tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post2112373807922728699..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Information TransferAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-22381995943782605742008-08-28T03:14:00.000+00:002008-08-28T03:14:00.000+00:00It sounds somewhat like the Late lamented Douglas ...It sounds somewhat like the Late lamented Douglas Adams a'la "Last Chance to See...", but not quite funny enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-84250720959720795552008-08-26T20:01:00.000+00:002008-08-26T20:01:00.000+00:00Funnily enough I've had the page in question open ...Funnily enough I've had <A HREF="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html" REL="nofollow">the page in question</A> open in another tab for months, waiting for me to get around to read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-29057135756058599512008-08-26T02:23:00.000+00:002008-08-26T02:23:00.000+00:00From his website fwiw:"Coverage of me on the Inter...From his website fwiw:<BR/><BR/>"Coverage of me on the Internet and in journalism has probably not been any better or worse than for anyone else with a comparable degree of fame. Which is to say that much of what is out there is wrong."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-52305503133493703862008-08-25T20:44:00.000+00:002008-08-25T20:44:00.000+00:00Not me. A-and, what's wrong with googling? Ok, i...Not me. A-and, what's wrong with googling? Ok, it's cheating, maybe...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="https://sherlock.sims.berkeley.edu/wells/world_brain.html" REL="nofollow">World Brain, H. G. Wells, 1937</A><BR/><BR/>I had no idea. I've read and liked Cryptonomicon though, which rivals Pynchon for depth and threads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-43199979691453300002008-08-25T19:49:00.000+00:002008-08-25T19:49:00.000+00:00Hi aviatrix,this is from a pice written by Neal St...Hi aviatrix,<BR/><BR/>this is from a pice written by Neal Stephenson for Wired, it appeared in December 1996 in issue 4.12. The text should be available in the archives at wired.com. If you cannot locate it, drop me a line at taube@yahoo.com.<BR/><BR/>This is a great piece of journalism that I have re-read several times, although reading it takes very long :-). Sort of a companion piece, or advance piece, to Cryptonomicon.<BR/><BR/>Have fun,<BR/>ChristianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-88404107828606713242008-08-25T17:50:00.000+00:002008-08-25T17:50:00.000+00:00My first thought was Stephenson as well - few peop...My first thought was Stephenson as well - few people can craft a sentence as well as he does and it does have a bit of a Cryptonomicon ring to it, but I don´t think it´s from the book...frederichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507990960202263399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-52698203524229860242008-08-25T16:05:00.000+00:002008-08-25T16:05:00.000+00:00Someone sent me the link to the huge document in w...Someone sent me the link to the huge document in which I found it, during an online conversation. <BR/><BR/>I am interested in information and in writing, and that sentence is a perfectly cut gem. I absolutely had to display it for everyone to admire. I aspire to write that well.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-67720827578945762402008-08-25T15:54:00.000+00:002008-08-25T15:54:00.000+00:00I was pretty sure it was Stephenson, but it didn't...I was pretty sure it was Stephenson, but it didn't twig my memory has being from one of his books, so I had to google to find out where it was from... <BR/><BR/>I'd be interested as to how this became fodder for a blog post. Were you in a technologically advanced doctor's office with VERY old magazines?<BR/><BR/>dphdphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17643781708724943628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-51863569611926362032008-08-25T15:08:00.000+00:002008-08-25T15:08:00.000+00:00So: have we found a pix of our aviatrix? Or, perha...So: have we found a pix of our aviatrix? Or, perhaps, a sister? Which has blue hair, and which orange...<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=7&f=/c/a/2008/08/25/DDFU12HOOP.DTL<BR/><BR/><BR/>KevinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com