To quote Chirine, "Camera tilts left, everybody falls out of their chairs."Originally Posted by Bren
To quote Chirine, "Camera tilts left, everybody falls out of their chairs."
I don't care if you respect me, just buy my fucking book.
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You naughty man...
The AI won't mind at all, as long as they fill out the right requisition forms and get them signed by their commanding officers. After all, it's simply issuing new equipment to the unit, and as long as the paperwork - electronic tablets, of course - if it's all correctly done, it's not an issue. Of course, if the AI finds out that the paperwork is not correctly filled out, then the mechanoid gendarmes will be sent out to collect the illegally issued gear. And that, of course, leads to further adventures...
Happy to help! May I suggest looking at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts collections of 'Streamline Moderne' artifacts? Also, have a look at The Future itself - the 1939 World's Fair in New York, and the Pacific Exhibition held the same year in San Francisco. Phil grew up looking at these events and this design style, and they were seen as what 'the future' would look like. This was also seen in the Korda brothers' film "Shape of Things to Come", with the world of the future depicted in the last portion being what Phil was inspired by for his Humanspace civilization.
We had a lot of adventures where we'd find some artifact of the Ancients, and had no idea what the thing was or what it did. Ordinary household appliances and devices were completely unknown objects to us, and Phil had great fun surprising us with what they did, and what they were. You can still see a lot of these in the Institute's exhibits, too.
And for extra fun, have a look at F/SF fan Forrest J. Ackeman in his costume at the 1939 WorldCon, sort of held in conjunction with the Fair, or at one Phillip Barker, winning the costume competition with his 'Ts urani' (his original word for 'Tsolyani') costume group at the 1950 World Con.
We costumers have been at this for a long while...
Thank you!
Or even bolted down, because a lot of the bridge chairs were rentals from the furniture place up the street. Which is why the big fight in "Trouble with Tribbles" had to be so carefully staged - the director couldn't break any of the rental chairs, 'cause it would be too expensive.
Tubeway cars don't have safety belts either, but if the gravity compensators fail you'd never notice when the car goes splat in the collapsed tunnel...
(There are a lot of ways to get dead on Tekumel; this is one of the quickest, and surest...)
Sorry...Thank you!
May The Flame Be With YOU Always!!!
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Well, if they manage to fill it right...You naughty man...
The AI won't mind at all, as long as they fill out the right requisition forms and get them signed by their commanding officers. After all, it's simply issuing new equipment to the unit, and as long as the paperwork - electronic tablets, of course - if it's all correctly done, it's not an issue. Of course, if the AI finds out that the paperwork is not correctly filled out, then the mechanoid gendarmes will be sent out to collect the illegally issued gear. And that, of course, leads to further adventures...
Yeah, I doubt it as well
Thank you for the tips, Uncle! I'm going to track those down.Happy to help! May I suggest looking at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts collections of 'Streamline Moderne' artifacts? Also, have a look at The Future itself - the 1939 World's Fair in New York, and the Pacific Exhibition held the same year in San Francisco. Phil grew up looking at these events and this design style, and they were seen as what 'the future' would look like. This was also seen in the Korda brothers' film "Shape of Things to Come", with the world of the future depicted in the last portion being what Phil was inspired by for his Humanspace civilization.
We had a lot of adventures where we'd find some artifact of the Ancients, and had no idea what the thing was or what it did. Ordinary household appliances and devices were completely unknown objects to us, and Phil had great fun surprising us with what they did, and what they were. You can still see a lot of these in the Institute's exhibits, too.
And for extra fun, have a look at F/SF fan Forrest J. Ackeman in his costume at the 1939 WorldCon, sort of held in conjunction with the Fair, or at one Phillip Barker, winning the costume competition with his 'Ts urani' (his original word for 'Tsolyani') costume group at the 1950 World Con.
We costumers have been at this for a long while...
I'm wondering what the tablets of the future would use as OS. What I'm sure is, they wouldn't have auto-fill, because what's the point of a form everyone can fill?
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"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
Remember, when Phil first started working on Tekumel, Bobby Heinlein's heroes were in their spaceship machine shops cutting cams for the "robot pilot" for course changes.Well, if they manage to fill it right...
Yeah, I doubt it as well
Thank you for the tips, Uncle! I'm going to track those down.
I'm wondering what the tablets of the future would use as OS. What I'm sure is, they wouldn't have auto-fill, because what's the point of a form everyone can fill
I don't care if you respect me, just buy my fucking book.
Formerly known as Old Geezer
I don't need an Ignore List, I need a Tongue My Pee Hole list.
The rules can't cure stupid, and the rules can't cure asshole.
Well, that part might get slightly updated. I've been considering a Linux-Android hybrid
Maybe not having to deal with actual commands, but I'm totally going to borrow inputting through a console, for example!
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
No problem - I knew what you meant!
Dealing with the military AI was good for literally months of fun!Well, if they manage to fill it right...
Yeah, I doubt it as well
Thank you for the tips, Uncle! I'm going to track those down.
I'm wondering what the tablets of the future would use as OS. What I'm sure is, they wouldn't have auto-fill, because what's the point of a form everyone can fill
No idea - I'm not a computer guy, and neither was Phil.
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