Diece? Naughter? Screw it, she’s his kid. ;)

I believe so. I recall a line about tattoos and “no shirt” plus the Dean mentioning the kid “with the hair”. Definitely not the “sexy cool” Penny from the show. And a bit more of a jerk.

If you have many books (on cloud or device) it can take some time. It’s “hands off” after starting the update so no big issue but it restarts the Kindle multiple times and appears to check all your purchases. In my case, it took around four hours to complete but I have several thousand licensed items — obviously only…

I have several problems with the show but one of the most frustratng has been the actress and portrayal of Alice. The actress is simply too annoyingly wholesome and college prep pretty to fit the Alice I pictured from the books. Quentin’s characterization is somehow less intelligent and more of an ass than the books —…

From what I can see it depends on (a) lead time; the more advance warning the better the options for deflecting with less energy (theoretically, even paint bombing an object to provide heat absorption/light deflection can provide sufficient orbital trajectory change if the time frame if long enough); (b) object size,…

I enjoy Ruff’s work and have been reading him since his first book (has it really been 28 years again since Fool on the Hill was published? I’m getting too old...).

Can’t seem to edit on iPad — or perhaps because it’s pending. Anyway, “know, pre-defend” was intended to say “known, pre-defined”. It’s either my typing or auto-correct or a combination. Likely other typos and wording glitches but I caught that one after posting and it didn’t make any sense with the altered wording.

Not to throw a bit of reality into the discussion or be too pedantic ;) but “anticipating every possible move and calculating (...) likely outcomes (... in chess)” is still far from possible. With even the fastest machines projected for availability by 2020 a complete chess game tree would take a few tens of thousands…

Yep, entirely feasible. See my earlier post for a further exploration of this. We’re largely in agreement. They can bring her back at any time the show and the actress wish and it will fit with the tech as already established in that “reality”.

Great example of a character death I also hated. And I enjoy that show (although the current season with the change in characterization, settings, and the annoying drawn-out mid-season hiatus is letting me down). Totally off-topic to The 100 and DLS trope, fan impact, etc. but I see your point and…

While I think the representation issue has merit, the death was predictable. Face it, for good or bad (I find it refreshing in a network — particularly CW — show but I have a bit of a twisted and dark sense of humor ;>), this show has long demonstrated no one is completely safe and those in any form of relationship…

Or get him one of these from Think Geek:

I believe the Word & Void Shanarra prequels would have been a lot better as a TV series than starting with this story. If that succeeded there is then a clear path leading through the apocalypse that led to where we find the world in Chronicle. Not mention likely cheaper to produce (fewer special effects and massive…

Hmm... I thought we saw that in season one (link http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Vaes_Doth…). And the setting looked nothing like the rocky narrow valley we see in this trailer. Not a big deal — consistency at that level can’t be a major concern or the substitution of actors across seasons would be a much larger…

“Think Like a Dinosaur”, based on the James Kelly star for the same title.

Read “Think Like a Dinosaur” by James Kelly for a nice take on these themes (for perhaps odd values of “nice”. heh.) I think the earliest SF example maybe Way Station by Clifford Simak (a classic in any case) but I’d enjoy hearing an older story example, excluding of course the philosophical “Ship of Theseus”…

Kinda old news but the Nook issue definitely will open the eyes of some consumers.

You’ve actually hit on a key plot concept from The Terror rather than a plot hole or issue. Simmons is an amazing author (even if the quality and style does drift significantly from book to book; just my opinion — YMMV). Don’t assume to know the answers based on history and preconceptions of stereotyping — however…

See “deflategate” and Nye’s comments on a national TV show for the connection. It has nothing to do with his work at the Planetary Society. Nye made a stupid statement in that situation but it just proves he’s not perfect and got carried away in a public forum. Doesn’t significantly take away from his contributions as…

Although not a reference (that I know of), that’s not an US flag.