They showed how a Celine Dion CD is now louder then a Van Halen cd released in the late 80's because the average "loudness" has been increased so much between then and now.... I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
If the CD's get any louder, the next global war will be fought with Styx and 'Stones.
Could this be a sign of the beginning of the end of spam?"
Yes, just like computers have made the era of office paper end (I enjoy my paperless office, do you?), and how Bill Clinton in 1995 ended the era of big government.
This reminds me of an episode of the dear departed Drew Carey show. Lewis had just returned from a discount music store, "Music by the Pound" that sold those really deep-discounr CDs no one wants.
"I got the shopping cart, got a few pounds of rock, a few pounds of classical...."
Cause, as we all know, large grills (Especially on robots) make them more durable
According to Hank Hill, the grill alone will not make the robot complete: it needs propane, and a place to hang the grill tongs. The propane-powered BBQ robot. Hank and his brother Junichiro can agree on this one!
I have plenty of hate for the police as well, but you can't blame them when someone gets caught stealing or selling crack.
And you really can't blame the police when a violent criminal creates a hostage situation and gets shot as a result of efforts to try to end it. Or when someone flees police and runs into someone else.
I know. It's kind of interesting. The Chicago mafia actually has violins in their violin cases these days, ever since the government banned tommy guns. Gang battles resemble "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" now.
www.mikerowesoft.com now hosts something entitled "Mike Rowe Fourms". It has been a long time since I've seen the banner of a site misspell the site's name.
Yes, trust Microsoft to store your sensitive personal information, like "does not signal left turns in "Gotham" race game" and "would rather play as dwarf than elf". A violation of privacy, I tell you!
Since I didn't know if the next Piers Anthony novel I pick up will be crap or excellent I gave up on him
Anthony writes on three levels: at the bottom, there is Xanth. At the middle, there is Incarnations of Immortality. At the top, there is Macroscope and Chthon. He's been doing through all his career.
If you enjoy OX/Orn/Omnivore, you might like "Kirlian Quest". Yes, it is the 3rd book of a trilogy, but I read it first myself and had no problem from that.
"this book is a novelization of the script and the original novel" mm, sounds great _and_ original!
Yes, this applies to Total Recall. It also applies to Arthur C Clarke's "2001" novel. Guess you'd better take that one off Clarke's science-fiction bibliography, ok?
"Tarot" is actually part of a larger series that includes "But What of Earth", the Cluster Trilogy, Thousandstar, and Viscous Circle.
However, I excluded "Tarot" from my long list that proved he was a science-fiction writer, because Tarot to me contains too much of a mystical/fantasy aspect to make it count as strictly science-fiction.
He's written more than 25 science-fiction novels (yes, that is excluding all the fantasy novels), some getting important genre awards or nominations.
Piers Anthony and science fiction?
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by the way, since when does Piers Anthony write science fiction?
Here are just some of his "pure science fiction" titles. I weeded out the "half-fantasy" ones like Apprentice Adept:
Macroscope Prostho Plus Race Against Time Rings of Ice Triple Detente DAW pb 74; Tor pb 88 Steppe But What of Earth? Total Recall Chthon Phthor Battle Circle (Sos the Rope, Var the Stick, Neq Omnivore Orn OX Cluster Chaining the Lady Kirlian Quest Thousandstar Viscous Circle Refugee Mercenary Politician Exectutive Statesman The Iron Maiden
Don't knock Piers Anthony
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It is easy to knock the guy if you think he is 100% Xanth. However, this is the same guy responsible for "Macroscope" (Nebula award nomination). The Cluster/Tarot series is also a worthy effort, with imaginative aliens that beat Niven's creations. There is also "OX", a decent attempt to make a novel around John Conway's "Game of Life".
It seems to be working about as well as the War on Poverty and the War on Drugs.
The only thing I have noticed is that spam to my junk Hotmail accounts has dropped to almost nothing. I think this is due to a change in MSN's filtering, and has nothing to do with the legislation.
I haven't seen a depiction of Mandrake the Magician for many years. However, the star reminded me of Mickey as the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" (I think it is on his hat). That is the connection I drew from "what does a star have to do with a Mandrake?". Tenuous, I admit: star to Mickey-as-magician to Mandrake-the-magician.
"Also, the guy who first used the name has been dead for quite some time. It's from the old pre-christian scandinavian sagas originally"
The original work was "Voluspa" by Sven "Snorri" Sturlusson. Ol Snorri had trouble keeping a wife, or even roommates: the nocturnal noise was too loud.
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They showed how a Celine Dion CD is now louder then a Van Halen cd released in the late 80's because the average "loudness" has been increased so much between then and now.... I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
If the CD's get any louder, the next global war will be fought with Styx and 'Stones.
Could this be a sign of the beginning of the end of spam?"
Yes, just like computers have made the era of office paper end (I enjoy my paperless office, do you?), and how Bill Clinton in 1995 ended the era of big government.
This reminds me of an episode of the dear departed Drew Carey show. Lewis had just returned from a discount music store, "Music by the Pound" that sold those really deep-discounr CDs no one wants.
"I got the shopping cart, got a few pounds of rock, a few pounds of classical...."
A week or two ago, I saw at a gas station, on the rack with all those plastic phone cards: Napster cards.
It seemed like a clver idea. On the other hand, I was not inspired to buy one at the time.
Cause, as we all know, large grills (Especially on robots) make them more durable
According to Hank Hill, the grill alone will not make the robot complete: it needs propane, and a place to hang the grill tongs. The propane-powered BBQ robot. Hank and his brother Junichiro can agree on this one!
I have plenty of hate for the police as well, but you can't blame them when someone gets caught stealing or selling crack.
And you really can't blame the police when a violent criminal creates a hostage situation and gets shot as a result of efforts to try to end it. Or when someone flees police and runs into someone else.
Touchscreen is the only way to go. These are police officers
These are police officers.... How well do touch-screens work once grubby cop fingers cover them with smears of donut glaze?
There are no guns at all in Chicago
I know. It's kind of interesting. The Chicago mafia actually has violins in their violin cases these days, ever since the government banned tommy guns. Gang battles resemble "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" now.
www.mikerowesoft.com now hosts something entitled "Mike Rowe Fourms". It has been a long time since I've seen the banner of a site misspell the site's name.
Earth-sized moons of big planets can have a more friendly enviroment than earth-sized planets.
Or maybe they can't. We've only found one planet with a friendly environment so far, and this is really too small of a dataset to generalize.
Yes, trust Microsoft to store your sensitive personal information, like "does not signal left turns in "Gotham" race game" and "would rather play as dwarf than elf". A violation of privacy, I tell you!
"Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a subsistance hunter!"
Since I didn't know if the next Piers Anthony novel I pick up will be crap or excellent I gave up on him
Anthony writes on three levels: at the bottom, there is Xanth. At the middle, there is Incarnations of Immortality. At the top, there is Macroscope and Chthon. He's been doing through all his career.
If you enjoy OX/Orn/Omnivore, you might like "Kirlian Quest". Yes, it is the 3rd book of a trilogy, but I read it first myself and had no problem from that.
"this book is a novelization of the script and the original novel" mm, sounds great _and_ original!
Yes, this applies to Total Recall. It also applies to Arthur C Clarke's "2001" novel. Guess you'd better take that one off Clarke's science-fiction bibliography, ok?
"Tarot" is actually part of a larger series that includes "But What of Earth", the Cluster Trilogy, Thousandstar, and Viscous Circle.
However, I excluded "Tarot" from my long list that proved he was a science-fiction writer, because Tarot to me contains too much of a mystical/fantasy aspect to make it count as strictly science-fiction.
I was going to include "Anthonology", but wasn't sure it was 100% fantasy-free. I was listing only the science-fiction stuff.
not a science fiction author.
He's written more than 25 science-fiction novels (yes, that is excluding all the fantasy novels), some getting important genre awards or nominations.
by the way, since when does Piers Anthony write science fiction?
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Here are just some of his "pure science fiction" titles. I weeded out the "half-fantasy" ones like Apprentice Adept:
Macroscope
Prostho Plus
Race Against Time
Rings of Ice
Triple Detente DAW pb 74; Tor pb 88
Steppe
But What of Earth?
Total Recall
Chthon
Phthor
Battle Circle (Sos the Rope, Var the Stick, Neq Omnivore
Orn
OX
Cluster
Chaining the Lady
Kirlian Quest
Thousandstar
Viscous Circle
Refugee
Mercenary
Politician
Exectutiv
Statesman
The Iron Maiden
It is easy to knock the guy if you think he is 100% Xanth. However, this is the same guy responsible for "Macroscope" (Nebula award nomination). The Cluster/Tarot series is also a worthy effort, with imaginative aliens that beat Niven's creations. There is also "OX", a decent attempt to make a novel around John Conway's "Game of Life".
Pointy hair is all you need in a team leader.
"I haven't the heart to tell him that his new shake-to-reset laptop is really an etch-o-sketch.
In a related story, SCO has been forced to send checks for $699 each to every single Linux user.
Oops. it is not April 1. Sorry, "DarlDay" has not yet happened.
It seems to be working about as well as the War on Poverty and the War on Drugs.
The only thing I have noticed is that spam to my junk Hotmail accounts has dropped to almost nothing. I think this is due to a change in MSN's filtering, and has nothing to do with the legislation.
I haven't seen a depiction of Mandrake the Magician for many years. However, the star reminded me of Mickey as the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" (I think it is on his hat). That is the connection I drew from "what does a star have to do with a Mandrake?". Tenuous, I admit: star to Mickey-as-magician to Mandrake-the-magician.
Mandrakesoft is not using the likeness of Mandrake the magician, nor a Mandrake the magician logo, to sell.
The star logo they always use drove home the magician connection to me.
"Also, the guy who first used the name has been dead for quite some time. It's from the old pre-christian scandinavian sagas originally"
The original work was "Voluspa" by Sven "Snorri" Sturlusson. Ol Snorri had trouble keeping a wife, or even roommates: the nocturnal noise was too loud.