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Topic Started: May 14 2006, 10:46 PM (577 Views)
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For those of you who don't know, Iain M. Banks is a Scottish science fiction writter. Many of his stories deal with a galaxy spanning civilization known as the Culture. In the Culture ships are run by sapient super computers called Minds. And they aren't given names rather the Minds get to choose their own names. These names are not normal English-type SciFi names like Daneel, or Revan.

The names are Indian-type names, that's American Indian not Subcontinental Indians (think Kicking Bird, Sitting Bull, or Dances with Wolves). The Minds choose names that generally reflect a fundamental aspect of their personality, their philosophical outlook on life, or their occupation. Sometimes it's just a quirky in joke that they like.

Some examples of my favorites from the books are:
Nervous Energy
No More Mr Nice Guy
Trade Surplus
Just Read The Instructions
Little Rascal
So Much For Subtlety
Youthful Indiscretion
Gunboat Diplomat
Kiss My Ass
Size Isn't Everything
It's Character Forming
Unacceptable Behaviour
What Is The Answer and Why?
Serious Callers Only
I Blame My Mother
Arbitrary
Cantankerous
It'll Be Over By Christmas
Helpless In The Face Of Your Beauty
You'll Thank Me Later
All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff
Someone Else's Problem
Zero Credibility
Lapsed Pacifist


My question to you is: What is your Culture Mind name?

I'd say mine is Poke it with a Stick.
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Mine would be The hell is wrong with you? :^_^:
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Hmmm, thats a tough one.

I guess I would be Crazy Cat Lady with Knives
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Consider and deliberate on everything
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I suppose mine would be "why do i put up with this?"
Malia Weinhagen talking about her father Dave Arneson
 

"The biggest thing about my dad's world is he wanted people to have fun in life," Weinhagen said. "I think we get distracted by the everyday things you have to do in life and we forget to enjoy life and have fun.

"But my dad never did," she said. "He just wanted people to have fun."
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That is not dead which can eternal lie.
And with strange aeons even death may die. <- This form appears through the Old man glitch if y is the character in the third, fifth, or seventh slot of the player's chosen name.

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So far Alan is winning. :lol:

Mine would be either I wouldn't know, Ok, you can start braking my mind now, or Kentuky fried spangle. I can't decide really.
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Alan Bates,May 15 2006
12:59 AM
Carl.

Hoobachikawha? Uh-oh, this can only get more confusing....
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What do you have against "Carl."?
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For a man to be my friend, he must be my equal in all things. He too, must be a dreamer, one who persues that dream regardless of cost, even if it means the death of my own - Griffith,
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Alan if you weren't going to try a real one, why even post?
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Why not?
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Alan Bates,May 14 2006
09:57 PM
Why not?

That's a decent enough Culture Mind name for ya right there. :P
Terra Drake,Oct 19 2005
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If I had a penny for every time I didn't have a penny, I'd tear apart the universe in a paradox.

And so long as the irresponsible explore unknown lands, we need never fear...

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We're the last descendants
In the line of valiant soldiers
We're mistreated angels
We're the blackbird nation, we're the chosen ones
We're the last descendants
We're the tribe of unsung glory
We're the fallen angels
When the time is right you shall be on my side


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~ Sophie,May 14 2006
08:08 PM
Who The Hell Is This Person

Agreed!

Also:

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Shadow776,May 14 2006
07:02 PM
Alan Bates,May 14 2006
09:57 PM
Why not?

That's a decent enough Culture Mind name for ya right there. :P

Okay. That was a good one there.
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Blow Shit up.
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I think I'll go with Where Are my Pants?.
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