Frank
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Commented on "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" 2017 continued.
Minor nitpick: France cannot declare a state of emergency. It is already in a state of emergency since 13 November 2015. Which has been extended again, and again, and again. I doubt they will return to normal operations any time...
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Commented on Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology Is Indistinguishable From Cthulhu
Resonates with a thing I recently thought of, triggered by one of the other Cthulu-themed blog posts: I think I found another one of the reasons why Lovecraftian horror seems to be thriving and meshing well with geek/science culture. It...
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Commented on Shieldwall: Barbarians! Writing and self-publishing an old school boy's young officer story set in Attila's invasion
I don't get you comment. You seem to be more at odds with the guy I answered to, who seems to think the tactical nukes wouldn't have been used to avoid escalation. (And who seems to regard global thermonuclear war...
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Commented on Shieldwall: Barbarians! Writing and self-publishing an old school boy's young officer story set in Attila's invasion
@44: "One is that it's a fucking nuclear weapon and there just aren't a lot of them around." Yup, just around 10,000 to 15,000 nuclear warheads in the US and Russia alone (I read contradicting accounts). Barely enough to bomb...
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Commented on Terry Pratchett
Funny thing about people hounding celebrities, and the Pratchett fandom as I know it: I first met Terry when I decided to fly to a Clarecraft event, I think in 2001 or 2003. I seem to distinctly remember that he...