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"Therion Ware" |
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01 Jul 2005 04:04:13 PM |
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OT: War of the Worlds. |
(a). Shoot the screaming kid.
(b). Nuke 'em 'til they glow.
(c). Nuke 'em again.
(e). Looked like suicide bombers might well work if nukes didn't!
(f). Volunteers?
(g). Whoever has enough infrastructure left to exploit the alien tech
after they all died (not a lot of genetic engineering, apparently)
wins WWIII.
Which is to say I wasn't terribly impressed with that.
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| User: "kathryn" |
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| Title: Re: War of the Worlds. |
02 Jul 2005 01:03:22 AM |
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"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:spbbc191cv2u1aauki5ubegmapmi2jap5a@4ax.com...
(a). Shoot the screaming kid.
(b). Nuke 'em 'til they glow.
(c). Nuke 'em again.
(e). Looked like suicide bombers might well work if nukes didn't!
(f). Volunteers?
(g). Whoever has enough infrastructure left to exploit the alien tech
after they all died (not a lot of genetic engineering, apparently)
wins WWIII.
Which is to say I wasn't terribly impressed with that.
Dont you realise that "nuking" them never works - have you ever watched an
invasion movie before =P it just leaves the world uninhabitable!
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| User: "Therion Ware" |
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| Title: Re: War of the Worlds. |
02 Jul 2005 01:38:17 AM |
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On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 06:03:22 +0000 (UTC) in alt.atheism, kathryn
("kathryn" <nospam@here.com>) said, directing the reply to
alt.atheism
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:spbbc191cv2u1aauki5ubegmapmi2jap5a@4ax.com...
(a). Shoot the screaming kid.
(b). Nuke 'em 'til they glow.
(c). Nuke 'em again.
(e). Looked like suicide bombers might well work if nukes didn't!
(f). Volunteers?
(g). Whoever has enough infrastructure left to exploit the alien tech
after they all died (not a lot of genetic engineering, apparently)
wins WWIII.
Which is to say I wasn't terribly impressed with that.
Dont you realise that "nuking" them never works - have you ever watched an
invasion movie before =P it just leaves the world uninhabitable!
Absolutely. Think of it as the hi-tech version of "I'm taking my ball
home".
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| User: "Katt" |
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| Title: Re: War of the Worlds. |
01 Jul 2005 04:13:25 PM |
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"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:spbbc191cv2u1aauki5ubegmapmi2jap5a@4ax.com...
(a). Shoot the screaming kid.
(b). Nuke 'em 'til they glow.
(c). Nuke 'em again.
(e). Looked like suicide bombers might well work if nukes didn't!
(f). Volunteers?
(g). Whoever has enough infrastructure left to exploit the alien tech
after they all died (not a lot of genetic engineering, apparently)
wins WWIII.
Which is to say I wasn't terribly impressed with that.
Fair 'nuff. But we're still left wondering: *what happened to (d)*...
Katt.
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| User: "Therion Ware" |
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| Title: Re: War of the Worlds. |
01 Jul 2005 04:36:34 PM |
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On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 21:13:25 GMT in alt.atheism, Katt ("Katt"
<workcomputer@dfhu.net>) said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:spbbc191cv2u1aauki5ubegmapmi2jap5a@4ax.com...
(a). Shoot the screaming kid.
(b). Nuke 'em 'til they glow.
(c). Nuke 'em again.
(e). Looked like suicide bombers might well work if nukes didn't!
(f). Volunteers?
(g). Whoever has enough infrastructure left to exploit the alien tech
after they all died (not a lot of genetic engineering, apparently)
wins WWIII.
Which is to say I wasn't terribly impressed with that.
Fair 'nuff. But we're still left wondering: *what happened to (d)*...
Erm..... It was such an effective suggestion, alien spies intercepted
it before it reached usenet in general.
Yes ... that's it....
Honestly.
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| User: "quibbler" |
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| Title: Re: OT: War of the Worlds. |
01 Jul 2005 11:10:06 PM |
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In article <spbbc191cv2u1aauki5ubegmapmi2jap5a@4ax.com>,
autodelete@city-of-dis.com says...
(a). Shoot the screaming kid.
Check.
(b). Nuke 'em 'til they glow.
(c). Nuke 'em again.
Yet it the current version they don't appear to seriously consider this
option
(e). Looked like suicide bombers might well work if nukes didn't!
Bombs are ok. But if normal bacteria kill these fuckers off then
weaponized bacterial agents would be even better.
(f). Volunteers?
That's very brave of you to volunteer and we will ever be mindful of
your noble sacrifice. Now charge that tripod and, oops, I guess the
heat ray got ya...
(g). Whoever has enough infrastructure left to exploit the alien tech
after they all died (not a lot of genetic engineering, apparently)
wins WWIII.
Yes, it would take a while to reverse engineer it all. What I want to
know is, if the martians buried these weapons systems on earth long
before there were even people to fight, why didn't they just take the
planet over back then, rather than waiting until we were technologically
advanced enough to give them a fight? Also, why didn't they discover
the bacteria issue when they were burying these machines for the
upcoming invasion.
Which is to say I wasn't terribly impressed with that.
It just doesn't make sense that 100% of the alien force would get wiped
out this way. They might commit a small force to this. But after that,
they could wear space suits, cook their food, boil their water, etc,
just like primitive humans.
--
Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com)
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the
threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'mad cow'
disease, and many others, but I think a case can be
made that faith is one of the world's great evils,
comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to
eradicate." -- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "Gregory A Greenman" |
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| Title: Re: OT: War of the Worlds. |
02 Jul 2005 01:43:15 AM |
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In article <MPG.1d2fc186ae4d5b5989790@news.readfreenews.net>,
quibbler <quibbler247@yahoo.com> declared...
(g). Whoever has enough infrastructure left to exploit the alien tech
after they all died (not a lot of genetic engineering, apparently)
wins WWIII.
Yes, it would take a while to reverse engineer it all. What I want to
know is, if the martians buried these weapons systems on earth long
before there were even people to fight, why didn't they just take the
planet over back then, rather than waiting until we were technologically
advanced enough to give them a fight? Also, why didn't they discover
the bacteria issue when they were burying these machines for the
upcoming invasion.
I was wondering the same thing. Also, if their tripods were
buried under major cities, how is it that none of them were ever
discovered before the invasion? It didn't appear that they were
any deeper than subway systems or underground parking garages,
etc.
Still I liked the movie. Especially the second time around. (Went
to the matinee with the wife. She felt ill - she's been really
sick lately, so we left about half way through. They gave us free
passes, so I went back to the 10 PM showing and saw the whole
thing.)
--
Greg
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greg -at- spencersoft -dot- com
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| User: "kathryn" |
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| Title: Re: OT: War of the Worlds. |
02 Jul 2005 12:32:54 PM |
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"Gregory A Greenman" <see@sig.below> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d2ff37cb9544c97989750@news.comcast.giganews.com...
In article <MPG.1d2fc186ae4d5b5989790@news.readfreenews.net>,
quibbler <quibbler247@yahoo.com> declared...
(g). Whoever has enough infrastructure left to exploit the alien tech
after they all died (not a lot of genetic engineering, apparently)
wins WWIII.
Yes, it would take a while to reverse engineer it all. What I want to
know is, if the martians buried these weapons systems on earth long
before there were even people to fight, why didn't they just take the
planet over back then, rather than waiting until we were technologically
advanced enough to give them a fight? Also, why didn't they discover
the bacteria issue when they were burying these machines for the
upcoming invasion.
I was wondering the same thing. Also, if their tripods were
buried under major cities, how is it that none of them were ever
discovered before the invasion? It didn't appear that they were
any deeper than subway systems or underground parking garages,
etc.
Still I liked the movie. Especially the second time around. (Went
to the matinee with the wife. She felt ill - she's been really
sick lately, so we left about half way through. They gave us free
passes, so I went back to the 10 PM showing and saw the whole
thing.)
jeezus you people think too much :oP
--
Greg
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greg -at- spencersoft -dot- com
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| User: "Gregory A Greenman" |
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| Title: Re: OT: War of the Worlds. |
02 Jul 2005 01:11:35 PM |
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In article <da6j46$drj$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>,
kathryn <nospam@here.com> declared...
"Gregory A Greenman" <see@sig.below> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d2ff37cb9544c97989750@news.comcast.giganews.com...
In article <MPG.1d2fc186ae4d5b5989790@news.readfreenews.net>,
quibbler <quibbler247@yahoo.com> declared...
(g). Whoever has enough infrastructure left to exploit the alien tech
after they all died (not a lot of genetic engineering, apparently)
wins WWIII.
Yes, it would take a while to reverse engineer it all. What I want to
know is, if the martians buried these weapons systems on earth long
before there were even people to fight, why didn't they just take the
planet over back then, rather than waiting until we were technologically
advanced enough to give them a fight? Also, why didn't they discover
the bacteria issue when they were burying these machines for the
upcoming invasion.
I was wondering the same thing. Also, if their tripods were
buried under major cities, how is it that none of them were ever
discovered before the invasion? It didn't appear that they were
any deeper than subway systems or underground parking garages,
etc.
Still I liked the movie. Especially the second time around. (Went
to the matinee with the wife. She felt ill - she's been really
sick lately, so we left about half way through. They gave us free
passes, so I went back to the 10 PM showing and saw the whole
thing.)
jeezus you people think too much :oP
Sorry. My brain has no off switch.
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Greg
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greg -at- spencersoft -dot- com
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| User: "kathryn" |
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| Title: Re: OT: War of the Worlds. |
03 Jul 2005 10:23:40 AM |
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"Gregory A Greenman" <see@sig.below> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d3094cf1dd07508989751@news.comcast.giganews.com...
In article <da6j46$drj$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>,
kathryn <nospam@here.com> declared...
"Gregory A Greenman" <see@sig.below> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d2ff37cb9544c97989750@news.comcast.giganews.com...
In article <MPG.1d2fc186ae4d5b5989790@news.readfreenews.net>,
quibbler <quibbler247@yahoo.com> declared...
(g). Whoever has enough infrastructure left to exploit the alien
tech
after they all died (not a lot of genetic engineering, apparently)
wins WWIII.
Yes, it would take a while to reverse engineer it all. What I want to
know is, if the martians buried these weapons systems on earth long
before there were even people to fight, why didn't they just take the
planet over back then, rather than waiting until we were
technologically
advanced enough to give them a fight? Also, why didn't they discover
the bacteria issue when they were burying these machines for the
upcoming invasion.
I was wondering the same thing. Also, if their tripods were
buried under major cities, how is it that none of them were ever
discovered before the invasion? It didn't appear that they were
any deeper than subway systems or underground parking garages,
etc.
Still I liked the movie. Especially the second time around. (Went
to the matinee with the wife. She felt ill - she's been really
sick lately, so we left about half way through. They gave us free
passes, so I went back to the 10 PM showing and saw the whole
thing.)
jeezus you people think too much :oP
Sorry. My brain has no off switch.
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Greg
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greg -at- spencersoft -dot- com
Personally I prefer my movies and books to be as fictional as possible :)
Kathryn
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a.a # 2216
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| User: "Sean C" |
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| Title: Re: OT: War of the Worlds. |
01 Jul 2005 07:56:51 PM |
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In article <spbbc191cv2u1aauki5ubegmapmi2jap5a@4ax.com>, Therion Ware
<autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote:
(a). Shoot the screaming kid.
(b). Nuke 'em 'til they glow.
(c). Nuke 'em again.
(e). Looked like suicide bombers might well work if nukes didn't!
(f). Volunteers?
(g). Whoever has enough infrastructure left to exploit the alien tech
after they all died (not a lot of genetic engineering, apparently)
wins WWIII.
Which is to say I wasn't terribly impressed with that.
(a). In case of alien invasion, keep a spare starter in your garage.
(b). If a plane crashes in your neighborhood, close the door quickly
and head to the basement seconds before the flame hits you; when you
emerge one minute later, most of the smoke and flame will be gone, and
a news crew will be on the scene.
(c). If you're going to invade a planet, test, test, test the
atmosphere before you land.
(d). The safest place in an invasion is in an upscale Boston
brownstone; if you flee to the country, the aliens will waste
ridiculous amounts of time searching shanties and moldy basements until
they find you.
(e) Always wear clean underwear, in case you get zapped with a death
ray.
(f). And yeah, definitely shoot the screaming kid.
Sean C
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| User: "quibbler" |
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| Title: Re: OT: War of the Worlds. |
01 Jul 2005 11:32:56 PM |
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In article <010720052056512646%redhawk@burnspammersalive.com>,
redhawk@burnspammersalive.com says...
In article <spbbc191cv2u1aauki5ubegmapmi2jap5a@4ax.com>, Therion Ware
<autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote:
(a). Shoot the screaming kid.
(b). Nuke 'em 'til they glow.
(c). Nuke 'em again.
(e). Looked like suicide bombers might well work if nukes didn't!
(f). Volunteers?
(g). Whoever has enough infrastructure left to exploit the alien tech
after they all died (not a lot of genetic engineering, apparently)
wins WWIII.
Which is to say I wasn't terribly impressed with that.
(a). In case of alien invasion, keep a spare starter in your garage.
Yes, but make sure to have the EMP not affect the guy using the
camcorder or the still shot camera at the beginning of the show. They
must have been made with vacuum tubes and fitted with faraday cages for
exactly that eventuality.
(b). If a plane crashes in your neighborhood, close the door quickly
and head to the basement seconds before the flame hits you; when you
emerge one minute later, most of the smoke and flame will be gone, and
a news crew will be on the scene.
Yes and miraculously the ceiling doesn't cave in and you don't even
asphyxiate. BTW, I'm glad that they didn't bother to explain why the
plane crashed. Did the alien heat ray get it at 30,000 feet, or did
they use that emp lightning stuff?
(c). If you're going to invade a planet, test, test, test the
atmosphere before you land.
Despite their super-advanced technology, they have the strategic skills
of cave men.
(d). The safest place in an invasion is in an upscale Boston
brownstone;
Exactly, because even the aliens don't want to have to scrap with all
those feisty, barroom-brawling Irishmen.
if you flee to the country, the aliens will waste
ridiculous amounts of time searching shanties and moldy basements until
they find you.
Not only that, but apparently the dead bodies wash up the hudson from
new jersey, rather than out to sea.
(e) Always wear clean underwear, in case you get zapped with a death
ray.
It started off "clean", but it probably wouldn't stay that way after
multiple harrowing encounters.
(f). And yeah, definitely shoot the screaming kid.
Why waste a bullet when strangulation would be so much more satisfying?
--
Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com)
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the
threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'mad cow'
disease, and many others, but I think a case can be
made that faith is one of the world's great evils,
comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to
eradicate." -- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "James Ascher" |
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| Title: Re: OT: War of the Worlds. |
01 Jul 2005 04:48:06 PM |
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Therion Ware wrote:
(a). Shoot the screaming kid.
(b). Nuke 'em 'til they glow.
(c). Nuke 'em again.
(e). Looked like suicide bombers might well work if nukes didn't!
(f). Volunteers?
(g). Whoever has enough infrastructure left to exploit the alien tech
after they all died (not a lot of genetic engineering, apparently)
wins WWIII.
Which is to say I wasn't terribly impressed with that.
What can you say? It's a Spielberg movie. That means whatever treacly,
moribund pathos he can impart to the film, he will.
James
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