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WCDT 2106-2110 (January 23-27, 2012) - QC IN SPAAAAAACE!!!
steveh11:
Am I the only one who's thinking of Iain M. Banks' Culture novels when I see autonomous ships with holographic avatars?
I wonder what this ship's name is? If it's had the weapons removed, that could make it a VFP, so perhaps "If you catch me, you can have me" would work. ;)
DSL:
Andromeda Ascendant, the starship with the fanservice AI avatar -- available in both hologram and droid form, if I recall correctly.
Also, assuming you don't have a Columbia-style breakup, I doubt you'd even get a fraction of a second. And if I'd just had an adventure, or even a fairly interesting time, in space -- I don't think I'd mind going that way, either. Especially in a Boeing Business Class seat.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 25 Jan 2012, 22:06 ---Huh. I didn't notice before, but this shuttle is clearly built for commercial flights, isn't it?
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It's pretty large and well-appointed isn't it? If it's not commercial, Ellicott-Chatham must have a large staff on the High Frontier, and find it cost-effective to pamper them. The fancy seats might, of course, be there to cushion the acceleration, or seal themselves into escape-pods in the event of depressurisation, making space-suits unnecessary, or... I need an hand-waving smiley...
And Hannelore... "You're not NERVOUS are you?" If it were anyone else, I'd suspect she was winding Marten up.
Jabberwocky:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 25 Jan 2012, 15:35 ---Ah, the days of Mosaic and Lynx and waiting five minutes for the one or two useful pages to load. Like some page at Stanford.edu that had a "guide to the web".
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What kind of yahoo would have something like that? :lol:
Border Reiver:
Although I realize that Marty's being just a little sarcastic, I prefer Tyrion's response to a favourite way to go.
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