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Arthur C. Clarke Talks With The Onion

Posted by timothy on from the 30-english-winters dept.

sootman writes "The Onion has an interview with Arthur C. Clarke in this week's issue. My favorite line: 'The asteroid [named after me] is number four thousand and something, and the International Astronomical Federation, which deals with these sorts of things and numbered it, apologized to me because number 2001 wasn't available, having been given to somebody named "A. Einstein."'" Reader ronys point out that Despite the source, the interview is not a spoof or satire."

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  1. Re:small article nitpick by Gr8Apes · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Um no, that was Asimov. Clarke coined the term "Violence is the last refuse of the incompetent"
    Hmm, now to whom would that apply at the moment?
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  2. Re:Isn't he getting old? by jshift2work · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's a theory with some holes, but one that's fun to needle the radical right with.

    Wait so any belief in the Bible makes a person a member of the radical right?