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Or since I'm filling in for Paul this week, maybe that should be "summary half-baked". Sorry this is so late. >>and move, and fire, and move, and fire, and move, and fire<< By far the dominant thread of the week was The Lurker II, which span off several major threads of its own. Simon Kinahan asked if anyone had tried sharpening razor blades in a pyramid, and Daynal said that she had. Dave Cantrell questioned the scientific rigour of the experiment. The discussion then became science vs. the paranormal, and things got a bit spirited. Eventually, everyone calmed down and moved on to auras, floaters and John Melesky's nose exceedingly falling off. http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010416/037020.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010416/037038.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010416/037048.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037297.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037272.html I'm still amazed that nobody mentioned that it's not four sided pyramids that allegedly sharpen razors, if you count the base. Come ON, people! >>organically challeged<< Spinning off from The Lurker II after duncan mentioned U571 came Wartime Enigma Breaking in which Steve Mynott praised the m4d (rypto skillz of the Polish, Mike Moran suggested that the term "Artificial Intelligence" wasn't PC :P and duncan bemoaned the high incidence of geocities sites in his recent googling. http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037311.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037312.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037313.html >>So what's it all about then, really, when you get down to it?<< Science and Magick went by way of Newton, alchemy and the Hermetic Principles to wind up being a discussion of whether there was an ultimate meaning behind everything. Never let it be said that (void) is overly trivial. Then, Alex Robinson told us all about his wasp army and the thread went from Ultimate Truth to "pimpline ichneumonids" driving around in pink cadillacs and slapping their bee-yotches (oof). http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037320.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037334.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037449.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037418.html >>diplomacy, strategy and physical prowess<< Arp's reply to some pillock's offlist post spawned a discussion of the basic categories of games and/or sports. Robert Jones mentioned mumbledepeg, which is a Texan game if ever I heard one. Dave C's disdainful mention of the lottery brought up the subject of random number generation, which became a thread about gambling computers and led to an Orwell pastiche from Veeg. http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010416/036809.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010416/036999.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010416/036941.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037222.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037195.html >>a year dead for tax purposes<< A continuation of Last week's Nonweb thread covered the HHGTTG and graphic novels, in particular Frank Miller and Alan Moore. Simon Wistow revealed that he once lived near Hotblack Desiato. http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010416/036972.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010416/036983.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037102.html >>They'll get my copy of 'Atlas Shrugged' when they pry it out of my cold, dead hands<< Robert Jones brought our attention to Jerry Begley's arrest for distributing "constitutional propaganda"/informing his fellow jurors of their rights. Steve Mynott and Robert Jones defended him from Arp's scorn. The thread became a general legal discussion about pleas, appeals and perjury. Dave Cantrell mentioned Johnathan Aitken and Daynal suggested an establishment conspiracy to stitch Aitken up. Steve Mynott and Arp gave different views of Ayn Rand and objectivism. http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037257.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037294.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037298.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037340.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037347.html >>punk isn't dead, it just smells that way<< Replicant's praise of "Crazy Taxi" was echoed by Simon Wistow and Duncan in this weeks games thread. Soulcalibur was talked up, and Robert Jones asked about Bad Religion on the "Crazy Taxi" soundtrack. http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037106.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037242.html >>twisting my melons<< Harl kicked off a thread about MDMA and memory loss, in which the subject of psychedelics was explored in fair detail by Steve Mynott (my *God* man, don't you sleep?) and Daynal. Acid and E were suggested as a potentially synergistic combination. http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037145.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037379.html >>thrud<< The upcoming Lord of the Rings movie was discussed by Arp and Patrik Nordebo. Arp lamented the lack of a classic film of the fantasy genre. The discussion moved on to movie funding and break-even. Robert Jones gave the D&D film a thorough kicking and threw stout knives at its feet, so to speak. http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037235.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037245.html http://slab.org/mailman/private/void/Week-of-Mon-20010423/037252.html Ah, now my chance to play tin-pot ubermemenfuhrer. Links of the week this week from Arp, duncan, Mike Moran and Frank Gough: http://www.ashleypomeroy.com/yellow.html http://208.34.189.52/MonkeyVsRobot300k.asf http://www.ee.ed.ac.uk/~mm/report/report.html http://formenmedia.ign.com/media/news/image/hardcore/karatechimp.mpeg What? Okay, so I like the combination of monkies, kungfu and robots, is that a crime? |