So Apple sould change thier name to a Rough Rider?
any ways isn't it all irrelivent, Don't tigers (Big stripped Kitty Cats) Have prior art over anything?
See if your going to name something after something you should chose slug or Sea cucumber or something that aint used
Anyone know how this affects the theroy that Global Warming, might shut down the Gulf stream and plunge the northern Hemisphere into more severe winters?
One of my roommates and I were having a discussion about video games, and I said that I do not play many computer games because they are crap now.
He got defensive and said, "You never played video games anyways"
So I said not now but I used too. They got boring on me.
I do play video games (Civ III, Sims, Sim City) and I can be quite addictive about it. (12 to 13 hours at a time).
But I did play a lot of these games. I was a "Seven Cities of Gold" addict; I never played much of Mule, never owned a copy.
So not wanting to play another rehash of The Bards Tale (or Doom or whatever) rehash, I am wondering if there are any games out there like Seven Cities & SM Civ that I have missed.
Did you read the flat earth link a couple of days back...
At least these people belive the earth is round.
Integral Trees & Myths
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Hello Mr Niven.
I have been a reader of yours for about 15 years now, and have enjoyed reading and rereading your many works.
I have two questions I would like to ask
First is where did you get the idea for "The Integral Trees"? It is the most amazing "planet" that I have ever heard of.
How Important is Classical Mythology in your writing? I know that many of your books are based on it , Legacy of Heorot, Beowulf's Children & Inferno come to mind, but are all your books influenced by mythology or just certain ones?
Of course the extra body heat they are giving of, not to mention the methane from extra farts.
And of course more & larger squirrels mean larger fartier Foxes.
MORE GLOBAL WARMING...
Quick tell the newspapers, we will be on the morning news tomorrow. Government grant by Thursday...
I say the only place we can do research is ohhhh.... the B.V.I.
I'll bring the girls, you bring the booze.... Er... wait...I MEANT to say I'll bring the research assistants you bring the sterilizing solution. Yea... yea... that's the ticket.
I shouldn't respond to this, but I am going to anyways.
I believe in Evolution/big Bang theory simply because it makes the most sense as opposed to the world being made out of the milk of a cow or Some chick putting dirt on top of a Turtle.
None of the creation theories Ever made much sense to me. Why should I believe it? Because some book that is an incomplete partial translation of an earlier book that was a copy of a still earlier book said "God Said and ZAP-POW we had light"?
If I ever met a priest that said, "I don't know" I might listen, but I never have. What I have seen is a lot self-serving mumbo-jumbo that can't be proven. There is no Hard Proof.
Not that there is a lot of hard proof when it comes to Evolution either. But they admit it. Yes there are gaps in the fossil record. Yes there are parts of Biology & evolution that we can't explain. But at least they admit it
I am curious what you consider to be "good" Science. It can't be astronomy. The notion that light travels thousands of years (well more then 6 thousand anyways) must put a strain on your faith.
So that rules out physics & Chemistry (Or do you not believe that Iron was created in another star billions of years ago?)
What Science do you believe in? What Science Can you believe in?
I read once that the Adam and Eve story was a myth to explain why people left the hunter\gather lifestyle to begin agriculture. (Oh there was a happy time once when we didn't have to toil in the fields and God supplied every thing to us) The story was created much like the people who tell us we would be happier if we all lived as we did in the 17th century.
I have to admit that interpretation of the story makes more sense to me then that story being the gospel truth. Does this make Analyses "bad" Science? What about logic?
I hope you will respond to this.....
Anybody esle remember adds for "Flesh Gorden" in the mag EG?
They were black and white ads in the back....Never played it my self.
The game was for the atari 2600.
My vote for the rarest games is an arcade machine. It was a Laser disk game whose name i can't remeber, About a spy. At one point you were jumping over these barrars. Then there was this sceen in a clock.
Good game though.
The rearest game must be ANY game from the original Odyssey system. I never even saw that system.
John Brunners "The Shockwave Rider", "Sheep Look Up" H.G. Wells "When the sleeper wakes", "The Land Iron Clads" Philip K Dick "Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep", "Confesions of a Crap Artist", "A scanner Darkly"
But I should also toss in as good (But not yet essental)
Greg Bear "Forge of God" & "Darwins Radio" Robert L Froward "Dragons Egg"
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So Apple sould change thier name to a Rough Rider? any ways isn't it all irrelivent, Don't tigers (Big stripped Kitty Cats) Have prior art over anything? See if your going to name something after something you should chose slug or Sea cucumber or something that aint used
Do yopu have any links about Growth Hormone? Just curious
"liberate the women of Venus from an evil opressive dictator..."
And the place is covered in oil too....
Wahoo! Sign me up.....
Anyone know how this affects the theroy that Global Warming, might shut down the Gulf stream and plunge the northern Hemisphere into more severe winters?
LOTB
And which English is the Standard then ?
British English (English English?)
Canadian English
American English (Or as the current US prez says 'Merican)
Indian English
Or one of the many Dialects that are spoken in those lands (Can you understand Scots, Scouse, Cockney, Newfe & Jamaican Just for starters, Be honest)
Where is this wonderful World Standard?
One of my roommates and I were having a discussion about video games, and I said that I do not play many computer games because they are crap now.
He got defensive and said, "You never played video games anyways"
So I said not now but I used too. They got boring on me.
I do play video games (Civ III, Sims, Sim City) and I can be quite addictive about it. (12 to 13 hours at a time).
But I did play a lot of these games. I was a "Seven Cities of Gold" addict; I never played much of Mule, never owned a copy.
So not wanting to play another rehash of The Bards Tale (or Doom or whatever) rehash, I am wondering if there are any games out there like Seven Cities & SM Civ that I have missed.
I was also a huge fan of Lemmings too.
Did you read the flat earth link a couple of days back...
At least these people belive the earth is round.
Hello Mr Niven.
I have been a reader of yours for about 15 years now, and have enjoyed reading and rereading your many works.
I have two questions I would like to ask
First is where did you get the idea for "The Integral Trees"? It is the most amazing "planet" that I have ever heard of.
How Important is Classical Mythology in your writing? I know that many of your books are based on it , Legacy of Heorot, Beowulf's Children & Inferno come to mind, but are all your books influenced by mythology or just certain ones?
Thank you for your time
Lord Of the Beer
I stand, or rather, sit corrected.
I guess I am a failure as a bio-terrorist.
Yeay.
I just had this vision of my dog following me around going "Lets balance the check book, common you know you wanna"
Or what would be worse, trying to surf slashdot on the cat......
Ever thought of it as an Anthrax delivery system.
Oopps I guess I should not have said that.
I am not even going to mention RC cars.... Rats did it again.
I am not even going to think about kites. Doh
And remember that chemistry kit you had as a kid... Bio-Warfare Centre dude...
Um what was your name again, better let me get it for homeland security...
"It is not a question if you are paranoid, the question is are you paranoid enough" Strange Days
"Nobody is ever going to need 6.4 Terabit DRAM."
Tried it.
Got bored
Left.
Now I know...
Of course the extra body heat they are giving of, not to mention the methane from extra farts.
.... the B.V.I.
...I MEANT to say I'll bring the research assistants you bring the sterilizing solution. Yea... yea... that's the ticket.
And of course more & larger squirrels mean larger fartier Foxes.
MORE GLOBAL WARMING...
Quick tell the newspapers, we will be on the morning news tomorrow. Government grant by Thursday...
I say the only place we can do research is ohhhh
I'll bring the girls, you bring the booze.... Er... wait
With raised edges so the water doesn't run off the side.....
I always liked
"Floting down the Gutter
on a piece of bread & butter"
I have heard of wearing your heart on a sleeve but this is absurd.
And it will be used to make one Hell of a KatoffleKannon (sp?) or Potato Gun or whatever.
I do find it odd though that missing Plutonium makes the science Pages and Kotoflekannon (sp) made the main page.
Priorities I guess
There is a book titled
"Mortars the Ultamite home hobby Weapon"
It always casues rased eyebrows.
Handy for duck hunting too....
I thought this affected Windows also......
Does no One remember Max Headroom (The TV Show)? I must be old
I shouldn't respond to this, but I am going to anyways. I believe in Evolution/big Bang theory simply because it makes the most sense as opposed to the world being made out of the milk of a cow or Some chick putting dirt on top of a Turtle. None of the creation theories Ever made much sense to me. Why should I believe it? Because some book that is an incomplete partial translation of an earlier book that was a copy of a still earlier book said "God Said and ZAP-POW we had light"? If I ever met a priest that said, "I don't know" I might listen, but I never have. What I have seen is a lot self-serving mumbo-jumbo that can't be proven. There is no Hard Proof. Not that there is a lot of hard proof when it comes to Evolution either. But they admit it. Yes there are gaps in the fossil record. Yes there are parts of Biology & evolution that we can't explain. But at least they admit it I am curious what you consider to be "good" Science. It can't be astronomy. The notion that light travels thousands of years (well more then 6 thousand anyways) must put a strain on your faith. So that rules out physics & Chemistry (Or do you not believe that Iron was created in another star billions of years ago?) What Science do you believe in? What Science Can you believe in? I read once that the Adam and Eve story was a myth to explain why people left the hunter\gather lifestyle to begin agriculture. (Oh there was a happy time once when we didn't have to toil in the fields and God supplied every thing to us) The story was created much like the people who tell us we would be happier if we all lived as we did in the 17th century. I have to admit that interpretation of the story makes more sense to me then that story being the gospel truth. Does this make Analyses "bad" Science? What about logic? I hope you will respond to this .....
Anybody esle remember adds for "Flesh Gorden" in the mag EG?
They were black and white ads in the back....Never played it my self.
The game was for the atari 2600.
My vote for the rarest games is an arcade machine. It was a Laser disk game whose name i can't remeber, About a spy. At one point you were jumping over these barrars. Then there was this sceen in a clock.
Good game though.
The rearest game must be ANY game from the original Odyssey system. I never even saw that system.
John Brunners "The Shockwave Rider", "Sheep Look Up"
H.G. Wells "When the sleeper wakes", "The Land Iron Clads"
Philip K Dick "Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep", "Confesions of a Crap Artist", "A scanner Darkly"
But I should also toss in as good (But not yet essental)
Greg Bear "Forge of God" & "Darwins Radio"
Robert L Froward "Dragons Egg"
I always wonderd where the non-Dick stuff from Blade runner Came from