January 15 (T10 #96-99)

[Zeke]

<p>Okay, let's do this thing! My original plan was to whip this up for January 1, but as you'll see, it expanded a bit -- mostly because I wanted to give a couple of my favourite new sf shows their first appearance at 5M.net. Here are four, count 'em six (wait, what?), new Top 10 lists:
<ul><li><a href="../top10/96.html">The Top 10 New Year's Resolutions of <i>Voyager</i> Characters</a>
<li><a href="../top10/97.html">The Top 10 New Year's Resolutions of <i>Enterprise</i> Characters</a>
<li><a href="../top10/98.html">The Top 10 New Year's Resolutions of <i>Torchwood</i> Characters</a></ul>
And finally -- no joke here --
<ul><li><a href="../top10/99.html">The Top 30 New Year's Resolutions of <i>Heroes</i> Characters</a></ul>
Enjoy!

[DCTrekkie]

Yahoooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FMV IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ahem.... sorry, lost control for a second then. I'm glad you're back Zeke, i'm looking forward to seeing new fivers soon(ish). Just don't push yourself to hard this time trying to update daily, i'd hate to lose this site permanently.

[Sa'ar Chasm]

Archer: Finally make up his mind between Betty and Veronica

Better and Veronicer, surely...

[Derek]

14. West: Go and... oh, let's face it. Who cares?
Glad we agree.

[Nate the Great]

5MV no longer exists! 5M.net does! Look, I love "5MV" as much as anyone else, but the apron strings have to be cut and--

Picard: The line must be drawn HERE!

Anyway, good stuff.

[NAHTMMM]

Paris: Find a new century to be obsessed with -- the 20th is oddly popular with other sf characters
Yes, it is, isn't it?

# Seven: Stop indulging in the irrelevant custom of making New Year's resoluBZZT BZZT ERROR IN TERTIARY SUBROUTINE 12A6
# Doc: Fix Seven... again
:D :D



The others were very silly as well :D

[Chancellor Valium]

...Is it a coincidence that before I read this thread I'd put And the Glory from Messiah on?

No, seriously.

Good stuff, Zeke. 'Specially liked the Janeway one. :D

[mudshark]

# Seven: Stop indulging in the irrelevant custom of making New Year's resoluBZZT BZZT ERROR IN TERTIARY SUBROUTINE 12A6
# Doc: Fix Seven... again

:D :D
Hmmm... (http://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_12a6.html)

Liked the disclaimers, too.

[Zeke]

Thanks for the warm reception, guys. (Low turnout, but I could hardly expect otherwise.)

Better and Veronicer, surely...

I thought about that, but the fact that "better" is a real word makes it confusing. (It would also make the choice easy.)

Glad we agree.

To a point. I don't hate West the way some people do, I just find him annoying. His teamup with Bennett was actually really cool. Unfortunately, he lost big points in the finale by leaving Claire for stupid reasons.

Of course, you have <a href="../smallville">your own particular bias</a> in this case....

[Tate]

Great top-ten lists, Zeke! Very funny.

I especially liked (WARNING: Spoilers for those who haven't seen season two of Heroes):

Reed: Stop hanging out with Irish gangs And:
Nathan: Spin this assassination attempt into great PR via comparisons to Reagan... oh, and survive it

This one took me a while to understand: Monica: Whatever your resolution is
But I thought it was really funny once I got it.

Anyway, thanks for the update, Zeke! I hope's there's more to come (especially more Heroes content).

[Derek]

To a point. I don't hate West the way some people do, I just find him annoying. His teamup with Bennett was actually really cool. Unfortunately, he lost big points in the finale by leaving Claire for stupid reasons.
I generally overstate his case, but I'm pretty against him. Not only is he painfully boring and uninteresting, but he drags down Claire in every scene she has with him. In season 1, I thought Claire was such a great character that she could be paired with anyone and be interesting (anyone in Bennet family, Zach, Peter, Nathan, Ma Petrelli, Haitian,...), but West disproved that.

Of course, you have <a href="../smallville">your own particular bias</a> in this case....
No flights, no tights, I say. ... Except Nathan. ... And just on the former.

[Nate the Great]

Hey, I just noticed--there's no 47 in that subroutine error! How'd THAT happen?

[evay]

I did not consciously steal this from evay (http://www.triphammered.com/Extras/resolutions.shtml)

One was wondering. ;) But hey, new year, new set of resolutions, right?

I thought the Heroes list in particular was hilarious, but they were all very good.

[Zeke]

Hey, I just noticed--there's no 47 in that subroutine error!

OR IS THERE? (mudshark's half right. It isn't random.)

[PointyHairedJedi]

Con-tent! Pointy-Five is alive!


Yah. I don't know where that came from either. Anyway. Nice to see new stuff, though I think I'll avoid the Heroes list for the moment what with only being current up to the end of series one, and all.

[mudshark]

OR IS THERE? (mudshark's half right. It isn't random.)
In that case, it can only mean that

12A6 = 4774

in hex.

[Wowbagger]

Tuvok: Figure out who that Samantha chick is

Samantha? Never heard of her. Samantha who?

(Hey, somebody had to say it.)

And, otherwise, a big welcome back to 5MV, an abbreviation I will continue to use for as long as it provokes Nate the Great into correcting me with hilarious dudgeon. I admit I bounced over here today and very nearly swore an oath out of surprise. I then laughed uproariously for a while. Thanks for the update, Zeke.

[Nate the Great]

Hilarious dudgeon? There's a new one...

[Wowbagger]

"Hilarious" should, of course, be pronounced "high-larryus" in that phrase, because that makes it just that much more amusing to say aloud.

[Nate the Great]

This is going to sound silly, but I found myself thinking of other ways we could use "5MV" to indicate the site without implying Voyager is all we do. The best I could come up with is Five-Minute Voyages. Pretty silly, huh?

[Zeke]

This is crummy timing, but today I head back to Waterloo to give my thesis talk. If all goes well, I'll be back with the last of my UW work taken care of by Thursday.

[Nate the Great]

Well, good luck then.

[Sa'ar Chasm]

Break a leg. Here's hoping yours goes as well as mine did. The trick is to pick friendly profs for your committee.

[danieldoof]

Oh I wish you good luck as well :)

[Chancellor Valium]

Best of Luck, Z, though I'm sure you won't need it.

Remember to speak a little slower than natural, to enunciate clearly, and to project. Oh, and look up. :)

[mudshark]

Remember to breathe.

[Nate the Great]

"Neglect not your knees."

A true obscure reference. Hey, if CV gets to give worthwhile advice, who am I to not continue the trend? :)

[Zeke]

Many thanks for the support, guys. I nailed the talk -- it's smooth sailing from here.

More when I'm at my computer again. The PSP "keyboard" is a harsh mistress.

[NAHTMMM]

Woohoo! :D

[mudshark]

Many thanks for the support, guys. I nailed the talk -- it's smooth sailing from here.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/mudshark58/smilies/thumbsup.gif

[Sa'ar Chasm]

When he left, he was but the learner. Now, *he* is the Master.

Welcome to the club.

[PointyHairedJedi]

Only a master of terrible puns, Sa'arth.

Way to go, oh Zekey one. :)

[Nate the Great]

On whose door did you nail the talk? And did Martin Luther sue you for plagarism? :)

[Chancellor Valium]

Many thanks for the support, guys. I nailed the talk -- it's smooth sailing from here.

More when I'm at my computer again. The PSP "keyboard" is a harsh mistress.

Congratulations. You deserve it. :)

@Nate: I'd start running. I really don't think Zeke will appreciate the comparison with Luther. :p

[Nate the Great]

I stand by my joke. Zeke himself said that he "nailed the talk." Seems like a perfectly natural setup for a punchline to me.

[mudshark]

*nails Nate's head to a coffee table*


What? http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/mudshark58/smilies/whistling.gif

[Sa'ar Chasm]

Only a master of terrible puns, Sa'arth.

*Forcechokes Pointy*

When do they want the final revised final polished final final version of your thesis, Zeke?

[Nate the Great]

I was sort of hoping that if anyone WERE to decapitate me and attach my head to a coffee table, they'd forego the nails and use the handyman's secret weapon: duct tape. :)

[Chancellor Valium]

*nails Nate's head to a coffee table*


What? http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/mudshark58/smilies/whistling.gif

If only stills of Monty Python sketches were available online....

[ijdgaf]

Wait, rewind....

PSP? Congratulations.

Indeed, what a horrible, horrible keypad. Otherwise, good system.

[Wowbagger]

I was sort of hoping that if anyone WERE to decapitate me and attach my head to a coffee table, they'd forego the nails and use the handyman's secret weapon: duct tape. :)

I was sort of hoping that if anyone were to decapitate me and attach my head to a coffee table, it'd be Zeke.

Yes, that's how much I love FMV.

(Geez, we Minnesotans are an odd duo.)

[Nate the Great]

5MV! 5MV! 5MV! 5MV!

Are you deliberately trying to give me a migraine, Wowwy?

But you'd still want Zeke to use duct tape, right?

[mudshark]

If only stills of Monty Python sketches were available online....

Not that one, unfortunately, but *click* (http://www.intriguing.com/mp/pictures.asp)

[LtFielding]

Am I the only person who likes Torchwood here!?!

[PointyHairedJedi]

I'm liking series two better so far than series one. Not that that's saying much, mind...