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Posted by SYSTEM-J on Feb-12-2015 23:24:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
I presume you've read snow crash?


Yeah. What a load of bollocks.


Posted by 0100306660SAS on Feb-12-2015 23:30:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Yeah. What a load of bollocks.


are you looking for good poetry?

what type.

i may be of some help.


Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Feb-12-2015 23:54:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Yeah. What a load of bollocks.


isn't all cyberpunk bollocks? I loved it


Posted by SYSTEM-J on Feb-13-2015 00:44:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
isn't all cyberpunk bollocks? I loved it


Granted it's pretty funny, and actually had me laughing out loud in a couple of places. But as a story it's absolute amateurism. All that endless tedious info-dumping about Sumerian mythology with absolutely no attempt to integrate it into the narrative, and then at the end what's it all for? After waiting for about 400 pages to find out what the fuck is going in, it turns out it's nothing more than a sub-Bond villain "use mind control to take over the world" scheme which he's crudely attempted to force into some grand link with computer science and linguistics, all of which is complete nonsense. And after 400 fucking pages of trying to figure out what devious web Stephenson must be weaving that will tie together all this bullshit, it turns out it just descends into a crap cartoon action movie complete with deus ex machina resolution.

On a higher level, the whole book is just a glorified self-congratulatory handjob to all the coders and computer mega-geeks. It's all there in that whole passage where Hiro sits up in Da5id's house and Stephenson waxes lyrical about the mundanity of suburban America and how cool and exciting young hackers like Hiro are. What an edgy, badass tribe the code monkeys of 1993 truly were. Hiro Protagonist is a walking amalgamation of geek fantasy, right down to the samurai swords. He's exactly as lethal, handsome, well connected and heroic in the real world as in the Metaverse, thus rendering the latter completely irrelevant in dramatic terms. He has no weaknesses, he encounters no real setbacks, he can acquire whatever he wants and kill anyone he wants whenever the plot demands it. In a book that pokes satirical fun at every single facet of society going, Stephenson hasn't even got one word of self-deprecation for his champion geeks.

I could go on and on. Neuromancer is an actual piece of literature, and a groundbreaking and supremely stylish one at that. Snow Crash is, by comparison, mere fan service.


Posted by Dykes_on_Jay on Feb-13-2015 03:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Silky Johnson
Quite a few TAs have fucked each other. Some TAs have fucked more TAs than others. Lol.

edit: none of them post here anymore though.


A bunch of us are held together by more than this forum; many of us are Eskimo brothers.


Posted by Vivid Boy on Feb-13-2015 03:58:

I've only had my dick inside maybe 1 or 2 ta's...maybe 3

when you are ta's godfather it does come with some perks

me and jay are eskimo brothers


Posted by 0100306660SAS on Feb-13-2015 04:06:

circle jerks dont count boys.

sorry


Posted by Vivid Boy on Feb-13-2015 04:22:

neither does getting nutted on in a circle jerk, numbers


Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Feb-13-2015 05:47:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Granted it's pretty funny, and actually had me laughing out loud in a couple of places. But as a story it's absolute amateurism. All that endless tedious info-dumping about Sumerian mythology with absolutely no attempt to integrate it into the narrative, and then at the end what's it all for? After waiting for about 400 pages to find out what the fuck is going in, it turns out it's nothing more than a sub-Bond villain "use mind control to take over the world" scheme which he's crudely attempted to force into some grand link with computer science and linguistics, all of which is complete nonsense. And after 400 fucking pages of trying to figure out what devious web Stephenson must be weaving that will tie together all this bullshit, it turns out it just descends into a crap cartoon action movie complete with deus ex machina resolution.

On a higher level, the whole book is just a glorified self-congratulatory handjob to all the coders and computer mega-geeks. It's all there in that whole passage where Hiro sits up in Da5id's house and Stephenson waxes lyrical about the mundanity of suburban America and how cool and exciting young hackers like Hiro are. What an edgy, badass tribe the code monkeys of 1993 truly were. Hiro Protagonist is a walking amalgamation of geek fantasy, right down to the samurai swords. He's exactly as lethal, handsome, well connected and heroic in the real world as in the Metaverse, thus rendering the latter completely irrelevant in dramatic terms. He has no weaknesses, he encounters no real setbacks, he can acquire whatever he wants and kill anyone he wants whenever the plot demands it. In a book that pokes satirical fun at every single facet of society going, Stephenson hasn't even got one word of self-deprecation for his champion geeks.

I could go on and on. Neuromancer is an actual piece of literature, and a groundbreaking and supremely stylish one at that. Snow Crash is, by comparison, mere fan service.


well admittedly i did read it as a teenager, so maybe my recollections are shit or maybe my taste is just bad . but i liked the libertarian universe and the fact that the snow crash aligned with a game i was playing at the time that used a similar concept. but thanks for your review, that's what i was after


Posted by Chimney on Feb-13-2015 09:16:

quote:
applying real life experience to real life is unpractical?
...did i read that correctly?


A surgeon should not operate if he has not gone through the same pathology, astrophysicists should not talk about black-holes and other cosmological phenomena because said person has not experienced it.


quote:
why does anyone think that adding chemical substances that are made in an industrial factory and enclosed in small capsules is really a proper way or effective way of treating anything?

there are natural cures for every disease.
natural medicine has been practiced and has worked for thousands of years.
pills are used to control and they are used for money.
and pills are notorious for causing diseases, symptoms which are worse then the original disease or symptom.

studies which support pills are funded by the companies which make money off of pills.

your science is corrupt, full of assumptions, and causes vast limitations.


I won't even answer this, since it's an ancient argument which doesn't really lead anywhere.


....



Posted by on Feb-13-2015 12:58:

quote:
Originally posted by Vivid Boy

me and jay are eskimo brothers

You and Ben?

Lol there's even an app


Posted by 0100306660SAS on Feb-13-2015 18:22:

quote:
Originally posted by Chimney
A surgeon should not operate if he has not gone through the same pathology, astrophysicists should not talk about black-holes and other cosmological phenomena because said person has not experienced it.


i think you are starting to get the picture.


quote:
Originally posted by Chimney
I won't even answer this, since it's an ancient argument which doesn't really lead anywhere.


its not an argument. its the truth. and you avoid it because it makes your modern studies, and modern practice of science look irrelevant and meaningless.


Posted by Chimney on Feb-13-2015 19:39:

quote:
Originally posted by 0100306660SAS


its not an argument. its the truth. and you avoid it because it makes your modern studies, and modern practice of science look irrelevant and meaningless.



Posted by Mr.Mystery on Feb-13-2015 20:35:

Make it stop.


Posted by 0100306660SAS on Feb-13-2015 20:51:

biggest problem with society?

it was built because of the ego, and it stands on the ego of all conformists.

"nature cant possibly be intelligent, only humans can be intelligent and we can only show intelligence with our 'intelligent' science."


Posted by Dykes_on_Jay on Feb-14-2015 12:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Vivid Boy
I've only had my dick inside maybe 1 or 2 ta's...maybe 3

when you are ta's godfather it does come with some perks

me and jay are eskimo brothers


I've had my dick in a few more. I didn't realize we were Eskimo brothers. I have a good feeling I know who.

My guest room is now open. Bring your own poon to share. It ain't no fuuuuuuuuu'uuuuun if the homies can't have noooooo'ne.

This site used to be so amazing.


Posted by Lews on Feb-14-2015 14:56:

Snow Crash was a lot of fun to read, but nothing more. I enjoyed The Diamond Age much more, though. Did you get around to that one, Jack?


Posted by 0100306660SAS on Feb-14-2015 20:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Chimney


have you given up, oh biology king.


Posted by Lagrangian on Feb-14-2015 23:03:

SO TAs I didn't want to make another thread.

But the pharmaceuticals are making Paulino stalk the TA thread scaring the shit out of potentially new members. At least my threads are controversial and full political incorrectness. Everything done on purpose, world is a stage, On the other hand,

this...

Juan Paulino guy, listen man, focus on the positive, forget this chick, and move on with your life. Stop spamming and trolling the fucking forums or i'll publish your internet browser history.

Concerned, TA. (Thanks for clicking.)


Posted by SYSTEM-J on Feb-14-2015 23:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Lews
Snow Crash was a lot of fun to read, but nothing more. I enjoyed The Diamond Age much more, though. Did you get around to that one, Jack?


No, I haven't read any of his other books. Sell the concept to me, if you like.


Posted by Big Worm on Feb-14-2015 23:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Jon_Snow
Snowstorms make me feel like kid. I love it when mother nature makes modern life to come to a stop.


Wow, thinking back to how excited I was for the first blizzard.

Now this shit just keeps coming! The morale of the city is so low right now. People are at their breaking points. For me personally, I love the epic-ness of it-- but all this snow is really starting to mess with peoples' minds, the commuting lately has been a living hell.

Anyway, potential for blizzard number 2 tomorrow-- already starting to ratchet up outside. Thankfully, I've got 4 cases of beer and some pot.


Posted by on Feb-15-2015 00:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Big Worm
Wow, thinking back to how excited I was for the first blizzard.

Now this shit just keeps coming! The morale of the city is so low right now. People are at their breaking points. For me personally, I love the epic-ness of it-- but all this snow is really starting to mess with peoples' minds, the commuting lately has been a living hell.

Anyway, potential for blizzard number 2 tomorrow-- already starting to ratchet up outside. Thankfully, I've got 4 cases of beer and some pot.

Lol I'm on the same page as you. I've been cooped up a lot recently and don't like it. It effects your mental state. You must be in the Boston area. We are not getting hit hard with the latest storm but the bitter cold and wind are putting a stop to my daily walks around the block. I don't know how ppl live in Canada.


Posted by Zoso on Feb-15-2015 02:45:

We are forecast for 3-6" in Middle TN late Sunday and throughout the day on Monday. Amazing, but it will halt things here for a time. I hope they miss the forecast.


Posted by Lagrangian on Feb-15-2015 03:03:

Glee Season 6 makes me sad.


Posted by Lagrangian on Feb-15-2015 03:59:

From Wikipedia:

Five new characters were introduced: Roderick (Noah Guthrie), a shy teenager with a good voice, Spencer Porter (Marshall Williams), a "modern-day" gay football player,

Hmmmmmmm



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