October 2017 Overall
Church notes - 1st October 2017: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2017/09/church-notes-1st-october-2017.html
September Overall: https://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/September-Overall-707286751
2017 so far: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/165924137130/2017-so-far
Star Trek Discovery 1.01/1.02 The Vulcan Hello/Battle at the Binary Stars two part premiere review: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChristopherFardell/posts/jQ7QMMx1qBu
Star Trek Discovery The Vulcan Hello/Battle at the Binary Stars nitpicks: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/914673823844306945
Star Trek Pilot episode ranking: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/914682804214157312
Godzilla 1998 rating: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2017/10/godzilla-1998-rating.html
Star Trek Pilot episode ranking - correction: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2017/10/star-trek-pilot-episodes-ranking_3.html
Star Trek Discovery 1.03 Context is for Kings review: https://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/ST-Discovery-1-03-Context-is-for-Kings-Review-708070463
King Kong 2005 rating: https://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/King-Kong-2005-rating-708242784
Star Trek Discovery Context is for Kings nitpicks: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2017/10/star-trek-discovery-context-is-for.html
Church notes - 8th October 2017: https://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/Church-notes-8th-October-2017-708587522
Church notes - Why Bother: https://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/Church-notes-Why-Bother-708590066
Godzilla 2014 rating: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChristopherFardell/posts/esMrbKHRyXv
Test Thread - 1908: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/917716025319108609
Star Trek Discovery The Butchers Knife Cares Not For the Lambs Cry review: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2017/10/star-trek-discovery-104-butchers-knife.html
Blade Runner 2049 review: https://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/Blade-Runner-2049-Review-709643108
Additional note - Spore Drive and Voyager: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChristopherFardell/posts/ZTymYyjztUw
Beauty and the Beast (1991) rating: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/919084506417475584
Church notes - 15th October 2017: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/919414689490018304
Gravity Rating: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2017/10/gravity-rating.html
Test Thread - 1904: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2017/10/test-thread-1904.html
Seventh Son rating: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2017/10/seventh-son-rating.html
Guardians of the Galaxy rating: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChristopherFardell/posts/7vuvcGfpJmH
Star Trek Discovery Choose Your Pain review: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/921586977425600513
Choose Your Pain nitpicks: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2017/10/choose-your-pain-nitpicks.html
Church notes - 22nd October 2017: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChristopherFardell/posts/bjP79eHkE4F
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl rating: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/921995154533228545
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest rating: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/922761911216640000
Star Trek Discovery Lethe review: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChristopherFardell/posts/Av7dacSZYdb
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End rating: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/924083358736441344
Lethe nitpicks: https://plus.google.com/u/0/115245633245722817719/posts/W1wnmtEs7yR
Church notes - October 2017: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChristopherFardell/posts/5QA3tcawLeU
Church notes in 2017 so far: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChristopherFardell/posts/TJKz4Qpq6Ho
Church notes - 29th October 2017: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/924511076292554752
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides rating: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/924908241166909440
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Monday, 30 October 2017
Saturday, 28 October 2017
Church notes - 29th October 2017
29th October
10,000 Reasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtwIT8JjddM
Hosanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnMevXQutyE
Psalm 46
Good Good Father: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBwXHpKVS5I
I Will Serve
Matthew 20:20 - 28
I Could
I Might
I Should
- It's meaningless if you don't do it.
I will - the only appropriate response to God.
Rescued and transformed
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Help those around you take a step to the right through the four Ps.
Selfishness - puts churches in a bad position
vs21
The exact opposite to Jesus' teaching of servanthood. It had come out of pride.
vs24
The other ten disciples had the same attitude. These attitudes are still present in the Church (and every individual) today!
vs 25 - 28
Phil 2:3 - 8
Jesus (and Paul) made it clear that we are to serve. How different would the world be if everyone had a servanthood attitude?
I will go
Acts 1:8
Start with those around you.
What is your Jerusalem?
It is your community. Those you interact with on a regular basis.
John 14:6
There is a way to God, but there is only one way.
Objections
- 'This is not my Spiritual Gift'
John 9:25
- 'I don't feel equipped to speak'
- 'I don't want to impose my beliefs on others'
Acts 4:18 - 20
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Now we can persue God's design in our lives
Colossians 4:2 - 6
Matthew 28:18 - 20
Who is your Jerusalem?
10,000 Reasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtwIT8JjddM
Hosanna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnMevXQutyE
Psalm 46
Good Good Father: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBwXHpKVS5I
I Will Serve
Matthew 20:20 - 28
I Could
I Might
I Should
- It's meaningless if you don't do it.
I will - the only appropriate response to God.
Rescued and transformed
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Help those around you take a step to the right through the four Ps.
Selfishness - puts churches in a bad position
vs21
The exact opposite to Jesus' teaching of servanthood. It had come out of pride.
vs24
The other ten disciples had the same attitude. These attitudes are still present in the Church (and every individual) today!
vs 25 - 28
Phil 2:3 - 8
Jesus (and Paul) made it clear that we are to serve. How different would the world be if everyone had a servanthood attitude?
I will go
Acts 1:8
Start with those around you.
What is your Jerusalem?
It is your community. Those you interact with on a regular basis.
John 14:6
There is a way to God, but there is only one way.
Objections
- 'This is not my Spiritual Gift'
John 9:25
- 'I don't feel equipped to speak'
- 'I don't want to impose my beliefs on others'
Acts 4:18 - 20
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Now we can persue God's design in our lives
Colossians 4:2 - 6
Matthew 28:18 - 20
Who is your Jerusalem?
Church notes in 2017 so far
By month
January: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/169861.html
February: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/178683.html
March: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/182156.html, http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/158839963445/church-notes-march-2017
April: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/185291.html
May: https://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/186628.html
June: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/188502.html, http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/Church-notes-June-2017-688574038
July: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/192061.html, http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/163590801590/church-notes-july-2017
August 2017: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/195384.html , http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/164664170110/church-notes-august-2017
September: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/197094.html
October: https://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/198667.html, https://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/Church-notes-October-2017-712231768
January: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/169861.html
February: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/178683.html
March: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/182156.html, http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/158839963445/church-notes-march-2017
April: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/185291.html
May: https://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/186628.html
June: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/188502.html, http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/Church-notes-June-2017-688574038
July: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/192061.html, http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/163590801590/church-notes-july-2017
August 2017: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/195384.html , http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/164664170110/church-notes-august-2017
September: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/197094.html
October: https://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/198667.html, https://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/Church-notes-October-2017-712231768
Church notes - October 2017
On LiveJournal: https://fardell24.livejournal.com/283492.html
On Dreamwidth: https://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/198667.html
On Dreamwidth: https://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/198667.html
Friday, 27 October 2017
Lethe nitpicks
Lethe
nitpicks
The
Holodeck
What
was new in 2364 was the use of replicated matter in the holodeck,
allowing for realistic tactile feedback. (The Hood
was an older Excelsior
class, as such it's
holosimulator is more akin to what we see here in the Discovery.
Will growing up was more interested in Anbu-jyutsu than going to any
holoarcades that Valdez, Alaska may have to offer.) Also new was the
distinction between the simulation environment and the image on the
side wall being invisible.
Vulcan
skies
Spock's
comment “Lieutenant, Vulcan has no moon,” doesn't rule out Vulcan
having a companion planet with it's own moon (as depicted in the
theatrical release of The
Motion Picture and
Yesteryear,
although the latter doesn't show the companion planet's moon.)
(These
astronomical bodies have also been referred to in various novels,
probably due to the above depictions.)
Star Trek Discovery 1.06 Lethe review
Lethe
review
The sixth episode of the series. The series continues to improve (and
at least there aren't 'colourful metaphors' this episode.) The
opening scene with Sarek and his aide on Vulcan was a rather good
introduction to the story, being a great set up for what follows. It
is obvious that Sarek didn't expect his aid to be a 'Logic
extremist'. (Really, the Federation is failed experiment? Because
there is a war with the Klingons? Their pessimism would seem to be
illogical, if that is the case.) Then there is the scene with Lorca
and Tyler in the holodeck.
That is a good scene as Lorca gauges Tyler while he gets to know him
(I still don't think he's a Klingon spy). Tyler's humility regarding
the kill counter is well done also, as is Lorca's reply. Burnham's
talk with Tilly was quite good also, as is the come back later.
(Referencing the Enterprise wasn't over the top, and works in
context, see next). It is clear that Burnham has taken on a mentoring
role, and wants Tilly to succeed in her goals. The scene with Tyler
is also good. (Is there something between Burnham and Tyler?)
Of course, that leads into the main plot of the episode, rescuing
Sarek. Hence Tilly, Burnham and Tyler going into the nebula on a
shuttle. (Enhancing the meld with a mechanism? It works, and it helps
to advance the story.) If nothing else, the three of them work well
together. But what they discover (or rather what Burnham discovers)
is quite interesting. Why Sarek is resisting Burnham's attempt at
connecting with him, also provides backstory for his relationship
with Spock. Quite well explained.
That Sarek had to make a compromise with the prejudiced head of the
Vulcan Expeditionary Group, so that Spock instead of Burnham and
Spock would join, only for Spock to unknowingly betray that
agreement, goes a long way to explaining the rift between the two
when they meet above Vulcan in 2367. The revelation that Cornwell had
a relationship with Lorca in the past is interesting. But that she
would sleep with Lorca despite being his superior officer, is quite
morally questionable. But that leads to the revelation of the nature
of Lorca's problems.
PTSD from what happened on the Buran. (Is that all that's
wrong with him?) This leads to the next thing, Cornwell taking
Sarek's place, and getting captured by the Klingons. Certainly an
interesting development. 8.75/10.
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Sunday, 22 October 2017
Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl rating
Pirates
of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
8.5
Saturday, 21 October 2017
Church notes - 22nd October 2017
22nd October
Psalms 145 - 150
Acts 2:42 - 47
I will!
Structure is important for the vine, which is the Church.
Growth and development - Discipleship.
Rescued and transformed
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Help those around you take a step to the right through the four Ps.
A step to the right.
To knowing Jesus more.
Gathering together to worship.
I will
I will worship with others.
- Worship involves revelation and response
- Individually and in community
The issues of other priorities that pulled them away from worship were settled.
Corporate worship - focusing on worshiping God with others.
Say I will to Corporate worship.
I will attend worship services
vs 46
I will pray before worship
- For the attitude of our hearts
- For the leaders
- For those you're worshipping with
I will pray as I enter Church
I will be a worshipper not a judge
I will grow together with others
- The Relationship Factor
Proverbs 27:17
The Ministry Factor
Acts 2:45
- They looked after each other
The Teaching Factor
The Evangelism Factor
How do you plan to maake a step to the right?
Who will you help to make a step to the right?
Psalms 145 - 150
Acts 2:42 - 47
I will!
Structure is important for the vine, which is the Church.
Growth and development - Discipleship.
Rescued and transformed
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Help those around you take a step to the right through the four Ps.
A step to the right.
To knowing Jesus more.
Gathering together to worship.
I will
I will worship with others.
- Worship involves revelation and response
- Individually and in community
The issues of other priorities that pulled them away from worship were settled.
Corporate worship - focusing on worshiping God with others.
Say I will to Corporate worship.
I will attend worship services
vs 46
I will pray before worship
- For the attitude of our hearts
- For the leaders
- For those you're worshipping with
I will pray as I enter Church
I will be a worshipper not a judge
I will grow together with others
- The Relationship Factor
Proverbs 27:17
The Ministry Factor
Acts 2:45
- They looked after each other
The Teaching Factor
The Evangelism Factor
How do you plan to maake a step to the right?
Who will you help to make a step to the right?
Friday, 20 October 2017
Choose Your Pain nitpicks
Choose
Your Pain nitpicks
The
D7
That
certainly doesn't look like a D7!
(Too
much of an error so... maybe the basic framework of the ship is
shared with a D7?)
Colourful
metaphors
Tilly
being awkward and being from somewhere other than Iowa.
Star Trek Discovery 1.05 Choose Your Pain review
Choose
Your Pain review
The fifth episode of the series. An interesting story, but there is
at least one element I didn't like. The 'colourful metaphors'! Like,
this isn't your parent's Star Trek! But more on that later. More is
revealed about Lorca. There is certainly history between him and
Admiral Cornwell. Their interaction is rather good, particularly when
she's confronting him about recruiting Burnham. Then there is Mudd.
He was also done rather well, there was no problem believing that he
was the same character that Kirk and Spock will meet.
That he was collaborating with the Klingons, there's no doubt. Lorca
was well justified in how he reacted to this news, even abandoning
him on the ship. Tyler (I don't think he's Voq) was good also, he
also wanted to escape from the captivity, from what L'Rell was doing.
Talking of L'Rell, she's getting more interesting (what else are the
House of Moquai up to? I still don't think Tyler is Voq...) She
clearly didn't want Lorca to escape. (Lorca seems to hold out better
than Picard will against Madred), but then the scenes aren't the
focus of the episode.
(Even less than that episode of Babylon 5; Intersections in
Real Time.) Still, the escape was done rather well, particularly
with Saru recognising that the fighter that Lorca amd Tyler was in
wasn't their enemy. Then there is the situation with the Tardigrade.
Each jump had been draining it, and after the jump to rescue Lorca,
Ripper enters a state of hibernation (or specifically, a state of
cryptobiosis) due to the stress. Thus Staments having to take it's
place after the rescue, but more on that below.
Burnham letting it go is a logical development of her earlier concern
for it's welfare. (I don't think it goes to warp, rather it jumps
into the Galactic Mycelium.) Saru's worries about being a good
commander was done well also (I liked the list too). But back to the
'f-bomb' issue. It wasn't at all necessary. Data's swear in
Generations wasn't as gratuitous as this was. It reflected the
situation that they were in (with the Saucer entering Veridian III's
atmosphere) and was also a consequence of the effect that the emotion
chip was having on him.
The scene with Staments and Culber was interesting, especially with
the bit with mirror at the end. (Is the mirror universe involved? I
don't think so.) 7/10. (The 'f-bomb' lowers it a bit!)
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Test Thread - 1904
1904
Americas
The Quebecois Rationalist Party continues to gain in popularity, including amongst those willing to use violent means to get their point across.
The proportion of Minnesota Norse speakers in Midgard County drops below 63%.
In eastern Minnesota overall, the number drops below 28%.
In Minnesota overall, the number drops below 14%.
Within the US overall (excluding Minnesota) it drops below 1.6%.
The Democratic Republican Administration in Minnesota (Under the complete control of the Sovereign Administration) bans one of the more 'boisterous' minor parties - the Minnesota Freedom Party, based in Midgard County...
Europe
The Greek Civil War continues.
The European Revolutionary War continues.
Africa
More rationalist rebellions occur in the west of the Empire of the Rif.
The Egyptian rebellion spreads.
Asia
Russia continues to press their invasion of the Kazakh Khanate.
Australasia
Antipodea
New South Wales
Armidale's population reaches 3350.
Dubbo's population reaches 4900.
Americas
The Quebecois Rationalist Party continues to gain in popularity, including amongst those willing to use violent means to get their point across.
The proportion of Minnesota Norse speakers in Midgard County drops below 63%.
In eastern Minnesota overall, the number drops below 28%.
In Minnesota overall, the number drops below 14%.
Within the US overall (excluding Minnesota) it drops below 1.6%.
The Democratic Republican Administration in Minnesota (Under the complete control of the Sovereign Administration) bans one of the more 'boisterous' minor parties - the Minnesota Freedom Party, based in Midgard County...
Europe
The Greek Civil War continues.
The European Revolutionary War continues.
Africa
More rationalist rebellions occur in the west of the Empire of the Rif.
The Egyptian rebellion spreads.
Asia
Russia continues to press their invasion of the Kazakh Khanate.
Australasia
Antipodea
New South Wales
Armidale's population reaches 3350.
Dubbo's population reaches 4900.
Monday, 16 October 2017
Saturday, 14 October 2017
Church notes - 15th October 2017
15th October
Psalm 33
Matthew 14: 22 - 32
Communion
1 Corinthians 11:23 - 26
Sermon
Philippians 2:1 - 8
I Will
It's all about attitude. What attitude do you bring when you go to Church?
The Right Attitude
- No Church is perfect, nor are any pastors
We serve out of an attitude
The Right Attitude
I bring Unity to my Church
Ephesians 4:1 - 3
Acceptance of one another in love.
I am a Sacrificial Church member
Philippians 2:6 - 8
Greatness comes from serving others
I am a prayerful Church member
'...we haven't stopped praying for you'.
The Devil's goal - for you to fail as a Christian
Ephesians 6:18
I am a joyful Church member
Philippians 4:4 - 7
Attitude determines all actions
The local Church is the hope of the world.
Tony Payne - How to Walk into Church
We need to have the right attitude as we walk into Church
Prepare
- Reading the Word
- Don't spend the night before partying...
Prayer
Greet Visitors and Newcomers
- It means arriving early
- It means staying late
-- 'People work' or 'The ministry of the pew'
-- We come for each other
-- Prayer
How do you walk into Church?
Philippians 2:9 - 11
Psalm 33
Matthew 14: 22 - 32
Communion
1 Corinthians 11:23 - 26
Sermon
Philippians 2:1 - 8
I Will
It's all about attitude. What attitude do you bring when you go to Church?
The Right Attitude
- No Church is perfect, nor are any pastors
We serve out of an attitude
The Right Attitude
I bring Unity to my Church
Ephesians 4:1 - 3
Acceptance of one another in love.
I am a Sacrificial Church member
Philippians 2:6 - 8
Greatness comes from serving others
I am a prayerful Church member
'...we haven't stopped praying for you'.
The Devil's goal - for you to fail as a Christian
Ephesians 6:18
I am a joyful Church member
Philippians 4:4 - 7
Attitude determines all actions
The local Church is the hope of the world.
Tony Payne - How to Walk into Church
We need to have the right attitude as we walk into Church
Prepare
- Reading the Word
- Don't spend the night before partying...
Prayer
Greet Visitors and Newcomers
- It means arriving early
- It means staying late
-- 'People work' or 'The ministry of the pew'
-- We come for each other
-- Prayer
How do you walk into Church?
Philippians 2:9 - 11
Friday, 13 October 2017
Additional Note - Spore Drive and Voyager
Additional Note: Spore Drive and Voyager
No specific continuity nitpicks for The Butcher's Knife Cares Not
For The Lambs Cry, (other than what has appeared in the previous
episodes.) But rather how the Spore Drive is shown to work and
possible compatibility with the Intrepid class ship. Even if
Janeway and/or Seven knew about the Spore Drive it would be difficult
to have the counter rotating ring sections on Voyager.
However, it would certainly work on Borg Sphere ships. More on the
Borg, below.
Moreover, given Janeway's reaction to what the Equinox was
doing, she wouldn't want to use a Tardigrade to guide Voyager's
Spore Drive. Obviously the Borg wouldn't hesitate to assimilate as
many Tardigrades as necessary to pilot Spheres through the Galactic
Mycelium. But would the Collective stop there? They would try to
assimilate the Mycelium itself...
Another possibility, the bioneural gel packs themselves might be
advanced enough to provide the computational power to guide Voyager
through the Mycelium to Federation space. And the Borg would use the
raw computational power of the entire Collective if necessary if
there are no Tardigrades available.
It may be that something may happen to the Mycelium to make it
unusable.
Blade Runner 2049 review
Blade Runner 2049
The sequel to the first Blade Runner movie, based on Do
Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, by Phillip K. Dick. As a
sequel, it works. It tackles the same kind of questions of identity
that the first film does. (I haven't read the novel, so I can't
compare it to that apparently seminal work.) The character of K (or
“Joe”) is an interesting protagonist. He isn't a blank slate. He
has a backstory, or thinks he does, and that plays a major role in
this story. He has curiosity, and that also contributes to to the
story.
(Of course, curiosity would be essential for any Blade Running
Replicant...) Then there is his holographic AI companion, JOI, who
gives him his name. She also shows some development over the course
of the story. (But does she, that is a question, whether she is as
real as the humans and replicants or not.) Then there is Deckard, who
appears towards the end of the film, with more question of who is
real or not. As good as the first one. 8.3/10.
Star Trek Discovery 1.04 The Butchers Knife Cares Not For the Lambs Cry review
The
Butcher's Knife Cares Not For the Lamb's Cry review
The fourth episode of the series, continuing in the aftermath of the
previous episode. Where to begin? From the beginning from the lead up
to the opening battle simulation. The scene inside the
synthesizer/replicator as it made Burnham's uniform was good. It is
an effective lead into the episode proper. As is the scene in the
turbolift between Saru and Burhnam, which is also an effective link
to the previous episode. The line 'tell your threat ganglia to calm
down' was a very good line.
As is Saru's response. However, one of the main plots of the episode
involves the macroTardigrade, that is named 'Ripper.' The scientific
process whereby Burnham investigates the nature of the Tardigrade is
rather well done. They had done their work here. Too bad Landry
didn't listen to her when she wanted one of 'Ripper's claws'. Landry
really should have listened to Burnham about the fact that Ripper
mightn't react well to sedation... But this is a really good example
of 'Reality ensues'.
Tilly's role in this tale was done well, with her helping Burnham to
accept Georgiou's will. We also get to see Lorca in action as the
Discovery's captain. He pushes his crew to achieve, despite
what barriers might be in the way. Particularly in the playback of
the Corvan 2 distress call shipwide. Now to the Klingons... I wasn't
that surprised that Voq had ate Georgiou, Klingons engaging in
cannibalism isn't inconsistent with what has been established
previously. The scenes between Voq and L'Rell (particularly on the
Shenzhou) were quite well done.
The attack on Corvan 2 mainly serves as a push for the Discovery
crew, to get the Spore Drive working. (Really, the Federation
should have more sources of Dilithium. I guess that is background to
the admission of Coridan in 11 years time...) The Spore Drive in
action, is quite interesting, with the Discovery's rings
spinning and the ship folding in on itself. That the Corvan 2 miners
were rescued was just icing on the cake. Overall it was a good
instalment in this increasingly interesting series. 8.5/10.
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
Test Thread - 1908
1908
Americas
In the United States POTUS Arthur C. Sovereign's regime continues to crack down on "moral decay".
The proportion of Minnesota Norse speakers in Midgard County drops below 60%.
In eastern Minnesota overall, the number drops below 27%.
In Minnesota overall, the number drops below 13.5%.
Within the US overall (excluding Minnesota) it drops below 1.4%.
The Venezuelan Civil War intensifies.
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australasia
Antipodea
The Rationalist protests in the various Gold Coast towns escalate into an actual rebellion. The Civil War had begun...
New South Wales
Armidale's population reaches 3500.
Dubbo's population reaches 5100.
Americas
In the United States POTUS Arthur C. Sovereign's regime continues to crack down on "moral decay".
The proportion of Minnesota Norse speakers in Midgard County drops below 60%.
In eastern Minnesota overall, the number drops below 27%.
In Minnesota overall, the number drops below 13.5%.
Within the US overall (excluding Minnesota) it drops below 1.4%.
The Venezuelan Civil War intensifies.
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australasia
Antipodea
The Rationalist protests in the various Gold Coast towns escalate into an actual rebellion. The Civil War had begun...
New South Wales
Armidale's population reaches 3500.
Dubbo's population reaches 5100.
Sunday, 8 October 2017
Saturday, 7 October 2017
Church notes - Why Bother
1st Oct - Church: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2017/09/church-notes-1st-october-2017.html
8th Oct - Singing: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2017/10/church-notes-8th-october-2017.html
8th Oct - Singing: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2017/10/church-notes-8th-october-2017.html
Church notes - 8th October 2017
8th October
Singing Why Bother
Worship
What does He mean by that?
Ephesians 5:18 - 20
Time when we sing and are joyful.
Other times when it brings repentance.
A Challenge
- We need to let God change our heart
- We need to sing with our hearts to the LORD
Passion, etc.
Colossians 3:16
For use as an admonishment, or challenge.
Not just be heard, but to dwell in us richly.
Dwell in us richly.
If we are not careful we might sing songs that aren't edifying.
How does the word dwelling in us richly lead to worship?
Pointing to the truth in His word.
It's not an 'add-on' or a 'time filler' - it helps us to know God better, and unifies us in worship of Him.
We need to focus on whether the songs speak the truth about God.
We need to pray for those who choose the songs for each service.
Eph 5
We should remember that our singing should be inspired by the Spirit
It isn't about you, it's about God.
Psalm 96
'A New Song'
A push back against the toxicity of the world.
Singing Why Bother
Worship
What does He mean by that?
Ephesians 5:18 - 20
Time when we sing and are joyful.
Other times when it brings repentance.
A Challenge
- We need to let God change our heart
- We need to sing with our hearts to the LORD
Passion, etc.
Colossians 3:16
For use as an admonishment, or challenge.
Not just be heard, but to dwell in us richly.
Dwell in us richly.
If we are not careful we might sing songs that aren't edifying.
How does the word dwelling in us richly lead to worship?
Pointing to the truth in His word.
It's not an 'add-on' or a 'time filler' - it helps us to know God better, and unifies us in worship of Him.
We need to focus on whether the songs speak the truth about God.
We need to pray for those who choose the songs for each service.
Eph 5
We should remember that our singing should be inspired by the Spirit
It isn't about you, it's about God.
Psalm 96
'A New Song'
A push back against the toxicity of the world.
Star Trek Discovery Context is for Kings - nitpicks
Context
is for Kings nitpicks
Site to site transport.
Contradiction with The Day of the Dove? Possibly. Or maybe
Lorca is willing to take the risk. (And Georgiou and Burnham took
similar risks on the Shenzhou, given that Burnham doesn't seem
surprised.)
Tribble
Lorca has some means to stop it getting into the fortune cookies.
(And had figured out by trial and error how much a Tribble could eat
before it reproduces)
Spore Drive
As noted in the review, it fails in some way. After the war,
Starfleet assumes it not worth the risk of what occurred on the Glenn
happening again. (Over eleven decades later, Janeway hasn't got the
clearance to know about it, and the Borg hadn't assimilated anyone
who does, so Seven doesn't know either. Maybe. Or Voyager
tried and found it similar to what really happened in
Threshold.)
Discovery
as a new ship?
A
bit difficult to tell the difference between a new
ship and one that had been recently refitted.
Friday, 6 October 2017
Thursday, 5 October 2017
Star Trek Discovery 1.03 Context is for Kings Review
The
third episode of the series, introducing the main setting of the
series, the USS
Discovery NCC 1031.
It certainly was an interesting episode. The introduction on the
prison shuttle was quite good, effectively re-introducing Burnham as
someone who has reached rock bottom and resigned to her fate. But
that isn't the entire story. The introduction of the Discovery
with the shuttle in the tractor beams was done rather well, but that
is an aside. Burnham's reactions to the various scenarios that
confront her aboard the ship, are also done well.
The various officers she meets aboard the ship, are also done well
(some more than others), including her roomate, Cadet Sylvia Tilly.
She wasn't as annoying as Neelix, Reg Barclay or Wesley Crusher (all
of whom I didn't find all that annoying, most of the time). Her
anxiety isn't overplayed. It will be interesting to see how she
develops. But Captain Lorca is more interesting, he clearly wants to
get things done, regardless of whether it's right or wrong. He
certainly isn't like any other Starfleet Captain we have seen.
I'm not sure what to make of his menagerie (certainly the fact that
he grabs the 'kitty' from the Glenn...), but I liked the
Tribble. It is certainly leading somewhere, and this is a good start.
Then there is Staments (named after a real mycologist), there isn't
much to say, except that his grief when the news about the Glenn's
accident came in was done rather well. But so far I have been
ignoring the elephant in the room. Or rather the Mycelium in the
room. The Spore Drive. It is certainly an interesting concept.
A link with panspermia. (life throughout the universe linked
together, sounds like another franchise). It probably fails in some
way, given what happened on the Glenn, but the story along the
way will be interesting. The scenes on the Glenn were also
quite well done (including Burnham quoting Carroll). The
re-introduction of Saru as Discovery's Number One was also
good, and the way he describes Burnham is quite apt. 9/10.
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Star Trek Pilot Episodes Ranking - correction
Pilot
Episode comparison – correction
Correction:
Beyond the Furthest Star
is the premiere episode of the Animated Series. (Must be because
there is similarity in plot lines...)
Emissary
Caretaker
Where
No Man Has Gone Before
Beyond
the Furthest Star
The
Vulcan Hello/Battle at the Binary Stars
Encounter
at Farpoint
The
Cage
Broken
Bow
It
probably would have been better if Yesteryear had
been released first, then the ranking would be
Emissary
Yesteryear
Caretaker
Where
No Man Has Gone Before
The
Vulcan Hello/Battle at the Binary Stars
Encounter
at Farpoint
The
Cage
Broken
Bow
(And
I wouldn't have been confused).
Sunday, 1 October 2017
Star Trek pilot episodes ranking
My current ranking for the Star Trek pilots.
Emissary
Caretaker
Where
No Man Has Gone Before
How
Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
The
Vulcan Hello/Battle at the Binary Stars
Encounter
at Farpoint
The
Cage
Broken
Bow (Not bad
but just not as good as the others)
Star Trek Discovery - The Vulcan Hello/Battle at the Binary Stars - nitpicks
The Vulcan
Hello/Battle at the Binary Stars two part premiere – nitpicks
These
are minor quibbles at most. They didn't impact my enjoyment of the
episodes.
Klingon
Appearance
Not
really a problem. It could be an effect of an attempted treatment for
the Augment virus. A counter-agent for that virus gone wrong.
Holographic
communications
Not
a problem either. The fidelity of the holograms are a lot less than
they are in the holodecks/holosuites in TNG/DS9/VOY. It doesn't
contradict For the Uniform either.
The holocommunicatora in the Defiant,
Malinche and
Eddington's raider are a lot more advanced. There is also
technological fads to consider.
Burnham's
Court Martial
It
shows her POV, from where she is emotionally after what she had done.
Anyone would be in despair after that.
Sarek's
adoption of Burnham
I
don't see any problem here.
Star Trek Discovery 1.01/1.02 The Vulcan Hello/Battle at the Binary Stars two Part Premiere review
The Vulcan
Hello/Battle at the Binary Stars two part premiere review
Clearly,
the two episodes are actually a single story, rather than two linked
stories, much like Encounter at Farpoint, Emissary, Caretaker
and Broken Bow were
single stories. Stopping at the E-D's arrival
at Farpoint, the discovery of the wormhole, Harry and B'Elanna
discovering the Ocampa City or the NX-01's
arrival at Rigel wouldn't have been a good idea either. (But the onus
is on CBS for that). But I digress. The premiere (or prologue) taken
as a whole is a very good introduction to the situation in the
Federation at this time.
The
relationship between Burnham and Georgeou is established to be
strong, in that the captain had thought highly enough of her Number
One that she was going to recommend that she have her own ship. But
it turns out that Phillipa didn't know Michael as well as she thought
she did. It is further established that Burnham had unresolved issues
in her past (as did Georgeou) that hadn't been triggered in the past
seven years. Not until She had run into T'Kumva's beacon ship. That
is what leads to the mutiny.
However,
Phillipa is able to forgive Michael by the time they go over to try
to capture T'Kumva, not that does any good in the long run. However,
the Vulcan education has given her highly honed cognitive abilities
(as the ethics discussion with the Shenzhou
computer in the brig shows), it will be interesting going forward to
see how she helps to solve problems that the Discovery
would run into. However, Sarek's motivations, his intentions, in
raising a full human child in a Vulcan environment hasn't yet been
elucidated. Hopefully, more of that will be revealed as the series
goes forward.
With
the Klingons, T'Kumva particularly, there was some backstory, that he
was bullied because of his father's disgrace (Discommendation?) and
discovered the ship along with Voq and then used it in order to not
be disgraced and to reunite the Klingons against the Federation;
that's an interesting story. Probably too bad he was killed off. It
will be interesting to see the repercussions from that. 8.5/10.
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