You should check out the Austin Lounge Lizards' song "Big Rio Grande River" (Amazon link, has audio samples if you use one of the supported players), just about the last word on this sort of repetitious, redundant, reiterated, and redundant circumlocution.
Oh, and "Grunge Song" on the same album (Never an Adult Moment) is pretty great, too.
Development of this very idea is a plot point in Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow. He has a turnpike waive the toll for any driver hosting more than 20K songs (details may be approximate). Apparently, science is now catching up with SF in less than 2 years - nice!
I was exposed to this idea around the age of 9 (actually, I found out while getting the URL that I must've been 17, based on the publication date), when I happened across "Motel of the Mysteries by David Macauley (writer/illustrator of The Way Things Work) - it's about an archeologist 200 years from now trying to understand the remains of a Holiday Inn. The strip of paper sealing the toilet bowl was only part of the elaborate religious ritual he "reconstructs".
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A bit OT, but I always really liked the National Lampoon parody, "The Man Who Mistook His Ass for a Hole in the Ground".
Actually, I was disappointed with Lynda Carter as WW. Now Cathy Lee Crosby, who played her in the TV movie pilot - THAT was a hottie!!!
I know, I'm really showing my age...
Maybe it was in Total Recall, too (tho I don't think so), but that's the central premise of a TV movie called Wedlock, starring Rutger Hauer and Mimi Rogers.
Me too. Actually, getting presents has always cheered me up on 1/24. Add to that my 3-week-old first child, and Monday the 24th is going to be way sweet for me!!
Oh, come on - this has been around (and thoroughly debunked for years). 10 seconds on Snopes and I found this page, last updated in 2000. A few selected extracts:
Versions of this legend have been circulating for several years now, as indicated by the e-mail's reference to Kentucky Fried Chicken's "recent" name change, an event that occurred back in 1991. Earlier versions of the tale featured six-legged chickens ("How do they taste?" "Dunno; no one's ever been able to catch one") or birds so plumped up by chemicals that their gigantic breasts made it impossible for them to keep their balance well enough to walk...
Nothing like the Frankensteinian laboratory scenario described here is taking place, however. Raising chickens that have been genetically modified so that they are born without beaks, feathers, or feet, or with additional legs is still beyond the reach of modern science for the time being (although selective breeding has been used to enhance some features, such as breast size), nor did the University of New Hampshire perform a "study of KFC." As well, the claims about Kentucky Fried Chicken's name change are easily belied...
Links on KFC's web site (such as the About KFC page and the KFC Nutrition Facts pages) clearly describe their product as "chicken" numerous times, something they could hardly get away with if the government were prohibiting them from using that word. And the KFC web site can also be reached through the domain name kentuckyfriedchicken.com.
Last updated: 9 October 2000
The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/kfc.htm
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For the record, only the last paragraph was mine. I was quoting most of what you criticize here (though I take your point, I'd still like some substantial response to this issue. When reading Snow Crash and Diamond Age especially, I felt like I was racing 200mph and suddenly slammed into a wall).
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Also, I'd asked you this in person when you had given a talk at Georgia Tech - about the endings of your books, to which you had replied that you were quite happy with them the way they were.
But -- if you could have ended them differently, what kind of alternate endings do you think you would have come up with?
Moderators and editors - PLEASE add this thought to the highly-moderated question earlier about Neal's endings. I'd rather hear this followup, rather than waste one of of 10-12 questions on a reiteration of "I'm happy with them the way they are".
Well, I'm one who alternates listening to NPR and Howard Stern, and I'll bet I own a Sirius setup by the end of 2005. BTW, Bob Edwards now has his own Sirius show, too.
I think the smaller subscriber number is a big reason Stern chose Sirius - the audience he'll bring will be an enormous impact there, which will give him far more clout (and bragging rights). The market's in its infancy - going with the big guy now would be like hedging his bet. He'll rule Sirius if/when he quadruples (or more...) their audience. All the more so if Sirius becomes the market leader and he can claim credit.
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Just a li'l nitpick - the Maple's in Birmingham, not Troy. I can't think of any alternative theater venues in Troy. Closest would be the 20+ years extinct Somerset Theater (I saw Stooges and Little Rascal midnite marathons there), but even that was a mainstream place.
Actually, several places in the Detroit area do cover more indie fare - the Main in Royal Oak (fortunately, THE closest movie place to my house) is also in the Landmark chain now (bought up along with the Maple), there're a few screens at the new Birmingham theater, and there's always the Detroit Film Theater at the DIA (more than 25 years and going strong).
Besides, Lynn is enthusiastic about antimatter because he believes it could propel futuristic space rockets.
"I think," he said, "we need to get off this planet, because I'm afraid we're going to destroy it."
Maybe if we lay off building the antimatter bombs...
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I always point to "Inherit the Stars" as a great example of the way science and the scientific method really work. It's a blast, too.
Verhoeven's Starship Troopers was only dullwitted if you ignore its entire point - a venomous satire of propaganda and groupthink.
Can someone hook me up, please? steve(AT)raimis(DOT)com TIA!
I wanna earn $14 - the hard way!
You should check out the Austin Lounge Lizards' song "Big Rio Grande River" (Amazon link, has audio samples if you use one of the supported players), just about the last word on this sort of repetitious, redundant, reiterated, and redundant circumlocution.
Oh, and "Grunge Song" on the same album (Never an Adult Moment) is pretty great, too.
"Hi, I'm dead right now and can't come to the phone. Ever"
in what could be a troubling trend, one employer...
One data point - yep, that could make it a trend.
Nothing beats the lunch buffet at Pizza Nut!
the toilet belongs to my company, and I don't want them watching me pinch a loaf
So, you ARE against monitoring vis a vis logging!
Development of this very idea is a plot point in Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow. He has a turnpike waive the toll for any driver hosting more than 20K songs (details may be approximate). Apparently, science is now catching up with SF in less than 2 years - nice!
I was exposed to this idea around the age of 9 (actually, I found out while getting the URL that I must've been 17, based on the publication date), when I happened across "Motel of the Mysteries by David Macauley (writer/illustrator of The Way Things Work) - it's about an archeologist 200 years from now trying to understand the remains of a Holiday Inn. The strip of paper sealing the toilet bowl was only part of the elaborate religious ritual he "reconstructs".
A bit OT, but I always really liked the National Lampoon parody, "The Man Who Mistook His Ass for a Hole in the Ground".
Actually, I was disappointed with Lynda Carter as WW. Now Cathy Lee Crosby, who played her in the TV movie pilot - THAT was a hottie!!!
I know, I'm really showing my age...
Creator of Blade and Razor's Edge, no doubt.
Did he create that Sharon Stone/x Baldwin brother crapfest Sliver as an autobiography?
Maybe it was in Total Recall, too (tho I don't think so), but that's the central premise of a TV movie called Wedlock, starring Rutger Hauer and Mimi Rogers.
Me too. Actually, getting presents has always cheered me up on 1/24. Add to that my 3-week-old first child, and Monday the 24th is going to be way sweet for me!!
0s or 1s?
Versions of this legend have been circulating for several years now, as indicated by the e-mail's reference to Kentucky Fried Chicken's "recent" name change, an event that occurred back in 1991. Earlier versions of the tale featured six-legged chickens ("How do they taste?" "Dunno; no one's ever been able to catch one") or birds so plumped up by chemicals that their gigantic breasts made it impossible for them to keep their balance well enough to walk...
Nothing like the Frankensteinian laboratory scenario described here is taking place, however. Raising chickens that have been genetically modified so that they are born without beaks, feathers, or feet, or with additional legs is still beyond the reach of modern science for the time being (although selective breeding has been used to enhance some features, such as breast size), nor did the University of New Hampshire perform a "study of KFC." As well, the claims about Kentucky Fried Chicken's name change are easily belied...
Links on KFC's web site (such as the About KFC page and the KFC Nutrition Facts pages) clearly describe their product as "chicken" numerous times, something they could hardly get away with if the government were prohibiting them from using that word. And the KFC web site can also be reached through the domain name kentuckyfriedchicken.com.
Last updated: 9 October 2000
The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/kfc.htm
For the record, only the last paragraph was mine. I was quoting most of what you criticize here (though I take your point, I'd still like some substantial response to this issue. When reading Snow Crash and Diamond Age especially, I felt like I was racing 200mph and suddenly slammed into a wall).
But -- if you could have ended them differently, what kind of alternate endings do you think you would have come up with?
Moderators and editors - PLEASE add this thought to the highly-moderated question earlier about Neal's endings. I'd rather hear this followup, rather than waste one of of 10-12 questions on a reiteration of "I'm happy with them the way they are".
Well, I'm one who alternates listening to NPR and Howard Stern, and I'll bet I own a Sirius setup by the end of 2005. BTW, Bob Edwards now has his own Sirius show, too.
I think the smaller subscriber number is a big reason Stern chose Sirius - the audience he'll bring will be an enormous impact there, which will give him far more clout (and bragging rights). The market's in its infancy - going with the big guy now would be like hedging his bet. He'll rule Sirius if/when he quadruples (or more...) their audience. All the more so if Sirius becomes the market leader and he can claim credit.
Just a li'l nitpick - the Maple's in Birmingham, not Troy. I can't think of any alternative theater venues in Troy. Closest would be the 20+ years extinct Somerset Theater (I saw Stooges and Little Rascal midnite marathons there), but even that was a mainstream place.
Actually, several places in the Detroit area do cover more indie fare - the Main in Royal Oak (fortunately, THE closest movie place to my house) is also in the Landmark chain now (bought up along with the Maple), there're a few screens at the new Birmingham theater, and there's always the Detroit Film Theater at the DIA (more than 25 years and going strong).