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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 8 Jun 2010 08:57 On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 13:32:27 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: ><address_is(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> The street finds it's own use for things > >That *was* from Gibson wasn't it? I always thought so but I could be >wrong. Not Sterling... It has that perfect Gibson swing, and the sharp >insight... Yes - it's in Burning Chrome, the short story in the collection of the same name. Cheers - Jaimie -- Rule #87: If the thought of something makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I am to assume that I am not allowed to do it. -- www.skippyslist.com
From: zoara on 8 Jun 2010 10:13 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-08, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> > wrote: >>>> Calling Charlie Stross... sounds like an instance of BASILISK STARE >>>> being released into the wild to me. Come to think of it, Retina, > > > > TURN >>>> and ICE sound like some sort of countermeasures too. >>> >>> "ICE - Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics" (c/o William Gibson) >> >> Eep - Neuromancer was released 26 years ago! I feel old. > > And to my shame I've still not read it. Okay, walk - no, run - to your nearest bookstore before it's too late. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 8 Jun 2010 10:20 On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:35:56 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: >On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 21:36:35 +0100, Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > >>On 2010-06-07 21:32:56 +0100, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) said: >> >>> Haven't got time to read any more, but interesting stuff. Any Mac stuff, >>> I wonder? >> >>Nothing. Unless, tangentially, you suddenly realise that the gutting of >>iMovie was in preparation for this launch. Meh. >> >>Non-Mac news good and I'll keep my eye on upgrade pricing from O2. No >>AppleTV or input tablet as yet - maybe for later. Oh, and I -do- hope >>they asked Cisco nicely about iOS... > >It was Cisco who owned the iPhone trademark, too. I wonder if the >agreement back in 2007 included the name iOS as well? It didn't, but Apple did ask first this time. http://blogs.cisco.com/news/comments/cisco_and_apple_agreement_on_ios_trademark/ Cheers - Jaimie -- 'Bother' to your simplistic linear numbering systems -- Nigel Hewitt, describing ukrs dive #100
From: T i m on 8 Jun 2010 11:01 On 8 Jun 2010 14:13:27 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> On 2010-06-08, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> >> wrote: >>>>> Calling Charlie Stross... sounds like an instance of BASILISK STARE >>>>> being released into the wild to me. Come to think of it, Retina, >> > > > TURN >>>>> and ICE sound like some sort of countermeasures too. >>>> >>>> "ICE - Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics" (c/o William Gibson) >>> >>> Eep - Neuromancer was released 26 years ago! I feel old. >> >> And to my shame I've still not read it. > >Okay, walk - no, run - to your nearest bookstore before it's too late. > Is this the one where the lead would go about on a hoverboard, 'pooning' a tow off other vehicles, or am I thinking of something else? If it is the one it's one of about 10 books I've ever read and I really enjoyed it (or if it's not that one I enjoyed it whatever it was). ;-) Cheers, T i m
From: Jim on 8 Jun 2010 11:09
On 2010-06-08, T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: >> >>Okay, walk - no, run - to your nearest bookstore before it's too late. >> > Is this the one where the lead would go about on a hoverboard, > 'pooning' a tow off other vehicles, or am I thinking of something > else? That sounds more like YT in now Crash. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett |