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« on: May 26, 2008, 08:44:35 PM » Reply #15

Quote from: Garoth on May 23, 2008, 08:30:10 PM
... you could give the characters some kind of common phrase that they like to use ...

Such as Grok!

I'm half way through this book (Stranger in a Strange Land), and its one of the best sci-fi novels I've read in quite a while.  Definately recommend it if you haven't read it yet (even if you don't like Sci-Fi)

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« on: May 26, 2008, 08:51:16 PM » Reply #16

You mean Supertanker's?

Anyway, yeah. Supertanker's stories are getting quickly better. I see improvements from installment to installment. No new complaints. Cheers Smiley
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« on: May 27, 2008, 05:51:12 PM » Reply #17

Nice indeed supertanker. Two thumbs up. Keep up the good work. I'm awaiting your next story also  Smiley
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« on: May 28, 2008, 08:38:05 PM » Reply #18

Fire on Tau Ceti, Chapter 2, has been uploaded!
http://mercenariesguild.net/supertanker/tau_ceti_ch2.php
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« on: May 30, 2008, 10:33:29 AM » Reply #19

Quote from: Garoth on May 26, 2008, 08:51:16 PM
You mean Supertanker's?

Sorry, no.  I meant Stranger in a Strange Land, I assumed all of you well-read sci-fi folks would know where 'grok' came from.
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« on: May 30, 2008, 11:48:51 AM » Reply #20

I actually didn't...
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« on: May 30, 2008, 01:43:25 PM » Reply #21

HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW GROK???

You can't be a nerd and not have read that classic sci-fi book!
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« on: May 30, 2008, 02:55:19 PM » Reply #22

Yeah, seriously. That book is a self-declared classic. Don't worry, I knew what you were talking about,. Tongue
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« on: May 30, 2008, 10:31:59 PM » Reply #23

I have not read that book.

I do know grok.

I have read another great geek tome, "The New Hacker's Dictionary".  It has a definition for grok.
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« on: May 31, 2008, 05:14:59 AM » Reply #24

I of course know grok, I simply did not know of its origins.
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