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ertebolle767 karma

Something I've been wondering for a while: did the name "World Wide Web" have anything to do with the "WorldWeb" in Dan Simmons' 1989 novel "Hyperion"? (the timing is a funny coincidence if not)

ertebolle286 karma

How do you feel about that famous never-delivered speech President Nixon was to give in the event that you had failed to return from the moon?

ertebolle211 karma

True, but "ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE" probably doesn't apply to sky cranes.

ertebolle206 karma

"It's not a question of where he grips it, it's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one femtogram virus!"

ertebolle167 karma

For $40,000, and there's an interview with Sir Patrick giggling about it ("it doesn't play; it's not a real flute").