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- 2024-03-15 10:01am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 221
- Views: 8932
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Can't believe some of the shit I've read in this thread. So much so I had to fish out my old log in password from the dusty recesses of my brain and get through this dumb website's obtuse captcha requirement to log in for the first time in over a decade to tell you cunts to take a wash. Just out and...
- 2013-01-17 08:32am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: children and dying pets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3394
Re: children and dying pets
A couple of years ago, we had to put down our dog who had been in our family for nearly two decades. My brother's step-daughters were told about it (they knew her and played with her and our other dog whenever they came to visit, but she was never 'their' dog so to speak), who were around the same a...
- 2013-01-10 09:28pm
- Forum: Star Wars vs Star Trek
- Topic: Lead a pre-emptive strike against the Empire!
- Replies: 59
- Views: 24597
Re: Lead a pre-emptive strike against the Empire!
which thanks to the EU we're told there's only one planet in the entire GFFA which supplies bacta. Having a secondary source of medicine that works on different principles to bacta = HUEG advantage. Doesn't Thyferra have colonies where Bacta is produced also? Still one planet controlling the proces...
- 2013-01-10 07:09am
- Forum: Star Wars vs Star Trek
- Topic: Lead a pre-emptive strike against the Empire!
- Replies: 59
- Views: 24597
Re: Lead a pre-emptive strike against the Empire!
That's right, and there's other possibilities too. Medical technology in ST seems to be way more advanced than in SW, which thanks to the EU we're told there's only one planet in the entire GFFA which supplies bacta. Having a secondary source of medicine that works on different principles to bacta =...
- 2013-01-10 06:50am
- Forum: Star Wars vs Star Trek
- Topic: Lead a pre-emptive strike against the Empire!
- Replies: 59
- Views: 24597
Re: Lead a pre-emptive strike against the Empire!
What could the Federation possibly offer the New Republic in terms of military aid? There are tons of things. The question is why would they get involved. And would their involvement mean giving the NR or Rebellion technology the SW side doesn't have. But even if it's just raw supplies, that's stil...
- 2013-01-10 05:11am
- Forum: Star Wars vs Star Trek
- Topic: Lead a pre-emptive strike against the Empire!
- Replies: 59
- Views: 24597
Re: Lead a pre-emptive strike against the Empire!
Secrecy is going to be made difficult by the ESP and precognitive powers of Sith lords. They likely wouldn't have details, but it's likely that even if the Federation could find a way to get to Coruscant's system with a trilithium device or some kind of planet killer that Palpatine and/or Vader wou...
- 2013-01-08 11:43pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Travelling to Arizona, Advice Requested
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10994
Re: Travelling to Arizona, Advice Requested
Carrying your passport on you at all times is just such an... obvious thing, you'd imagine anyone who is thinking of travelling to another country would already be well aware of it.
- 2013-01-08 09:18pm
- Forum: Star Wars vs Star Trek
- Topic: Lead a pre-emptive strike against the Empire!
- Replies: 59
- Views: 24597
Re: Lead a pre-emptive strike against the Empire!
How is section 31 leading this enterprise (haha) and not Starfleet? They don't exactly have official backing and it's not entirely clear how many people are involved in section 31. (For all we know, Sloan was like the only dude in it) In any case, barring any acts of wanton mass murder like Eternal_...
- 2013-01-07 04:11pm
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: How did you handwave artificial Gravity?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 6582
Re: How did you handwave artificial Gravity?
'Thank god for the Whatever device.'Dr Roberts wrote:Doh! I should have asked, what technobabble do you use? I'm fully aware of 1g thrusting or rotating the ship I'm talking "soft sci-fi"
- 2013-01-06 03:53am
- Forum: Pure Star Trek
- Topic: Celebrating 20 Years of DS9
- Replies: 64
- Views: 14534
Re: Celebrating 20 Years of DS9
DS9 really pushed the envelope for what a Star Trek show could do. There were multiple plot arcs, developed over several seasons, with a degree of intricacy that hadn't really been attempted before other than maybe a few of the Ron Moore written TNG stories. Character arcs had real growth to them, r...
- 2013-01-06 03:36am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Hobbit (spoilers, with tags)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 19405
Re: Hobbit (spoilers, with tags)
It is almost written like the gold and wealth have a drug like effect on dwarves, such as the One Ring was shown to be in the movies. Not surprising; the dwarves were given seven rings by Sauron (or they were given them by the Elves, I don't remember the lore 100%, but Sauron nevertheless had a han...
- 2013-01-04 11:52am
- Forum: Pure Star Trek
- Topic: Celebrating 20 Years of DS9
- Replies: 64
- Views: 14534
Re: Celebrating 20 Years of DS9
I still remember watching the premiere of 'Emissary' late at night, with a shit tv that had it's own aerial, with static fucking up the display. I would years later watch the show on VHS hired from a nearby Blockbuster, and marvel at how clear the image was. Good times.
- 2012-12-26 05:11am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: How do I commit suicide?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 27279
Re: How do I commit suicide?
Can everyone just chill out? If the guy was trolling, then gratz, mission accomplished. If he wasn't, then I don't think this shit is helping.
- 2012-12-26 02:25am
- Forum: Pure Star Trek
- Topic: Star Trek into Darkness - Synopsis
- Replies: 277
- Views: 73412
Re: Star Trek into Darkness - Synopsis
Haven't they already explicitly stated he's a completely new character named John Harrison? There has been contradictory information from various sources involved in the film, like Karl Urban saying it was Gary Mitchell and one of the writers giving a list of who would NOT be in the film (which inc...
- 2012-12-24 12:35pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: Caretaker
- Replies: 86
- Views: 45855
Re: Caretaker
The time travel is good and inventive plot development that you don't see often in Trek: proactive use of time travel. It's almost always either accidental or unplanned, or forced on the heroes by the actions of the villains. You rarely see anyone in Star Trek go 'shit let's use a slingshot manoeuvr...
- 2012-12-23 09:09am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: How do I commit suicide?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 27279
Re: How do I commit suicide?
In the off-chance you're actually genuinely honest-to-god in trouble and contemplating suicide, I'll give you the only piece of advice that is worth a damn: talk to someone.
It may not work, but you owe it to yourself to try.
It may not work, but you owe it to yourself to try.
- 2012-12-23 03:22am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Australia, making us all proud.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3170
Re: Australia, making us all proud.
thejester wrote:I thought it'd be Israel Folau.
- 2012-12-21 03:23am
- Forum: Pure Star Trek
- Topic: Nemesis: 10 Years Later
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11198
Re: Nemesis: 10 Years Later
Not according to Memory Alpha. His only appearances were in TNG and in an episode of ENT as a completely different character.
- 2012-12-21 01:19am
- Forum: Pure Star Trek
- Topic: Nemesis: 10 Years Later
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11198
Re: Nemesis: 10 Years Later
Uh, no. He died in 2006.
- 2012-12-20 06:28am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Army Seeks Death Penalty For War Criminal
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4303
Re: Army Seeks Death Penalty For War Criminal
I mean the guy is a fuck-up, and should be punished for what he did. Should he? Would he have done this under the same circumstances during his first tour? I don't know; I don't know how far he's going to get with the PTSD/brain injury defence. He may not have done the same thing under similar circ...
- 2012-12-20 12:30am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Army Seeks Death Penalty For War Criminal
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4303
Re: Army Seeks Death Penalty For War Criminal
Good question. I still think it's worthwhile to explore what processes the army employs when choosing to redeploy someone who, at least what I'm getting from the article, implied to be diagnosed with PTSD and a concussive brain injury at the time. I'm assuming the defence lawyer has the right of it;...
- 2012-12-20 12:11am
- Forum: Pure Star Trek
- Topic: Pakleds of Doom
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5451
Re: Pakleds of Doom
I don't think there's any way to resolve the question in the OP in any meaningful way. Either the Pakleds can figure out how to work the derelict Husnock ships, or they can't. If they can't, someone else likely will. If they can, is there any guarantee they can do anything with it before they get tr...
- 2012-12-20 12:04am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Army Seeks Death Penalty For War Criminal
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4303
Re: Army Seeks Death Penalty For War Criminal
I just find this case interesting, because when they seek harsh punishment it's a cynical attempt to look good by creating a scapegoat. But if they don't seek harsh punishment, it'd be evidence they weren't taking it seriously. What is the proper way for the Army to handle this case without being c...
- 2012-12-19 11:57pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Need help finding "best" Justice League cartoon series
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5975
Re: Need help finding "best" Justice League cartoon series
P. sure zabs knows this.JME2 wrote:No, it's a running gag in the threads Bats posts in; he's been doing it for years.Zablorg wrote:you are not batman you weirdo
- 2012-12-19 11:55pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Possibly the most helpful article you'll read today
- Replies: 37
- Views: 16381
Re: Possibly the most helpful article you'll read today
Did you accidentally post something vacuous aimed at self-obsessed cowards or was that supposed to be 'helpful'? He probably could have saved some time and effort by just saying, "You can't get by on good intentions, you actually have to do shit ". This was the message I got from the arti...