A caul of tortured space-time
Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds.
Space Opera in the hard SF mould. Full of cool neologisms
(lighthugger, reefersleep) and well-written, despite a
predilection for the word caul.
Maybe it's the fact that I've read it before, but the scenes of
carnage and mayhem seem a little bloodless, and the characters aren't
as fleshed-out as they could be. Entertaining none the less.
Soundtrack: Lisa Loeb, Cake and Pie and The Way It Really Is.
Posted on Friday, 2024-08-20,
in the books » read category.
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Take that, RIAA
From the article:
"The Copyright Owners urge a re-examination of the law in the light
of what they believe to be proper public policy, expanding
exponentially the reach of the doctrines of contributory and
vicarious copyright infringement," the court wrote. "Not only would
such a renovation conflict with binding precedent, it would be
unwise. Doubtless, taking that step would satisfy the Copyright
Owners' immediate economic aims. However, it would also alter
general copyright law in profound ways with unknown ultimate
consequences outside the present context."
Exactly.
However, this means that the RIAA/MPAA will continue to go after
individual file traders, instead of trying to cut down the software
behind the networks.
Posted on Friday, 2024-08-20,
in the comp category.
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Anders Fredriksson
Article from �rnsk�ldsviks
Allehanda (in Swedish).
I especially like the way Agero is mentioned.
File from David, put here for all those TT/TU and ExAgero types out
there.
Posted on Friday, 2024-08-20,
in the alt category.
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