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[#] Wed Sep 06 2017 13:29:21 EDT from wizard of aahz

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He wanted his works to be what he wanted.. Not how anyone would interpret what he wanted. Especially at the end where he couldn't be certain.

[#] Thu Sep 07 2017 16:26:28 EDT from bennabiy

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Like what happened with Frank Herbert and Dune?



[#] Fri Sep 08 2017 15:13:21 EDT from Ladyhawke

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Fear is the mind killer.



[#] Tue Sep 12 2017 10:36:14 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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I actually did want an answer to the question about what the "discs" actually are in DiscWorld.  I'm not planning to read the books.  What are they?



[#] Tue Sep 12 2017 15:13:03 EDT from wizard of aahz

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A) You should read the books.

B) Regarding discs.. It's one disc.. consists of a large disc (complete with edge-of-the-world drop-off and consequent waterfall) resting on the backs of four huge elephants which are in turn standing on the back of an enormous turtle, named Great A'Tuin (similar to Chukwa or Akupara from Hindu mythology) as it slowly swims through space.

C) You really should read. You'd apprecaite the silliness.

[#] Tue Sep 12 2017 18:06:43 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Aha!  "Turtle swimming through space" makes a lot more sense than "What's the turtle standing on? / It's turtles all the way down"



[#] Fri Sep 15 2017 07:11:40 EDT from fleeb

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You should read it.

I love the ambling pace of light in that book.

[#] Fri Sep 15 2017 13:26:59 EDT from Ladyhawke

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I just like the combination of silly and sharp wit.  But the imagery is kinda awesome, too.



[#] Sat Sep 16 2017 11:29:07 EDT from wizard of aahz

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I agree with the version of democracy. Is how I like to run a team..

"Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote."

[#] Sun Dec 24 2017 05:51:17 EST from the_mgt

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Everyone knows that there were five elephants in the beginning!

@IG: What's stopping you from reading the books?

If you fear to waste time on fictional literature, start by reading The Science of Discworld. Every second chapter is non-fiction and very entertaining. Especially the chapter about the weird FPGA experiment is something that I really enjoyed and would probably never heard about without that book. Same goes for the Burgess shale, etc.



[#] Wed Dec 27 2017 13:19:35 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

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@IG: What's stopping you from reading the books?

Nothing specific to Discworld or even Pratchett in general.  I'm just not much of a reader.  If I had the patience to sit down with a book I'd probably read them all.

 



[#] Thu Dec 28 2017 05:38:50 EST from the_mgt

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Fair enough, I posted some reference to the FPGA stuff in the Techie Talk room.



[#] Fri Jan 05 2018 08:43:17 EST from fleeb <>

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I love reading, but haven't done a lot of it for entertainment lately.

Hm.

[#] Sun Jan 14 2018 15:12:39 EST from wizard of aahz

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fleeb - Go read Ready Player One. You'll love it for the 80s references.

[#] Fri Jan 19 2018 15:27:34 EST from pandora

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I keep buying books, and not making time to read. Maybe I should work on that this year.

[#] Fri Jan 19 2018 16:58:02 EST from wizard of aahz

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Making time to read has been actually implemented a bit this year. Had been running low on that time past year or so.

[#] Sat Jan 20 2018 05:40:58 EST from arabella

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Away from the web, I read for a minuscule 1hr/2 weeks (equivalent to 4.5 minutes a day!.)

I absolutely despise this lack of effort,  and intend to find a way to remedy it.



[#] Mon Jan 22 2018 10:26:41 EST from Haven

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I try to read for at least a half hour every night before bed.  It used to be I would read at lunch, after dinner, and before bed.  Now I tend to go out out to lunch with co-workers, get busy with family stuff after dinner or gaming after dinner, but I have kept the read before bed.  Most nights it ends up being around 45 minutes to an hour before going to sleep.  

 

Current Book:  Fire With Fire: Caine Riordan Book 1. 

 



[#] Mon Jan 22 2018 13:34:32 EST from fleeb <>

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I should try to read more, recreationally.

At least I started exercizing.

[#] Mon Feb 26 2018 10:13:18 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

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I keep buying books, and not making time to read. Maybe I should work

on that this year.

You could burn them. Books burn well ... especially if you soak them in bacon fat

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