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Methuselah's Children
>From: "Vergara, Michael (TEM)" <mvergara_at_guidant.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: RE: completely off-topic question...
>Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 11:32:47 -0800
>
>...and...oh PIQQ...I can't remember the name of the book...the History of
>the Future..you remember...the final short story introduces Woodrow Wilson
>Smith and Andrew 'Slipstick' Libby...
>
>Um...the days are short...
>
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>Michael P. Vergara | Don't worry about the world ending today;
>Oracle DBA | it's already tomorrow in Australia.
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>Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 12:01 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
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>some of his earlier work predates my reading of science fiction. I have
>however, read all his fiction, multiple times. Time Enough For Love got me
>through my first (graduation present) trip to Europe -- by the time I got
>home, the pages were falling out from re-reading. I still re-read him, it's
>like coming home when I do.
>
>So... do you grok?
>
>I've read almost all of Asimov's science fiction, I stopped when he started
>looping the Foundation back into the Daneel series. I don't know of anyone
>who has read all his works. My mom met him (and got me his autograph) when
>he spoke at a librarians meeting.
>
>Never liked Clarke.
>
>Spider Robinson (and Callahan) rules. Still.
>
>Rachel
>
>
> >From: Terry Ball <terry_ball_at_csgsystems.com>
> >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> >Subject: Re: completely off-topic question...
> >Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 08:47:05 -0800
> >
> >TANSTAAFL /tan'stah-fl/ [acronym, from Robert Heinlein's classic "The
> >Moon is a Harsh Mistress".] "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch",
> >often invoked when someone is balking at the prospect of using an
> >unpleasantly heavyweight technique, or at the poor quality of some piece
> >of free software, or at the signal-to-noise ratio of unmoderated Usenet
> >newsgroups. "What? Don't tell me I have to implement a database back end
> >to get my address book program to work!" "Well, TANSTAAFL you know."
> >This phrase owes some of its popularity to the high concentration of
> >science-fiction fans and political libertarians in hackerdom.
> >
> >I have read ALL of Heinlein's work multliple times. And, since I read
> >them as they came out, I got the benefit of getting them on the
> >"timeline".
> >
> >Terry
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>Author: Vergara, Michael (TEM)
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-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: carmichr_at_hotmail.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).Received on Fri Aug 03 2001 - 15:15:55 CDT
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