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Arexack_Heretic wrote:
The term spacer should not be attributed to me, it is a common SciFi terminology, coined probably even before the internet was a kernel.
The Internet has military rank?
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Yeah, Al Gore bestowed upon himself when he invented the Internet.
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Post by Arexack_Heretic »

More Phillip K Dick and William Gibson references?

Chromehead - a plug and pray crewmember/pilot, including direct-linq (TM) interface or other cranial implants. Members of this subculture often exhibit their status by sporting chome craniums or even extravagant hyperchomatic external cooling fins.

Tachikoma - a non-humanoid AI droid
Tai-chi coma - stardreamer prototype, named both for it's developper (Tai/Chi-Corp. Neuroware Dev.) and the detrimental effect on the PR-rep presenting the device on the Galax Expo.
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I'd like to think The Hoff had a role in creating the Internet too. The man gets around :)

Oh, and F_C? There are two Ls in intellectual :)

(OK, now I'm just stirring!)

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Post by Arexack_Heretic »

He's going to do a remake/movie of the Knight Rider isn't he?

Bladerunner/PK.Dick:
skinjob - biomechanical construct (biological robot)
Not neccesary cyberpunk but related:
fakemeat - cheap synth-e-flesh or even fleshcoloured polymer used on low-grade social-interface 'bots. As a consequence such robots are oft referred to as fakemeat.
suck-bot - Droid equipped with Social Interaction Protocols.
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*Checks*

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Oh, and F_C? There are two Ls in intellectual
Well, if it comes to that, there's no asterisk in w*naking, either ;)!
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I can also confirm that there are two F's in coffee but no F in tea.
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And I can confirm that I have no clue what you all are talking about here. :?
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Commander McLane wrote:
And I can confirm that I have no clue what you all are talking about here. :?
Two f's in coffee and no f in (f***ing) tea. It's a very old joke.

I think it was forced into mandatory retirement about ten years ago and presently lives in an Old Jokes Home. :D

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Post by Commander McLane »

That was the joke I actually got. I was more referring to the rest of the talk in a general way.

Never mind. It's just that I obviously haven't read the same things as other people (or, sometimes it's the same things, but in another language). So I was just complaining about missing all the in-jokes.

But, as I said, never mind. :wink:
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Commander McLane wrote:
That was the joke I actually got. I was more referring to the rest of the talk in a general way.

Never mind. It's just that I obviously haven't read the same things as other people (or, sometimes it's the same things, but in another language). So I was just complaining about missing all the in-jokes.

But, as I said, never mind. :wink:
Never mind, Commander Mac, you now know what I feel when I read a converstaion between Ahruman and another_commander. :sigh: One day I shall have time to try and learn all this fascinating gibberish and catch up.

Until then...

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