16||0|2365|0| 0|0|0|||||Steely-Eyed Missile Man|eriktown||00:19:13|03/18/2014|http%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki%2Fsteely-eyed_missile_man%0D%0A%0D%0AHow is this not already a song title%3F %28I fully expect that it is in the UF universe. Maybe by Minmei and the Marauders.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|Gryphon||00:25:20|03/18/2014|%3Ehttp%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki%2Fsteely-eyed_missile_man %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHow is this not already a song title%3F %28I fully expect that it is in %0D%0A%3Ethe UF universe. Maybe by Minmei and the Marauders.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FForum%2Fdcboard.cgi%3Faz%3Dread_count%26om%3D4%26forum%3DDCForumID25%26viewmode%3Dthreaded%7CWell%2C%5D by %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FForum%2Fdcboard.cgi%3Faz%3Dread_count%26om%3D36%26forum%3DDCForumID24%26viewmode%3Dthreaded%7Can odd coincidence%5D...%0D%0A%0D%0A%28NOTE%3A Both of those posts have non-ASCII characters in them predating the Forum%27s switch to UTF-8 text encoding. If they give you a problem%2C just switch your browser to ISO-8859-1 for a minute.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 2|2|1|||||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|eriktown||00:37:47|03/18/2014|Ha%21 I%27d missed that%2C somehow. Well played%2C sir. %0D%0A%0D%0A%28This was prompted by the excellent novel entitled %22The Martian%22 by Andy Weir%2C which is available as a Kindle eBook and has blurbs from a variety of luminaries%2C including some guy named Chris Hadfield. It%27s the story of an unlucky astronaut who is marooned on Mars and has to wait for several years for rescue%2C McGuyvering his way to survival %28and thus victory%29 on wit%2C cleverness and engineering know-how. It%27s extremely crunchy-hard SF%3B you%27re walked through the Cold Equations of Survival in many occasions%2C and yet it%27s both a witty and triumphant celebration of engineering know-how and can-do astronaut capability. Strongly recommended%3B I devoured it in one sitting%29. 3|3|2|||1||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|Gryphon||00:59:24|03/18/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Mar-18-14 AT 00:59 AM (EDT)]%3E%28This was prompted by the excellent novel entitled %22The Martian%22 by %0D%0A%3EAndy Weir%2C which is available as a Kindle eBook and has blurbs from a %0D%0A%3Evariety of luminaries%2C including some guy named Chris Hadfield. It%27s %0D%0A%3Ethe story of an unlucky astronaut who is marooned on Mars and has to %0D%0A%3Ewait for several years for rescue%2C McGuyvering his way to survival %0D%0A%3E%28and thus victory%29 on wit%2C cleverness and engineering know-how. It%27s %0D%0A%3Eextremely crunchy-hard SF%3B you%27re walked through the Cold Equations of %0D%0A%3ESurvival in many occasions%2C and yet it%27s both a witty and triumphant %0D%0A%3Ecelebration of engineering know-how and can-do astronaut capability. %0D%0A%3EStrongly recommended%3B I devoured it in one sitting%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AHmm. You%27re like the fourth person I%27ve seen in the last four days go %22OMG %5Bi%5DThe Martian%5B%2Fi%5D.%22 I%27ll be frank%2C it doesn%27t really sound like my cup of tea%2C but I strive not to grudge well-made things that aren%27t%2C and it sounds like the author is kind of livin%27 the dream with the buzz it%27s getting right now%2C so good on him.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat said%2C %22The Cold Equations%22 itself can suck an entire bag of %5Bb%5D%26l%3BREDACTED%26r%3B%5B%2Fb%5D. I wish I could find a neurosurgeon skillful enough to remove any knowledge of it from my brain%2C except then I wouldn%27t remember how hateful and stupid it is and probably accidentally read it again someday%2C and then I%27d be out all that money and have a permanent rectangular bald spot for %5Bi%5Dnothing%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 4|4|3|||||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|eriktown||01:52:46|03/18/2014|I totally get what you%27re saying about %22The Cold Equations%22 needing to suck it%2C and I agree.%0D%0A%0D%0ABy mentioning them I was just trying to convey that they were %2AThought About%2A. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe story itself is almost UF-ian in its proportions because engineering and astronaut nobility triumph over NASA bureaucracy and international relations to bring the main character home. It%27s a genuinely fun%2C suspenseful-yet-lighthearted read. I honestly think you will enjoy it. 5|5|4|||1||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|Gryphon||02:00:10|03/18/2014|%3EI totally get what you%27re saying about %22The Cold Equations%22 needing to %0D%0A%3Esuck it%2C and I agree. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EBy mentioning them I was just trying to convey that they were %2AThought %0D%0A%3EAbout%2A. %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C I figured as much. I just saw the phrase and the pink mist descended. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 6|6|5|||||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|eriktown||02:11:15|03/18/2014|Every time I reread The Cold Equations %28there are reasons for doing this%2C don%27t judge%29 I do so with the female character in Tali%27s voice.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt makes it so much worse. 12|7|6|||1||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|Matrix Dragon||04:50:18|03/19/2014|%3EEvery time I reread The Cold Equations %28there are reasons for doing %0D%0A%3Ethis%2C don%27t judge%29 I do so with the female character in Tali%27s voice. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt makes it so much worse. %0D%0A%0D%0AI was about to get very irate with you over infecting me with that mental image. Then I realized just how Tali%27Zorah would deal with that bullshit. Engineering and Shotgun. Not necessarily in that order.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 15|8|12|||||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|eriktown||17:38:38|03/19/2014|That is a very good point%21 7|4|3|||1||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|Mercutio||16:41:40|03/18/2014|%0D%0A%3EHmm. You%27re like the fourth person I%27ve seen in the last four days go %0D%0A%3E%22OMG %5Bi%5DThe Martian%5B%2Fi%5D.%22 I%27ll be frank%2C it doesn%27t really sound like %0D%0A%3Emy cup of tea%2C but I strive not to grudge well-made things that %0D%0A%3Earen%27t%2C and it sounds like the author is kind of livin%27 the dream with %0D%0A%3Ethe buzz it%27s getting right now%2C so good on him. %0D%0A%0D%0ACount me as the fifth one%2C then%2C because OMG %5Bi%5DThe Martian%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AI may do a Random Book Review of it. It%27s pretty sweet.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 8|5|7|||1||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|Pasha||16:47:48|03/18/2014|%0D%0A%3ECount me as the fifth one%2C then%2C because OMG %5Bi%5DThe Martian%5B%2Fi%5D. %0D%0A%0D%0AShit. I agree with Merc on something.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0A%22Don%27t change the subject%22%0D%0A%22Too slow%2C already did.%22 9|6|8|||1||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|Offsides||18:55:16|03/18/2014|%3E%0D%0A%3E%3ECount me as the fifth one%2C then%2C because OMG %5Bi%5DThe Martian%5B%2Fi%5D. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EShit. I agree with Merc on something. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Don%27t feel too bad%2C my boy. It happens to all of us.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AOffsides%0D%0A%0D%0A%26%2391%3B...%26%2393%3B in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.%0D%0A -- David Ben Gurion%0D%0AEPU RCW %23%26pi%3B%0D%0A%23include %3Cstdsig.h%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A 16|4|3|||1||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|Pasha||18:31:36|03/19/2014|%0D%0A%3EThat said%2C %22The Cold Equations%22 itself can suck an entire bag of %0D%0A%3E%5Bb%5D%26l%3BREDACTED%26r%3B%5B%2Fb%5D. I wish I could find a neurosurgeon skillful %0D%0A%3Eenough to remove any knowledge of it from my brain%2C except then I %0D%0A%3Ewouldn%27t remember how hateful and stupid it is and probably %0D%0A%3Eaccidentally read it again someday%2C and then I%27d be out all that money %0D%0A%3Eand have a permanent rectangular bald spot for %5Bi%5Dnothing%5B%2Fi%5D. %0D%0A%0D%0AYou could almost think of this as the antithesis of that story%2C actually. a%29 Dude has enough margin of error that he can at least give survival a shot. b%29 everyone %28and I mean EVERYONE%29 is all %22how do we save this guy%3F%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd the line in question is delivered kind of perfectly.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0A%22Houston%2C be advised...%22 10|3|2|||1||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|Peter Eng||02:08:47|03/19/2014|%3E...an unlucky astronaut...McGuyvering his way to survival... %0D%0A%0D%0AHe builds a suit of Bio-Booster Armor from random scrap%3F%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AYes%2C I know what you meant%2C but I can%27t resist the joke. 11|4|10|||1||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|Gryphon||04:40:39|03/19/2014|%3E%3E...an unlucky astronaut...McGuyvering his way to survival... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHe builds a suit of Bio-Booster Armor from random scrap%3F %0D%0A%0D%0A... in a CAVE with a BOX of.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 13|3|2|||||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|Bushido||17:15:02|03/19/2014|Are you being sarcastic or are you honestly not familiar with Chris Hadfield%3F %28sarcasm rarely translates well to text%29 14|4|13|||||RE%3A Steely-Eyed Missile Man|eriktown||17:38:15|03/19/2014|%3EAre you being sarcastic or are you honestly not familiar with Chris %0D%0A%3EHadfield%3F %28sarcasm rarely translates well to text%29 %0D%0A%0D%0ASarcasm. If I didn%27t know who Chris Hadfield was%2C I probably wouldn%27t have mentioned it.