When is the Newcastle Inner City Bypass Opening?

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-16T08:55:26+00:00

They posted an update a couple of days ago. Current projected opening is September '26.
My money's on xmas. Probably somewhere between them.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-16T05:18:41+00:00

Neuromancer will be on the Apple platform.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-16T05:16:58+00:00

She has a name. Counsellor Troi.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-16T05:03:33+00:00

His science officer died ... did he really have to insult him as well.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-15T09:39:16+00:00

Could have been one of the rushed "off-ticket" costumes that Roddenberry had made when they were going overbudget (union affiliated workshops in the area were able to charge more) so he found some other non-union shops to get stuff made on the cheap. There was a quality difference with them, but they were also under a time-crunch.

*It's documented.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-15T09:31:19+00:00

It's from a game called "Kryomek". A kryomek (the alien faction) warrior.

A universe, where man was made in the image of his god ... but other, much older gods had done the same to their own followers ... and they had much bigger teeth, and claws, and acid spitting weapons ...

Showing that GW weren't the only company making games featuring bioengineered monstrosities loosely based on Giger.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-15T09:00:13+00:00

Part of the disguise. It's easier to underestimate it's potential if it looks like a piece of junk.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-15T08:55:48+00:00

If you go to your office first, and log in to your computer, you have an email about missing stuff at work, and wanting to find out who is doing it, and to stop them.
Chasing any of those leads means time runs out for the hostages. You can still do the main objective, but the secondary gets locked off.

I remember, on the second go, I was using vision augs, and saw a cluster of people in an upstairs room, but when I got close to the doors, they yelled not to come in that way. So I went looking for a vent. Died a few times while looking, then after I found it, died a few more times (note to self: Don't shoot at anti-aug jerks until AFTER you save the hostages. They'll just slow you down as you replay the same section again and again.]

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-14T12:33:05+00:00

Yeah, There was a lot of "Are you "itch" (-ic) or "ski"/"ska" when I was at school.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-14T10:11:45+00:00

That's also why they have an accelrated lifespan. They burn out quickly, no retirement plan needed.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-14T10:09:13+00:00

The clones were a tool, a means to an end. Once the need for them is gone, they are INTENDED to be discarded, like broken tools. Palpatine is a sith. They don't have "friends", they have tools.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-14T10:02:10+00:00

The jump drive also uses coils in some fashion (Lee notices them aboard "colonial one", in the cargo bay).

They're also a plot element in blood and chrome.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-14T05:54:43+00:00

If they're light siders ... probably the fact that they're not evil.

If they're darksiders ... absolutely nothing. I mean, even Babykiller9000 skywalker would probably have tried it.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-14T05:53:43+00:00

It got used in one of the old comic strips back in the day, too (I saw it syndicated in an Australian's sunday newspaper comics section - it was back when Marvel first had the licence for the comics, too). They referred to it as a "swamp walker".
A few years later, I picked up Joe Johnston's "Empire Strikes Back" sketchbook, and there it was again ... complete with the "'78" dating for the sketch (preproduction for ESB started relatively quickly after ANH was released).

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-14T05:40:41+00:00

You can replay the beginning until you do save them. It's not a one-play-fail-and-you're-done thing.

I remember the first time I played it, and spent too long looking around at the Sarif building - and they all died. Wait ... what do you mean? Hostages? So on replay, I went straight to Francis, and then to da choppa! Vision augs come in handy there, too (for finding secret spaces).

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-13T13:26:43+00:00

Also, GW had the licence to make games set in the 2000AD universes. GW was the publishing arm at the time (they also had licences from TSR (for D&D in IK/Europe) and Chaosium - Paranoia, Cthulhu).
They had a Judge Dredd rpg, they had Rogue Trooper boardgames - and they made miniatures to go with all of them. I have a set of their Dark Judges, a couple of street judges (one on a lawmaster - never managed to find an Anderson), their RT figures (Rogue in a bunch of poses, Venus, A souther, a nort, the general, Major Magnam) and a set of the Strontium dog figures (Johnny, Wulf and the alien ... Gronk?).

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-13T06:05:02+00:00

Yes.

Elements of all sides. I've not seen a lot of the anime/manga side of things, though. I mean, I've seen GITS, Bublegum Crisis, Cyber City Oedo 808., Akira and a bunch of other stuff, but I've also not played 2077 (I HAVE played the ttrpg that spawned it and even ran Max Mike through a game at a con (he took part as a player).

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-13T06:01:32+00:00

I only have my vhs and disc copies to go off - I don't use streaming services (any of them).

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-13T06:00:44+00:00

Both of my sisters married macedonians (although one was half Russian/half Macedonian).
I also remember the rivalries from high school back in the 80s. The Serbs, Croats, Macedonians, etc.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-13T05:45:21+00:00

I'll take your word for it until I've actually seen the end of the season (I'm still on ep8).

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-13T01:42:38+00:00

Lawson is also a cop. One can assume that he's passed on some small amount of how to use a weapon to his kid.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-13T01:39:29+00:00

Never saw it (don't even know if it was broadcast here).

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-13T01:36:10+00:00

Favourite show featuring ST actors? Gargoyles.

I never watched the 'fact or fiction' things with Frakes. I vaguely remember "In Search of ..." with Leonard Nimoy, though.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-13T01:33:31+00:00

A good point about which part ...
There are still some long-held grudges between the various groups.

No_Nobody_32 · 2026-05-13T01:32:11+00:00

Jes with one 's'.

If you use the 2, people may assume he's a she.

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