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(...) it (...) Ugh! I found "Bored" to be perfectly dreadful! As for Pratchett, he differs from Adams, and always has, in that Pratchett's work has been satire without being baggy-pants farce in line with the stereotypical (as commonly held by some (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I do think it's canonical farce, up there with Harvard Lampoon's "Bored of the Rings" and Gaimen/Pratchett's "Good Omens." -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The post-nuclear-war smart-house story near the end is wonderful. (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ugh. Add in some more RAM though, and that'll manage KDE just fine. I suggest KDE because of the single-click-operation paradigm -- seems like that'd solve most of the problem. (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Possibly because, while it's entertaining, it's also fairly straightforward farce with uneven characterization and plot. Don't get me wrong--I've read it all, and I quite enjoy it, but it lacks, to me, much of the strength of these other (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) (the web page has more info, I just knew it was more effiecent than a conventional rocket...V is not the problem, it is the Specific R that is higher than with a chemical rocket (around 825 on NERVA test plant, verses about 450 for "O2H2" (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Michael Horvath <mikehorvath@juno.com> wrote in message news:FMutJp.8yG@lugnet.com... (...) mattdm@mattdm.org (...) (URL) > (...) her (...) you (...) I like her books. They are different, though. Much less technology, much more social tid bits. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote in message news:387994b8.189490...net.com... (...) book (...) (another (...) Like gasoline and lighther?..:-) Great book anyway. Movie was also very nice. By the way, why no body mentions Douglas (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I like the claim that the laser light is Invisible, and then produces a bright spot that the Cat chases... Duh?? (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I don't know. I don't understand the format of how the Real Audio file is presented to a visitor. I haven't seen stuff like that before. Sorry, Mike (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) 2001 is more "Let's find out what God is saying" and less "Let's figure out how to survive this mess". I found it to be less enjoyable than _Rama_, but more profound. (...) I personally love his Beowulf Schaeffer stories. Actually, most of his (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Okay, the protocol is the same. Try adding the appropriate port number after the host (protocol://username...filename). The appropriate port number might be 8000 or 8080, but I can't be sure. Try using a packetsniffer. Jasper (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It's good. I still need to read 2001 some time, though, to compare. Oh, and I think the space-elevator one (first edition hardback, whoopee!) is as good as Rama. (...) Yup. All of the sequels sucked. (...) _Heorot_ was a great book. Up there (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Fahrenheit. Definitely Fahrenheit. Jasper (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ah, right. What's the v on the gas? You're still using reaction mass. (...) Well yeah, but the stuff does hang there waiting for the next rocket to bump into that. That's what I was asking about. (...) Yick. To be honest. I mean, Nukyuler (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That would be "admin-friendly", and if I had the time to get DOSEMU working, it'd be there, like, now. Minus KDE of course. What the hell are you thinking - this is a 486DX2-66/8M/420M. ;) Jasper (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I dunno if I'd count that as the dumbest ever though -- unfortunately, there's a lot of really bad patents out there. I think the dumbest would have to be something out of the "take a standard business model, add 'on the internet'" class. (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hmmm. I've been using this patented technique with my dog for a while now. It's gotten so popular, I am getting requests to exercise my sister-in-law's dog similarly. I was considering starting a business based upon this practice, but I now (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I've tried this -- replacing the pnm: with http: doesn't work. Similar results with mms: protocol as well... Do you know if there is a download utility that understands the mms: and pnm: protocols? (...) Actually, Bob's my dad. :-, Cheers, - (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Speaking of which, here's the dumbest patent I've ever seen: (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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