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18th March 2008, 10:28pm
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#1 | | Experimental stooge
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| Arthur C Clarke dead
Author of 2001 and general science fiction legend. Quote:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C. Clarke
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. - Arthur C. Clarke
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum. - Arthur C. Clarke
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. - Arthur C. Clarke, Clarke's first law
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative. - Arthur C. Clarke
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18th March 2008, 10:31pm
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#2 | | Tishoumaren
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| Re: Arthur C CLark dead
Ahh fuck.
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18th March 2008, 10:48pm
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#3 | | Registered User
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| Re: Arthur C CLark dead
I had no idea he was still alive. RIP, anyway. | |
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18th March 2008, 11:00pm
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#4 | | Spoonfed
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| Re: Arthur C Clark dead
Shame, 2001 is one of my favourite movies. | |
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18th March 2008, 11:01pm
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#5 | | Registered User
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| Re: Arthur C Clark dead
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Originally Posted by Hayabusa  Shame, 2001 is one of my favourite movies. | Aye, I might stick that on the now in memory of the big guy. | |
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18th March 2008, 11:02pm
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#6 | | Kingpun
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| Re: Arthur C Clark dead
I read that as "Arnold C Clark" and thought "Aw fuck my car insurance is gubbed now".
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18th March 2008, 11:05pm
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#7 | | Forever Waiting.
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Glasgow
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| Re: Arthur C Clark dead
That sucks. RIP. | |
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18th March 2008, 11:20pm
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#8 | | The man from Del Monte
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| Re: Arthur C Clark dead
the last thing of his I read was Rama and i really enjoyed it. It was to the magic/technology as I, Robot was to the laws of robotics. He will be missed.
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18th March 2008, 11:21pm
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#9 | | Hammer Smashed Face
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| Re: Arthur C Clark dead
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Originally Posted by I'm Your God Now I read that as "Arnold C Clark" and thought "Aw fuck my car insurance is gubbed now". | Special offer: all cars £2001. | |
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19th March 2008, 12:03am
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#10 | | Moderator Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Other Place
Posts: 17,045
| Re: Arthur C Clark dead
Aw Fuck No
The world has just lost one of the greatest writers who ever lived. He was a true visionary with great insight into the modern world and the future. Quote: |
Originally Posted by A C Clark The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. | I bet he's having a great time now though, god or no god...
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19th March 2008, 12:08am
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#11 | | Infrequenter
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| Re: Arthur C Clark dead
__________________ The feeling is mutual. | |
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19th March 2008, 9:20am
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#12 | | I hate your band SuperMod
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| Arthur C Clarke dead
R.I.P. Aurthur C Clarke, the man who saw the future.
His novels and short stories were a massive part of my childhood, and his inventions really have changed the world—and will almost certainly continue to do so.
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20th March 2008, 4:59am
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#13 | | Moderator Moderator
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| Re: Arthur C Clarke dead
The first tribute from my selection of webcomics: 
From the Apple Geek comic Joy of Tech. | |
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20th March 2008, 7:20am
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#14 | | Wallet Inspector
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: On the Moon hangin with Mr Spoon.
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| Re: Arthur C Clarke dead
Surely is a great loss to humanity but I'd relly like to know if there was any truth to that scandle that honted him in his last years you know what one I mean. | |
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