That's why I never became a scientist. Too much is possible in theory that can never and will never be possible in reality.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that, since the thread itself didn't get to vote, it went for the only alternative.

Nothing's impossible, not if you can imagine it. That's what being a scientist is all about. Right, professor?

Farnsworth: Ayeeaaawha?

Hm, I don't know... Countably infinite, yes. But countably instant? Unless you mean something like lim_n->inf 1/n...

Janeway: The first day I became a Captain I swore I'd never get involved in one of these gosh-forsaken time paradoxes. The past is the future, the future is the past, the whole thing gives me a headache.

Oh dear, my brain has exploded.

"That's right, yes, you're going. Gone for ages. Already gone. Still here. Just arrived. Haven't even met you. It all depends on who you are and how you look at it. Strange business, time."

@catalina: Not in the extratemporal physics of the time vortex ;)

And me without a spork. http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...lies/grmbl.gif

Zombie Bob: Brain for eat, not for think.

I wonder, if the Earth was overrun by zombies, would Mick Hucknall be the last human left? I have a theory that not even the zombies would want him, somehow.

No. He'd have Noel Edmonds and Janet Street-Pawtah for company.

You weren't wondering, but Zombie Bob is a VERY minor character from Season Two of the webcomic A Modest Destiny. Particularly obscure. I'm proud of it.

This seems the logical day to announce that I've decided on Independence Day as our target. More on this in (hopefully) tomorrow's update.

An update? Oh, don't tease us so, Zeke.

Could somebody please direct me to the Whiner's Corner? Apparently I'll be in the cold until you guys finish the comver.

Buy it on eBay...?

"Tell me why I need another pet rock."

Oh man, there is SO much stuff I could do to . . . erm, with . . . Independence Day >:-)

Here's a 160-odd KB script of the movie. (Several others out there, but this appears to be the one that uses the least bandwidth.) Unfortunately it's not divided up like the one we used for The Matrix.

By the way, you guys should read Beyond Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss. It's the sequel to The Physics of Star Trek, and has a chapter specifically devoted to the scientific inaccuracies of Independence Day. I personally find it amusing that he proves that if there really was a flying saucer THAT big and THAT close to Earth, it could do a great deal of damage just hovering there.

*adds to reading list*

Independence Day wasn't my vote (Jurassic Park was), but it's still a good movie

Ooooooooooooooohh.... physics. I voted for Jurassic Park, Independance Day, and Something else. I was hoping for Jurassic Park because I want to see a parody of a bad copy of a New york Times Bestseller. And why isn't there any five minute parody's of books?

Um, loaded question. Moving on...

Well, it's more like there aren't any yet. I haven't yet had a compelling reason to expand into that particular medium (except once in an <a href="../tv/dizoon.html">Easter egg</a>). Books also tend to have much more story than TV episodes, which would lead to long fivers. Usually what I'd do instead is work with movie or TV adaptations; for instance, if I wanted to do a fiver of <i>The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe</i>, I'd use the movie as source material, since we already have a section for movies and it was a pretty faithful adaptation.

However, I do have a book fiver I'm toying with at the moment. And NAHTMMM has written a number of fivers of Trek novels, which he posts here at the forums.

(Speaking of the forums, welcome to them!)

Yet. Ooohhhh. I can just see it now: a novel fiver hovering there on the horizon, just out of range of Disaster Area's public address system. Until Hotblack Desiato tunes up, of course. :)

I did want to do some parodies of Sherlock Holmes a while back...

Oooohh...

I really would suggest that the FBC actually get underway and (I cannot stress this enough) you let Zeke post another one of my dusty, cobweb-covered fivers before you start asking for stuff. Pretty please?

Hmm. Somehow, this last string of posts completely slipped my notice.
 

Re: novel fivers
Especially when I'm writing them. :rolleyes:

I've only got three up so far, but the links to them and a reasonably up-to-date list of drafts are on my website at . . . um, Angelfire, which seems to be down at the moment . . . . Anyway, they're all in the Misc forum and rather easily found by looking at a list of threads I've started. The page on my site should be accessible from the link in my sig.

On a related note: Zeke, is the PM system broken or working?



Re: 5BC:

I've got a draft of various scenes that probably works out to a page or so in length. It's been very amusing, as I've been seeing how many references to a certain franchise (whatever franchise you're thinking of, you're wrong. Unless, maybe, you're KJ) I can fit in naturally ( answer: so far, a lot :D ). Plus, of course, there's all the brilliantly incisive humor that long-time fans have come to expect to see from <s>me</s> other people.

I love that word, "tend." 'Cause basically that means "on the average," which means "there are books out there that'd need a tenner, or more." The classic novel Centennial (or at least classic to me) comes to mind. In many ways it's the biography of a town itself, covering millions of years. Dozens of main characters. You couldn't do it justice with just a fiver. Not possible.

Look, I'm sorry--I don't frequent these forums and I miss things.

WHERE are these novel fivers?

Amazing how such a topic evolved out of the comver thread.

In the link provided by NAH a couple of posts up (or in this one, which is the same) look for the ones which say "Novel Fiver" in the thread title -- there are three of these, as far as I can tell, numbered Second, Third and 4th -- and I believe that "War Drums (Next Gen) unofficial book "eighter" - Um, Peace Cymbals?" is actually the first one.

What I've learned:

Lesson 1: You are a moron if you don't read all the posts in the thread.
Lesson 2: You are a moron if you comment on something and forget that it ever existed.

^ What makes you think that? Did a "MORON" stamp magically appear on your forehead or something? ;)



Anyway, has anyone else been jotting down scenes or jokes for this collaboration?

Actually, yes.

And, because it's the Internet, there's nothing you can say to that. Nothing!

To return to the purported topic of this thread, hasn't the purpose been served? Isn't it time for a Block One thread yet?

*tries it* . . . Ooo, apparently you're right! That's weird. o_O


Yes, the purpose has been served. Unfortunately, it went long for a fault, and before anyone could corral it for another try a dog jumped up and grabbed it and ran off. We're still trying to run the silly mutt down. ;)

^ Good answer. :D

So, uh... I have no idea what NAHTTTM just said, so can I just go start a Block 1 thread? Or is that Zekey-Booky-Doo's job?

It's Zeke's job. First we need the official newspost.