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I've been to that museum in Vancouver, and I concur entirely with Cadre Rokne....
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I've not read the book, but does it give any indication of what individuals or parties Juan Rico might be able to vote for when he gets back to civvy street? Because having the "choice" of Republicans (lunatics) or...
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Don't read Friday. In hindsight, what must have been his attempt at playing "man of the world" just comes across as what the young people these days call "rape culture"....
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In fairness (to myself), Greg, I've mentioned that later fascination of his on this very forum. As for your forebodings over the near future, I fear you're not that far wrong. Looking at the news from the US often reminds...
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I'm glad I read Friday at an age when I was too young to understand what was going on in the opening scenes....
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Weren't the Exclusive Brethren caught red-handed trying to manipulate NZ politics some years back?...

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MSB commented on Dread of Heinleinism
We should all stop now. "Stop" in the sense of "cease to exist" or—more to the point—"go to hell"? ;-) No, I don't think we should do that now. Thus I'm taking a step above and beyond an arbitrary number that only had a particular meaning in a specific context roughly 1930 years ago—and nobody today is even certain what that particular meaning was, although there are some reasonable hypotheses. I should note, however, that the context—a scathing critique of imperialism—is indeed no less relevant today than it was back then. It is even related to the discussion in this...
sleepingroutine commented on Upcoming Appearances
Is it an old tradition to drop anything random but amusing into comment section from time to time? Anyway, I wonder if anybody can make use of this. http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/nursery-rhyme-near-a12-scaring-residents-1-5690152...
Greg Tingey commented on Upcoming Appearances
Turned out to be an automated semi-alarm system on a warehouse, about 0.5km away, with the sound being reflected oddly. Their sensors were too sensitive & large spiders had made webs in front of them .... HERE...
JReynolds commented on Upcoming Appearances
Something amusing - for some values of amusing - from Charlie's Twitter: on Urban Dictionary some people are trying to change the slang definition of 'gammon' to be 'wicked shouty white left-wing liberals'. Not sure what brought about this manifestation of stupidity, but there you have it....
Pigeon commented on Upcoming Appearances
For different values of "amusing", there is the definition for Free Tommy Robinson....

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Common Misconceptions About Publishing—a series of essays about the industry I work in.
How I Got Here In The End —my non-writing autobiography, or what I did before becoming a full-time writer.
Unwirer—an experiment in weblog mediated collaborative fiction.
Shaping the Future—a talk I gave on the social implications of Moore's Law.
Japan: first impressions — or, what I did on my holidays
Inside the MIT Media Lab—what it’s like to spend a day wandering around the Media Lab.
The High Frontier, Redux — space colonization: feasible or futile?
“Nothing like this will be built again”—inside a nuclear reactor complex.
Old blog—2003-2006 (RIP)

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