http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/15/life-imitates-vance/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Fri, 25 May 2012 07:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/15/life-imitates-vance/comment-page-1/#comment-13375 online blackjack Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:13:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=896#comment-13375 Top BlackJack sites - pretty cool Top BlackJack sites – pretty cool

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/15/life-imitates-vance/comment-page-1/#comment-13373 maurinsky Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:38:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=896#comment-13373 Most of our pets are named after characters from Jack Vance's fantasy books - our cats are Casmir and Madouc, and our dog is Cugel. Our non Jack Vance pets are a fish called Fiona and 2 hermit crabs called Merry and Pippin. Sadly, that is all I can contribute to this discussion, because I've never read any of his Sci-fi books. Most of our pets are named after characters from Jack Vance’s fantasy books – our cats are Casmir and Madouc, and our dog is Cugel. Our non Jack Vance pets are a fish called Fiona and 2 hermit crabs called Merry and Pippin. Sadly, that is all I can contribute to this discussion, because I’ve never read any of his Sci-fi books.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/15/life-imitates-vance/comment-page-1/#comment-13372 Patrick Nielsen Hayden Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:30:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=896#comment-13372 <em>"Jack Vance was just weird"...</em> Present tense, not past. He's still alive, and just delivered his next novel, <em>Lurulu,</em> to his publisher. “Jack Vance was just weird”… Present tense, not past. He’s still alive, and just delivered his next novel, Lurulu, to his publisher.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/15/life-imitates-vance/comment-page-1/#comment-13371 TomD Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:08:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=896#comment-13371 It's very easy to spot once you know about it: a hacker would probably have rather little trouble identifying and removing the relevant bits of code in whatever program was refusing to copy. Not quite up to the level of the square roots of the first eleven prine numbers (although I would imagine that if the notes were 'crimped' they could easily get out of shape...). It’s very easy to spot once you know about it: a hacker would probably have rather little trouble identifying and removing the relevant bits of code in whatever program was refusing to copy. Not quite up to the level of the square roots of the first eleven prine numbers (although I would imagine that if the notes were ‘crimped’ they could easily get out of shape…).

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/15/life-imitates-vance/comment-page-1/#comment-13370 bob mcmanus Fri, 16 Jan 2004 01:45:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=896#comment-13370 Jack Vance was just weird, his content as well as his style was unique,like Sabatini filtered thru a Martian. But I love him. Science fiction a very accepting field, as long as you don't expect to make any money. Jack Vance was just weird, his content as well as his style was unique,like Sabatini filtered thru a Martian. But I love him. Science fiction a very accepting field, as long as you don’t expect to make any money.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/15/life-imitates-vance/comment-page-1/#comment-13369 Sigivald Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:19:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=896#comment-13369 Computers are, after all, very good at detecting the existence of a pre-known pattern in a pre-known medium. Not good at all, of course, in detecting patterns whose existence is not known in advance, but very good, with the right software, at the converse. Computers are, after all, very good at detecting the existence of a pre-known pattern in a pre-known medium. Not good at all, of course, in detecting patterns whose existence is not known in advance, but very good, with the right software, at the converse.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/15/life-imitates-vance/comment-page-1/#comment-13368 mike d Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:11:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=896#comment-13368 it's not just copiers... the latest version of <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/08/0111228">Adobe Photoshop</a> is supposed to be able to do this, but there's an <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,61890,00.html">easy workaround</a>... it’s not just copiers… the latest version of Adobe Photoshop is supposed to be able to do this, but there’s an easy workaround…

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