I've been all the way through the Silmarillion twice, and when I started a third time a couple years ago, it wasn't the language that stopped me as much as the philosophy--Tolkien's depressing! It's such a medieval Christian worldview, with all the glories in the past (and the distant apocalyptic future), and the present and near future holding nothing but decline.
There's much less of that in The Lord of the Rings; it's mostly confined to Galadriel in Lothlorien, and a few of the other elves. There's basically none in The Hobbit, which makes a fair amount of sense as the hobbits really have very little idea of the large-scale history going on around them.
I have to say, I'm very glad that Tolkien's worldview didn't catch on in fantasy as a genre--the vast majority of stuff out there presents either a static or an improving world, not a decaying one, or at least not one where decay is a theological necessity.
The only thing I can think of that's similar is deliberately so--Jacqueline Carey's The Sundering books, which as to The Silmarillion as His Dark Materials is to Narnia--they're essentially the first and second ages from the point of view of Melkor, who considers himself horribly oppressed by Manwe. Very interesting stuff, if you can handle the archaic style and the slow-motion tragedy.
It's a usenetism--"I have nothing to add, I just like to say"
(i got as far as "i have no i what you just said, how about a" before getting stuck. care to reciprocate?)
Anyone here play the Myst Online: Uru Live? Is it any good? Given how Myst worked, I've always figured it'd be the closest the alleged ideal of a grind-free, open-ended MMO. I'll be giving it a try myself just as soon as I finally decide what Intel Mac to replace my ancient PBG4 15" with....
The one thing that really makes me inclined to respect Gingrich more than most politicians was his resignation. He didn't get caught in any particular scandal, he just realized that he wasn't going to get anywhere with his agenda and that he was hurting his party by trying, so he stepped aside. I can't thing of anyone else in politics who's done anything even remotely close.
I think I would have asked the parent poster if he knew how to spell "irony" and if he had reviewed his subject closely. It amazes me how people will chip in on grammar or spelling and not double-check their post. Of course, grammar is so funky in english that it is difficult to write anything complex that is perfect grammatically. ITYM "perfectly grammatical" or "grammatically perfect". (But that's style, which is a different issue entirely.)
Who says Church-Turing is true in the "outer" universe? I can redefine physics, math, and even logic to anything I like inside a program I write; why couldn't our creators have done likewise?
I heard that the Mossad actually used that on a Palestinian terrorist once. Presumably he said "hello", and they said "goodbye" before sending the "detonate" command....
From the GNU date info page, 21.1.1, Time directives:
`%S'
second (00...60). The range is [00...60], and not [00...59], in
order to accommodate the occasional positive leap second.
A while ago I found someone making topological sculptures (weird knots, cross-caps, etc.) in bronze using a metal fabber, but I can't seem to find the site again right now. Cool stuff tho.
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I've been all the way through the Silmarillion twice, and when I started a third time a couple years ago, it wasn't the language that stopped me as much as the philosophy--Tolkien's depressing! It's such a medieval Christian worldview, with all the glories in the past (and the distant apocalyptic future), and the present and near future holding nothing but decline.
There's much less of that in The Lord of the Rings; it's mostly confined to Galadriel in Lothlorien, and a few of the other elves. There's basically none in The Hobbit, which makes a fair amount of sense as the hobbits really have very little idea of the large-scale history going on around them.
I have to say, I'm very glad that Tolkien's worldview didn't catch on in fantasy as a genre--the vast majority of stuff out there presents either a static or an improving world, not a decaying one, or at least not one where decay is a theological necessity.
The only thing I can think of that's similar is deliberately so--Jacqueline Carey's The Sundering books, which as to The Silmarillion as His Dark Materials is to Narnia--they're essentially the first and second ages from the point of view of Melkor, who considers himself horribly oppressed by Manwe. Very interesting stuff, if you can handle the archaic style and the slow-motion tragedy.
At which point their WGA checks all start mysteriously failing....
It's a usenetism--"I have nothing to add, I just like to say" (i got as far as "i have no i what you just said, how about a" before getting stuck. care to reciprocate?)
IHNTA, IJLTS"Spreadsheet of Dorian Grey"
IIRC, there are certain types of capacitors that have water-soluble cases (basically paper) that could be permanently screwed up by a good soaking.
Stage three involves Yomiko Readman. Mmmmmmmmmmmm....
That's it Michael, you're grounded!
Anyone here play the Myst Online: Uru Live? Is it any good? Given how Myst worked, I've always figured it'd be the closest the alleged ideal of a grind-free, open-ended MMO. I'll be giving it a try myself just as soon as I finally decide what Intel Mac to replace my ancient PBG4 15" with....
The one thing that really makes me inclined to respect Gingrich more than most politicians was his resignation. He didn't get caught in any particular scandal, he just realized that he wasn't going to get anywhere with his agenda and that he was hurting his party by trying, so he stepped aside. I can't thing of anyone else in politics who's done anything even remotely close.
The Spitzer Space Telescope? For finding governor Eliot's ethics?
Who says Church-Turing is true in the "outer" universe? I can redefine physics, math, and even logic to anything I like inside a program I write; why couldn't our creators have done likewise?
I dunno about you, but I read it as Sacha Baron Cohen.
To affect is to effect an effect.
Pepsi Super Bowl Ad Raises Worldwide Pepsi-Awareness .00000000001 Percent.
Props for the Mathnet shoutout in the dept. tag.
I heard that the Mossad actually used that on a Palestinian terrorist once. Presumably he said "hello", and they said "goodbye" before sending the "detonate" command....
second (00...60). The range is [00...60], and not [00...59], in
order to accommodate the occasional positive leap second.
A while ago I found someone making topological sculptures (weird knots, cross-caps, etc.) in bronze using a metal fabber, but I can't seem to find the site again right now. Cool stuff tho.
OK, fair enough, it should have been ∞. Still doesn't work.
/.'s limited support for unicode (&8747; does nothing afaict)
Well, there's also PATH, which will get you from Manhattan to six places in the Jersey suburbs for even less than a subway fare--it's still $1.50.
Still do. Also $24/week and $76/month, great for commuters. Also a 10% bonus on stored value cards--$20 buys you a $22 card, etc.