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by andy_t_roo
Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Users - Say hi.
Replies: 18
Views: 19700

Re: New Users - Say hi.

Just for interest, what other authors have caught your eye -- i like tenhawk over at http://www.tenhawkpresents.com/, and http://www.grandt.com/Journey/stories/ (journeyverse is no longer updated, Alexander and the Shadow Council takes most of his time now).
by andy_t_roo
Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Next up to log on we are going to need body scans
Replies: 7
Views: 8117

Re: Next up to log on we are going to need body scans

there are relativly good and secure login mechanisms -- see openid -- which don't need more than 1 sophisticated login location ; i imagine it might even be possible to integrate it into an OS so that people can create their own id without needing a third party google, yahoo, etc... id. banks do tha...
by andy_t_roo
Sat Aug 14, 2010 10:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got the time??
Replies: 4
Views: 6323

Re: Got the time??

Well, irrespective of what time it is you will always need to work out what the difference between 2 places is, and i've found that various websites like http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/m ... p2=47&iv=0 can be quite good
by andy_t_roo
Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:20 pm
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Tribulation(spoilers ) chap 2
Replies: 50
Views: 42727

Re: Tribulation(spoilers ) chap 2

If fell was truly nasty, the new insects being bread will have heavy exo-skeletons, and can withstand gravitaitional force :evil: -- there goes the utility of 1/2 of fell's nasty toys, which would force more reliance on the already important telepaths. Another nasty trick: Earlier, it was explained ...
by andy_t_roo
Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:12 pm
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Tribulation(spoilers ) chap 2
Replies: 50
Views: 42727

Re: Tribulation(spoilers ) chap 2

the insects are vulnerable to gravity, so i was thinking, whats the best way to create a wide-spread gravity wave? What would happen if you dropped an active stargate into a black hole? -- i would expect that as it fell in, the other side would experience an increasingly strong gravitational pull (i...
by andy_t_roo
Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Good Youtube Clips!
Replies: 84
Views: 76772

Re: Good Youtube Clips!

Raging Grannies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE9Wjgc_Teg
i don't often consider youtube videos to be my "random link of the day", but today, i just couldn't resist.
by andy_t_roo
Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:45 pm
Forum: Community Contributed Stories
Topic: Thor's Child - update to chapter 9
Replies: 15
Views: 17283

Re: Thor's Child - update to chapter 9

ah, just what i wanted -- something to distract me for the next hour (maby a few more, i should be careful here ...) during this lecture which is about to start.
by andy_t_roo
Fri May 21, 2010 6:16 pm
Forum: Subjugation
Topic: Tribulation, Chapter 1.
Replies: 40
Views: 49347

Re: Tribulation, Chapter 1.

“I’m building it now,” he answered. “It’s not going to be unjammable, but I have to start somewhere. It’s been a little tricky trying to get metaphased plasma into a carrier. It’s not going to run on microwaves.” “Incompatible?” he asked, to which Gerann nodded. “I can’t get multispectral phased pl...
by andy_t_roo
Fri May 21, 2010 12:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fel idea comes closer to reality
Replies: 1
Views: 4622

Re: Fel idea comes closer to reality

the us navy has gone into railguns -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y54aLcC3G74&feature=related the ships already have large electrical generators, so there is the energy available; and it means that you don't have to carry around thousands of tons of fuel and high explosive. the higher velocit...
by andy_t_roo
Thu May 13, 2010 1:20 am
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: The Tribulation is coming
Replies: 46
Views: 40701

Re: The Tribulation is coming

/me joins in the background drone
Must be patient. Must be patient. Must be patient. Must be patient. Must be patient. Must be patient......
by andy_t_roo
Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:40 am
Forum: Community Contributed Stories
Topic: Thor's Child - Chapter 3
Replies: 12
Views: 14062

Re: Thor's Child - Chapter 3

16 downloads already? -- anyone would think people are hanging out for new chapters of whatever great piece of writing is updated next :) I don't mind interesting events about to happen at the end of a chapter, as long as i don't have to wait 2 years for the next chapter :) (unlike some writers who ...
by andy_t_roo
Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:14 am
Forum: Community Contributed Stories
Topic: Assimilation - Chapter 7
Replies: 4
Views: 7149

Re: Assimilation - Chapter 7

and congrats to mad + dell for attracting over 100 readers (more than 100 downloads on the two latest chapters). As an australian (currently living in america) its interesting to see someone else's take on outback australian culture. (My first thought was, well, i hear a good portion of these austra...
by andy_t_roo
Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:30 pm
Forum: Community Contributed Stories
Topic: Assimilation - Chapter 4
Replies: 5
Views: 8745

Re: Assimilation - Chapter 4

Also, before you ask, we don't write this fast. Its taken us a year to do 8 chapters. and here i was thinking you were going for "a chapter a day keeps the masses at bay" approach :) anyway, its good to see other people making use of the rich and unique universe(es,ii, plural whatever) wh...
by andy_t_roo
Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:15 am
Forum: General Discussion Archive
Topic: Saving large multichapter stories to disk
Replies: 6
Views: 16757

Re: Saving large multichapter stories to disk

i use a firefox plugin called flashgot -- you can tell it to download all links on a page, or to build a page with links according to name, eg: you can download the chapters to http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2549502/1/A_Long_Journey by telling it to build a gallery with links to http://www.fictionpre...
by andy_t_roo
Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)
Replies: 452
Views: 756902

Re: Links to lots of short sci-fi stories

http://www.tor.com/ contains 50 or so short-ish scifi/fantasy stories.