Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90
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Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90
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Re: Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90
#2he shouldn't have gone to a primitive country
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#3RIP Arthur. May you soon learn the nine billion names of God. http://lucis.net/stuff/clarke/9billion_clarke.html
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#4Can't help but thing of this song:
"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true; I'm half crazy over the love of you; It won't be a stylish marriage; I can't afford a carriage; But you look sweet, upon the seat; Of a bicycle built for two"
Trivia sidenote -- he called the supercomputer in 2001 HAL because he thought the company IBM would become increasingly dominant in a technical world. HAL's letters each are one below IBM's.
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#5This is a sad moment for me. ACC was the first science fiction author I ever read, and it wouldn't be an understatement to say that he changed my life.
His novels stimulated to think in a new way and to break free of the religious shackles I'd been brought up with.
Thanks.
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#6Sad, but 90 isn't bad.
Re: Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90
#7Can't help but thing of this song: "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true; I'm half crazy over the love of you; It won't be a stylish marriage; I can't afford a carriage; But you look sweet, upon the seat; Of a bicycle built for two" Trivia sidenote -- he called the supercomputer in 2001 HAL because he thought the company IBM would become increasingly dominant in a technical world. HAL's letters each are one below I…
Though Clarke denied that, asserting it simply stood for "Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer" and was just a coincidence. Obviously, the odds are against him...
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#8Sad, but 90 isn't bad.
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#9Can't help but thing of this song: "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true; I'm half crazy over the love of you; It won't be a stylish marriage; I can't afford a carriage; But you look sweet, upon the seat; Of a bicycle built for two" Trivia sidenote -- he called the supercomputer in 2001 HAL because he thought the company IBM would become increasingly dominant in a technical world. HAL's letters each are one below I…
Though Clarke denied that, asserting it simply stood for "Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer" and was just a coincidence. Obviously, the odds are against him...
Another one of his mysteries I suppose... but I DID learn that while watching a TBS 2001/2010 marathon in like 1996. Ted Turner has never steered me wrong before.
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#10I'm really tired of hearing this kind of news. People need to start signing up for cryonics.
The following is a public service announcement: PLEASE STOP DYING