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| Re: Ayla 9: Ayla and the Scientist [message #57029 is a reply to message #57022 ] |
Fri, 20 April 2012 20:41   |
 kraftykeltic
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You have to remember the teaching assistant, has a partner within who thinks Belphy is an abomination.
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| Re: Ayla 9: Ayla and the Scientist [message #57034 is a reply to message #57030 ] |
Sat, 21 April 2012 00:09 |
TheEyes
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| dpragan wrote on Fri, 20 April 2012 21:05 | | kraftykeltic wrote on Fri, 20 April 2012 19:41 | You have to remember the teaching assistant, has a partner within who thinks Belphy is an abomination.
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All the MORE reason! 
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This is the kind of reasoning that put Alex in with Ayla, isn't it? 
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| Re: Ayla 9: Ayla and the Scientist [message #57036 is a reply to message #51709 ] |
Sat, 21 April 2012 00:49 |
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If people don't think you're an abomination, you aren't trying hard enough.
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| Re: Ayla 9: Ayla and the Scientist [message #57040 is a reply to message #56980 ] |
Sat, 21 April 2012 07:33 |
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Cockle
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| Niknokitueu wrote on Thu, 19 April 2012 09:32 |
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And yet people over here (in BritLand) are complaining about the government putting VAT on pasties.
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There is a technical issue which might need to be resolved. For example, should we pay VAT on bread fresh from the oven, and still warm?
Of course, that's not what Greggs are really bothered about. The food industry in general is incredibly resistant to anything which might improve public health at the risk of their profits. It's not about banning things. Just look at all the hassle trying to get useful, (as opposed to merely accurate) information on nutritional content onto packaging. Let alone actually producing some healthier food, (apart from premium ranges).
The VAT thing isn't really about health, though, so much as the government trying to remove exceptions.
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| Re: Ayla 9: Ayla and the Scientist [message #57079 is a reply to message #57040 ] |
Sat, 21 April 2012 22:30 |
rubberjohn
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True but it also shows up how woolly their thinking is. The question of when the pasty is subject to VAT should never have shown up. A pasty should either be subject or not subject to the tax, not subject depending on it's temperature in relation to the ambient temperature in the shop!
It's this kind of ridiculous attempt at catch-all legislation that makes the general public distrust politicians as either being completely out of touch with reality or totally stupid, neither of which is a good recommendation for the people who are supposed to be running the country.
John.
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| Re: Ayla 9: Ayla and the Scientist [message #57133 is a reply to message #57079 ] |
Sun, 22 April 2012 18:42 |
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Cockle
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| rubberjohn wrote on Sun, 22 April 2012 03:30 | True but it also shows up how woolly their thinking is. The question of when the pasty is subject to VAT should never have shown up. A pasty should either be subject or not subject to the tax, not subject depending on it's temperature in relation to the ambient temperature in the shop!
It's this kind of ridiculous attempt at catch-all legislation that makes the general public distrust politicians as either being completely out of touch with reality or totally stupid, neither of which is a good recommendation for the people who are supposed to be running the country.
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The problem goes back to a key part of the original VAT regs, which exempted foodstuffs, but not prepared food at restaurants. The first is necessary for life, the second is a luxury. Which is fair enough, as far as it goes. So on that basis it's not totally unreasonable that buying a package of pasties to take home would be zero rated, but buying a hot pasty as a treat to eat there and then would be a luxury, just like a bag of chips or a hamburger.
This is just an attempt to re-interpret one of the exceptions. It's not unreasonable in itself, IMO, but like any legislation with exceptions it very quickly leads to complications.
Things would be a lot simpler if nothing was zero-rated, but then a lot of people would be upset because there'd be VAT on kids clothes, and newspapers, and who knows what else that was originally zero-rated for quite well-intentioned reasons.
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| Re: Ayla 9: Ayla and the Scientist [message #57441 is a reply to message #51709 ] |
Sun, 29 April 2012 08:12 |
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Sojiro
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Yay, more Ayla!
More coherent review later.
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| Re: Ayla 9: Ayla and the Scientist [message #57442 is a reply to message #51709 ] |
Sun, 29 April 2012 08:27 |
Angelform
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Up to the usual standard but not much of particular interest.
Whateley medical once more proves they are a bunch of idiots. They are dealing with poison, remove the stuff first then heal it. If you need to use magic, TK, plasma or warp-fields to do said removing, who cares?
Would love to find out what Fey's crystal did to the 'THIS! IS! SPARRING!' shout.
Dare I even ask what guns Phase has acquired?
Tennyo, not unexpected. The question is whether they are going to further traumatise her by forcing her to 'kill' her teammates or by forcing her to watch 'her' brutally murdering her teammates.
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| Re: Ayla 9: Ayla and the Scientist [message #57445 is a reply to message #51709 ] |
Sun, 29 April 2012 09:32 |
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mittfh
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I expect the range jockeys have liaised with Billie to work out between them what she can and cannot be allowed to do during the sim.
After all, using even a fraction of her available power, it could be "Game Over" and a flattened, very radioactive campus within the space of a few seconds. Her antimatter sword has already been demonstrated to cut through Ayla's tactical baton, and it's probably one of the few things that could cut through DW.
But how do you devise a scenario involving Billie that could make it possible (just about) for there to be survivors?
-oOo-
Meanwhile, interesting glimpse of the Drows - Bova sitting between Jobe and Belfy, and it's implied Mater and daughter don't see entirely eye-to-eye. Hopefully as time goes on, they'll develop slightly different tastes in fashion so making it easier to distinguish between Jobe (biodevisor) and Belfy (tech devisor): after all, it's clear from NBSF and S&V that the two (mercifully!) have different personalities. Meanwhile, Bova shows that the formula's adaptable, given she's shorter than the other two; and Freight Train is apparently still stable (at the moment, anyway!) Hopefully Jobe has been altruistic enough to remove the imprinting part of the formula...
-oOo-
The showdown with the Intelligence Cadet Corps - somehow I get the impression Kew's going to have some explaining to do to her team-mates, now they've realised the financial cost of what she "borrowed"...
-oOo-
And finally, Ayla's brought up another good point to add to the authorised version of Chou's exit - namely that of TK friends and associates getting dragged into battles (as happened with BBII and BBIII).
Oh, and it seems as though Alex may eventually need to engage in PR, given she's still viewed as a supervillain (a reputation she seemed eager to try and cast off in her 'Welcome to Whateley' tale)...
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| Re: Ayla 9: Ayla and the Scientist [message #57449 is a reply to message #57445 ] |
Sun, 29 April 2012 10:28 |
guilherme.kinni
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| mittfh wrote on Sun, 29 April 2012 09:32 |
Meanwhile, Bova shows that the formula's adaptable, given she's shorter than the other two; and Freight Train is apparently still stable (at the moment, anyway!) Hopefully Jobe has been altruistic enough to remove the imprinting part of the formula...
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This was already explained.
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"We're NOT all going to look the same!" Jobe went into typical devisor lecture mode. "I put a LOT of work into designing this body, and I explored as many possible looks and configurations as I possibly could, and I executed genome models to see exactly how many permutations I could work while maintaining enzymic cohesion. While this configuration IS eminently the most desirable of all, I thrashed out no less than 78 possible physiques for my perfect bride, ranging from petite little pixies to strapping amazons, all with their own distinctive look, and all drop-dead gorgeous. This Bova girl- IF she meets my stringent standards for the Drow- will have the entire range of somatotypes-"
"Somatotype is a pretentious way of saying 'body type'," Kate explained for Misty and Sizzle.
Jobe shot Kate a nasty look, which Kate returned with her usual glacial composure. "Bova will have the entire range of somatotypes to choose from," Jobe finished. "It will merely be a matter of picking the perfect physique to send the appropriate message. Like THIS." Jobe pulled a jumper from the rack and held it in front of her with a triumphant grin.
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And Jobe may have removed that part, but not because of altruism. I think it's likely that Jadis forced her to.
“Yeah,” I muttered, “That’s my goal in life. To not be as big a pain in the ass as everyone expects. Thanks for that ringing endorsement.” / "Every great story needs MONEY, SEX AND VIOLENCE." by Maurício de Souza.
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| Re: Ayla 9: Ayla and the Scientist [message #57450 is a reply to message #51709 ] |
Sun, 29 April 2012 10:36 |
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Sojiro
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I didn't just love the meeting with the Spy Kids, I was impressed. Diane managed to include two scenes in one, and also retroactively introduce a plot line. And the meeting was about more than the obvious things, as well as ending on an unexpected note that promises interesting further developments.
The part about the BMA class was really good. The new cast was presented in a very clear and easily understandable fashion, all the while introducing various plot hooks and "vignettes". The fight with Jobe was nice, even if I was surprised and underwhelmed to see him fall for such a trick. On the other hand, underestimating his opposition's intelligence is a very common mistake of his, so it's perfectly in character.
And Punch! I'm really looking forward to seeing more from her. She ought to be able to give Ayla a run for her money, too!
The Accounting sessions were interesting, and not as similar to the first one as I had feared. I'm looking forward to see Ayla juggle multiple course levels at once.
Phase is, as usual, overestimating the amount of trouble she's in when she smarts off to the Sim crew. On the other hand, she's right that she should probably stop prodding people for no reason other than to show off how much of a smartass she can be.
There were a lot of varied scenes, unlike the past few chapters that were much more focused. I enjoyed that.
The ending makes me really look forward to the next chapter. When I learned that there would not be just one (or a couple of) Dark Phoenix Sim I suspected (and hoped) that we'd see Dark Tennyo in action. It must not have been easy to make an interesting story out of that. There's really not much most of the team can do to avoid being slaughtered, and it's going to be tough to deal with the psychological damage on Tennyo herself. I'm confident you have a good answer for all of the issues inherent to such a fight scene, so I'm very much looking forward to the next chapter!
Thanks Diane, that was great!
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