Most every thing that's been mentioned so far (other than Lady
Chatterly) was required reading sometime during my high school years,
although Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery was about as close
to science fiction as we got.
OTOH, the school library had a fairly complete collection of
Paul Sorenson wrote:
At that age I would have preferred Lawrence's discussion of Lady
Chatterly
Ha! No such luck; I had years of Shakespeare' plays, most of which I've come
to loath as a result of being force fed them - and I'm still not convinced
he wrote them all anyway.
Malcolm
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At that age I would have preferred Lawrence's discussion of Lady Chatterly
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On Feb 14, 2015, at 10:56 PM, Malcolm Smith rrve...@virginmedia.com wrote:
For our sins, my year got a collection of short stories by D H Lawrence. In
fairness, I quite enjoyed them and I read them
Especially the illustrated version.
On 2/15/2015 8:22 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
At that age I would have preferred Lawrence's discussion of Lady Chatterly
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On Feb 14, 2015, at 10:56 PM, Malcolm Smith rrve...@virginmedia.com wrote:
For our sins, my year got a collection of
For my English Literature GCE, we read Who Dares Wins, a story about a
British soldier in Greece
following the collapse in 1941, Macbeth, and collection of poetry, the title
or content of which
my mind refuses to recall. I remember the first book as a great story and an
exciting read for a
Hey Larry - I re-read the complete Lensman series just last year - and enjoyed
it, but found my
reading of it much more perceptive of style than when I first did, in my 30's.
I don't think its
great literature, but the concepts are amazing!
John in Brisbane
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On 2015-02-14 13:08 , Steve Cottrell wrote:
I always thought Asimov was overrated. I was a big fan of Larry Niven,
Clarke, Farmer, Heinlein, and a good dozen more.
of the sci fi i read in my early teens, little stands out of Asimov's at
least, but i started reading his non-fiction books and
OK, regarding Asimov... he's the perfect example of a horrible writer
with great concepts. Nothing stands out? Really?
His 3 laws of Robotics are rather seminal (I, Robot). His entire
fictional theme of Predictive Sociology in the Foundation Trilogy
pretty much came true through Big Data and the
Steve Cottrell wrote:
Malcolm, in my sophomore year at (American) high school, I did a
semester course called 'Predictive Literature'. It was basically
reading and writing science fiction, and counted towards to overall
English grades required. 6 months of sci-fi! This was 1975/6.
We
Darren Addy wrote:
Badly written can still be enjoyed if it has clever concepts and the
book was full of clever concepts. I would call it mostly amusing
rather than funny. In any event, oneshould probably know them just if
one is going to be literate in the cultural references, unless you
Badly written can still be enjoyed if it has clever concepts and the
book was full of clever concepts. I would call it mostly amusing
rather than funny. In any event, oneshould probably know them just if
one is going to be literate in the cultural references, unless you
enjoy things regularly
On 14/02/2015 3:03 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
I'm about to be heretical. I read the HGTTG when it was fairly
recently published, and was deeply underwhelmed. I think it's badly
written and unfunny. The basic idea is a good one, badly executed,
and I've never understood the Douglas Adams worship.
B
Except that's not currently how 3D printers work. However, who knows
where 3D printer technology will be by the time the Pentax FF actually
ships!
I suggest the following alternative:
http://www.instructables.com/id/edible-party-hat/
On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Steve Cottrell
On 2/14/2015 3:11 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 14/2/15, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed:
For my English Literature 'O' Levels (or whatever the exams are called this
week for those of around 16 years of age), I got a book of short stories. A
few years later, my friend's brother, a few
On 2/14/2015 3:08 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 14/2/15, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'm about to be heretical. I read the HGTTG when it was fairly recently
published, and was deeply underwhelmed. I think it's badly written and
unfunny. The basic idea is a good one, badly executed,
there is already technology today to 3D print edible food, not sure
chocaolate
is viable, but limited foods can already be done. google it.
jco
On 2/14/2015 3:05 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
Except that's not currently how 3D printers work. However, who knows
where 3D printer technology will be by
Bob W-PDML wrote:
On 14 Feb 2015, at 20:58, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote:
On 2/14/2015 3:11 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 14/2/15, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed:
For my English Literature 'O' Levels (or whatever the exams are called this
week for those of around 16 years
On 13/2/15, J C OConnell, discombobulated, unleashed:
Hey Cotty could use a 3D printer to make the hat and use chocaolate as
the material!
Not a bad idea!
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On 14/2/15, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'm about to be heretical. I read the HGTTG when it was fairly recently
published, and was deeply underwhelmed. I think it's badly written and
unfunny. The basic idea is a good one, badly executed, and I've never
understood the Douglas Adams
On 14/2/15, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed:
For my English Literature 'O' Levels (or whatever the exams are called this
week for those of around 16 years of age), I got a book of short stories. A
few years later, my friend's brother, a few years younger than us, got the
Hitchhiker's
On 2/14/2015 4:03 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
I'm about to be heretical. I read the HGTTG when it was fairly
recently published, and was deeply underwhelmed. I think it's badly
written and unfunny. The basic idea is a good one, badly executed,
and I've never understood the Douglas Adams worship.
B
On 14 Feb 2015, at 20:58, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote:
On 2/14/2015 3:11 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 14/2/15, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed:
For my English Literature 'O' Levels (or whatever the exams are called this
week for those of around 16 years of age), I got a
Foodini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HX9tVCbm5g
On 2/14/2015 3:05 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
Except that's not currently how 3D printers work. However, who knows
where 3D printer technology will be by the time the Pentax FF actually
ships!
I suggest the following alternative:
Quoting Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com:
Badly written can still be enjoyed if it has clever concepts and the
book was full of clever concepts. I would call it mostly amusing
rather than funny. In any event, oneshould probably know them just if
one is going to be literate in the cultural
On 2/14/2015 4:08 PM, John wrote:
On 2/14/2015 3:08 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 14/2/15, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'm about to be heretical. I read the HGTTG when it was fairly recently
published, and was deeply underwhelmed. I think it's badly written and
unfunny. The basic
On 14 Feb 2015, at 04:05, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Larry Colen wrote:
Bob W-PDML wrote:
I seem to remember Pentax showing a mockup or prototype before, which never
actually hit the streets. I could show a mockup of a time machine, doesn't
mean I'll ever be able to
Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 14/2/15, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'm about to be heretical. I read the HGTTG when it was fairly recently
published, and was deeply underwhelmed. I think it's badly written and
unfunny. The basic idea is a good one, badly executed, and I've never
Interestingly, the mockup has Pentax on the front and back - so there Cotty,
its a Pentax BG
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com
Subject: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may
Still looks like a big, blocky thing.
G
It's a link to the Pentax Fora, sorry about that.
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/16-pentax-news-rumors/288490-unveiling-full-frame-prototype.html
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It would be pretty blocky, it's got a FF prism, an articulating screen,
and a full frame mirror box, and probably a very powerful, for a camera
body at least autofocus motor, all of which take up space. It's still
probably smaller than a Canon EOS with none of those things.
On 2/13/2015
I seem to remember Pentax showing a mockup or prototype before, which never
actually hit the streets. I could show a mockup of a time machine, doesn't mean
I'll ever be able to travel forward to 2525 to watch Cotty eat his hat when the
camera is available in whatever passes for shops then.
On 13/2/15, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
That's why I want him to eat it now, on credit so to speak.
Everything's got to be now with you city folk.
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The problem that stopped the Contax and MZ-D in their tracks was that Phillips
was unable to manufacture the sensor to spec, on time, and in sufficient volume
at the agreed upon price. The camera manufacturers dropped the project rather
than renegotiate the deal because the performance was so
But if you use a 3D printer to create your time machine mockup, and
then photoshop the shots you'll convince way more people and ignite
some great firestorms on the Time Machine User forums.
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:
I seem to remember Pentax showing
The previous FF Pentax the so called MZ-D was actually out for testing,
not a mockup, but hand assembled working prototypes, (there were
supposedly 6 of them almost released to the wild). I expect that Pentax
dropped plans for it's production because, it was only 6mp and would
have cost an
Hey Cotty could use a 3D printer to make the hat and use chocaolate as
the material!
jco
On 2/13/2015 2:10 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
But if you use a 3D printer to create your time machine mockup, and
then photoshop the shots you'll convince way more people and ignite
some great firestorms on the
You probably saw a production model not a prototype, since it actually
made it to production.
Here's the Luminous Landscape review, clearly stating it's a released
product, though the review was posted after the camera was already
withdrawn from the market.
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote:
Kyocera decided to close up camera operations after that as it had been too
expensive a loss and wasn't their main line of business. Pentax soldiered
forth in a different direction with a smaller Sony sensor and a less
Possibly, the counter signs were all in Japanese and the representatives at the
counter were no fluent English speakers. Given the date, it could have been an
early production unit or very late prototype/test unit. I was not allowed to
capture any images to my card, though: they had the card
Bob W-PDML wrote:
I seem to remember Pentax showing a mockup or prototype before, which never
actually hit the streets. I could show a mockup of a time machine, doesn't mean
I'll ever be able to travel forward to 2525 to watch Cotty eat his hat when the
camera is available in whatever
Larry Colen wrote:
Bob W-PDML wrote:
I seem to remember Pentax showing a mockup or prototype before, which never
actually hit the streets. I could show a mockup of a time machine, doesn't
mean I'll ever be able to travel forward to 2525 to watch Cotty eat his hat
when the camera is
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