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Old 18th March 2008, 10:28pm   #1
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Arthur C Clarke dead

Author of 2001 and general science fiction legend.

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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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Old 18th March 2008, 10:31pm   #2
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Re: Arthur C CLark dead

Ahh fuck.
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I had no idea he was still alive. RIP, anyway.
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Re: Arthur C Clark dead

Shame, 2001 is one of my favourite movies.
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Old 18th March 2008, 11:01pm   #5
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Shame, 2001 is one of my favourite movies.
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Old 18th March 2008, 11:02pm   #6
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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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That sucks. RIP.
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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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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.

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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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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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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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