Next time I'm up that way I'll take a drive through. Last time I spent way too much time down in the historical district. Though I've been modded down to -1 I asked the question in earnest.
Is there anything interesting in the NE area of Philly?
ICANN has exceeded its authority, does not operate in an open fashion, and is dangerously unaccountable to Internet users, businesses and other key interest groups.
This is an honest question. What's the deal with the smell? Philadelphia smells like shit. Is it the cheesesteaks?
Philly is the only city I've been to that I couldn't imagine spending more than a week in. I was there for a couple days on a tour and was so glad to finally leave.
There is this rancid smell that emanates from everything in that city. What is it?
I met Bruce Eckel at Software Development 98. He is as interesting in person as he is in writing. While everyone had huge booths to showcase their wares, Eckel had a folding table with a posterboard sign with the title "Professor Bruce Eckel's Magic Java Elixir". He had a semi-boothbabe (you had to be there) and a guy in a gorilla suit with him. He was dressed like a circus master.
I read 21 Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell a while back and was unimpressed. These are not the same authors, of course, but if you see Maxwell's stuff at Barnes&Noble skip it. Perhaps Greene's books are better.
If you are really interested in how to weild power, there's nothing like going to the source
Murakami is one of the better fiction writers today. He's not a bad non-fiction writer either as evidenced by his treatment of the Aum Shinrikyo Tokyo subway sarin attack in his book Underground.
Murakami's fiction runs the gamut from love stories to fantasy, and his writing style (at least his translator's interpretation of it) is exciting and quite beautiful in its descriptions of surroundings and exposition of his characters. He writes primarily in the first person so it may take a little getting used to, but the stories really come alive as a result of this technique.
I recommend all his English translations except for Sputnik Sweetheart which felt like a simple rehashing of his older works.
If you read his stuff in order:
Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Reminiscent of Philip Dick's works. It isn't quite technothriller, it isn't quite fantasy, but it is a blast to read. A Wild Sheep Chase THE Murakami book to read. Dance Dance Dance Sequel to Wild Sheep Chase. Quite a bit darker in tone than Sheep. Norwegian Wood Murakami's first novel. Pure fiction, no fantasy beyond the narrator's imagination. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle His magnum opus. It draws all of his themes from other books into a single narrative. It's long, but I didn't lose interest at any point. South of the Border, West of the Sun My personal favorite because it touches on a lot of themes of love and infidelity. I won't go into the infidelity, thank you very much.
The rest of his stuff is short stories, so read those at your leisure.
Tanizaki is a Japanese writer who has an impish streak running through him. His stories and writing are ebullient and discuss all matters of things from politics to sex. No sci-fi here. I recommend The Makioka Sisters
Mishima is another writer who was a contemporary of Tanizaki. His writings are infused with Japanese Nationalist themes. Even his love stories have nationalist undercurrents. I liked the autobiographical Confessions of a Mask.
Michio Kaku is an American (as far as I can tell). His main topic is Superstring theory, so he doesn't quite fit with the fiction writers that I listed above, but hey, some people think that string theory is fiction.
Opinions of the man of course vary, but the scholarship of Diplomacy is very good through and through.
As most of the book covers the events prior to the 20th Century, there isn't much historical contamination that he can invect into it. His analysis has a very Realpolitik bent to it, that much can be acknowledged without starting a Kissinger flamewar.
I'd also recommend Kissinger's Diplomacy for the reader of history. Although the current situation in Afghanistan is not covered, the book gives a broad introduction to the machinery of nations over the last several centuries.
An easier system of your first example is to simply have an email alias that is meant to be used for asking technical questions. Those who don't want to participate and hoard knowledge can refrain from the group while anyone who is interested in such a discussion can join.
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Next time I'm up that way I'll take a drive through. Last time I spent way too much time down in the historical district. Though I've been modded down to -1 I asked the question in earnest.
Is there anything interesting in the NE area of Philly?
I don't care too much about that, but will you be eating my log again tonight?
Shhh... I'm hunting karma.
Well, if it has numbers, it's a budget. You can't argue with that logic.
Dibs on www.wegot.bush!
ICANN has exceeded its authority, does not operate in an open fashion, and is dangerously unaccountable to Internet users, businesses and other key interest groups.
Kind of like... the government??
So hand-cranked cell phones will help them how?
You're so cute when you do that thing you do.
You know all the geeks on here need the Matrix 2 because they're running out of Matrix 1 frames to jack off to.
Wouldn't that be Some of All the Fere's?
This is Baltimore we're talking about.
This is an honest question. What's the deal with the smell? Philadelphia smells like shit. Is it the cheesesteaks?
Philly is the only city I've been to that I couldn't imagine spending more than a week in. I was there for a couple days on a tour and was so glad to finally leave.
There is this rancid smell that emanates from everything in that city. What is it?
Isn't that what movie sets are for? Can't they rebuild a replica of the city they want on some backlot?
And even if you don't read it, don't worry. Everything will work out in the end. Right, Pangloss?
I met Bruce Eckel at Software Development 98. He is as interesting in person as he is in writing. While everyone had huge booths to showcase their wares, Eckel had a folding table with a posterboard sign with the title "Professor Bruce Eckel's Magic Java Elixir". He had a semi-boothbabe (you had to be there) and a guy in a gorilla suit with him. He was dressed like a circus master.
The man is hilarious, and very smart.
I read 21 Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell a while back and was unimpressed. These are not the same authors, of course, but if you see Maxwell's stuff at Barnes&Noble skip it. Perhaps Greene's books are better.
If you are really interested in how to weild power, there's nothing like going to the source
I'm glad you asked!
Murakami is one of the better fiction writers today. He's not a bad non-fiction writer either as evidenced by his treatment of the Aum Shinrikyo Tokyo subway sarin attack in his book Underground.
Murakami's fiction runs the gamut from love stories to fantasy, and his writing style (at least his translator's interpretation of it) is exciting and quite beautiful in its descriptions of surroundings and exposition of his characters. He writes primarily in the first person so it may take a little getting used to, but the stories really come alive as a result of this technique.
I recommend all his English translations except for Sputnik Sweetheart which felt like a simple rehashing of his older works.
If you read his stuff in order:
Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Reminiscent of Philip Dick's works. It isn't quite technothriller, it isn't quite fantasy, but it is a blast to read.
A Wild Sheep Chase THE Murakami book to read.
Dance Dance Dance Sequel to Wild Sheep Chase. Quite a bit darker in tone than Sheep.
Norwegian Wood Murakami's first novel. Pure fiction, no fantasy beyond the narrator's imagination.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle His magnum opus. It draws all of his themes from other books into a single narrative. It's long, but I didn't lose interest at any point.
South of the Border, West of the Sun My personal favorite because it touches on a lot of themes of love and infidelity. I won't go into the infidelity, thank you very much.
The rest of his stuff is short stories, so read those at your leisure.
Tanizaki is a Japanese writer who has an impish streak running through him. His stories and writing are ebullient and discuss all matters of things from politics to sex. No sci-fi here. I recommend The Makioka Sisters
Mishima is another writer who was a contemporary of Tanizaki. His writings are infused with Japanese Nationalist themes. Even his love stories have nationalist undercurrents. I liked the autobiographical Confessions of a Mask.
Michio Kaku is an American (as far as I can tell). His main topic is Superstring theory, so he doesn't quite fit with the fiction writers that I listed above, but hey, some people think that string theory is fiction.
Opinions of the man of course vary, but the scholarship of Diplomacy is very good through and through.
As most of the book covers the events prior to the 20th Century, there isn't much historical contamination that he can invect into it. His analysis has a very Realpolitik bent to it, that much can be acknowledged without starting a Kissinger flamewar.
I'd also recommend Kissinger's Diplomacy for the reader of history. Although the current situation in Afghanistan is not covered, the book gives a broad introduction to the machinery of nations over the last several centuries.
Haruki Murakami is a favorite.
Some Junichiro Tanizaki is always a blast.
You can't go wrong with Yukio Mishima.
And right now I'm reading Michio Kaku.
But if he open sources his design, how shall he make any money?
If he patents it, how can budding geeks look up to him?
Some stuff Seattle did a couple years ago.
An easier system of your first example is to simply have an email alias that is meant to be used for asking technical questions. Those who don't want to participate and hoard knowledge can refrain from the group while anyone who is interested in such a discussion can join.
following the geese online is open to anyone who contributes .75 pounds to the research project.
Pounds of what?
Genesis 1:28
11:04am : Begin monitoring. Gnu in Region 3 of wildlife preserve.
11:35am : Gnu position remains unchanged
1:22 pm : Gnu position remains unchanged
4:25 pm : Gnu is defecating
4:26 pm : A non-identified human has entered wildlife preserve
4:26 pm : Human seems to be calling gnu
4:27 pm : Gnu approaching human in Region 4 of wildlife preserve
4:27 pm : Gnu acting oddly
5:12 pm : Police entering wildlife preserve
5:14 pm : Man being arrested. Man protesting loudly
5:27 pm : Police identify man as Richard M. Stallman
5:30 pm : Police charge man with illegal entry and 3 counts of animal cruelty
5:30 pm : Gnu returns to Region 3 of wildlife preserve
8:29 pm : Gnu is sleeping. Position unchanged
The geese are shitting on my lawn. They will be airborne and moving elsewhere in a minute.
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Quack Carrot Top Quack?
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