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Re: Interesting findings on the internet
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2025 1:32 pm
by Zenith
I wasn't aware anyone had actually hacked the semaphore telegraph system, but there are a couple of fictional accounts of interfering with it. "Hornblower and The Hotspur" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" come to mind.
Re: Interesting findings on the internet
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2025 2:37 am
by mnementh
https://archive.org/details/the-hitch-h ... 02#reviews
Current playlist; all of the HHGttG read by the original
Marvin. Thankfully, he only reads
Marvin as Marvin.
I loved the radio plays, and the TV show... but there's a lot of "little bits of business"... Adams' stock in trade... that don't make the cut because you'd never advance the plot in a "performance" of the work. This is a nice way to enjoy the unabridged works; Moore has a delightfully rich, brown voice not unlike aural mocha cappuccino.
mnem
mostly harmless.
Re: Interesting findings on the internet
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2025 3:01 am
by mnementh
https://www.youtube.com/@Physicsduck
This guy is smart, uses colorful speech, and has fucked up and fixed his life pretty publicly. He is mad passionate about bringing science and applied physics to everybody, and describes himself thusly:
I am a low budget weirdo shirt – Big Beaver Energy.png
mnem
FAFO R&D.JPG
Re: Interesting findings on the internet
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2025 9:31 am
by tggzzz
mnementh wrote: ↑Thu Nov 13, 2025 2:37 am
I loved the radio plays, and the TV show...
Loved the radio show; the aural and mental pictures are unrivalled.
Disappointed with the TV show. The graphics were superb, but distracted from the pictures. Zaphod's animatronic second head was laughable.
Liked Ken Cambell's stage play. He was appropriately anarchic, e.g. his Zaphod was good: two men in a single jumpsuit.
Haven't bothered with the movie. I assume all the irreverence has been ironed out by a committee.