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Post by Admin on Apr 27, 2020 20:21:04 GMT
 It's Tuesday. |
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Post by Chumbles on Apr 27, 2020 23:08:02 GMT
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Post by Chumbles on Apr 28, 2020 4:51:54 GMT
...having a cup of tea It seems, according to the Graun, that the outages were short-lived, but frequent ... Playing Age of Wonders 3 under a guest account (doesn't keep reporting back to the Paradox db via GoG) meant some of these passed me by... According to some sources Netflix also had problems across Europe at the same times... Here's a link to what The Independent reported. Below is a map from *spit* The Sun... And I bloody well hate waking up frequently and tonight total sleep = 3 hours and now it's tablet time ... Bah! |
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Post by amipal on Apr 28, 2020 7:07:07 GMT
OTTM, I just finished watching Matt Damon in The Martian. Never seen it before. Been on my list for a while. Well ages. Bloody superb. 10 stars. I enjoyed it, but nowhere near as much as I thought... and I'm a Mars-nut. Sean Bean really dialled in his performance. And I think Donald Glover was channeling Dan Pudi in his role. |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Apr 28, 2020 7:15:23 GMT
I loved The Martian book. I have never read a book about Mars I didn't like (2).
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Post by scamander on Apr 28, 2020 8:00:26 GMT
Morning all,
Played some more Rome TW last night. Rediscovered the bug where if you withdraw your army near water they disappear into it. This stalled my attempt at devastating a few Egyptian cities.
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Post by MrTiddles on Apr 28, 2020 8:13:27 GMT
OTTM, I just finished watching Matt Damon in The Martian. Never seen it before. Been on my list for a while. Well ages. Bloody superb. 10 stars. I enjoyed it, but nowhere near as much as I thought... and I'm a Mars-nut. Sean Bean really dialled in his performance. And I think Donald Glover was channeling Dan Pudi in his role. I really think that Mel Gibson was in a class of his own in that film. |
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Post by MrTiddles on Apr 28, 2020 8:21:59 GMT
I watched 'Eye in the Sky' (again) and '3-10 to Yuma' last night. All the culture.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Apr 28, 2020 8:23:40 GMT
Ganes: no.
Telly: Mosaic, starring Sharon Stone. It was ok.
Ottm: no.
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Post by stxdpr on Apr 28, 2020 8:42:36 GMT
Shogun 2 seems to be another free game on Steam.
They don't want people going out much it seems.
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Post by MrTiddles on Apr 28, 2020 8:50:56 GMT
I've been to the corner shop.
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Post by amipal on Apr 28, 2020 8:56:04 GMT
Morning all. I changed my evening routine, and thus feel like I got a smidgin of control over my life. Albeit fleetingly. Gamesblog - no! TVblog - Lost in Space! Mid way through the second series. YouTubeblog - Curious Droid! Some fun facts on the US and Russia exploding nukes in space. Demoblog - not demos of games; demos of cool real-time effects and pumping music on limited hardware, something the Amiga was and still is famous for. Thug LifeRoots |
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Post by Chumbles on Apr 28, 2020 8:59:27 GMT
I used to have a fair number; I read my first textbook on Mars at the age of 14, when I was doing my Astronomy badge... but I had read a lot about then.  Farewell, Earth’s Bliss by D.G. Compton – 1966 The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut – 1959 Outpost Mars by Cyril Judd – 1952 Man Plus by Frederik Pohl – 1976 Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein – 1961 Mars by Ben Bova – 1992 The Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke – 1951 A Princess of Mars*3 by Edgar Rice Burroughs – 1912 Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein – 1949 The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury – 1950 The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells – 1898 Red (+Green +Blue) Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson – 1993 Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis *2 Podkayne of Mars by Robert A. Heinlein Welcome to Mars by James Blish (similar theme as TM) The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett*1 Badge of Infamy by Lester del Rey Born Under Mars by John Brunner The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick Return to Mars by Captain W.E. Johns*4 ... there are thousands that I haven't read... *1 She wrote a helluva lot of screen plays *2 I much preferred Malacandra as the title - very much anti-science fiction *3 He wrote a lot of the Barsoom stuff; essentially the same book over and over. *4 and Kings of Infinite Space - I was an avid reader of Biggles. I didn't learn to read properly until I was 10; at 11 I ran out of Biggles books and reading Kings... lit a fire in my heart that still burns brightly. Sadly, I gave nearly all of these to my best friend, RJW, in a form of tontine... sadly, when he passed away in 2013, in her grief his lovely wife forgot this and gave them to a second hand bookshop. A complete run of Galaxy, 75% of New Worlds - it should have gone to an academic institution. Nursey is here in 10m so I'd better leave this post alone now |
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Post by scamander on Apr 28, 2020 9:06:09 GMT
Shogun 2 seems to be another free game on Steam. They don't want people going out much it seems. Would you recommend it? May have to check out the reviews. |
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Post by cobblers on Apr 28, 2020 9:08:32 GMT
I mistakenly doubled my antihistamine dose yesterday so fell asleep on the sofa at 6pm whilst idly thumbing through Walden. Incredibly relaxing. Recommend.*
*(Do not exceed the stated dose and be aware Thoreau was probably an insufferable proto-hippy who may cause irritation, hives and itching. Do not eat.)
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Post by scubar on Apr 28, 2020 9:34:59 GMT
Shogun 2 seems to be another free game on Steam. They don't want people going out much it seems. Would you recommend it? May have to check out the reviews. I really enjoy it, the DLC is great too, especially the one in the late 1800’s. Rifle infantry against spearmen? Sold! DLC has been massively reduced, but for free you might as well get the main game. |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Apr 28, 2020 9:48:30 GMT
I mistakenly doubled my antihistamine dose yesterday so fell asleep on the sofa at 6pm whilst idly thumbing through Walden. Incredibly relaxing. Recommend.* *(Do not exceed the stated dose and be aware Thoreau was probably an insufferable proto-hippy who may cause irritation, hives and itching. Do not eat.) Getting hayfever from even reading about the outdoors? That is the holy grail of nerdery - truly you are the best of us cobblers. |
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Post by amipal on Apr 28, 2020 9:55:49 GMT
ChumblesI've always had an interest in space exploration and astronomy/cosmology, probably started by copies of National Geographic and a well-worn VHS of For All Mankind. KSR's Mars trilogy is what really got me into Mars though. A fantastic series. Obviously new discoveries have been made since he penned them. I've also got Ben Bova's Mars and the sequel. They're okay, but not a patch on the above. Oh, and Voyage, about a 1980's Mars mission using a nuclear-powered Saturn V.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Apr 28, 2020 10:06:46 GMT
Constipated again.
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Post by scubar on Apr 28, 2020 10:07:56 GMT
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Post by Shenguin on Apr 28, 2020 10:27:09 GMT
National Geographic and well-worn VHS tapes, eh?
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Post by crankcaller on Apr 28, 2020 10:34:36 GMT
Demoblog - not demos of games; demos of cool real-time effects and pumping music on limited hardware, something the Amiga was and still is famous for. Thug LifeRootsThe second one i liked. The first one i could have done without.
I always liked those. Not that I ever was involved in downloading warez you understand. The music tracker software was good fun.
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Post by Destry on Apr 28, 2020 10:39:21 GMT
I read The Martian, but was unimpressed. Full of 'Science 101' observations like the fact that solar cells need sunlight to charge.
No shit, Sherlock.
The film was okay.
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Post by tenthenemy on Apr 28, 2020 10:50:54 GMT
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Post by crankcaller on Apr 28, 2020 11:04:29 GMT
Baby, do you drink much water? Not water with things added, your actual water.
Drink more water. That helps break things up inside and makes it easier to pass.
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