io9

  • io9
  • science
  • overmind
  • kotaku
  • gizmodo
Profile logout login

#ronalddmoore#makeupeffortbringslovebackmicrosoft

edit false "tagmeta=ronalddmoore","tagmeta=ronalddmoore", tags, front=false

io9

Upload an image | Add an image URL ×
×
×
Choose a file to upload:
×
Attribute comment to:
Please enter an email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
FAQ. Include # before tag:
#observationdeck, #tips, #calendar, #corrections, etc.

San Francisco, 11:08 AM
Sun Mar 21
13 posts in the last 24 hours

IO9 TEAM

Tip your editors:

Editor-in-Chief:
Annalee Newitz |

Managing Editor:
Charlie Jane Anders |

Weekend Editor:
Graeme McMillan |

Senior Reporter:
Meredith Woerner |

Assistant Editor:
Cyriaque Lamar |

Graphic Design:
Stephanie Fox |

Contributors:
Tim Barribeau |
Joshua Glenn
Stephen Goldmeier |
Ed Grabianowski |
Austin Grossman
Paul Hogan |
Lauren Davis |
Chris Hsiang |
Lynn Peril |
Ann VanderMeer
Alasdair Wilkins |

Interns:
David Daw |
Mary Ratliff |
Cayman Unterborn |

Follow io9 on:
Twitter
Facebook

SUBSCRIBE TO IO9 RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
1428 Subscribers


Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
Loading comments ... -/|\
Image of Log1c Log1c 10:24 AM


The iPad is the future of comics, says Foxtrot

[www.foxtrot.com]

#observationdeck #tips Reply

Image of Roklimber Roklimber 11:07 AM

@Log1c:

Awesome!

(I've been digging myself in iPad development, so this hits close at home)

#observationdeck Reply

See 1 reply Hide 1 reply
#corot9b Click here to read Is Corot-9b Cool Enough To Be Earth-2?

Is Corot-9b Cool Enough To Be Earth-2?

Scientists have discovered what may be the first exoplanet to mirror Earth's climate, which may be a major breakthrough in the study of planets in other galaxies. More »
10:00 AM
839839 views on this post, 23 new visitors
27
By Graeme McMillan
Image of Illundiel Illundiel 09:36 AM

#observationdeck Reply
AlexKap promoted this comment

See 0 reply Hide 0 reply
#television Click here to read The Hilarious Lost Recaps Of Someone Who's Never Seen Lost

The Hilarious Lost Recaps Of Someone Who's Never Seen Lost

Even the most ardent Losties find the show inscrutable at times, but can you imagine what Season 6 looks like to someone who's never the show? The wonderfully bemused blog Never Seen Lost tries (and fails) to keep up. More »
09:00 AM
2,9802,980 views on this post, 147 new visitors
18
By Cyriaque Lamar
#dccomics

Warners Unveil DC Movie Strategy... Maybe

Click here to read Warners Unveil DC Movie Strategy... Maybe
How to replace a multi-million dollar movie franchise with Harry Potter? Well, if you're Warner Bros., the answer seems to be "Suddenly realize you own a company that's specialized in creating movie franchise IP for years." Enter the DC years... More »
08:00 AM
4,4414,441 views on this post, 238 new visitors
41
By Graeme McMillan
#doctorwho Click here to read Scarier Monsters And Super-Creepy Doctor/Companion Relationships In New Who?

Scarier Monsters And Super-Creepy Doctor/Companion Relationships In New Who?

The new Doctor Who will see familiar monsters be scarier than even before, according to new showrunner Steven Moffat, and that's not even describing the new Doctor/companion relationship... Mild spoilers ahead. More »
07:00 AM
4,0084,008 views on this post, 134 new visitors
40
By Graeme McMillan
Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierD... 06:33 AM

Who are your top 5 favourite Terry Prachett characters and why?

(If you can't keep it down to five that's fine, I'll probably end up going over too when I do it).

#observationdeck Reply

Image of matthewabel matthewabel 06:40 AM

@RandomFrequentFlierDent: Ha!

Only five? Well, I am not too outside the box, I feel:

Samuel Vimes
Granny Weatherwax
The Librarian
Leonard de Quirm
The Sweeper, danged if I remember his name (a play on Lao Tzu, isn't it?)

Big fan of Susan as well. My favorite book for straight humor is The Lost Continent, which features none of these characters, but has a joke every other line, and my favorite book(s) outright are probably Night Watch and Thief of Time.

Haven't had a chance at Unseen Academicals, yet. Not the biggest wizard fan, so I don't feel as compelled to read it as I did for Thud.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of atropia atropia 07:06 AM

@RandomFrequentFlierDent:

- Death of Rats
- Angua
- Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler
- Gaspode the Wonder Dog
- Susan

#observationdeck Reply
RandomFrequentFlierDent promoted this comment

Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierD... 08:34 AM

@matthewabel: I'm pretty standard too. My five are:

Sam Vimes - because he always does the right thing, even though he knows he's capable of doing both the right thing and the wrong thing.

Granny Weatherwax - for pretty much the same reason. I've read interviews where he says that Granny and Vimes are very similar. I think he's right and I love them (and him) for it.

Susan - I wish I could be like Susan.

Angua - Kick-ass career woman, plus I kind of love her and Carrot together.

Death/Lord Vetinari - I couldn't pick just one. Both do a hard, thankless job that makes them seem like villains at first. But both really have the best interests of the people at heart (even if one of them doesn't technically have a heart) and form relationships that humanize them (Death and Susan, Lord Vetinari and Vimes).

My runners-up (yeah, I'm going way over) are:
Nanny Ogg
Polly from Monstrous Regimen
Archchancellor Ridcully - never acting as smart as he is, mostly to annoy Ponder Stibbons and basically being the anti-Radagast the Brown with a blood thirsty love of killing all woodland creatures is brilliant.

I loved The Last Continent as well. I'm not a huge Rincewind fan, but Terry was on a roll with that book. The god of evolution is definitely on my list of favourite made-up gods.

Picking my favourite books is hard. I tend to love the last one of every series - Thief of Time, Thud!, Carpe Jugulum (I still ain't dead). Special mention also has to go to The Hogfather, Going Postal, Moving Pictures and Night Watch.

Yikes, what a long comment. Getting me started on Terry Prachett when I have some free time is very dangerous.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierD... 08:36 AM

@atropia: My mom loves Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler. My hometown has a market where a vendor sells (no lie) "sausage on-a bun". She can't walk by without cracking up.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of EugeniaBSG EugeniaBSG 08:53 AM

@RandomFrequentFlierDent:

Lord Vetinari
Moist von Lipwig
Pteppic
Brutha (and Om)
Maurice and Greebo (both cats - well, with Greebo most of the time he's a cat)

#observationdeck Reply
RandomFrequentFlierDent promoted this comment

See 5 replies Hide 5 replies
Image of Roklimber Roklimber 03:33 AM


Equinox + 1
[antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov]

Happy spring, northern-hemisphere citizens !

#tips [io9.com] Reply
Edited by Roklimber at 03/21/10 3:37 AM

See 0 reply Hide 0 reply
Image of ceti ceti 03/20/10

Just finished reading His Dark Materials. Pretty good although the plot frays into loose end territory by the Amber Spyglass. Was struck as well by the third appearance in recent memory of a plucky and brilliant girl heroine as the central character, and a slightly older male hero as a protector-action dude (Aenea and Raul in Endymion, and Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow in City of Ember).

In Endymion and His Dark Materials, Aenea and Lyra are also messianic characters fighting totalitarian religious authorities.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of themixingitsession themixingitsession 02:34 AM

@ceti: LOVED the series. I always saw Lyra, Mrs. Coulter, and all the other strong female characters in the series as Pullman's response to Susan's fucked up treatment in Narnia.

As someone who's recently also finished reading His Dark Materials, I've been itching to ask someone this: How did you feel about Mrs. Coulter in the end?

#observationdeck Reply
RandomFrequentFlierDent promoted this comment

Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierD... 05:59 AM

@ceti: I loved those books. They fell into the category of "after I'm done reading them I wish I could go back in time and read them all over again for the first time".

If you're interested in a story about a plucky and brilliant girl heroine without a slightly older male hero I'd recommend the Tiffany Aching Series by Terry Prachett. They're also young adult novels, but I really like them.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of matthewabel matthewabel 06:09 AM

@RandomFrequentFlierDent: I second that. Any Pratchett is good with me - and it is refreshing to read a series with strong characters of any gender.

Love his riffs on gender bias in the Watch series.

I'd also suggest any of the Witch books - Wyrd Sisters and on - as books with strong female protagonists, though not youthful necessarily.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of matthewabel matthewabel 06:12 AM

@ceti: I really dug His Dark Materials, but dang, did it seem to fall apart at the end. Everything felt so anti-climactic to me. And the ending drug a bit for me, which was a bit disappointing because the previous books were so imaginative and exciting.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierD... 06:24 AM

@matthewabel: Agreed. Terry Pratchett writes amazing characters period (I always comment on his female characters because it's so rare for anyone to write them well, but he does an amazing job with both genders).

I just love how all his characters are given depth, something you wouldn't expect in books that are described as mostly satire.

Alright, this is about to turn into a post of me gushing about Terry Prachett. Maybe I should start my own comment tread.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierD... 06:28 AM

@matthewabel: It was kind of a surprise how anti-climatic the big Adam and Eve moment was (although I don't really know what I was expecting it to be). But I'm a huge sap sometimes, so it didn't really bother me. I kind of liked how it was something so simple rather than the usual big "I am the hero and I will do something heroic to save the world with my heroics" sequence.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierD... 06:31 AM

@themixingitsession: I couldn't help but feel bad for her at the end (both her and Lord Asriel). Condemned to an eternity of falling in the Abyss? That's pretty rough (and kind of out-weighs any of the evil deeds she committed as far as appropriate punishment goes). I think they both redeemed themselves with their final action.

#observationdeck Reply

See 7 replies Hide 7 replies
Image of Ruthless if you let me Ruthless if you let me 03/20/10

I'm playing Aliens vs Predator as a marine, on "nightmare" difficulty. The pings on the motion tracker are freaking me the fuck out.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of Roklimber Roklimber 03:02 AM

@Ruthless if you let me:

Ping................. Ping................. Ping.................

Ping........... Ping........... Ping........... Ping........... Ping...........

Ping..... Ping..... Ping..... Ping..... Ping..... Ping..... Ping..... Ping..... Ping.....

Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping Ping

Better start praying, dude....

#observationdeck Reply

See 1 reply Hide 1 reply
Image of Darklighter Darklighter 03/20/10

How do I follow up last night's choice of Hot Fuzz? Netflix has Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill on Watch Instantly.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of Kevin Howell -The Unseen Commentor Kevin Howell -The Unseen Commentor 03/20/10

@Darklighter: I like to follow up Hot Fuzz with Point Break so that I can laugh really hard when he shoots his gun in the air.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of Ruthless if you let me Ruthless if you let me 03/20/10

@Darklighter:

#observationdeck Reply

Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. 03/20/10

@Darklighter: If you haven't already decided, yes, Eddie Izzard is almost always the correct choice.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of Darklighter Darklighter 03/20/10

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Duh!

#observationdeck Reply

Image of Bobbobins Bobbobins 03/20/10

@Darklighter: Can't I just reply to all? That's what I really want, but it doesn't work that way atm... Yes to Eddie Izzard. He is a wonderful, smart and funny man. Challenging idiots and showing them up for what they are simply by being himself.

Bobbobins - far too late to be of any relevance and really, really needing to go to bed. A bit like life..... :)

Sleep...... zzzzzzzzz

#observationdeck Reply

Image of matthewabel matthewabel 06:13 AM

@Darklighter: Did this happen?

I typically follow up Hot Fuzz with Hot Fuzz. Why not, you know?

#observationdeck Reply

See 6 replies Hide 6 replies
Image of ObservantUnderachiever ObservantUnderachiev... 03/20/10

I just saw a commercial on Syfy advertising Merlin as a Syfy original series. Did I miss something?

#observationdeck Reply
Roklimber promoted this comment

Image of ExtensionOfBob ExtensionOfBob 03/20/10

@ObservantUnderachiever: That confused me too!

ETA: [en.wikipedia.org] But that advertising still makes no sense.

#observationdeck Reply
Roklimber promoted this comment
Edited by ExtensionOfBob at 03/20/10 10:01 PM

Image of Roklimber Roklimber 03:05 AM

@ObservantUnderachiever: Original to the SyFylis channel? I don't think so, since Merlin originated with the BBC.

And it's not sci-fi, but fantasy. Still, it's a pretty enjoyable show, in my view. I look forward to its return.

#observationdeck Reply
Edited by Roklimber at 03/21/10 3:07 AM

See 2 replies Hide 2 replies
Image of mamadragon49 mamadragon49 03/20/10

Well, I've always heard that if you don't know, ask. So I'm asking:

Can someone tell me what "posts," "messages," and "favorites" on my profile page are and how to use them? I would really truly appreciate the information. Thanks

#observationdeck Reply
Ruthless if you let me promoted this comment

Image of Ruthless if you let me Ruthless if you let me 03/20/10

@mamadragon49: Check your "Messages" page now.

"Posts" are a page for people that have actually made a post on io9, or another Gawker site. So if you click on Annalee's name from a post, and then check her "posts" page, you can see only articles with her byline.

Favorites...You used to be able to "heart" a post, and it would show up in your "favorites" section. The article hearts have disappeared in the most recent site overhaul. I don't think you can add anything into this section anymore.

Hope this helps. I can explain more if necessary.

#observationdeck Reply

See 1 reply Hide 1 reply
Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid 03/20/10

Real Housewives of Witch Mountain

Gawker just posted biographies of the cast of the new 'Housewives of Beverly Hills' TV show and one of them is Kim Richards who starred in the Witch Mountain movies of the 70's as a child.

[gawker.com]

#tips Reply

See 0 reply Hide 0 reply
Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. 03/20/10

Pixar's The Terminator.

Oddly more creepy than the original:

#tips Reply

Image of Roklimber Roklimber 02:13 AM

@Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.:

Awesome!

#tips Reply

See 1 reply Hide 1 reply
#thisisawesome Click here to read Steampunk Dinosaur Madness in Luc Besson's "Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec"

Steampunk Dinosaur Madness in Luc Besson's "Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec"

You don't need to speak French to appreciate how awesome this trailer is for Luc Besson's latest SF flick. A brilliant, sexy adventurer named Adèle Blanc-Sec has discovered a dinosaur egg - and now a pterodactyl threatens steampunk Paris! More »
03/20/10
10,55610,556 views on this post, 1,319 new visitors
156
By Annalee Newitz
Image of Roklimber Roklimber 03/20/10

Not a demand, only suggestions...

mamadragon49
[io9.com]

CuriousYellow
[io9.com]

#starthisperson Reply

See 0 reply Hide 0 reply
Image of AlexKap AlexKap 03/20/10

one step closer to growing organs for transplant:

[www.telegraph.co.uk]

#tips Reply

See 0 reply Hide 0 reply
Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods 03/20/10

Caprica:
I was researching some graphics, and came across an article on Tauron tattoos.
And all you Sasha Roiz fans can thank me later:
[www.chicagonow.com]

#caprica

#observationdeck Reply

Image of Roklimber Roklimber 03/20/10

@gods-n-clods:

And to think that people get paid to come up with these things... I'm in the wrong profession.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods 03/20/10

@Roklimber: The tricky part... getting paid. The Imagination is a neato fruit to cultivate, but goes unused and rots easily, and despite it being a premium doesn't pull down the "bio-survival units" like it should.
Niche work is hard but lovable.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of Roklimber Roklimber 03/20/10

@gods-n-clods:

"The tricky part... getting paid."

No kidding.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods 03/20/10

@Roklimber: ...I'll give you some faux Tauron tattoos for some walkin'-around money... got any backyard fruit?
[like, literally making trades for bags of backyard fruit...]

#observationdeck Reply
Edited by gods-n-clods at 03/20/10 5:29 PM

Image of Ruthless if you let me Ruthless if you let me 03/20/10

@gods-n-clods: Dude, I got some grapefruit. Yellow grapefruit.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods 03/20/10

@Ruthless if you let me: Oh hell yes-- I am in V-town starting next week (back to work!) so you say when... I'll buy lunch. Still got my card?

#observationdeck Reply

Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. 03/20/10

@gods-n-clods: I only got lemons, and you can have those for free, no tats needed.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods 12:15 AM

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I'd love them. Too far you are, if memory serves? You're in Bay Area?
I'm one of those SoCal weirdees you hear about (and it's strictly henna tattoos).
Now, if you mail a crate, know any truckers...

#observationdeck Reply

See 8 replies Hide 8 replies
Image of Scotland Scotland 03/20/10

#starthisperson: for petition-style demands that someone receive a star.

#starthisperson Reply
Roklimber promoted this comment

See 0 reply Hide 0 reply
Image of Roklimber Roklimber 03/20/10

Question for the powers in charge...

What's the best way to recommend commenters for stardom? There are at least two people who, in my opinion and the opinion of others, have consistently shown that they deserve their stars.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of Scotland Scotland 03/20/10

@Roklimber: #starthisperson (Gizmdo recently created this tag- but it wasn't really advertised [gizmodo.com])

#observationdeck Reply
Roklimber promoted this comment

Image of Roklimber Roklimber 03/20/10

@Scotland: Ah, thank you!

Now it's a matter of waiting for io9 to have something similar, or does that tag apply to io9 as well?

#observationdeck Reply
Edited by Roklimber at 03/20/10 4:28 PM

Image of Darklighter Darklighter 03/20/10

@Roklimber: If enough of us start using the tag, the editors might start paying attention. Go, populism!

#observationdeck Reply

Image of Roklimber Roklimber 03/20/10

@Darklighter:

I doubt that populism will work. I'm sure that Annalee, Charlie Jane and the other people in charge will be more careful than simply go with the majority. This isn't a democracy.

I still think the tag is useful, however, because they (the people in charge) surely don't read everything and may not be aware of certain star-deserving people.

Incidentally, our friend Scotland above has already created the corresponding tag for io9, here:

[io9.com]

#observationdeck Reply

Image of Scotland Scotland 03/20/10

@Roklimber: Yesterday, I nominated 5 commenters.
Today, one of them has a star.
Coincidence? ...(almost definitely)

Gizmodo also has a tag called #trollpatrol [gizmodo.com] (a place to nominate trolls for banning.) However, in my experience io9 doesn't really suffer from this problem.

#observationdeck Reply
Roklimber promoted this comment

Image of Ruthless if you let me Ruthless if you let me 03/20/10

@Roklimber: It might be good to reply to one of their comments in a post, with the #starthisperson hashtag. I don't know how often that they come in here. I've seen Annalee's trail in here once before.

Also, a couple of the mods might see it too and bestow the star on their behalf. I haven't ever seen them reply in here either.

#observationdeck Reply

Image of Roklimber Roklimber 03/20/10

@Ruthless if you let me: Good idea.

#observationdeck Reply

See 7 replies Hide 7 replies
Show all discussions | Expand all replies Collapse all replies

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 next »
 
  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or io9 account.

Sign up here.



Edit tagpage description

Please make the text shorter.
sending changes