How to know when an author has geek cred.

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Post #255,316 by inthane-chan 5/13/06 12:08:50 AM Reply	How to know when an author has geek cred. I follow my minder through a maze of twisty little cubicle farms, all alike... Yep. He knows what he's doing. Review when I'm done. Bonus points if you can guess who it is and you haven't read the book. When somebody asks you to trade your freedoms for security, it isn't your* security they're talking about.*
Post #255,467 by CRConrad 5/15/06 5:56:03 AM Reply	Stephenson, Brin, Scalzi, Ringo, Cook, Steakley, Flint...?
Post #255,487 by inthane-chan 5/15/06 11:37:13 AM Reply	No, no, no, non, nein, nyet, iie
Post #255,574 by CRConrad 5/16/06 3:36:55 AM Reply	MacLeod, Banks, Reynolds, Doctorow, Stross?
Post #255,669 by inthane-chan 5/16/06 11:56:53 PM Reply	Stross.
Post #255,680 by CRConrad 5/17/06 3:29:54 AM 5/17/06 3:32:00 AM Reply	Ah, generalissimo Charlie Stross-ner... Usedtabe a prolific poster on alt.peeves... Betcha he can't indulge in too much o' that any more. Also, onceuponalongago -- even longer than his a.p. residency -- wrote Perl and Python tutorials for British mags Computer Shopper and, IIRC, PC Plus. I still haven't got around to reading Accelerando, free for the download though it is. :-( [Edit: Also, BTW, to the extent you haven't read the other ones I suggested already, take my guesses as a list of suggestions for similar reading.] [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Yes Mr. Garrison, genetic engineering lets us correct God's horrible, horrible mistakes, like German people. - [link\|http://maxpages.com/southpark2k/Episode_105\|Mr. Hat] Edited by CRConrad May 17, 2006, 03:32:00 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #255,711 by inthane-chan 5/17/06 11:21:36 AM Reply	I've read about half of them already. And of the remaining half, about half are on a "will read when I have a hole in my list" list. When somebody asks you to trade your freedoms for security, it isn't your* security they're talking about.*
Post #255,579 by warmachine 5/16/06 7:39:04 AM Reply	Scott Adams Matthew Greet Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? - Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
Post #255,670 by inthane-chan 5/16/06 11:57:24 PM Reply	Maybe in a prior lifetime he did...

How to know when an author has geek cred. - (inthane-chan) - (8) - May 13, 2006, 12:08:50 AM EDT

Stephenson, Brin, Scalzi, Ringo, Cook, Steakley, Flint...? -NT - (CRConrad) - (5) - May 15, 2006, 05:56:03 AM EDT

No, no, no, non, nein, nyet, iie -NT - (inthane-chan) - (4) - May 15, 2006, 11:37:13 AM EDT

MacLeod, Banks, Reynolds, Doctorow, Stross? -NT - (CRConrad) - (3) - May 16, 2006, 03:36:55 AM EDT

Stross. -NT - (inthane-chan) - (2) - May 16, 2006, 11:56:53 PM EDT

Ah, generalissimo Charlie Stross-ner... - (CRConrad) - (1) - May 17, 2006, 03:32:00 AM EDT

I've read about half of them already. - (inthane-chan) - May 17, 2006, 11:21:36 AM EDT

Scott Adams -NT - (warmachine) - (1) - May 16, 2006, 07:39:04 AM EDT

Maybe in a prior lifetime he did... -NT - (inthane-chan) - May 16, 2006, 11:57:24 PM EDT

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