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Fans of SF author Robert Heinlein grok this group.
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"World as myth" Gets Another Spin
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John Scalzi's "Redshirts", published 2012, nominated for the Locus
Award for best SF novel.
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I just read it and it's pretty good, even if predictable.
-- Yisroel "Godwrestler Warriorson" Markov - Boston, MA Member... more »
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X-47B takes off from a carrier
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In the Tale Of The Man Who was Too Lazy To Fail RAH writes that
carrier landings were finally automated. Well, the first part has been
done: a drone was catapulted from a carrier and landings are next-all
by computer without an operator.
And it has a bomb bay.
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NYTimes "public editor" knows her Heinlein...
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from her column today about the coverage of
the Benghazi attack:
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The failures of government transparency, too,
cross party lines. Rooted in political expediency,
those failures of transparency know no color,
neither red nor blue. And they need to be pointed
out and resisted. As author Robert A. Heinlein... more »
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P2P Share files by email on Thu 04/25/2013
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Do you think that Peer-to-Peer, FTP
IRC technologies etc...are too much complicated !? There is a simpler technology to use, Autosend. This software allows file-sharing by only using your e-mail account. Autosend allows sharing files on your computer through regular email. It is an automatic file mailer... more »
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Happy Earth Day!
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Just to make this on topic: Heinlein didn't title anything with Earth
followed by (fill in the blank with whatever you want). The alphabetical
list of works in Gifford's A Reader's Companion goes from "Double Star"
to "Elsewhen".
-- Tian
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"Technology solutions to environmental problems are routinely far... more »
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More news on potentially habitable planets.
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(Been quiet lately)
Wouldn't Heinlein love to be here listening to these reports?
Ehhh, perhaps not.
He, with a rich story telling ability, did just fine as it was.
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Aerospace News from AP
Apr 18, 2013
NASA sees distant planets that seem ideal for life
WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA's planet-hunting telescope has discovered two planets... more »
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Boston bombing
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Seems like somebody has developed an idea what a suspect looks like:
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-- Tian
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"Technology solutions to environmental problems are routinely far
more expensive than the prevetative measures to avoid creating... more »
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RAH Bio
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After waiting for over a year, I finally got a call from the library
so I could check out the Patterson bio. Any mor word on book two?
dugger
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Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
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So, we got back from a 3 week road trip & getting back to normal routines. Yesterday that included our Spin (exercise on stationary bikes) Class. I heard a new (to me) song playing and like normal, I could not understand any of the words, asked wife what it was. At home I plugged title into youtube & got:... more »
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