Unutterably Silly So what are you doing RIGHT NOW?

[maianhvk]

@ SS: Fortunately, it only happened once. Toblerone's black chocolate, in case you care for the brand. I eat nearly all things related to chocolate, I'm not that wasteful.

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Of course, I'll feel pretty foolish for having bought more ebooks when the word end later this month... :-)

Originally Posted by orlok

The very point I was about to make .

ah!

but I thought May was the start of the end,
October to be the end of the end .... because I will miss out on my birthday.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

ah!

but I thought May was the start of the end,
October to be the end of the end .... because I will miss out on my birthday.

You are right, of course. Though will we have much time to read in the intervening 5 months, considering it will probably be raining fire and brimstone?

[maianhvk]

I started wondering, is any of you happened to know where Mortis is? He hasn't posted for some days now.

EDIT: just checked, he was online some hours ago but his last post was 2 weeks old. What's wrong, Mortis?

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

I started wondering, is any of you happened to know where Mortis is? He hasn't posted for some days now.

EDIT: just checked, he was online some hours ago but his last post was 2 weeks old. What's wrong, Mortis?

we don't know. maybe we all need to pm him

[GeoffC]

being on-line hopefully means he is somewhat alive !

[orlok]

Yes, I raised this a while ago, and have seen he is lurking. Anything to do with kennyc's suspension, I wonder .

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by orlok

Yes, I raised this a while ago, and have seen he is lurking. Anything to do with kennyc's suspension, I wonder .

I doubt it

[orlok]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I doubt it

It's just that they conversed a lot, and both dropped off at the same time.

[Rumpelteazer]

Trying to decide whether I'm going to order the Kindle charger with my Kindle (whenever that's going be) or take my chances with my universal charger.

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

being on-line hopefully means he is somewhat alive !

Being alive isn't reassuring. I think he was offended, or not happy about something. Something big, 'cause he was really active before April 30th.

Originally Posted by orlok

Yes, I raised this a while ago, and have seen he is lurking. Anything to do with kennyc's suspension, I wonder .

Speaking of that... I miss some people who got suspended and/or banned. They are all nice, humorous and quick-witted.

[maianhvk]

@ RumpelTeazer: I think you should go with its original charger. And I don't know why but I have to check your username everytime I mention it.

[Crusader]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

The ending couldn't have been better.

Really? I found it a bit overdone. The end battles where also a let down and the technical problem I had with it just spoiled it for me. Bonus, Allison Mack was there!

Spoiler:

Not to mention that nobody spotted the "planet" before it was on top of the Earth. Heck, it took a chunk out of Saturn's rings and THAT sure as heck would have had the world of amateur astronomers running around.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I've just bought a load (103) books in this weekend's fictionwise 60% sale. Now I have to convert those that need converting, and get them properly organised in my TBR folder... current at about 450 books, enough to last me until early 2014...

You just made me feel a bit better. I felt bad because mine's at 54! Of course, I also have 58 samples downloaded for possible future reading, but that's still a far cry from 450!

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Crusader

Really? I found it a bit overdone. The end battles where also a let down and the technical problem I had with it just spoiled it for me. Bonus, Allison Mack was there!

Spoiler:

Not to mention that nobody spotted the "planet" before it was on top of the Earth. Heck, it took a chunk out of Saturn's rings and THAT sure as heck would have had the world of amateur astronomers running around.

It didn't bother me that no one saw the planet until it was visible with the naked eye. Darkseid had already taken the Queen Industries satellites offline, and it's reasonable to speculate that he had taken similar measures with government satellites as well. As for amateur (as well as professional) astronomers, you must remember that a great percentage of the world's population was under the control of Darkseid, and it's logical to assume that these people would have been among the first to be targeted. And when Clark scanned the Daily Planet newsroom with his extraordinary visual abilities, you could plainly see that a large number of the reporters also bore the mark of the beast. Darkseid took extreme measures to keep the coming of Apokolips a secret as long as he could.

Now my problems with from a scientific perspective were twofold. First, the gravitational influence of any planet that close to the earth would produce devastation beyond imagining. The tug on the Earth's tides and tectonic plates would have demolished humanity. Second, the idea of Superman pushing an entire planet off of its collision course is absurd. Assume for a minute that Superman did exert a pressure on the surface sufficient to change it's motion. What would be more likely, that the planet would move, or that Superman would drive himself right through the planet? In order to move a mass that size, you'd need a surface to press against far firmer than any known in our solar system.

But I chalk that up to Superman not being in the realm of science fiction, but rather that of mythology. Like the heroes of old, his deeds are meant to entertain and inspire, but not necessarily to be believed. True, if I wrote the series, I would at least make an effort to keep the character in the ballpark of known physics, but my Superman wouldn't be nearly as "super."