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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
05-27-2007, 06:10 PM
How to piss off a Warsie
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
06-06-2007, 02:57 PM
Talking Paper. (Hmmmmm... It's Swedish.) I assume The Professor's version would be interactive instead of pre-recorded.
Edit: If only poor Sergei had known about powdered alcohol, he wouldn't have had to die for the plot of a cheesy "Meteor ripoff...
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
06-12-2007, 05:10 AM
![[Image: mie.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/YELLOWFISH228/mie.jpg)
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
06-13-2007, 08:36 PM
The rPhone. For the Pirate on the go, the most popular choice of communications gear.---
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
06-13-2007, 09:00 PM
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06-14-2007, 05:28 PM
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The FCC disclaimer at the bottom makes that site all the better.Ebony the Black Dragon
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
06-15-2007, 02:10 AM
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The rPhone.
Thank you, Comrade Fnord, for discovering Kohran's cellphone.
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
06-16-2007, 05:12 PM
You Are Here... assuming you live on Luna.
( Edit: Oh, it's their 12th-anniversary image...)
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
06-16-2007, 05:21 PM
For those exploring past The Limit, The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia is a must-have reference.
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
06-19-2007, 02:45 PM
Astronony Picture of the Day: Eris (The big version is 1024x769.)
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07-13-2007, 05:33 AM
Caption: "It was about this point when people realized that the SOS-dan was getting out of hand."
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
07-13-2007, 02:02 PM
Is this real and not a Photoshop? If so, where the hell is it?
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
07-19-2007, 02:50 AM
Spacesuits, MIT-style
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
07-21-2007, 12:46 AM
By that way - Happy Eagle day! It's the anniversary of the lunar landing today.
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
07-21-2007, 12:51 AM
Which reminds me: Google Moon. (Don't zoom all the way in.)
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
07-21-2007, 03:14 AM
Oh, yeah, I remember that gag.
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07-23-2007, 11:35 AM
Another Astronomy Pic of the Day.
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070723.html
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
07-23-2007, 02:49 PM
From the person who built the Steampunk Keyboard this spring, there's the Steampunk Monitor.
(He's really decking out Kohran's workspace for me... )
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Re: More Inspirational, Meta &c. Sites
07-25-2007, 03:20 PM
No doubt the Warsies are handwaving these as fast as they can afford to buy them...
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Another site
08-17-2007, 06:22 AM
To visualize the Pinafore and Candy Apple Red's, these forums are a decent start on the Hardtech underpinning.
www.yachtforums.com/forums/benetti-yach ... omani.html
This thread has a boat the length I've listed Pinafore at...
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More Yachting
08-18-2007, 06:42 PM
If these two don't inspire someone, I don't know what will.
X-Stream Concept Yacht
The Trekkies will be ALL over this one.
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Re: More Yachting
08-20-2007, 01:58 PM
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-Stream Concept Yacht
Geeze, that's a submarine with a back porch, innit? Quote:
The Trekkies will be ALL over this one.
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Re: Convention followups
08-20-2007, 11:08 PM
Here's a similar idea to the Convention. (Not a coincidence, as KJ can attest.)
In more real-world concepts, here's metagovernment, and e-government.---
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Anybody want to go see?
08-21-2007, 02:11 PM
Found this on the BBC news website:
Rare dead star found near Earth
Weird Science that the 'Danes will want to take a look at.
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Re: More Yachting
08-22-2007, 10:40 PM
RE Trekkish yact - moost likely, Paramount or Universal or whichever studio it is that actually owns the Trek liscence will buy one, 'wave it, and sell cruises as part of their theme park division. Fitted out inside and and crewed by staff in uniforms with Authentic Detail of course.
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