Arthur C. Clarke, R.I.P.

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Arthur C. Clarke, R.I.P.

Postby jeffbert » 17 years ago

:cry: Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead At 90 :cry:
I know very little about him, all of which centers around '2001, a space odyssey.'
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Postby fafner » 17 years ago

Yes, I read that this morning :cry: I had read a few of his novels ("Rendezvous with Rama" and "Base Venus" among others).
The real sign that someone has become a fanatic is that he completely loses his sense of humor about some important facet of his life. When humor goes, it means he's lost his perspective.

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Postby tonigirl1000 » 17 years ago

Thanks for honoring him, Jeffbert and Fafner.

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Postby munquibyte » 17 years ago

He invented the communications satellite, and had a good show on the Discovery Channel years ago called 'Mysterious World', which dealt with paranormal claims and unlike most shows about the paranormal, it was dealt a skeptical perspective.
He wasn't as vocal as Carl Sagan, but he'll be missed.

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Postby jeffbert » 17 years ago

You saw Mysterious World? I checked for DVDs by or featuring Clarke, but the user reviews for it seemed rather poor.

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe (Netflix)
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Postby cybotron » 17 years ago

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=10668429
Arthur C. Clarke Mandelbrot Set
I always found his instruction valuable and a lot of fun
I have some fractal videos I made myself using software... :w00t: :astro:

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=4076960
Here is one of my fractal experiments with electronic score
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Postby tonigirl1000 » 17 years ago

Thanks, heard Richard Hoagland who used to work with Walter Cronkite, give Arthur C. Clarke a lot of credit for us having a space program.


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