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... in absence of OG is about to end, and I'm wondering how he is getting over it. Not only no CP but all the software world is connected via internet! I was thinking how one can get her/his work done without...(OG maybe is OK as he has no work to do...That's the reason he hanged so much here  )
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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What is your question, again?
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It's more a meditation, but the main thing is in the middle...Quote: I was thinking how one can get her/his work done without...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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We did our work just fine prior to having internet!
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Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
Not my circus not my monkey's!
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I remember that, but it was a different kind of work. Today I can go home I internet fails in office...
(However I remember that connection was everything back than too. I used to 'record' programs for C64 via radio programs, and if there was disturbance in the radio waves I got bugs...)
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Yeah I guess we relied on each other, or just muddled through it ourselves.
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Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
Not my circus not my monkey's!
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Do I sense a bromance? You really miss him, don't you? I am sure OG is quite happy with his sheep, you will just have to let him go man, let him go.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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I think I envy him...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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You can get your own sheep, you know. No need for envy at all.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Nah. They're free everyday.
For the last ~15 years, the Baen Free Library[^] has offered a number of free ebooks; generally the 1st few in a series. It was temporarily squeezed down in size when Baen was first made available on Amazon due to the latter insisting on MFN pricing and putting anything in the free library at zero as a result. The workaround Baen came up with has been second edition books (generally either a new forward or afterward) and then the old version is permanently free on both their site and Amazon (and presumably B&N, etc but I'm not sure). OBS might only have a free ebook edition at the moment (I thought a 2nd ed was out, and would've expected it to go with the leather bound limited edition if nothing else, but can't find it); but the revised HOTQ[^] is out and for sale every day.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Thanks for the info. I didn't know about that. I always like a free read.
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It's a trap! Don't fall for it! They give you a couple of free books, and then you wind up having to get additional bookshelves to fit all the ones you subsequently buy.
(Currently cataloging my "library". Can't blame Baen for the majority of them. Only the last few dozen...hardcovers...of the 3000+ books is their fault.)
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It's the same way with people who keep giving me their money.
I have to keep opening up bank accounts because the other ones become full.
It's a terrible trap. 
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Yup. Jim Baen and his partner in crime Eric Flint had the crack dealer business model in mind when they created the free library. "The first hitbook is free." 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Baen seem to have gone down the path of fantasy recently, finding a good, hard sci fi book there is becoming a challenge. Even found myself reading a vampire book until I came to my senses!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Toni needs to take a whip to the hard SF writers, make them write faster.
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NNnnooooo. then you get Ringo writing to a formula and turning out crap!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Fantasy Fiction
Wow, just stumbled upon this book -- The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive), by Brandon Sanderson -- and it's a free download today. I don't know for how long, but it's the first book in the series. Over 1,000 pages long. Get it while you can. I couldn't believe it was the entire book.
You can also read in your browser via Amazon cloud reader.
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (amazon link)[^]
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It's a fantastic book. It's a great strategy for Sanderson now that the second book is available. Free first book, and the second book $10 or so on Kindle, and it's about 10% bigger again. Best $10 I have spent in a loooooong time.
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Sweet, if only I hadn't bought it a year or two ago. It is a really good series so far. It is amazing how that guy can crank out so many books.
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thanks for posting...
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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He's excellent... also try his Mistborn series.
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Bugger - fantasy!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: Bugger
Had to look up the term to understand if you were providing a compliment or a curse. 
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/bugger[^]
vulgar slang , chiefly British
A contemptible or pitied person, typically a man.
1.Used as a term of affection or respect, typically grudgingly:
all right, let the little buggers come in
2. derogatory A person who commits buggery.
But, I'm still not sure.
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