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Q: 1980s Sci Fi Children's stories. Similar to Star Trek

NeilAs a young child in the late 1980s or early 1990s, I remember reading at school a series of sci fi illustrated books. However, the books may have been older. The series was similar to Star Trek in appearance. I remember one story about a planet of ant like aliens. One of the characters may have b...

 
2:27 AM
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Q: What are those lights close ahead of Luke's X-34 landspeeder?

Bingo MehndraIn the original movie A New Hope (1977), in the scene where the Tusken raiders try to shoot Luke's X-34 landspeeder, if you have sharp eyes or do stop-play slowly, you can see two circular bright lights close ahead of the landspeeder and a third bright spot. Even though those lights were removed ...

 
 
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4:10 AM
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Q: Does Sauron have any dialogue in any of the books?

DJ Spicy DeluxeIn The Lord of the Rings film adaptions, you can hear Sauron's voice at some points but it's often hard to hear it very well. You can also hear him quite clearly in The Lego Batman Movie, although I doubt that's canon... But as far as I can remember none of his dialogue is ever in any of the boo...

 
 
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5:31 AM
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Q: Why didn't time loop reset Tree's hairstyle?

Emilia ZeusIn time machine movie Happy Death Day 2U (2019), Tree wakes up from her bed after getting shocked to death in bathtub. She wakes up with funny static hairstyle: Why didn't time loop reset her hairstyle?

 
 
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6:52 AM
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Q: Time Lord Regeneration while having a Sword stuck in thier chest

Beware The Lone CyberBiscuitCould a Time Lord Regenerate with a Sword stuck in thier chest if they couldnt pull the Sword out? Would they Not be Able to regenerate while having a sword stuck in them or Would they be able to regenerate and the sword would perhaps slide out of the time lords body by itself I know the sevent...

 
 
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9:14 AM
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Q: How old is Schmendrick in The Last Unicorn?

wogslandIn Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn, Schmendrick the magician is cursed not to age until he learns how to use magic. How old is he during the events of the book?

 
9:28 AM
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Q: What's the meaning of Tom Bombadil's poem?

S EFrom book 1, Chapter 6,of The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien: Tom Bombadil's Song Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow! Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo! Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! My darling! Light goes the weath...

 
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10:40 AM
I've just discovered Jacana bird chicks and they're amazing. I mean just look at these fluffballs. Petition to make them honorary floors forever
 
11:00 AM
@DavidW so back then I was looking unsuccessfully for a movie clip making fun of county music, and now I've found it (for context, they're raiding Fort Know):
*Fort Knox
Also, *country
 
11:15 AM
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Q: Bimbo Movie Bash, source video

James JenkinsI saw part of the movie Bimbo Movie Bash (1997) A little research shows it is made of clips from several different movies. I have been looking around and I don't see a listing what movies the clips came from. What are the names of the source movies, in 'Bimbo Movie Bash'?

 
 
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12:36 PM
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Q: Why didn't harry notice Lupin in the scrapbook?

FlitoangelAt the end of the first book (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) Hagrid gave Harry a scrapbook full of pictures of his parents. He said he called all of Lilly and James' old school friends and collected pictures for Harry. I find it almost impossible that Lupin was not in any of those picture...

 
 
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2:17 PM
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Q: Does anyone remember this animated cartoon series?

Sidq QThere used to be an animated series which aired on cartoon network India around the year 2000 I remember the plot vaguely it consisted of a group of guys and girls capturing aliens in a disc like device

 
2:37 PM
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Q: Are Brent Spiner's legs actually eighty-seven point two centimetres long?

TronmanFrom Star Trek: Insurrection: DATA: My legs are exactly eighty-seven point two centimetres in length. They were eighty-seven point two centimetres the day I was created. They will be eighty-seven point two centimetres the day I go off line. I'm curious if anyone involved in production of th...

 
2:58 PM
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Q: Is Science Fiction biased towards covering Physics developments more so than developments in Statistics/Machine Learning/AI?

NumbersIs Science Fiction biased towards covering Physics/Biology/Medical developments? Surely medicine and physics have been here longer than Statistics has. Besides the AI craze, why doesn't Science Fiction cover developments in Statistics, Machine Learning, TDA more? Everyone seems to know about ha...

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Q: 2000s (or earlier) fantasy novel where the main character wears spider silk clothes because of her sensitive skin

GlimmervoidI'm searching for a fantasy novel I read years ago - in the early 2000s, though it might have been published earlier. The main thing I remember is the main character (female I think) had to wear spider silk clothing because she had super-sensitive skin. More, even normal spider silk wasn't smooth...

 
3:38 PM
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Q: Are the pipes in the Mario series made by Mario as tunnel entries to infiltrate Bowser's kingdom or they're a normalcy?

Joaquin OldIs there any link available to a manual/source concerning the pipes in Mario games? are they made by Mario as tunnel entries to infiltrate Bowser's kingdom or naturally occurring elements? Mario is known to be a plumber and Bowser is not an industrialist. Most of his army are wild creatures. ⠀‎ D...

 
 
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5:39 PM
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Q: Scifi short story about beings that have evolved into blue orbs that float in space

annieThis was a short story which I believe was written before the year 2000. It was about beings which are bluish orbs floating in space, evolved to no longer needing their bodies. They recognize one another by their luminescence and spirit.

 
 
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7:00 PM
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Q: Fantasy story with a young female protagonist and an ageless wizard

user2962956I am searching for a series of YA books I read approximately 10 years ago (2010). They were from a library so I assume they can't of come out before 1990. There are two protagonists: a young girl of around 13-16 and a wizard who is much older (50+). As a consequence of a ritual performed at the...

 
7:20 PM
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Q: Old timetravel series with older self helping younger self

ThomasI'm currently looking for an old series (seen 1 or 2 episodes some 10-20 years ago). I'm not sure if its a live action series or an anime though. What I remember is: -A boy (12-16?) goes to school in the modern days and has a female friend (or possibly girlfriend) -They go to a graveyard? in the...

 
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9:42 PM
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Q: Are students required to attend Quidditch matches?

creative-usernameGiven that students from all houses attend Quidditch matches, whether their house is playing or not, can it be concluded that matches are compulsory for students? In The Half Blood Prince, Harry says goodbye to Ron in the hospital wing and leaves for the match: He hurried through the deserted...

 
 
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10:54 PM
Anyone around currently?
 
Yes.
 
I was going to @ you on a completely unrelated matter :)
 
Go for it.
 
FWIW about meta.stackexchange.com/questions/344116/… I think this is an improvement
Although the "x this year, y this month" does not cut nicely on regular screen size, but eh
 
Eh, "completely unrelated matter" made it sound mysterious, rather than something I just wrote to you thirty seconds earlier.
Like that you finally did this:
Dec 24 '18 at 20:22, by Alex
Oct 7 at 22:58, by Alex
Oct 3 at 4:46, by Jenayah
Reminds that I have to pour myself a coffee and read that huge block of yours at some point haha
 
11:00 PM
Well, the other matter was comics stuff, so yeah, unrelated :)
@Alex oh, right, there's that xD
 
Anyway, was there a follow up to "Anyone around currently?" Or was it just a social greeting?
 

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