19 Mar
2008
19 Mar
'08
7:41 a.m.
Clarke was an early user of KayPro lugables.
From: Randy Dawson <rdawson16 at hotmail.com>
Subject: OT: Aurthur C. Clarke has passed
at home, 90:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4476240
19 Mar
19 Mar
8:03 a.m.
Clarke was an early user of KayPro lugables.
Clarke was a fan of Wang Laboratories' 300-Series electronic
calculators:
http://oldcalculatormuseum.com/x-wacclarke.html
It is sad that he has passed on. He was a brilliant, visionary man
that, luckily for us, left a legacy of great writings that will live on.
Rick Bensene
8:35 a.m.
woodelf schrieb:
Rick Bensene wrote:
Nor did 1984 - however,
meanwhile, I hear people call Orwell an optimist.
Anyway, the old SF visionaries are leaving us. Asimov, Lem, now Clarke;
the golden times of SF disappear.
Concerning 2001: I doubt I really want to have a HAL9000.
--
Holger
It is sad that he has passed on. He was a
brilliant, visionary man
that, luckily for us, left a legacy of great writings that will live on.
True.
But if I remember authors right, 2001 never did come true. 
20 Mar
20 Mar
6:21 a.m.
At 09:35 AM 3/19/2008, Holger Veit wrote:
Concerning 2001: I doubt I really want to have a
HAL9000.
And with a birthday of January 12, 1997, HAL would now fall under
the ten-year-rule (the Rule That Doesn't Really Exist.)
- John
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6:42 a.m.
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Holger Veit
<holger.veit at iais.fraunhofer.de> wrote:
woodelf schrieb:
Don't forget Heinlein... although I'm willing to forget his later
stuff. Why do SF authors seem to get a little crazy when they get old?
John
--
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Rick Bensene wrote:
Nor did 1984 - however,
meanwhile, I hear people call Orwell an optimist.
Anyway, the old SF visionaries are leaving us. Asimov, Lem, now Clarke;
the golden times of SF disappear.
Concerning 2001: I doubt I really want to have a HAL9000.
It is sad that he has passed on. He was a
brilliant, visionary man
that, luckily for us, left a legacy of great writings that will live on.
True.
But if I remember authors right, 2001 never did come true. 
3:01 p.m.
> Concerning 2001: I doubt I really want to have a
HAL9000.
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, woodelf wrote:
It is a good computer,just remember to get the
hardware update about
planting explosive charges in the computer.
Would installing Windoze work as an alternate method of disabling?
(only a little more destructive than explosives)
3:06 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel
it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I
can feel it...
WELCOME TO WINDOWS 2001
Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to Log In!
--
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
>
Concerning 2001: I doubt I really want to have a HAL9000.
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, woodelf wrote:
It is a good computer,just remember to get the
hardware update about
planting explosive charges in the computer.
Would installing Windoze work as an alternate method of disabling?
(only a little more destructive than explosives)
3:19 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Fred Cisin <cisin
at xenosoft.com> wrote:
> > > Concerning 2001: I doubt I really want to have a HAL9000.
I was quoting (without attribution).
I DO really want to have a HAL9000.
I promise to never install Windoze on it.
I DID write:
> Would installing Windoze work as an alternate
method of disabling?
> (only a little more destructive than explosives)
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, John Floren wrote:
I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can
feel it. I can feel
it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I
can feel it...
WELCOME TO WINDOWS 2001
Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to Log In!
Good luck finding a Windoze driver to open the Pod door.
19 Mar
19 Mar
9:44 a.m.
At 10:03 AM 3/19/08, you wrote:
He was also a fan of Hewlett-Packard's 9100 calculator:
http://hp9100.com/#clarke
--Dan
Clarke was an
early user of KayPro lugables.
Clarke was a fan of Wang Laboratories' 300-Series electronic
calculators:
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