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Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead At 90
Many readers are sending in word that Arthur C. Clarke has died in Sri Lanka. He wrote over 100 books including 2001: A Space Odyssey and Rendezvous With Rama, and popularized the ideas of geosynchronous communications satellites and space elevators.
It's clear that, while he wasn't a pedophile, he had some kind of sexually unconventional lifestyle. The BBC make reference to this in their obituary.
Who is it that we have to thank?
Al Gore, of course! After all, he invented the internet, remember?
So say we all
Uh, no. Most of the species figured that out PDQ. There are also these things called search engines. One of the really choice things about them is that they can be used to find answers to questions that you can't quite puzzle out on your own.
If you think search engines are likely to simply remain beyond you, you might just look at some film sites. For instance, by 2002, The British Film Institute had it on their list of the top ten films of all time.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/critics.html
Even the Internet Movie Database has a plot synopsis that should clear it all up for you. In an effort to be helpful, I'm leaving that URL as an exercise you might find useful in stretching your mind.
What you do with a computer does not constitute the whole of computing.