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Wooly Rupert
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 Posted - 07 Sep 2013 : 14:19:31
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Given the way he Sage-ifies everything, having the SagePhone, SagePad, SageOS, SageHouse, and all that, I'm surprised Sage hasn't written his own programming language.  |
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Dennis
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Posted - 07 Sep 2013 : 15:02:06
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Originally posted by Entromancer
The Purifying Fire by Laura Resnik. An entry in the MtG series about Chandra Nalaar, I highly recommend it if you're interested in a strong female character.
Sorry, I have to disagree. Harlequin meets Magic. Not a good combination. I found myself getting annoyed by Chandra so many times I almost threw the book away. She has a potential to be an interesting character; I just didn’t like how Resnick handled her. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 08 Sep 2013 : 05:26:16
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
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Originally posted by The Sage
I'm hoping I can start The Companions at some point today. I've had to temporarily put a lot of my current fiction reading on hold because of a stack of Python-related books that I've had to read for a project at work.
I've almost finished the last hefty programming tome in that stack, so now I'm longingly looking at my ever-growing "To-Read" stacks of fiction and wondering just how many books to tackle at the same time, next.
Python as in Monty, reptile or programming? Or are you going to Sage-ify them and combine the three?
Hehe.
Python, as in the general purpose programming language. 
I'm not all that familiar with the Monty stuff, beyond the titles, and a few of the classic lines from the films. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 08 Sep 2013 : 05:30:51
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Given the way he Sage-ifies everything, having the SagePhone, SagePad, SageOS, SageHouse, and all that, I'm surprised Sage hasn't written his own programming language.
Don't forget the SageCave.
And, funnily enough, I'm already in the process of actually designing my own programming language. It's basically going to be a musical-notation based concept to literally "program" music, but I'm wondering about how it could also potentially be developed into working with developing future versions of SageOS.
It's really nothing more than notebooks full of ideas and draft workings for the compiler and possible language definitions -- as well as some basic primitive codings in pre-existing languages that I can tweak enough to produce a result for my concept. Kind of like the Python-derivative of the C programming language. But I can see myself eventually turning more to this project as time allows. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 08 Sep 2013 : 06:18:42
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Given the way he Sage-ifies everything, having the SagePhone, SagePad, SageOS, SageHouse, and all that, I'm surprised Sage hasn't written his own programming language.
Don't forget the SageCave.
And, funnily enough, I'm already in the process of actually designing my own programming language. It's basically going to be a musical-notation based concept to literally "program" music, but I'm wondering about how it could also potentially be developed into working with developing future versions of SageOS.
It's really nothing more than notebooks full of ideas and draft workings for the compiler and possible language definitions -- as well as some basic primitive codings in pre-existing languages that I can tweak enough to produce a result for my concept. Kind of like the Python-derivative of the C programming language. But I can see myself eventually turning more to this project as time allows.
That reminds me of the book Flying Dutch, by Tom Holt. It's a humorous variation on the Flying Dutchman. One of the characters is an alchemist-turned-scientist, who actually developed an elixir that made the drinker immortal and invulnerable. The only catch is that it also made the drinker smell horrifically bad -- to the point of causing people at sea to jump overboard, rather than be near the smell. The alchemist was working to find a cure for the smell, and being immortal, had all the time in the world to do it. He had, at various points in time, taken new identities -- and some of those identities became famous composers. He wasn't writing music, though -- the symphonies were actually programs he'd written, using musical notation as his code. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
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Posted - 08 Sep 2013 : 14:25:11
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| Just started Angel of Fire by William King. One of the best Warhammer 40000 books I have read so far. Caint wait to read more about the Macharian Crusade. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 08 Sep 2013 : 17:04:47
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Renin
Learned Scribe
USA
290 Posts |
Posted - 08 Sep 2013 : 17:20:03
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
Finished The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks.
I'm curious; what'd you think?
That was my first foray into fantasy waaay back when I was 10. It give me my eternal love of all things elven, and it still makes me recall the sense of the terrible pressure and might (and danger) that magic truly is.
(of course, if this is just another read-through, you can nevermind this).
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Just finished Blackstaff Tower. Truly liked it. Really enjoy the Waterdeep magical history and all connections Blackstaff. Thank you much Mr. Schend!
Onto Book 2 of the Brotherhood of the Griffon. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36997 Posts |
Posted - 08 Sep 2013 : 17:31:37
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I enjoyed The Sword of Shannara the times I read it. But I've not read it in a long time... I'd read the book more than once by the time I read the Lord of the Rings. After reading the Lord of the Rings a second time, then reading Sword, I realized that Sword was just a retelling of Lord of the Rings. I've not been inclined to read it since.
I am also obligated to note that I hate the way the characters interpreted the prophecy given them by the shade of Bremen. It really does not make any sense. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
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Posted - 08 Sep 2013 : 18:33:47
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I enjoyed The Sword of Shannara the times I read it. But I've not read it in a long time... I'd read the book more than once by the time I read the Lord of the Rings. After reading the Lord of the Rings a second time, then reading Sword, I realized that Sword was just a retelling of Lord of the Rings. I've not been inclined to read it since.
Doesn't bother me at all. If Brooks was heavily influenced by Tolkien, then Tolkien is just as heavily influenced, if not more so, by the Norse Eddas. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 09 Sep 2013 : 04:34:44
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I enjoyed The Sword of Shannara the times I read it. But I've not read it in a long time... I'd read the book more than once by the time I read the Lord of the Rings. After reading the Lord of the Rings a second time, then reading Sword, I realized that Sword was just a retelling of Lord of the Rings. I've not been inclined to read it since.
Doesn't bother me at all. If Brooks was heavily influenced by Tolkien, then Tolkien is just as heavily influenced, if not more so, by the Norse Eddas.
I don't mind influence. I do mind reading the same story. |
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Renin
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 09 Sep 2013 : 05:08:22
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Doesn't bother me at all. If Brooks was heavily influenced by Tolkien, then Tolkien is just as heavily influenced, if not more so, by the Norse Eddas.
I don't mind influence. I do mind reading the same story.
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I myself didn't read LotR until years after Shannara, and as the reviewers at the time all hailed Brooks as the next Tolkien, well, I was able to understand that then, as well.
So I guess I'm glad to have read Shannara first so it did have the impact on me. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 09 Sep 2013 : 06:01:04
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Yeah, I read The Sword of Shannara when I was 13 or 14. I was 16 or 17 when I first read Lord of the Rings, and I really didn't care for it, that first time. When I read it again, I was 27, and very much enjoyed it.
It was some time after that that I reread Sword and saw how much it follows Lord of the Rings.
I know that the basic plot of Lord of the Rings isn't the most original tale, and there have been many variations on that same theme -- but when I read Sword, it felt like Brooks had made an outline of Lord of the Rings, substituted in his own characters, and went from there.
This isn't to say I didn't enjoy the book; I did, and I've read a good bit of his other stuff, too. I just find the similarities between the two stories are way too strong for me to fully enjoy the latter book on its own merits, now. |
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Firestorm
Senior Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 09 Sep 2013 : 17:40:47
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Just finished prince of Thorns.
Overall, I was told I would probably like the book because it is darker and hits Grey areas, etc
But ill truthfully say it was too much. Right from the get go, we had a main character who condones and participates in Rape of young girls and and awful Murder.
I forced myself through the book and felt not only like I could not empathize with anyone, but also underwhelmed with the story. No interest in reading King of thorns or Emperor of Thorns. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
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Posted - 11 Sep 2013 : 23:16:35
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| Reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
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Posted - 11 Sep 2013 : 23:18:05
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Originally posted by Renin
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
Finished The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks.
I'm curious; what'd you think?
That was my first foray into fantasy waaay back when I was 10. It give me my eternal love of all things elven, and it still makes me recall the sense of the terrible pressure and might (and danger) that magic truly is.
(of course, if this is just another read-through, you can nevermind this).
This was my 5th read through for this book and I started out my relationship with fantasy just like you, though I think I was 11.  I still enjoyed the book and all of the nostalgia it brings back for the setting. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 12 Sep 2013 : 03:25:26
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Originally posted by The Sage
Reading Shakespeare's The Tempest. It's one of several plays written by the Great Bard that I like to re-read once a year.
What are the other ones that you re-read? |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36997 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2013 : 05:43:01
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Originally posted by The Sage
Reading Shakespeare's The Tempest. It's one of several plays written by the Great Bard that I like to re-read once a year.
Not a huge fan of the Bard, myself, but then again, I've read very little of his (or Francis Bacon's ) stuff since high school...
...Though I did re-read Julius Ceasar, several years ago. I was following up on a random thought. My alarm had gone off, jolting me out of bed at 5:30 am, and before my feet had hit the floor and I killed the alarm, I thought, "If Brutus was such a great friend to Caesar, shouldn't he have done something other than say to the conspirators 'yeah, you're right, he is ambitious. Give me a dagger.'?" |
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Drustan Dwnhaedan
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 12 Sep 2013 : 06:37:23
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Originally posted by The Sage
Reading Shakespeare's The Tempest. It's one of several plays written by the Great Bard that I like to re-read once a year.
 Wow. My sister also finished re-reading The Tempest, in addition to re-reading A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing. She's currently reading Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare. (Some of you may have noticed a recurring theme here.) I never have been much of a fan of the Great Bard's work, but I do certainly have healthy respect for it. But I'm a bit surprised to find someone else who reads his plays as much (if not more) than my little sister. Hmm, on second thought, this is The Sage I'm talking about, so maybe I shouldn't be too surprised after all... |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 13 Sep 2013 : 03:53:16
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
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Originally posted by The Sage
Reading Shakespeare's The Tempest. It's one of several plays written by the Great Bard that I like to re-read once a year.
What are the other ones that you re-read?
Ah, Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, and Pericles, for the Comedies. The various King Henry's of the Histories. And Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, King Lear, and Othello for the Tragedies.
I, and also the Lady K, [often together] re-read the Sonnets as well. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 13 Sep 2013 : 03:54:32
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
...Though I did re-read Julius Ceasar, several years ago. I was following up on a random thought. My alarm had gone off, jolting me out of bed at 5:30 am, and before my feet had hit the floor and I killed the alarm, I thought, "If Brutus was such a great friend to Caesar, shouldn't he have done something other than say to the conspirators 'yeah, you're right, he is ambitious. Give me a dagger.'?"
I thought that kind of jolting idea trend only happened to me?
It's probably why my "To-Do" list is now stretching into multiple volumes -- so many of my great ideas occur during sleepy time. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 13 Sep 2013 : 03:56:12
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Originally posted by Drustan Dwnhaedan
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Originally posted by The Sage
Reading Shakespeare's The Tempest. It's one of several plays written by the Great Bard that I like to re-read once a year.
Wow. My sister also finished re-reading The Tempest, in addition to re-reading A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing. She's currently reading Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare. (Some of you may have noticed a recurring theme here.) I never have been much of a fan of the Great Bard's work, but I do certainly have healthy respect for it. But I'm a bit surprised to find someone else who reads his plays as much (if not more) than my little sister. Hmm, on second thought, this is The Sage I'm talking about, so maybe I shouldn't be too surprised after all...
There's an Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare?
Ooo! Who published it, and in what year? |
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Drustan Dwnhaedan
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 13 Sep 2013 : 06:22:37
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Drustan Dwnhaedan
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Originally posted by The Sage
Reading Shakespeare's The Tempest. It's one of several plays written by the Great Bard that I like to re-read once a year.
Wow. My sister also finished re-reading The Tempest, in addition to re-reading A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing. She's currently reading Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare. (Some of you may have noticed a recurring theme here.) I never have been much of a fan of the Great Bard's work, but I do certainly have healthy respect for it. But I'm a bit surprised to find someone else who reads his plays as much (if not more) than my little sister. Hmm, on second thought, this is The Sage I'm talking about, so maybe I shouldn't be too surprised after all...
There's an Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare?
Ooo! Who published it, and in what year?
Avenel Books, 1978, but my sister's is a compilation of two books (unfortunately, it doesn't have any information about the original volumes . Sorry, that's all I've got). |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
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Posted - 17 Sep 2013 : 01:22:33
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| Finished HP and the Order of the Phoenix. |
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DragonReader
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USA
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Posted - 17 Sep 2013 : 03:35:09
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I finished Bloodfire Quest book #2 of the Dark Legacy of Shannara by Terry Brooks.
Now reading book #3: Witch Wraith |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36997 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2013 : 04:14:57
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
Finished HP and the Order of the Phoenix.
Working on that one, myself. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
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Posted - 17 Sep 2013 : 13:44:19
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
Finished HP and the Order of the Phoenix.
Working on that one, myself.
@ Wolly .Is this your first read through of Harry potter?
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
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Posted - 17 Sep 2013 : 13:46:38
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Reading Legend by David Gemmel. The prose is as as blunt as an hammer but hits you with the same impact.
Cant say that its a great book but so far at least its been an entertaining one. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 17 Sep 2013 : 18:41:40
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Originally posted by Thauranil
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
Finished HP and the Order of the Phoenix.
Working on that one, myself.
@ Wolly .Is this your first read through of Harry potter?
Nope, I generally reread those books once a year. |
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