Yes, but switching will send some form of message to the other telcos in the form of lost revenues and then they will be able to better lobby against the goverment for requiring this business debilitating practice.
Yes it is. I've been chatting to someone who has read it and apparently it takes a bit of time to get going (100 pages or so) and he says it's been dumbed down for a wider appeal. But he also says it was still one of his favourite books of the year. I will certainly be buying it when it's out in paper back.
IMO Fallen Dragon is an excellent book. Not as good as his Night's Dawn Trilogy or the Commonwealth Saga but good nonetheless. Try Dan Simmons' Illium and Olympos, they were excellent. If you haven't read them, try out Alistair Reynolds' Inhibitors Trilogy (Revelation Space, Redemption Ark and Absolution Gap). Chasm City is written in the same universe and is also excellent.
I tend to agree with you. Those were two of the best books I read last year. The best books I read last year have to be a toss up between Olympos and Judas Unchained. Olympos simply for the grandness of the whole story and the ability of Dan Simmons to always enable me to suspend my disbelief regardless of the sheer incredibility of the story lines. Judas Unchained because it was a rip roaring read that more than adequately tied up various strands of story line, Hamilton is getting better with every book and if I had one complaint it was his use of Deus Ex Machina to sort out stories, this one was finished very well IMO.
Other homourable mentions are, as you've pointed out, Richard Morgan for Woken Furies and Alistair Reynolds for Century Rain (although this one is probably a year too late, I haven't read Pushing Ice as yet).
Worthy of note is that all of the above are british writers with the exception of Dan Simmons.
I wonder when the books I've mentioned were published in America and if they were eligible, then I'd be very interested to understand why they weren't included.
And at the risk of stating the obvious, that's even more annoying because you can't even understand what's being said because it's more muffled and you get more distracted trying to decipher it.
Btw, stopping these posts would mean we'd never get to see any more insightful comments and the issue may lose what little exposure it has with us, thus allowing MPAA to convertly sue file sharing into oblivion.
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Could anyone have tampered with your bag before checking in, sir?
And here I was thinking that games were supposed to be an escape from real life complexities.
whoooooosh! That was the sound of the joke flying over your head!
in fact, forget about the moon!
Are you the ruler of the universe?
I think they'd run out of Aludium Q-36...
Why would he need to Google it. He got the internet in his inbox on Friday.
...and the t-shirt was the wrong damn shape!
Yes, but switching will send some form of message to the other telcos in the form of lost revenues and then they will be able to better lobby against the goverment for requiring this business debilitating practice.
Yes it is. I've been chatting to someone who has read it and apparently it takes a bit of time to get going (100 pages or so) and he says it's been dumbed down for a wider appeal. But he also says it was still one of his favourite books of the year. I will certainly be buying it when it's out in paper back.
Hopefully you'll enjoy this small selection.
Other homourable mentions are, as you've pointed out, Richard Morgan for Woken Furies and Alistair Reynolds for Century Rain (although this one is probably a year too late, I haven't read Pushing Ice as yet).
Worthy of note is that all of the above are british writers with the exception of Dan Simmons.
I wonder when the books I've mentioned were published in America and if they were eligible, then I'd be very interested to understand why they weren't included.
A start? Slashdot Subculture...
Or, more likely, it's data transmitted using pigeons.
Or the response to iRacing. Here.
Be warned, it is a png file. Harmless but great p155 take of the original letter sent in pdf (!) format.
Here's all the legal threats.
And at the risk of stating the obvious, that's even more annoying because you can't even understand what's being said because it's more muffled and you get more distracted trying to decipher it.
I'm confused. Where's the link to your blog?
4) Complaints about all the other posts...
Btw, stopping these posts would mean we'd never get to see any more insightful comments and the issue may lose what little exposure it has with us, thus allowing MPAA to convertly sue file sharing into oblivion.
If you don't buy a lottery ticket, you'll never win.
They only said iPod, so you're fine. Carry on.
Here's a list for all your boycotting needs.
Your friendly neighborbood RIAA boycotter. PS. You also might want to check the artists here for an alternative.
That is a damn good point. Can we now, retrospectively, get a full rebate from the RIAA for each and every CD-R bought? That might hurt them a little.
The phrase "have their cake and eat it too" springs to mind...
But that'd be just stupid!