{"id":151,"date":"2013-04-13T17:22:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T05:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=151"},"modified":"2013-05-18T13:14:40","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T01:14:40","slug":"episode-three-star-dot-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2013\/04\/episode-three-star-dot-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode Three &#8211; Star Dot Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4659\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-151-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-03-StarDotStar.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-03-StarDotStar.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-03-StarDotStar.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-03-StarDotStar.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=151-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-03-StarDotStar.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-03-StarDotStar.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/03%20-%20Star%20Dot%20Star%20-%20small.jpg\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the odd prompt, which Craig continues to deny having anything to do with, we covered a fair bit of ground with this one, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more Here are some links to stuff we nattered about --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mission_of_Gravity\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Mission of Gravity<\/em> &#8211; Hal Clement<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/galileogames.com\/bulldogs-fate\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Bulldogs!<\/em> RPG &#8211; FATE<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/My_Three_Suns\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Futurama<\/em> &#8211; My Three Suns<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/burro.astr.cwru.edu\/stu\/advanced\/stars_binvar.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Binary and Variable Star Systems<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloom_%28novel%29#Terms.2FOrganizations\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Bloom<\/em>, by Wil McCarthy,<\/span><\/span><\/a> where we get the term &#8220;Ladderdown&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpg.net\/news+reviews\/reviews\/rev_4583.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Amazing Engine<\/em> RPG Review<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/index.rpg.net\/display-entry.phtml?mainid=1723\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Tabloid<\/em> RPG<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whatisfilmnoir.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/11\/chiaroscuro-lighting\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Chiaroscuro Lighting<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Fat_Slags\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Fat Slags<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0094226\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Untouchables<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maglev\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Maglev<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/science\/space\/6507585\/Laser-powered-lift-wins-Space-Elevator-Games.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Laser-Powered Space Elevator<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0083658\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Blade Runner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mortalengines.wikia.com\/wiki\/Municipal_Darwinism\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Municipal Darwinism<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NERVA\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NERVA, or &#8216;Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jokes2go.com\/lists\/list27.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Unix Jokes<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn18640-hdtv-reveals-brainy-octopus-has-no-personality.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Octopi have no personality, or consistency of behaviour<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Passing_Through_Gethsemane\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Passing Through Gethsemane&#8221; &#8211; <em>Babylon 5<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Quantum_Thief\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Quantum Thief<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnny_Mnemonic\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Johnny Mnemonic<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em>Not mentioned, but it was a concept I was reaching for. Also, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/project.cyberpunk.ru\/lib\/johnny_mnemonic\/\">free to read online <\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/shadowrun.wikia.com\/wiki\/Skill-wires\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Skill-wires from <em>Shadowrun<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>A Deepness in the Sky<\/em> &#8211; Vernor Vinge<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Ziphead\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Definition of &#8216;Ziphead&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dollhouse_%28TV_series%29\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Dollhouse<\/em> TV show<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hard_Time_%28Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine%29\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Hard Time&#8221; &#8211; <em>Deep Space 9<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Dark_Knight_Rises\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Dark Knight Rises<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Altered_Carbon\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Altered Carbon<\/em> &#8211; Richard K. Morgan<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.civilization.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sid Meier&#8217;s <em>Civilisation<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/torchlight.wikia.com\/wiki\/Torchlight_II\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Torchlight II<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xenozoic_Tales\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Xenozoic Tales<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.y8.com\/games\/cadillacs_and_dinosaurs\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cadillacs and Dinosaurs<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardsf.org\/HSFRAcr4.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Across Realtime &#8211; Vernor Vinge<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Forever_War\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>The Forever War<\/em> &#8211; Joe Haldeman<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starshipsofa.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Starship Sofa<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em> &#8211; Poing says: no idea how to find the specific story in the archives without the author name<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andre_Norton_bibliography\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Andre Norton&#8217;s bibliography<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nPoing says: Unable to find the specific book, because I don&#8217;t remember the title. The most obvous option &#8216;Star Gate,&#8217; I have also read, but is not the one I&#8217;m talking about in the show. It&#8217;s possible I have the author wrong, too.<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0417299\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Avatar: The Last Airbender<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/zutara\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The endless warzone called&#8230; &#8216;Zutara.&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4661\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-151-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-03-StarDotStar.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-03-StarDotStar.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-03-StarDotStar.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-03-StarDotStar.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=151-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-03-StarDotStar.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-03-StarDotStar.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-03-StarDotStar.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Despite the odd prompt, which Craig continues to deny having anything to do with, we covered a fair bit of ground with this one, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episode"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions\/231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}