifty-cool things (The Tie series, X, Y, A, and B-wing fighters, Talons and EDI's from Stealth...).

Too bad I already have Eddie. Of course, besides plans for Talons and EDI's Eddie also has plans for at least one version of the Heart of Gold (Not the Teapot).

[Black Aeronaut]

Argh... Okay, you can have the Talons and the EDI's... But expect an order from The Roughriders for three Talons and an EDI.

[Cobalt Greywalker]

Once things get to the manufacturing stage (i.e. got the prototypes sorted), A.C. normally licenses the designs/tech. You want to build them, you pay.