<![CDATA[It was a book long before it was a movie!]]>RE: https://mastodon.social/@gknauss/116530908354363527

It was a book long before it was a movie! (And then a trilogy.)

... It didn't end well for humanity.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/270f5b68-c486-4c75-a4e3-3852298f4166/it-was-a-book-long-before-it-was-a-movieRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:54:26 GMTThu, 07 May 2026 11:24:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to It was a book long before it was a movie! on Thu, 07 May 2026 11:54:56 GMT]]>@cstross @gknauss there’s a book? I assumed the name was a reference to Tommy Flowers’ masterpiece at Bletchley Park.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/pdcawley/statuses/116533159285132529https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/pdcawley/statuses/116533159285132529Thu, 07 May 2026 11:54:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It was a book long before it was a movie! on Thu, 07 May 2026 11:53:00 GMT]]>@Phosphenes @cstross haha Love that movie.

And don't think it's TOO much of a spoiler to mention Maximilian Schell in his Maximilian shell XD

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/PeteLittle/statuses/116533151689745690https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/PeteLittle/statuses/116533151689745690Thu, 07 May 2026 11:53:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It was a book long before it was a movie! on Thu, 07 May 2026 11:49:07 GMT]]>@PeteLittle @cstross

Or Maximilian for home chores.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Phosphenes/statuses/116533136392793125https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Phosphenes/statuses/116533136392793125Thu, 07 May 2026 11:49:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It was a book long before it was a movie! on Thu, 07 May 2026 11:42:59 GMT]]>@cstross I would be to sure about the end here, either if we go on the current route.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/snaefell/statuses/116533112294862943https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/snaefell/statuses/116533112294862943Thu, 07 May 2026 11:42:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It was a book long before it was a movie! on Thu, 07 May 2026 11:39:46 GMT]]>@cstross I've always wanted a server called wintermute.
https://williamgibson.fandom.com/wiki/Wintermute

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stevel/statuses/116533099639613627https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stevel/statuses/116533099639613627Thu, 07 May 2026 11:39:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It was a book long before it was a movie! on Thu, 07 May 2026 11:37:20 GMT]]>@cstross Do they already have an internal project name? May I suggest something simple, two syllables, like .. Forbin!
The Forbin Project, there, that rolls off the tongue nicely. No particular reason I came up with it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/henryk/statuses/116533090067478380https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/henryk/statuses/116533090067478380Thu, 07 May 2026 11:37:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It was a book long before it was a movie! on Thu, 07 May 2026 11:31:47 GMT]]>@PeteLittle I'm just waiting for the Davros Corporation to announce their new language model, DALEK-1.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/116533068235885322https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/116533068235885322Thu, 07 May 2026 11:31:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It was a book long before it was a movie! on Thu, 07 May 2026 11:30:37 GMT]]>@cstross for the last couple of years I've just mentioned his movie where I can, telling everyone to watch it...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tane.codes/users/tanepiper/statuses/116533063706407631https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tane.codes/users/tanepiper/statuses/116533063706407631Thu, 07 May 2026 11:30:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It was a book long before it was a movie! on Thu, 07 May 2026 11:28:00 GMT]]>@cstross calling my new AI home management system HAL.

Surely that won't cause any issues?

At least my robot butler Hector shouldn't cause a problem. He does seem overly fond of my wife though!.

EDIT

Adding link to the trailer. I realise that not everyone (many will but not all) will have my encyclopedic knowledge of cheesy 80's sci fi

https://youtu.be/ZMf8eDqOBCk?si=2RC--AQuBrEZfl6J

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/PeteLittle/statuses/116533053400941340https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/PeteLittle/statuses/116533053400941340Thu, 07 May 2026 11:28:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It was a book long before it was a movie! on Thu, 07 May 2026 11:27:48 GMT]]>@cstross Well, this is an industry that has several companies named "Skynet" so...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/CountZeroOr/statuses/116533052626132641https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/CountZeroOr/statuses/116533052626132641Thu, 07 May 2026 11:27:48 GMT