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Re: Girl Genius 2008-11-19

2008-11-19T13:43:08Z

Yes; that's true. Before, she was always using (unshifted)
GrimlyFiendish whether speaking in Geister or in plain language -
after, GrimlyFiendish was used only when speaking in Geister.
John Savard

Re: Girl Genius (GG) 2008-11-19

2008-11-19T13:41:10Z

Of course, a _real_ Heterodyne would not only be able to kill her, but
also be able to put her back together afterwards. Then she could
supply much-needed supervision to Tarvek, who still tries to betray
Agatha even when all his options are gone.
John Savard

Re: Girl Genius (GG) 2008-11-19

2008-11-19T13:39:45Z

On Nov 19, 2:53 am, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...@sometimes.sessile.org>
wrote:
She is the one who said:
"Yes! She is the daughter of Lucrezia Mongfish!"
And I presume she learned what she knows about events involving the
Castle through hearing Klaus' people receive or carry out orders, not
through a direct summons from the Castle.

Re: Girl Genius 2008-11-19

2008-11-19T13:03:27Z

In article <b29c1565-ba87-43ee-884e-c3ba6 a685...@k36g2000pri.googlegrou ps.com>,
Or, when Kaja was doing the lettering, she forgot what font they were
using for Von Pinn's balloons. It's been quite a while since she's
had a speaking part, after all. I've sent them an email about it,
we'll see whether it gets revised.

Re: Moon Kaboom (was Re: YASID: Short life for humans on Earth)

2008-11-19T09:29:34Z

If he's the pixy, wouldn't that be Kissinger?
Dave

Re: Girl Genius 2008-11-17 Hitching a ride

2008-11-19T01:37:33Z

In article
<fb59c0b8-6636-45c1-844a-0ca92 97c1...@i24g2000prf.googlegrou ps.com>,
It's up now if you want the answer.
Aaron

Re: Soon (?) to be a Major Motion Picture?

2008-11-19T11:59:00Z

[..]
I saw that The End of Eternity has cropped up recently, but presumably
this is a hardy perennial.
[link]
Nick

Re: Soon (?) to be a Major Motion Picture?

2008-11-19T11:55:46Z

[...]
I would like to see A Fall of Moondust, possibly in some kind of retro
style (by the time there are tourist cruiser buses on the Moon, losing
track of one would be hard to do in the first place).
Nick

Re: International Space Station--What's in a name?

2008-11-19T11:35:49Z

On 19 Nov, 11:11, "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nos...@comcast.net>
wrote:
[...]
Isis - preserves the ISS letters and stands clunkily for International
Station In Space.
Not sure how suitable Isis is, though - acc to Wpedia, she was a
goddess "worshipped as the ideal mother and wife, patron of nature and

Re: Soon (?) to be a Major Motion Picture?

2008-11-19T11:23:05Z

How do these things escape from my computer?!?
*Ahem*
Having seen some excitement about various books being announced
for filming, (for me it's _A Princess of Mars_ from Pixar,) I
just wanted to note that hope does spring eternal. Hope, not
just that we will get to see a good movie, but that we will get

International Space Station--What's in a name?

2008-11-19T11:11:27Z

It's the 10th anniversary of the International Space Station:
[link]
So, um maybe it should get a real name?
-- Ken from Chicago (who prefers "Pinnacle" or Astronomical Place for
Extraterrestrial eXperimentation or simply "A.P.E.X." for short)

Re: Not One of Us

2008-11-19T10:44:54Z

Though not directly referencing Dawkins' comments (which weren't about
Potter), this seems to have some passing relevance to the general
discussion: the people running the blogs Biology In Science Fiction
and Almost Diamonds are doing a panel on science fiction at Science09
and soliciting comments from science bloggers in advance -

Re: Girl Genius (GG) 2008-11-19

2008-11-19T09:53:09Z

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:39:31 +0000 (UTC), phoe...@ofb.net (Damien
This one wonders if von Pinn even knows that *Agatha* is the
Heterodyne in question, at this point. How could she know? Only the
Kessle and Agatha's immediate group are certain, after the testing.
Oh, and Punch & Judy who are up in Castle Wulfenbach, although I

Re: Moon Kaboom (was Re: YASID: Short life for humans on Earth)

2008-11-19T09:49:30Z

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:29:01 GMT, djhe...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
I was assuming Kissinger, but the artist's portraits are... not
terribly accurate, so I'm not at all confident.
Cheers - Jaimie

Re: Does "Farmer in the Sky" break your suspension of disbelief?

2008-11-19T09:39:44Z

Indeed. This happened, though it is hard to believe.
But today, with global warming a threat, and with oil dependency
aiding terrorism...
it will _really_ be unbelievable if these obstacles are not swept
aside within a few years.
Of course, for there to be motive to overcome them, energy limits
would have to pinch - and as long as fossil fuels remain available,