Fairy Tales are a "legitimate literary tradition"
I mean some of the oldest aspects of Western lititure are Fairy Tales.
It is just in the last couple of centuries that they have whitewashed and made dull insepid little stories. much like what is going on right now with the Arthurian legends....
Esp when you consider most of the great English Writters (Chaucer & Shakespeare) stole thier story plots outright. And Have had thier sories stolen in turn.
Can you imagine what would have happened if every body how ever did a King Arthor story had to pay Royalties.
I pick up a lot of Mediveal Stuff from used book stores
I strongly recomend
Beowulf a verse Translation bt Micheal Alexander Published by Peguin books ( I picked it up for 1$)
They also publish a lot of other medieval text's, some in period language, some in modern British. The most i have ever paid was $5.00 For a book of English Mystery plays (7 years later I still from it once or twice a year)
I have never found a good verse translation of the original Welsh tales (Mabinogion et al). that also inspired the Tolkien mythos, so if anyone has a suggetion
the core would be Radioactive.
There would still be X miles of Rock between the Core and the Humans.
Volcainos would be a bitch though
Thats My take anyways
Thx for clearing that up
As for the dust storms I was just thinking that the last thing anyone would need was more dust when terraforming.
Any toughts on terraforming Venus ?
As far as the users go "HELL NO" is all I can say.
When i first started as a Help desk Tech I thought That it would be keen to go to to the Company Socials, when I got promoted to a day job I went to some. What usually happened was people cornering me Wanting to know how to do shit in EXCEL. I was sitting there going Uh this is my time off guys......I would put up shit that for a while but This one time an accountant corrnered me and started babling on abut how we should replace the 4 AS400's with a (Single) NT system was pritty much the last time that I went to a company event.
As for coworkes, When I had a coworker who also listened to Ska/Reggae/Oi! and punk We would go to shows all the time, however he left and every one else listens to the Gypsy Kings. So I do not assoiate with them either. (Outside of the ocasianl pint of beer, and ending up a a ripper joint)
He was also writting some of the episodes as they were recording. Write a page hand it out to the actors. Write another page etc. How much polishing could he do?
By the By I also perfer the Radio show and scripts to the rest of HHGTG. The Novels are good, but the scripts are the best.
There are probably a lot of stories relating global disasters, but whitch one relate to this event. Basicly yoy are asking How far did the refugies spread.
There are tales form ancent India of cities "being struck by fire from the sky" were these sories carried by people fleeing (or the desndants of them) remebering a meteor strike. The Bible has several world wide disasters that may be the same event recorded by different groups at different times. American Indians have a flood story. Also storyes of when the world was always dark (Look for the Raven (or some other hero) bringing fire)
The problem is that at the time people were wondering around a lot. Not writing stuff down. Most of the stories from the period had been kicking around for hundereds of years. then some one decided to jot them down. probably with in a different language they what it originated in. Adding and deliting details to suit the politics of the time, story tellling etc.
LOTB
I read some thing simmiler, but it was the persian Gulf that sank. (Possible this might have been the Eden Story. it has been about five years)
There is a tale from Gilgamesh about gathering animals in an ark also. Then again maybe The Eden Story and the Flood Story happened at the same time, but were put into the Hebrew lititure at different times. Perhaps all the sinking contenent stories there are also come from the same time.
"making electronic communication more of a communal thing."
Isn't all communication a Comunal thing?
Isn't This a Communal thing?
I quite like my neighbour, we do talk. (You are right I can not stand his wife). I do not want to start troubleshooting his PC, becasue he loaded a new mouse driver. (real story, not his fault.)
I find most people do not understand or apreciate that you have a life. They have a problem, they want it solved.
And yes I also got tired of people who tell me they know as much as me but come running to me when they have a problem.
And yes that was in my old Neigbourhood, where they knew that I was into computers. In this neigbourhood no one knows what I do. My life is a lot simpler now
If you want a sence of community, you have to build it yourself. If you want to build your neigbourhood, you do not need NAN's, you need yourself.
LOTB
Do you really want to be bothered?
I work 40 + hrs a week on computers + another 20 odd on the damn things around the house.
I love them sure, but i do not want to be spending time with nextdoor, becasue he desides he wants to add Yet-Antother-Piece-Of-Fad-Hardware. (The man bought two (2) web-cams yesterday. He already had one. What on earth do you need three web cams for.... Do not say porn, I have seen his wife... F.U.B.)
Or how about clueless down the street who deleted her windows Dir not once but TWICE in the same year (with 3 months to go she may make it three yet).
Maybe your street is not as clueless as mine. (I tell people I am in marketing so know one knows what I do. Nobody has marketing problems @ home.) But I would lay money that they are.
If You really want a life, I suggest 1) get a puppy next spring and two 2) take it for walks on a Sat. All day. trust me you will be happier.
Does any one know where I can see these pictures of Miranda that the article is talking about. I am having a hard time "getting" the images from the article.
I can just see me working this into normal conversation.
"Your eye's would look wonderful by shrimpoluminescence"
Or
"It's getting kinda dark can we have some more shrimpoluminescence here"
to be honest the whole thing reminds me of a trade mark "Get Shrimp-O-Luminescence today, or you will be left in the dark" besides it probably only applys to shrimp who grew up near the Kursk (sp?)
Slashdot Mirror
Fairy Tales are a "legitimate literary tradition"
I mean some of the oldest aspects of Western lititure are Fairy Tales.
It is just in the last couple of centuries that they have whitewashed and made dull insepid little stories. much like what is going on right now with the Arthurian legends....
Beautiful books
If you enjoy Le Morte D'Arthur I strongly suggest The Arthurian Handbook
It follows the evolution of the Author tales form thier original Welsh/Brittany forms and the retellings in most of the magor euorpean languages .
A hard read but worth it
Esp when you consider most of the great English Writters (Chaucer & Shakespeare) stole thier story plots outright. And Have had thier sories stolen in turn.
Can you imagine what would have happened if every body how ever did a King Arthor story had to pay Royalties.
I pick up a lot of Mediveal Stuff from used book stores
I strongly recomend
Beowulf a verse Translation bt Micheal Alexander Published by Peguin books ( I picked it up for 1$)
They also publish a lot of other medieval text's, some in period language, some in modern British. The most i have ever paid was $5.00 For a book of English Mystery plays (7 years later I still from it once or twice a year)
I have never found a good verse translation of the original Welsh tales (Mabinogion et al). that also inspired the Tolkien mythos, so if anyone has a suggetion
Why we (Canada) need our own shuttle.
Or may be we could split 1/2 with Japan or something.
But if the Govt. will not relpace Sea King's, I guess a shuttle si out of the question. So we are stuck hitching rides.
Anybody know the price tag on a shuttle ? (used will do)
LOVECRAFT baby
See his writing s are a clue, to what is really going on MAN.
They were set of the coast of maine to confuse us. But LOVECRAFT really knew what was going Like ON MAN..... Hail the like unspeakable horrers MAN.
Or it's like Plato man. That dude really knew what was going on MAN.
the core would be Radioactive. There would still be X miles of Rock between the Core and the Humans. Volcainos would be a bitch though Thats My take anyways
Thx for clearing that up As for the dust storms I was just thinking that the last thing anyone would need was more dust when terraforming. Any toughts on terraforming Venus ?
Why whould you need to alter the spin of the planet?
Also wouldn't driving large amounts of ice berring Astroids into the panet kick up huge amounts of dust, curring off light and casuing a (dry)ice age?
How long would the molten core last. would we have to do this every century or so?
As far as the users go "HELL NO" is all I can say.
When i first started as a Help desk Tech I thought That it would be keen to go to to the Company Socials, when I got promoted to a day job I went to some. What usually happened was people cornering me Wanting to know how to do shit in EXCEL. I was sitting there going Uh this is my time off guys......I would put up shit that for a while but This one time an accountant corrnered me and started babling on abut how we should replace the 4 AS400's with a (Single) NT system was pritty much the last time that I went to a company event.
As for coworkes, When I had a coworker who also listened to Ska/Reggae/Oi! and punk We would go to shows all the time, however he left and every one else listens to the Gypsy Kings. So I do not assoiate with them either. (Outside of the ocasianl pint of beer, and ending up a a ripper joint)
LOTB
Hes a web page designer or Future Shop Tech? How did you know that?
He was also writting some of the episodes as they were recording. Write a page hand it out to the actors. Write another page etc. How much polishing could he do?
By the By I also perfer the Radio show and scripts to the rest of HHGTG. The Novels are good, but the scripts are the best.
There are probably a lot of stories relating global disasters, but whitch one relate to this event. Basicly yoy are asking How far did the refugies spread. There are tales form ancent India of cities "being struck by fire from the sky" were these sories carried by people fleeing (or the desndants of them) remebering a meteor strike. The Bible has several world wide disasters that may be the same event recorded by different groups at different times. American Indians have a flood story. Also storyes of when the world was always dark (Look for the Raven (or some other hero) bringing fire) The problem is that at the time people were wondering around a lot. Not writing stuff down. Most of the stories from the period had been kicking around for hundereds of years. then some one decided to jot them down. probably with in a different language they what it originated in. Adding and deliting details to suit the politics of the time, story tellling etc. LOTB
I read some thing simmiler, but it was the persian Gulf that sank. (Possible this might have been the Eden Story. it has been about five years)
There is a tale from Gilgamesh about gathering animals in an ark also. Then again maybe The Eden Story and the Flood Story happened at the same time, but were put into the Hebrew lititure at different times. Perhaps all the sinking contenent stories there are also come from the same time.
Are you saying that looking @ hariy flies is not practical?
"making electronic communication more of a communal thing."
Isn't all communication a Comunal thing?
Isn't This a Communal thing?
I quite like my neighbour, we do talk. (You are right I can not stand his wife). I do not want to start troubleshooting his PC, becasue he loaded a new mouse driver. (real story, not his fault.)
I find most people do not understand or apreciate that you have a life. They have a problem, they want it solved.
And yes I also got tired of people who tell me they know as much as me but come running to me when they have a problem.
And yes that was in my old Neigbourhood, where they knew that I was into computers. In this neigbourhood no one knows what I do. My life is a lot simpler now
If you want a sence of community, you have to build it yourself. If you want to build your neigbourhood, you do not need NAN's, you need yourself.
LOTB
Do you really want to be bothered?
I work 40 + hrs a week on computers + another 20 odd on the damn things around the house.
I love them sure, but i do not want to be spending time with nextdoor, becasue he desides he wants to add Yet-Antother-Piece-Of-Fad-Hardware. (The man bought two (2) web-cams yesterday. He already had one. What on earth do you need three web cams for.... Do not say porn, I have seen his wife... F.U.B.)
Or how about clueless down the street who deleted her windows Dir not once but TWICE in the same year (with 3 months to go she may make it three yet).
Maybe your street is not as clueless as mine. (I tell people I am in marketing so know one knows what I do. Nobody has marketing problems @ home.) But I would lay money that they are.
If You really want a life, I suggest 1) get a puppy next spring and two 2) take it for walks on a Sat. All day. trust me you will be happier.
Does any one know where I can see these pictures of Miranda that the article is talking about. I am having a hard time "getting" the images from the article.
I can just see me working this into normal conversation. "Your eye's would look wonderful by shrimpoluminescence" Or "It's getting kinda dark can we have some more shrimpoluminescence here" to be honest the whole thing reminds me of a trade mark "Get Shrimp-O-Luminescence today, or you will be left in the dark" besides it probably only applys to shrimp who grew up near the Kursk (sp?)