Well, let's see...
Johnny Cochran stood there gleefully defending a double-murderer, making up inane nursery rhymes in the process, and partly due to his shenanigans said murderer walks free this day while his victims rot in the ground.
And last I checked, he's not missing any meals as a result.
They needed a study to tell them sueing your customers is a bad idea!?
I'm still on the fence regarding this one, but please tell me: How is someone who takes your property and doesn't give you a dime for it "your customer"?
I'm being serious here. If you could explain to me how this works I'd appreciate it because I cannot for the life of me figure out why people think that anyone is gonna work for free.
Slash-dotters are going to run right out and install code from "rebellious types" who seek to "declare war" through nefarious means on "the establishment."
Like there's no possible reason that such "rebels" would stick a thumb in ANY unwary eye that happens to be available, right?
Slash-dotters are MUCH more savvy than that, right?
...two of the premier jazz guitarists of our day, have each recently released solo albums (solo in the sense that they play all instruments) that were recorded in their home studios.
In Metheny's case, the studio is in a small room in his home, lined with books.
There's no reason you or I can't do the same.
Well, not a bad conversation for a friggin' "Troll" parent, is it?
Sorry if the Mods are stuck in the 60s, but you nailed it.
The government OUT of space "exploration" (which they're not doing and have not intention of doing anyway) would be the best thing that ever happened to SPACE exploration.
No offense intended but I'm always amused by comments like this.
To me, a SHORT book that isn't "engrossing" isn't worth reading (unless there's a test the next day).
Conversely, I don't care HOW LONG an "engrossing"--or even a sufficiently interesting--book is. The longer it is, the longer it'll last, and the longer I'll have to enjoy it. I always have a sort of "come-down" after finishing a really good read.
Yet I constantly hear/see people say "I skipped to the end of the book to see how it turned out because I just didn't have the time to read it all." And I cannot understand what the h*ll they're on about!
I read books like a sightseeing tour. That's far different from taking a trip from point "A" to point "B", where the intent is just to get to your destination.
I want to see, savor and relish every mile along the way. The heck with "getting to the end as quickly as possible."
An American newspaper correspondent once remarked to a Viennese music lover, after hearing a new symphony of Bruckner's, "My! How long your Viennese composers' symphonies are! How do you Viennese sit through two hours of nonstop music?"
The Viennese replied, rather puzzled: "But...we LIKE music!"
The thing I didn't get (and it's not like I have tried to study the subject diligently) is, in AFUTD didn't Pham Nuwen's character discover that his memories of being a crewman on those STL trading ships turn out to be implanted somehow?
And yet in ADITS, that civilization turns out to be real.
I admit I haven't read AFUTD in about ten years (when it first came out), and ADITS about two or three years ago, but I remember being confused on that point.
How interesting to see someone plug "A Fire Upon The Deep" as their "favorite book." I've been reading SF since I was eight, and AFUTD has got to be in my top 5.
Damn that Vernor Vinge! Seems like most of the time I find an author who I'm crazy over, they turn out about one novel every five years!
Prolific the guy is not, but he seems to make up quality for quantity.
If only he were more like another fave of mine, Gene Wolfe, who combines quality AND quantity, one of my only favorites to do so.
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That's typically how it is in war. The enemy maneuvers, and you maneuver in response and fire for effect.
Eventually, when you make it too costly for the enemy to continue to maneuver, he withdraws from the field, and you've won.
HERE is something to make us all tremble for the future!
Well, let's see... Johnny Cochran stood there gleefully defending a double-murderer, making up inane nursery rhymes in the process, and partly due to his shenanigans said murderer walks free this day while his victims rot in the ground. And last I checked, he's not missing any meals as a result.
I'm still on the fence regarding this one, but please tell me: How is someone who takes your property and doesn't give you a dime for it "your customer"?
I'm being serious here. If you could explain to me how this works I'd appreciate it because I cannot for the life of me figure out why people think that anyone is gonna work for free.
...Make sure you download KaZaa before anything else.
I've been wondering about this. After the recall numbers are in, Davis' folks (you) can just move the decimal point and it's *voila!* Four more years!
(Or is that "40"?)
Any instructions for that in the works?
Like there's no possible reason that such "rebels" would stick a thumb in ANY unwary eye that happens to be available, right?
Slash-dotters are MUCH more savvy than that, right?
I mean, RIGHT?
...two of the premier jazz guitarists of our day, have each recently released solo albums (solo in the sense that they play all instruments) that were recorded in their home studios. In Metheny's case, the studio is in a small room in his home, lined with books. There's no reason you or I can't do the same.
What are they gonna do, discover a new HBO satellite?
...NO ONE should be allowed to make excessive profit except me.
Sorry if the Mods are stuck in the 60s, but you nailed it.
The government OUT of space "exploration" (which they're not doing and have not intention of doing anyway) would be the best thing that ever happened to SPACE exploration.
NASA just gets in the way. Hidebound bureaucracy never solved a thing.
Wow. Backwards, it spells "Kebes."
FANNI-matrix. I thought it was just a new, high-tech way to fax your butt.
Twenty years ago, a couple of my kids did not exist.
Times change.
RMS would have you standing in line at the guillotine, come the revolution!
No offense intended but I'm always amused by comments like this.
To me, a SHORT book that isn't "engrossing" isn't worth reading (unless there's a test the next day).
Conversely, I don't care HOW LONG an "engrossing"--or even a sufficiently interesting--book is. The longer it is, the longer it'll last, and the longer I'll have to enjoy it. I always have a sort of "come-down" after finishing a really good read.
Yet I constantly hear/see people say "I skipped to the end of the book to see how it turned out because I just didn't have the time to read it all." And I cannot understand what the h*ll they're on about!
I read books like a sightseeing tour. That's far different from taking a trip from point "A" to point "B", where the intent is just to get to your destination.
I want to see, savor and relish every mile along the way. The heck with "getting to the end as quickly as possible."
An American newspaper correspondent once remarked to a Viennese music lover, after hearing a new symphony of Bruckner's, "My! How long your Viennese composers' symphonies are! How do you Viennese sit through two hours of nonstop music?"
The Viennese replied, rather puzzled: "But...we LIKE music!"
The thing I didn't get (and it's not like I have tried to study the subject diligently) is, in AFUTD didn't Pham Nuwen's character discover that his memories of being a crewman on those STL trading ships turn out to be implanted somehow?
And yet in ADITS, that civilization turns out to be real.
I admit I haven't read AFUTD in about ten years (when it first came out), and ADITS about two or three years ago, but I remember being confused on that point.
Damn that Vernor Vinge! Seems like most of the time I find an author who I'm crazy over, they turn out about one novel every five years!
Prolific the guy is not, but he seems to make up quality for quantity.
If only he were more like another fave of mine, Gene Wolfe, who combines quality AND quantity, one of my only favorites to do so.
Put another man on the moon, then I'll stifle the yawn.
Are we really ready for Harvey Fierstein as the new Doctor?
I thought he meant "grandfather."
And they all sank into the swamp!