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  cool interesting stuff Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2015-08-14 05:53 -0700
    Re: cool interesting stuff Tom McDonald <tmcdonald2672@charter.net> - 2015-08-14 08:38 -0500
      Re: cool interesting stuff Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2015-08-14 06:59 -0700
    Re: cool interesting stuff Paul <papa_fox@cybertown.com> - 2015-08-14 17:08 -0700
    Re: cool interesting stuff rja.carnegie@gmail.com - 2015-08-15 06:48 -0700
      Re: cool interesting stuff Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2015-08-15 22:55 +0000
      Re: cool interesting stuff Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2015-08-15 16:16 -0700
        Re: cool interesting stuff Paul <papa_fox@cybertown.com> - 2015-08-16 07:22 -0700
          Re: cool interesting stuff "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-08-16 15:32 +0100
            Re: cool interesting stuff Paul <papa_fox@cybertown.com> - 2015-08-16 07:33 -0700
              Re: cool interesting stuff "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-08-16 15:53 +0100
              Re: cool interesting stuff talishi <talishi@example.net> - 2015-08-16 08:18 -0700
                Re: cool interesting stuff Christopher A. Lee <c.lee@fairpoint.net> - 2015-08-16 10:30 -0500
                  Re: cool interesting stuff "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-08-16 19:04 +0100
                Re: cool interesting stuff Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2015-08-16 15:57 -0700
                  Re: cool interesting stuff hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2015-08-16 16:47 -0700
                    Re: cool interesting stuff "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-08-17 11:01 +0100
                  Re: cool interesting stuff Paul <papa_fox@cybertown.com> - 2015-08-17 10:30 -0700
          Re: cool interesting stuff Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2015-08-16 15:56 -0700
          Re: cool interesting stuff David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2015-08-18 08:39 -0700
            Re: cool interesting stuff Paul <papa_fox@cybertown.com> - 2015-08-18 09:49 -0700
              Re: cool interesting stuff "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-08-19 10:08 +0100
                Re: cool interesting stuff Paul <papa_fox@cybertown.com> - 2015-08-19 10:17 -0700
      Re: cool interesting stuff hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2015-08-15 17:27 -0700
        Re: cool interesting stuff rja.carnegie@gmail.com - 2015-08-16 07:28 -0700
      Re: cool interesting stuff David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2015-08-20 10:26 -0700

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#1963418

On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 11:39:10 AM UTC-4, David Harmon wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 07:22:11 -0700 (PDT) in alt.atheism, Paul
> <papa_fox@cybertown.com> wrote,
> >
> >One sticky issue... where would they put all the rock they excavated?
> >
> >I worked at the Pentagon for a few years, and conspiracy nuts who claimed there was a massive underground complex always went batshit when I asked that question. 
> 
> As far as I have heard, there is no shortage of places to put rock.

Very true -- but moving thousands of truckloads of rock through a major urban area would tend to attract attention.

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#1963964

On 18/08/2015 17:49, Paul wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 11:39:10 AM UTC-4, David Harmon wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 07:22:11 -0700 (PDT) in alt.atheism, Paul
>> <papa_fox@cybertown.com> wrote,
>>>
>>> One sticky issue... where would they put all the rock they excavated?
>>>
>>> I worked at the Pentagon for a few years, and conspiracy nuts who claimed there was a massive underground complex always went batshit when I asked that question.
>>
>> As far as I have heard, there is no shortage of places to put rock.
>
> Very true -- but moving thousands of truckloads of rock through a major urban area would tend to attract attention.
>

Not if they used their fleet of secret black helicopters to lift all 
that rock out to sea....

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#1964190

On Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 5:08:44 AM UTC-4, Alex W. wrote:
> On 18/08/2015 17:49, Paul wrote:
> > On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 11:39:10 AM UTC-4, David Harmon wrote:
> >> On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 07:22:11 -0700 (PDT) in alt.atheism, Paul
> >> <papa_fox@cybertown.com> wrote,
> >>>
> >>> One sticky issue... where would they put all the rock they excavated?
> >>>
> >>> I worked at the Pentagon for a few years, and conspiracy nuts who claimed there was a massive underground complex always went batshit when I asked that question.
> >>
> >> As far as I have heard, there is no shortage of places to put rock.
> >
> > Very true -- but moving thousands of truckloads of rock through a major urban area would tend to attract attention.
> >
> 
> Not if they used their fleet of secret black helicopters to lift all 
> that rock out to sea....

There is that.  :-)

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#1961304

On Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 9:48:23 AM UTC-4, rja.ca...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, 14 August 2015 13:53:47 UTC+1, Jeanne Douglas  wrote:
> > [_Epic Engineering_]
> > Now, tonight I found another episode called "Inside the Underground 
> > City". This time the proposal was building an underground Chicago 
> > because there's just nowhere else to build. 
> 
> Did you recently mention the Harry Dresden novels,
> or was that someone or somewhere else?  Because
> apparently there's a lot underneath Chicago already.

That was me. I enjoy urban fantasy. I mentioned the books and 
Jeanne mentioned the tv show.
> 
> Really.  <http://chicago.straightdope.com/sdc20090319.php>
> ...article kind'a has spoilers for Harry Dresden books.
> 
> ...although Jim Butcher hadn't been to Chicago when 
> he wrote most of this stuff.  And, being books about
> magic, he says there's more there than is officially
> recorded but it's invisible.
> 
> I don't know how big a spoiler this will be, but 
> he also places a significant invisible island in 
> Lake Michigan.

A very dangerous one. That's why it's hidden and protected. 

> Knowing this much about /that/ subject, maybe it's
> hypocritical to say that I prefer less fantasy in my  
television shows about major civil engineering projects.

I like some fantasy shows. The Dresden series was just okay, in
comparison to the books. I wasn't happy with the guy who played 
Dresden. The show just couldn't handle everything that was in 
the books. It would have been much better as a movie series.
There would be special effects galore plus the story.
> 
> Other cities with a lot of construction underground 
> which wasn't underground when it was constructed are
> Anhk-Morpork and Edinburgh.  Come to think, 
> Harry Dresden also goes to Edinburgh a time or two.

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#1961640

On Sunday, 16 August 2015 01:27:59 UTC+1, hypatiab7  wrote:
> On Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 9:48:23 AM UTC-4, rja.ca...@gmail.com wrote:
> > (Harry Dresden and What's Under Chicago)
> > Knowing this much about /that/ subject, maybe it's
> > hypocritical to say that I prefer less fantasy in my  
> television shows about major civil engineering projects.
> 
> I like some fantasy shows. The Dresden series was just okay, in
> comparison to the books. I wasn't happy with the guy who played 
> Dresden. The show just couldn't handle everything that was in 
> the books. It would have been much better as a movie series.
> There would be special effects galore plus the story.

I'm doubtful of the work being "improved" by translation
to movies.  I think the main points aside from magic are
moral choices, sex, and violence - it's rather "guilty 
pleasure" reading for me since, after all, it's not 
realistic - and movies would have to tone down the sex.
Or else concentrate on it and leave out the other stuff...

Also Harry Dresden spends a lot of time telling the 
reader how magic works.  In a movie that calls for 
voice-over, or maybe diagrams.

For instance he explains - as it's explained to him - 
how you can kill an "immortal" being.  And then he
points out that "immortal" beings probably don't like
to have people know that in fact they can be killed.
People who aren't "immortal" in particular.  So... 
thanks for telling us about it, Harry.  ;-)

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#1965049

On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 06:48:20 -0700 (PDT) in alt.atheism,
rja.carnegie@gmail.com wrote,
>Did you recently mention the Harry Dresden novels,
>or was that someone or somewhere else?  Because
>apparently there's a lot underneath Chicago already.
>
>Really.  <http://chicago.straightdope.com/sdc20090319.php>
>...article kind'a has spoilers for Harry Dresden books.

Hey, thanks for that.  Interesting.

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