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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. Prize by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So, what do I win?

  2. 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?
    --
    The cesspool just got a check and balance.
  3. windows_nt_4_source_code.zip by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As the most popular .zip is corrupt and both .zips can't be extracted completely in WinZip, WinRAR and PKZip (only InfoZIP's unzip seems to work) you'd be better off downloading the .rar, which is also considerably better compressed:

    ed2k://|file|windows_nt_4_source_code .rar|129514872|b4ef5631ef270277646b90ed6f903250|

    This URI requires eDonkey, Overnet or a compatible program to handle it.

    Note that the nt4 source leak is much more complete than the win2k one, containing much of the network, filesystem and security code missing from the win2k leak. Personally, I found it a lot more interesting despite its age.

  4. Tirel = Known Troll, post is wrong, mod down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Grow up, man

  5. Re:Knob tells with the vagina by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rumor has it that Hitler also regulary engaged in cockfights with other members of the Nazi regime.

    Sign up, it's fun.

  6. Wonder if he is a Linux user? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WH3N U R PERF3CTLY HAPY WIT WINDOWS B/C IT
    WORKS OUT OF DA BOX (POSIBLY GIEVN A VISIT 2 WINDOWS UPDAET)

    AU2DETECTS AL UR R (SOMA LINUX DISTROS DO THIS YES BUT NOT NEARLY AS W3L)

    DOAS NOT G3T U ROTAD B/C TEH SECURITY IS THEIR IF U KNOW HOW 2 USE IT (AND NOT US3 EI/OUTLOK)

    DOAS PLAY AL TEH LAETST GM3S AND R WHICH I NED DA ALTERNATIEVS SUK TRY COMPARNG PHO2SHOP WIT GIMP)

    DO3S HAEV FRE AND COMP3TANT T3CHNICAL SUPORT AVALEABLE WHICH DOES NOT HAEV STFU NOB IN ITS VOCABULARY

    DO3S NOT RAQUIER MA 2 DEVOT3 A SIGNIFICANT MOUNT OF MAH FRE TIEM JUST 2 GET IT INSTALED AND WORKNG S3MI-WAL11!1 OMG WTF LOL
    LINUX IS A FIEN OS(TM) BUT IT IS NOT READY FOR MR NON-HAX0R UNLES HA/SH3 HAS A R3AL HAX0R AROUND 2 TAEK R OF AL TEH PROBLEMS TAHT IENVITABLY SHOW UP111!1 OMG BNG DA PRACTICALY-MIND3D TYPA MYS3LF I US3 WUT WORKS SILY IEDOLOGEIS ASIED!!1!1!1 OMG WTF LOL I DONT HAEV DA PATEINC3 2 BOTH3R WIT LINUX SO I DONT USE IT SIMPL3 AS TAHT11!!11 WTF PAOPL3 WHO THINK EVERYONE CAN AND SHUD SWITCH 2DAY R IDIOTS AND DONT D3SERV3 A +5 MOD3RATION!1!11!1! WTF LOL

  7. Re:WOW I just crapped a MASSIVE Turd here at work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    And I just laid a log of my own on top of it! Between the two of us, they're gonna need a pressure washer and a foghorn to flush this thing. The dude in the cube next to me ate Taco Bell last night, so hopefully I can talk him into putting a nice finishing layer on this foundation we left for him.

  8. Re:WOW I just crapped a MASSIVE Turd here at work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sell the poop on Ebay!

  9. Giant Fungus?? by pertinax18 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Incidentally, have you heard about the discovery of the largest living creature on Earth? Would you believe it's two or three miles across, and probably several thousand years old, and still growing? It's this fungus that's eating Oregon. It's a single creature. I'm not quite sure how that's determined.
    Does anyone have any info about this? I tried googling but no initial luck.
  10. On the internet, nobody knows you're a log... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    You lying bastards, I don't believe you. You have to supply links to pics if you want to get in the Guiness book of records!!!

    It's good to see that at least some people are living up to their full potential.

    1. Re:On the internet, nobody knows you're a log... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Here

  11. -1, Troll? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are mods on crack? OT maybe - do people need references spelled out for them?

  12. Re:Sri Lanka... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yeah, I'd heard that too. Is that really true??

  13. Re:Sri Lanka... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I notice the interviewer didn't have the stones to ask him about the *real* reason he moved to Sri Lanka...

    Hmmm - neither did you, apparently. What do you think could be the *real* reason ?

  14. Re:Sri Lanka... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's no secret that Arthur is partial to the fine young men of Sri Lanka

  15. WE GOT A SMART ONE HERE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Would you please shut the fuck up, you fucking annoying slob? You obviously have zero social skills, and that's even showing into your online personality. Fags tend to have the same horrible social skills that repulse the normal human being, make instead of participating in something social you should just fill your mouth with cock instead?

  16. 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?

  17. Re:Great Quote from the Article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think that's just a special case of the "I'm absolutely right, and you are wrong" error.

    Fundamentalists, politicians and perhaps Dawkins himself are all guilty of that one.

  18. Re:small article nitpick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nice Troll! well done sir! Those guys who replyed should now be dipped in batter and deep fried, although sometimes this game seems more like shooting fish in a barrel than any sea-based fishing trip...

  19. The vegetable connection by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    umm... I don't see why the revered Mr Clark feels the need to talk to vegetables....

  20. RIP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I thought Arthur C. Clarke was dead. :(

  21. Re:Great Quote from the Article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Anyone who calls religion the "most malevolent" of mind viruses and cites the Crusades, clearly hasn't spent enough time considering Communism.