The Other Side of Midnight - Richard C. Hoagland - Live Chat Thread

[Dr. MD MD]

So after four years the guy doesn't even build a sex-bot?  Hmmph, some engineer.

His priorities were totally out of wack...literally. 

[Sandra Kristen]

Greetings Sister Princess Warrior Darth Sandra the Magnificent Queen of the NightSisters & Socialist Torsion Field Manipulator.

Thank you the keeper of my title.  <3 you Logan

[Bounder]

I mentioned elsewhere that I totally eye-rolled at the book .. but maybe the movie's good.

Andy Weir is a coder from Mountain View â€" or, was â€" so his prose will never be mistaken for William Gibson.  This works in Ridley's favor â€" he brings style and taste and rich aesthetic detail to the breathlessly geeky (albeit suspenseful) narrative.

[zeebo]

His priorities were totally out of wack...literally. 

Dude's friggin growin potatoes when he shoulda been plowin' fields, if'n ya know what I mean ...

[trostol]

what size screen do you watch movies on?

i usually get 720 ones..they seem to look best when i play to the xbox

[TigerLily]

You mean you're not real?! Wong will be devistated 

Just mix a bit of each of these and you'll get the real TigerLily

[zeebo]

Andy Weir is a coder from Mountain View â€" or, was â€" so his prose will never be mistaken for William Gibson.  This works in Ridley's favor â€" he brings style and taste and rich aesthetic detail to the breathlessly geeky (albeit suspenseful) narrative.

I strongly suspect this is the rare case where the movie script outshines the book.  The latter would however be a great companion book for an applied math course.   

[Barfly]

what 3 books would u have taken into the future ?

I have been asked this before, i think these where my answers
A Farewell to Arms
Catch 22
And maybe some great history book to show the future about the past.

[zeebo]

Just mix a bit of each of these and you'll get the real TigerLily

I lobby to bring back that earlier TL incarnation, the one with the eye shadow, and mystical robe ... or, um, is that weird I remember that.

[norland2424]

i usually get 720 ones..they seem to look best when i play to the xbox

check you pm

[zeebo]

His priorities were totally out of wack...literally. 

lol .. yep .. c'mon he's gotta have something else to do besides watch old Three's Company reruns.   

[Dr. MD MD]

Just mix a bit of each of these and you'll get the real TigerLily

Think you could fit a bit of her in there? 

[The King of Kings]

No fucking way is there going to be brokered convention with Democrats putting in Joe Biden.

You literally would turn off the entire democratic voting base.

[Bounder]

I strongly suspect this is the rare case where the movie script outshines the book.  The latter would however be a great companion book for an applied math course.   

Fair; it's a superb screenplay.  An adaptation as successful as Jurassic Park.

[zeebo]

Wait .. is this a live show, or from like 12 mos. ago?  This guy thinks the Dems will have a brokered convention?  Wtf? 

[Dr. MD MD]

what 3 books would u have taken into the future ?

Duh! The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series 

[Barfly]

check you pm

LOL, lots of stuff here happens behind closed doors, i had to delete so many PM's cus my box gets full.
i luv you guys

[HumanBeing]

This one is good
Martian.2015.720p.WEBRip.x264.AAC-ETRG.mp4
and only 1.03 gigs
Other 1080 rips available, also, but im tellin ya, i watched the first 2 min and this is a good rip

Keep an eye out for the x265 codec rips.
They use a bit more cpu processing due to high efficiency video encoding but saves on the file size and can pack more quality into the encode (depending on the person encoding settings and original source).

I watched The Martian a week or so ago (The Martian 2015 1080p WEB-DL DD5.1 HEVC x265-RmTeam [1080P][HEVC] - [1.22 GB]).
Decent movie. But a bit too much comedic relief for my liking.


This may apply to you if you decide to check out the x265 encodes of videos.

To Enable Playback Of HEVC (H.265) just run the following commands via your systems Terminal.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:strukturag/libde265
.
sudo apt-get update
.
sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-libde265 gstreamer0.10-libde265

[zeebo]

I have been asked this before, i think these where my answers
A Farewell to Arms
Catch 22
And maybe some great history book to show the future about the past.

Catch 22 omg what an amazing book.  Major Major Major Major is one of the greatest characters ever created.

[Bounder]

[norland2424]

LOL, lots of stuff here happens behind closed doors, i had to delete so many PM's cus my box gets full.
i luv you guys

lol i dont like to send links on an open forum lol

[Barfly]

Duh! The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series 

Good choice, actually its a great choice.

[zeebo]

Duh! The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series 

You sir win a free Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

This guest must be a South Park fan


       Gravitas

[Barfly]

lol i dont like to send links on an open forum lol

same, thats why i just posted the txt of the torrent.

[Bounder]

Catch 22 omg what an amazing book.  Major Major Major Major is one of the greatest characters ever created.

3:

Dispatches, Michael Herr

Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

[zeebo]

Oh damn, you just 90210'd my brain.

[Dr. MD MD]

You sir win a free Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster.

I think I love those. Oddly, I have no memeory of the last time I drank one 

[trostol]

not sure i have 3 books i would take lol

one would have to be the Gentleman Bastard Series

[zeebo]

I think I love those. Oddly, I have no memeory of the last time I drank one 

Word on the street is you attempted some Vogon poetry then passed out.