Horrible posts by former posters!

[COYBL25]

@Joey66 can you translate this?

I had a go, but fell asleep after reading the first paragraph.

Sorry.

 

[Terrarian]

I had a go, but fell asleep after reading the first paragraph.

Sorry.

Saying nothing

 

[Jebus_lives]

Well, that's why I asked. My sarcasm detector was firing on all cylinders, so he had to give me a good answer for me to take the question seriously.

He didn't, so that answered that.



In a spiritual and moral sense, but not a physical one. Global warming has started apace, but the world hasn't gone to hell in a handbasket yet.

Has it got a title yet?

 

[Martin Alvito]

Has it got a title yet?

Fifth.

This requires context. The answer to that one is found about 2/3 of the way in. A full answer doesn't land until 3/4 to 4/5 of the way in.

 

[Terrarian]

 

[Jebus_lives]

Fifth.

This requires context. The answer to that one is found about 2/3 of the way in. A full answer doesn't land until 3/4 to 4/5 of the way in.

You should release it on the 6th, for a pure head mess.

Sounds interesting

 

[Martin Alvito]

You should release it on the 6th, for a pure head mess.

Sounds interesting

Sadly, I don't get to control that one if I go the traditional route. Like other media, books tend to come out on a fixed day of the week. The publisher will make that call.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Sadly, I don't get to control that one if I go the traditional route. Like other media, books tend to come out on a fixed day of the week. The publisher will make that call.

Booo.

Any works or novelists you'd cite as an influence?

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Never seen it mate. And don't know who Groucho is, so no idea why you think I'd hate him. I'm sure he's a thoroughly pleasant chap.

What's your take on magners and ice-cream?

 

[Martin Alvito]

Booo.

Any works or novelists you'd cite as an influence?

That's a very long list.

Asimov, Adams, Clavell and Tolkien are the early and formative authors. There's an ungodly number of other influences across literature, comedy, music and other genres. There are a lot of intentional cap tips buried in the book, in addition to the explicit ones.

 

[larbert toffee]

You wildly missed the point.

If you just leap to the conclusion that the idea is wrong on the basis of your priors, you miss things. My father is better at that one than I am, because he hasn't stuffed as many books into his head. I find those sometimes get in the way.

You missed the point about "what it does to us" as well. Doing these sorts of things crosses people's minds. Trump is an existence proof on that, as @LinekersLegs pointed out. It's that if we really consider the idea, normal human beings discard it. Trump either didn't really think about it, isn't a normal human being, or both.

The game theory I did taught me, in no uncertain terms, that what happens down pathways that never actually happen is often really important to the final outcome. I don't know that I can give you the intuition on that one in a reasonable number of English words, though. I know that it's impossible to grok without the math.

Sorry mate, could you repeat that again?

 

[Gdog1878]

What's your take on magners and ice-cream?

Cider's alright. Don't really eat ice-cream cos it's too unhealthy and hurts my teeth.

 

[Martin Alvito]

Sorry mate, could you repeat that again?

Can't be arsed.

There was this professor I once worked with. He expressed some frustration with his inability to communicate his ideas to other people at times. I took the position that, when that happens, I tend to believe that I am the one with the problem communicating. He disagreed, and said that experience had made it clear to him that this was not the case.

I continue to try to live up to that commitment, and rephrase when I can. It helps my clarify my own thinking, and communicate more effectively in the future. However, I have also learned that sometimes I am better off not being able to be arsed. I should move on to trying to communicate something else.

We're more or less at that point on this one.

 

[Bungle]

Never seen it mate. And don't know who Groucho is, so no idea why you think I'd hate him. I'm sure he's a thoroughly pleasant chap.

Sorry mate, my mistake. Phil liked it though.

Just for the record, I liked Phil.

Source Code is great if you're a Gyllenhaal fan. Also got Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga in, who are both great.

I really like Source Code. Similar concept to EoT, but less sci-fi. Jake Gyllenhaal and Vera Farmiga both great.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

Sorry mate, my mistake. Phil liked it though.

Just for the record, I liked Phil.

Oh my god they both like Sauce Code!