Re: In despair for the state of SF
On Jul 4, 2009, at 5:48 PM, xponentrob wrote: Uh..why aren't you reading something good? Well, yeah, that was kinda the point. :\ All I can say is I didn't know better at the time... -- Warren Ockrassa | @waxis Blog | http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ Books | http://books.nightwares.com/ Web | http://www.nightwares.com/ ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
French tour etiquette
I have a general question for those interested in the Tour. It seems that Armstrong has stolen a march on his official team leader, Contador, and is now ahead of him. After team time trials tomorrow, Armstrong could/should be in yellow...since Astana is thought to be the strongest team and he's only 40 seconds off the lead and in 3rd right now. Contador would remain 19 seconds behind Armstrong. If I understand tour etiquette properly, the narrow margin puts the team in a gray zone. Armstrong said after the race it doesn't take a genius to know that you have got to be there at the front when it is windy because anything can happen. If he wearing yellow, will he be expected to fetch bottles for Contador? My understanding is no. The team would/should let both stay up front, have neither fetch bottles, and let the mountains decide who the real leader is. Dan M. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: In despair for the state of SF
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Warren Ockrassawar...@nightwares.com wrote: On Jul 4, 2009, at 5:48 PM, xponentrob wrote: Uh..why aren't you reading something good? Well, yeah, that was kinda the point. :\ All I can say is I didn't know better at the time... If I have no idea whether I will like a book that I am considering, I usually read the one- and two-star reviews on amazon.com. I know what sort of thing turns me off a book, and if the bad reviews mention them (for example, extremely bad science or many plot holes), then of course I avoid the book. Sometimes, though, they just complain about things like writing style, which for me is generally a distant 4th behind world-building, characterization, and plot, in terms of importance. I just checked the reviews on the book you mentioned, and the bad reviews talk about many of the same problems that you mentioned. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
