Dr. Strangelove: Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost if you keep it a secret! Why didn't you tell the world?
Ambassador de Sadesky: It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises.
Dr. Strangelove: Based on the findings of the report, my conclusion was that this idea was not a practical deterrent for reasons which at this moment must be all too obvious.
Dr. Strangelove: It is not only possible, it is essential.
How many people name their computers? I do, and it takes me a bit to figure out names for them. I refer to them by their name usually, which causes my non-geeky friends to stare at me. Any one else does this compulsively? What is the name of your computer?
Thanks. I will stick with it. I loved the ostrich scene, and in general most of the stuff that had to do with real scientific figures. I will keep on reading, if all the trading stuff doesn't make me fall asleep again.
How does Confusion compares to Quicksilver? I thought QS needed some serius editing, only 1/3 of the book was interesting. I bought Confusion out of compulsion, and I read 150 pages and find it even slower than QS. Should I bother reading more?
The Confusion is the same. Some cool stuff with Shaftoe, then boring banking stuff. When did Stepenson turned from the Geek Writer into the Business Writer?
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Now you can go to church, read/. and watch pr0n all at the same time.
I was probably one of the few people that finished Quicksilver. It was slow, slow, slow and boring with some minor fun parts. Newton was fun, Shaftoe was fun, the rest was a pain to read. It went everywhere and nowhere. I still don't feel it moving anywhere. After 900 pages I demand to get at least something from a book, besides tired biceps (that thing is heavy). He needs and editor. He couldn't have condensed all that crap into 300 pages of pretty good stuff. Should I even bother reading Confusion? The review is not very helpful, it talks about the plot, but not a lot about if it is a good book or no.
and told me about how the main character dies at the end to save humanity.
I read the book, and I have no intention of watching the movie now. In the book, at the end, it was so obvious how they forced it to leave and open ending to then milk more cash in a sequel.
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The Caribs didn't wipe out Arawaks. They did in some parts of the Caribbean, but not on the the big Antilles.
Major Carnagle: Where's the laser? Professor Hathaway: It's coming. Major Carnagle: It's coming? It's not even breathing hard.
Dr. Strangelove: Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost if you keep it a secret! Why didn't you tell the world?
Ambassador de Sadesky: It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises.
Dr. Strangelove: Based on the findings of the report, my conclusion was that this idea was not a practical deterrent for reasons which at this moment must be all too obvious.
Dr. Strangelove: It is not only possible, it is essential.
How many people name their computers? I do, and it takes me a bit to figure out names for them. I refer to them by their name usually, which causes my non-geeky friends to stare at me. Any one else does this compulsively? What is the name of your computer?
Comes with the Chewbacca Defense system!
Thanks. I will stick with it. I loved the ostrich scene, and in general most of the stuff that had to do with real scientific figures. I will keep on reading, if all the trading stuff doesn't make me fall asleep again.
How does Confusion compares to Quicksilver? I thought QS needed some serius editing, only 1/3 of the book was interesting. I bought Confusion out of compulsion, and I read 150 pages and find it even slower than QS. Should I bother reading more?
Anyone that takes Crichton's Physics seriously should be transported to another multiverse
The Confusion is the same. Some cool stuff with Shaftoe, then boring banking stuff. When did Stepenson turned from the Geek Writer into the Business Writer?
Now you can go to church, read /. and watch pr0n all at the same time.
I was probably one of the few people that finished Quicksilver. It was slow, slow, slow and boring with some minor fun parts. Newton was fun, Shaftoe was fun, the rest was a pain to read. It went everywhere and nowhere. I still don't feel it moving anywhere. After 900 pages I demand to get at least something from a book, besides tired biceps (that thing is heavy). He needs and editor. He couldn't have condensed all that crap into 300 pages of pretty good stuff. Should I even bother reading Confusion? The review is not very helpful, it talks about the plot, but not a lot about if it is a good book or no.
I read the book, and I have no intention of watching the movie now. In the book, at the end, it was so obvious how they forced it to leave and open ending to then milk more cash in a sequel.
The Blue Men Group changed colors and name to the Green Men Group to star the new series of Intel commercials.
Can anyone post the torrent for that instead?
Door to Door Evangelist Leaves Sun After Getting Burn in the Ass by a Solar Flare
They released the Win2k source some time ago after all, remember?
the Borgs were assimilated by penguins?
It is not only common practice to delete minutes, but in fact last night someone delete ONE WHOLE HOUR. I'm sooo pissed.
9th in engineering grad programs.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/e ng/brief/engrank_brief.php
I know that is top 10 in Computer Science
Don't forget the Chewbacca defense!
Metal Gear Solid 2 anyone? La-li-lu-le-lo?
Should I post in this story or in the other stories? What to do? what to do? argh! I'm going crazy!!!
Oh my god! Not only the fish mutated, the kid too! He is yellow and has a spikey cranium!
Wait a minute... Do'h!
Yikes! That is scary! But not as scary as a world without doors.