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William Gibson on his Tech Life and Latest Novel

An anonymous reader writes "The Philadelphia Inquirer is running a brief article on William Gibson. In it he discusses his tech life, the ad that inspired Neuromancer, and his latest book, Pattern Recognition. He says, 'Between my wife and daughter who still lives at home, I'm always the one with the slowest computer. I don't find that being really up on all the latest tech ever does me any good.'"

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  1. william gibsons a fag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    toil voted most valuable member of gnaa
    he will inducted into the bear hall of fame in the march "hunks of the internet" issue of american grizzly magazine available on all cruisy newstands.
    why doesn't slashdot allow users to post their "current music" and "current mood" when they respond to an article? slashdot has contributed nothing but ad hominem attacks since its inception.
    i have now successfully crapped my pants. line forms at my rear. take note that i have successfully masturbated at least seven times during the course of february 19, 2004

  2. fist posse!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and i fail miserably...

  3. I submitted this two days ago and it was rejected. by rootrot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Must have been a slow day today...yawn.

  4. Sour Grapes by mekkab · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, the Luke Skywalker wines is a different slashdot story!

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  5. here's a Pattern Recognition by maliabu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    if a male in the family doesn't find that being really up on all the latest tech ever does any good, it's the sour-grape effect!

  6. pr0n by Cytop1asm · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Obviously he's not a big pr0n fan who has a huge pr0n database!

  7. wow! modded OT in zilch seconds!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wonderful. white holes *do* exist.

  8. OH MY GOD GIBSON IS THE HBOMB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    Gibson is da HBOMB baby.

    He is so fucking dope.

  9. I CALL BULLSHIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No self-respecting professional writer works his craft in a cafe.

    Maybe you and your blogger friends who think you're writers/smart/witty/etc. scribble your brain farts onto your gay little iBooks at the local Communist hangout, but professional men like Gibson should do so at home courtesy of American-grown voice recognition software.

  10. Picutres? by AresTheImpaler · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Between my wife and daughter who still lives at home

    well, now that he mentions it.. any pictures?

  11. Re:Why won't my memory stick fit in my ear? by Supp0rtLinux · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    About your link to why you hate your T30... I just bought a T41 and A) the presentation director software works like a charm, B) it properly detects if I'm docked or not, and C) I bought it over other choices specifically because it DID NOT have a window$ key. Some of us use Linux and don't care about a window$ key. And for the rest of the Linux users out there that must see a windows key, there's a company on the internet that sells replacement FreeBSD, Linux, KDE, and Gnome keys for most keyboards including the Thinkpad standard keyboard.
    I know its offtopic. A few more of these and I won't have my Karma bonus option anymore... but such is life.

    The only thing necessary for Micro$oft to triumph is for a few good programmers to do nothing". North County Computers

  12. This is mean but... by badboy_tw2002 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it just me or does he look like Stephen Hawking without the chair?

  13. I want to read Pattern Recognition. by torpor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wish I could download it.

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  14. Re:I don't find the latest tech helpful either by Bush+Pig · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why on earth would you write a web site using VS.Net and SQL server? Unless of course you had no choice in the matter.

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