Didn’t JKR do this with Astoria Malfoy neé Greengrass, and the reaction was “who is she and where did she suddenly appear from?” as if we should have been given a complete dossier on her before she was allowed to approach the holy Draco?

What would be the effect of one of these actually hitting something once it got up to speed?

I cannot imagine this would make us popular with any neighbours we might turn out to have…

I’ve been saying this for years. I thought it was obvious…

When Harry attends the flying class in the first book, when all the Gryffindor and Slytherin students in their year are present, there are exactly 20 broomsticks laid out, with no mention of anybody having to wait their turn.

That enough for you?

Is that a USB port in the front? That should be good for a first try…

A quick google reveals this story from 2004 which raises the question of why the story has suddenly sprung to life again…

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Isn’t that because the rights to those haven’t reverted yet, so she can’t?

Where did you read this?

Where did you read this? Definitely {{Citation needed}} here.

Shades of “pitch drop experiment” here, no?

You’re spelling it wrong: EGSY8p7

Isn’t the distinguishing point between chaos and randomness that chaos is completely deterministic provided that you know the initial conditions exactly, and that even tiny variations in those initial conditions can result in wildly different—but still deterministic—results?

Whereas with randomness you never know what…

The difference between a star and a planet is somewhat easier to make out, I would have thought: the planet’s the one that’s illuminated by the star.

People made a fuss about the “Salem Witches’ Institute” but JKR has since confirmed that it was a pun on the “Women’s Institute” who are basically magical bakers IRL ;-)

I know his books never made it to the big or even small screen (wait, wasn’t there some kind of anime Lensman thing?), but how would the various vessels described by E.E. “Doc” Smith line up with these?

I just watched it fine from here in the UK, so I don’t know whether they’ve changed something? I don’t have anything running which would bypass a block.

Stargate is on the new one, between Underworld and the 2009 Star Trek.

I’ve read the first one and liked it, but I was lucky and found it second-hand: they’re not cheap over here in the UK…

I feel thoroughly blessed to have started reading before there was any question of which order was best: there weren’t enough to worry about!