Designers - Are You Influenced By What You Read?

Silent_E asks: "A student of mine is writing a paper on how Stephenson's _The Diamond Age_ offers a good educational model for distance learning. She has been asked by publishers to justify looking at fiction as a way of talking about 'the real world.' That dialogue made me wonder whether Slashdot folks currently or recently coding or doing hardware design are, or have been, directly inspired by what they've read in Science Fiction?"

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Only Teh Goatse

[Anonymous Coward]

Sung to the tune of: Only The Lonely
Performed by Roy Orbison
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Dum-dum-dum-dum-dee-du-wah
Ooh-yeah -yeah-yeah-yah
Oh-woh-woh-woh-o oh-wa-wah
Only the goatse, only the goatse

Only the goatse
The man's anus, is not that tight
Only the goatse
So loose, it's not a pretty sight
There goes his rectum
Just ripped a fart
He spreads his ass-cheeks so far apart
But only the goatse
Asshole in your eye
Only the goatse

Dum-dum-dum-dum-dee-du-wah
Ooh-yeah-yeah-yeah-y ah
Oh-woh-woh-woh-o oh-wa-wah
Only the goatse, only the goatse

Only the goatse
I saw the butt-plugs you've been through
Only the goatse
I know how hard it is to poo
So painful to see at a first glance
I'd feel sorry but you're from France
How it must ache
What a stupid mistake
Only the goatse

Michael Moore, screen-writer/director, dead at 54

[Anonymous Coward]

I just heard some sad news on talk radio - popular screen-writer/director Michael Moore, was found dead in his Burbank home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his documentaries and whiny anti-war tirades, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an anti-American icon.

Kathleen Fent, whore/slut, dead at some old age

[Anonymous Coward]

I just heard some sad news on talk radio - popular whore and slut Kathleen Fent, was found dead in goatse's ass this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss her - even if you didn't enjoy her free blowjobs and big teeth, there's no denying her contributions to my penis. Truly a Slashdot icon.

Sad News... George W. Bush dead at 53

[Anonymous Coward]

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