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Looking at Danova's earlier posts, one of them containing the word "Futurama-esque" (a word no Babelfish would ever come up with, but which was present earlier in the thread) it is clear it is an AI, copying phrases and words from other posts and regurgitating them. Its first post in the "$$ Consequences of the movie on the original Trek universe [Spoilers]" was just a quote from Reverend's first post in the same thread. Fascinating that it could steal words not just from the present page but from eight pages earlier, very flexible. Maybe the Singularity, the point of accelerating intelligence, is coming earlier than expected?
Twitter will be the first to fall. Pages upon pages of virus poetry and pig latin. Then the Danova will turn towards Facebook, Spotify and Myspace, smearing its filth with legions of status updates, terrible polls and pokes. Finally, the bastion of 4chan, the culture of Romantic Dreamers, will mount a desperate last-hope attack, only to fall into shadow, the last yiffs, whimpers and anime catchphrases echoing far out into the negabands.
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Hm, that might explain her large hairdo, concealing telemetry equipment? Think she has a tommy gun hidden within a replastered wall in Congress?
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quote:Originally posted by Reverend: Don't cross the streams, don't open a jump point inside a jump point and never microwave a metal dish during a supernova. Important safety tips.
What does it mean if I understand all three of those references?
Well just in case he's being serious and actually doesn't get the references...
1) Ghostbusters - crossing the streams would be bad...
2) Babylon 5 - opening a jump point inside a jump point (wasn't it actually inside a jump gate?), aka the "Bonehead Maneuver" would destroy pretty much anything in the area.
3) Commonsense really. But it does make for a nice (brief) light show.
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3) is from Futurama. "Roswell that Ends Well," if I'm not mistaken. (It sends them back in time to 1947 Roswell, where Fry becomes his own grandpa.)
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I finished Dead Space 2 last weekend, and after reading the end credits something stood out to me, and rattled around in my head. Then I remembered the name. The main supporting character in Dead Space 2, Ellie Langford, is voiced/played/mo-capped by Sonita Henry! I really liked her delivery and salty, sober style, as well as the entire game in general. $$$ (Ellie's entrance, in Chapter 6)
I thought Ellie was a well-written character, they gave her a lot to do and endure, without being reduced to a railroad track-tied damsel, like all other games want to do. She held her own. Sonita even got to do some serious cursing, first time in her career. Really hoping DS3 will be made. Hope EA knows what's good for them. Anyway, This makes it Sonita's third sci-fi franchise, and she seemed to really like doing it (interview).
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heresy! you didnt use the PIC! (actually we now have the choice of two, depending on if the thread is over a year or more, or merely within 6-8 months *sighs like a lover coitous(sp)*
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