| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 31 05:32PM -0700 On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 11:37:15 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > > responses to Q9. > I missed that possible reading. But it doesn't matter, since, as > you can see above,as nobody named either one in response to #9. I was tempted to :-) cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 31 02:09PM > * Game 2, Round 4 - Entertainment - Tom Hanks Movies by Principal Cast > 1. 1993, Tom Hanks, Antonio Banderas, Denzel Washington. Philadelphia > 2. 1999, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack. Toy Story 2 > 3. 1990, Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith. Joe vs. the Volcano > 5. 1984, Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy. Splash > 6. 1998, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey. You've Got Mail; Sleepless in Seattle > 7. 1989, Tom Hanks, Beasley. Castaway > 8. 2002, Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christopher Walken. Catch Me If You Can > 9. 2013, Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Faysal Ahmed. Captain Phillips > "The World Set Free". The novel is said to have been partially > responsible for motivating Hungarian physicist Le? Szil?rd, > who was an acquaintance of Wells, to succeed in his work. atomic bomb > goes to J.J. Astor's 1894 novel "A Journey in Other Worlds", > a futuristic tale set in the year 2000, but Jules Verne also > predicted it in an 1880 issue of the "Pall Mall Gazette". astronaut > 3. Popularized by various authors, but especially by Isaac Asimov, > this expression derives from a Czech expression for "forced > labor". robot > 4. This expression is a trademarked term, named after the children's > book "Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle". In practice the > expression is often used generically for any device of its kind. taser > of niche subculture interests is said to have been coined in > 1940 by Russ Chauvenet, who was a major force in the beginning > of sci-fi fandom. fanzine > popularized by "Neuromancer" author William Gibson. It comes > from the earlier expression "cybernetics", and describes what > we would later also call "the Web" or "the Internet". cyberspace > whose title is very similar to the expression. In the story, > people use teleportation booths to rapidly join large gatherings > and riots as they happen. We need the expression used today. flash mob > 8. The earliest use recorded so far of this expression has been > found in E.E. Smith's "Galactic Patrol" from 1937, meaning to > launch off a planet. blast off > University YMCA. Originally he meant the expression to refer > to a compartmentalization of morality. Now it refers to a realm > consisting of concurrent or parallel universes or realities. multiverse > and water from mineral oxides, releasing absorptive gases to > trap the feeble heat of the far-off Sun." Name the expression > for this sort of thing. terraforming -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 31 06:47PM +0100 > 3. Popularized by various authors, but especially by Isaac Asimov, > this expression derives from a Czech expression for "forced > labor". Robot |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 31 11:16AM -0700 On 10/30/19 11:41 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > 3. 1990, Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith. > 4. 1996, Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Steve Zahn. > 5. 1984, Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy. Volunteers > goes to J.J. Astor's 1894 novel "A Journey in Other Worlds", > a futuristic tale set in the year 2000, but Jules Verne also > predicted it in an 1880 issue of the "Pall Mall Gazette". spaceship > 3. Popularized by various authors, but especially by Isaac Asimov, > this expression derives from a Czech expression for "forced > labor". robot > 4. This expression is a trademarked term, named after the children's > book "Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle". In practice the > expression is often used generically for any device of its kind. taser > of niche subculture interests is said to have been coined in > 1940 by Russ Chauvenet, who was a major force in the beginning > of sci-fi fandom. fanzine > popularized by "Neuromancer" author William Gibson. It comes > from the earlier expression "cybernetics", and describes what > we would later also call "the Web" or "the Internet". cyberspace > whose title is very similar to the expression. In the story, > people use teleportation booths to rapidly join large gatherings > and riots as they happen. We need the expression used today. flash mob > 8. The earliest use recorded so far of this expression has been > found in E.E. Smith's "Galactic Patrol" from 1937, meaning to > launch off a planet. lift off > University YMCA. Originally he meant the expression to refer > to a compartmentalization of morality. Now it refers to a realm > consisting of concurrent or parallel universes or realities. multiverse > and water from mineral oxides, releasing absorptive gases to > trap the feeble heat of the far-off Sun." Name the expression > for this sort of thing. terraforming -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 31 05:29PM -0700 On Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 4:41:16 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. 1993, Tom Hanks, Antonio Banderas, Denzel Washington. > 2. 1999, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack. > 3. 1990, Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith. Bonfire of the Vanities > 4. 1996, Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Steve Zahn. > 5. 1984, Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy. Splash! > 6. 1998, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey. Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail > 7. 1989, Tom Hanks, Beasley. Turner and Hooch > 8. 2002, Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christopher Walken. > 9. 2013, Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Faysal Ahmed. The Airport > goes to J.J. Astor's 1894 novel "A Journey in Other Worlds", > a futuristic tale set in the year 2000, but Jules Verne also > predicted it in an 1880 issue of the "Pall Mall Gazette". Blast off > 3. Popularized by various authors, but especially by Isaac Asimov, > this expression derives from a Czech expression for "forced > labor". Robot > 4. This expression is a trademarked term, named after the children's > book "Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle". In practice the > expression is often used generically for any device of its kind. Ray Gun > of niche subculture interests is said to have been coined in > 1940 by Russ Chauvenet, who was a major force in the beginning > of sci-fi fandom. Fanzine > whose title is very similar to the expression. In the story, > people use teleportation booths to rapidly join large gatherings > and riots as they happen. We need the expression used today. Flash Mob > 8. The earliest use recorded so far of this expression has been > found in E.E. Smith's "Galactic Patrol" from 1937, meaning to > launch off a planet. Exolaunch, terrestrial launch > and water from mineral oxides, releasing absorptive gases to > trap the feeble heat of the far-off Sun." Name the expression > for this sort of thing. Well they were tough! cheers, calvin |
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