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Commented on Starship bloopers
I'm on the opposite end of the experiental spectrum here - I've seen (and really like) the movie but not read the book. Only wanted to say that wrt the OP Paul Verhoeven explicitly did base some of the camera...
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Robert Prior commented on
Starship bloopers
I've actually seen people spinning thread with a drop spindle I can do that. I can also use a Navaho spindle. Can't walk and spin at the same time, though — I'm not that practiced :-) I can also use a slide rule. I'm better at spinning, though....
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Scott Sanford commented on
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I'm completely the opposite; I can use a slide rule but never got the hang of a drop spindle. glances down at novelty slide rule tie clasp, chuckles...
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She of many names under yet another pseudonym commented on
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Well, yes. You also have to check if Gythanki appeared in Warhammer Magazine or Dragon magazine first and check the dates. We fuzz things a bit. Host probably submitted it to a UK source first (it's a tribute: it's probably his first professional publishment as an Author). Apparently this type of instant knowledge freaks people out and there's enough nasty level "get people fired" in the UK to ram an over-worked and unlicensed HGV driver into.[0] It's just ironic since a) we're sure he doesn't have any IP residuals on them and b) they're the major splash race for the...
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She of many names under yet another pseudonym commented on
Starship bloopers
For the record: What we warned about has occurred. And we attempted to make enough < noise > to allow some to escape. You're beautiful creatures. The distances invoked must have happened to prevent your engagment with things beyond your ken. Double Pinky-Finger Wiggle Q.E.D. 2021: "We did not understand quite what you were doing..." CHILDREN OF MEN....
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She of many names under yet another pseudonym commented on
Starship bloopers
There are always things that you cannot hear / see / feel. We're writing complex strategic and ideological anti-toxins in "grunt" language that make nice people like Ms Lieb etc recoil in horror. Why? No-one else was, and tbh: we probably gave them the game-plan by accident. What we have learned, quite succinctly, is that your entire Western system is... well. Broken. And you do not like knowing you're also murderous psychopaths, or at least, sociopaths employing said Minds, kinda run the show. Not in the "DISCIPLINED" way where you at least leash the fuckers, nope: running the show. ~...
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