Zork was based upon the original Adventure..which we now know as "Colossal Cave Adventure", of which there are many versions...

SF fandom has had this type of fund for Fans for, most notably the TAFF, the Trans Atlantic Fan Fund (England/Europe <->North America), DUFF, the Down Under Fan Fund between North America and Australia & New Zealand and finally CUFF, the Canadian Unity Fan Fund between east and west Canada.

Argh...I just finished reading the entire series of books...so I can't say anything! All I can say is that it *is* amazing to hear dialog straight out of the book work so well on the screen.

I always swap my caps lock and ctrl keys...But then again, I use real text editors, not that gui stuff.

I would recommend a couple...

Actually, CBC's Science Program, "Quirks and Quarks" talked about this phenomena many years ago, and basically, the reason why it appears that "sunrise" is earlier than it used to is that global warming has affected the atmosphere and changed it's refraction index, and although the Sun is still below the horizon,…

Where's the clip with the BSG Old helmet and Jordie visor?

What, no Anathem references?!?!

Hey, someone read my post to Walter Jon Williams on Facebook stating this! Cool!

Do you really think that the US Press would have printed realistic invasion plans for North America under the military censorship regime during WW II?!?!?!

@Oneiros42: Canadians were the people who created the "walking artillery barrage" during WW I, and walked behind it to take Vimy Ridge, as well as a number of other battle honours, both on the grand in and in the air. Similarly, in WW II, Canadians contributed hugely to the war effort, both at home in training, and…

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I bet you didn't know Hawking also was a rapper, did you?

@Anekanta - Re-Socialized Killbot:

@phillyguy83: Of about 90% of the Scientific Community that specializes in Climatology and related fields.

@3in1Doctor: More likely, start adding "eh?" to the ends of your sentences...move to Canada once we get rid of our NeoCons that are currently in government!

I've already heard from scientist friends of mine that they are expecting that Science will be cut deeply by the Teabaggers and the Neo-Cons. Too many of these people believe that the "End Times" are near, and thus why spend money on the future?

I thought the original Andromeda Strain movie was a very good adaptation of yet another of Martin Caidin's books.

@DrGonzho: Very true...I've built the model a few times over the years...I still have the Starlog Blueprints somewhere...even if they were flawed...making the command section of Eagle too short. :-/

@Jesse Astle: Is that from Intastella 555?