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Report: Arthur C. Clarke, Dead at 90
On Mar 19, 2:55*pm, "Jim Relsh" wrote:
wrote in message ... See: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/0...-arthur-c.html I weep for he was one of the great SF writers, and '2001: A Space Odyssey' is still one of my favorite movies. I'm glad he got to see 2001 IRL and be able to compare it to his own 60's vision. In some regards we are light years behind the capabillities they had in the movie (SSTO, intelligent computers), in others we are way ahead (minitaturized computers, integrated circuitry, graphical operating systems, electronics). It's also very funny to see how many 60's traits were in the movie, such as the centrallized computing idiom, the Soviets and mini-skirts. You forgot Pan-Am. And 2001 will be remembered more for the terrorist attack than anything technological or space-related. |
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Report: Arthur C. Clarke, Dead at 90
Eric Chomko writes:
And 2001 will be remembered more for the terrorist attack than anything technological or space-related. I always thought ACC was really ripped off in that regard; it took his signature and turned it into something vile... -- A host is a host from coast to & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 |
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Report: Arthur C. Clarke, Dead at 90
On Mar 19, 10:55*pm, David Lesher wrote:
Eric Chomko writes: And 2001 will be remembered more for the terrorist attack than anything technological or space-related. I always thought ACC was really ripped off in that regard; it took his signature and turned it into something vile... I think it is the price one pays that is a futurist or Sci-Fi writer... -- A host is a host from coast to & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 |
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