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  1. Re:Other weapons by zentinal · · Score: 1 · on Fantasy Trumps Sci-Fi For MMOs

    Australia hunh? Aussie fans are great fans!

    Consider looking into DUFF, the Down Under Fan Fund - http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/duff/Welcome.shtml . Kind of late for L.A. but next year is Yokohama, and after that, Chicago or Denver.
  2. Re:Other weapons by zentinal · · Score: 1 · on Fantasy Trumps Sci-Fi For MMOs

    Australia hunh? Aussie fans are great fans!

    Consider looking into DUFF, the Down Under Fan Fund - http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/duff/Welcome.shtml . Kind of late for L.A. but next year is Yokohama, and after that, Chicago or Denver.
  3. Oddly enough....i'm wearing it.... by Monty+Worm · · Score: 2 · on The History Is In The Shirts
    This is strangely co-incidental, but I'm wearing what is probably the geekiest shirt I own.

    It's a misprinted shirt: the stupid printer in the initial run printed the image on the back instead of the front, so it was printed again on the front.

    It's the t-shirt sold as fundraising for a SF convention that has yet to happen (OdysseyCon 2001.) A nice monolith w/stars and sunrise over a planetscape picture.

    It just screams geeky to me - even if it's not part of history (yet).

  4. Cautionary Tale by bughunter · · Score: 1 · on The Geek Toy Vacuum Cleaner

    If you're considering the acquisition of a robotic domestic servant, first consider this cautionary tale, courtesy of Electric Sheep, a "damn fine" SF webzine from New Zealand.

  5. Cautionary Tale by bughunter · · Score: 1 · on The Geek Toy Vacuum Cleaner

    If you're considering the acquisition of a robotic domestic servant, first consider this cautionary tale, courtesy of Electric Sheep, a "damn fine" SF webzine from New Zealand.

  6. do AIBOs dream of electric sheep? by ada · · Score: 1 · on The Onion on AIBO

    AIBO has long dreamed of electric sheep

    Let Phillip Dick [author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep -- alias Bladerunner] have the last word...from Deckard "Replicants are like any other machine - they're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem."

    AIBO is not a hazard. Therefore it's not a problem. It's the ultimate frivolous technology plaything which allows us to marvel at our cleverness, return to our childhood, and feel that we're pushing the envelope. It's fun to take the piss out of ourselves although not if the stream is comprised of caustic battery acid.

    I doubt that AIBOs are capable iof much dreaming per se but i'll do a little of my own dreaming of electric AIBOs.


  7. The Ultimate Virus by z1lch · · Score: 1 · on Hillis' virus solution: Limit OS Usage

    Of course, if we're to take Agent Smith seriously, it is humans that are the virus. In 20 years or so when the Operating System is no longer a relevant concept, these government agencies should be limited to "no more than 34% of the same species".

    [btw: Did you ever wonder what happened in The Matrix after the credits rolled?]