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- Apparently I've offended Asimov's Magazine
- Back in July, I made what I thought was a sarcastic remark about the relative politeness of rejection letters from Asimov's Science Fiction magazine and Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine. Mostly, I was just giddy to get a quick rejection with a hand-signed letter or so it appeared. Now, I...
- Tags: Rejection, Magazine, Asimov, Rejection Letter, Why?Asimov, Web Site Development, Blogging, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-09-12
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- Why Isaac Asimov wasn't all that 'smart'
- Found via reddit: Isaac Asimov's Essay "What is Intelligence, Anyway?" The absolute money quote comes from Asimov recounting the words of his auto mechanic:"Because you're so goddamned educated, doc, I knew you couldn't be very smart." Asimov's response? "I have an uneasy feeling he had something there." by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Isaac Asimov, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Mr. Robot (exe)
- Asimov is a lowly service mechanoid aboard the interstellar colony ship Eidolon. Carrying hundreds of frozen human colonists to a new world. When the Eidolon's computer brain malfunctions, it falls to Asimov to undertake a perilous journey through the bowels of the massive ship to save his robot friends and...
- Tags: Asimov, Robots, Emerging Technologies
- Software downloads 2007-01-24
- Who are today's Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein?
- Brin similar to Clarke.David Brin's works have a Clarkian feel. Check out "Sundiver" or "Startide Rising", the first two loosely connected books in the first Uplift trilogy. Clarke himself has co-authored at least two books this century, so if you like him you can still find new works.If...
- Tags: SECURITY, David Brin, Palmetto, Heinlein, Clarke, Asimov
- Discussion threads 2007-07-26
- Why Isaac Asimov wasn't
- ACADEMIA NUTSYou've got to use your whole brain to catch one of those.
- Tags: BALTHOR, off-topic, Isaac Asimov
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Who are today's Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein?
- TechRepublic member lcallander asked me for some suggested reading material, with a rather intriguing sci-fi stipulation: "I was rereading an old post, where guys were reminiscing about reading 'Heinlein, Asimov, and Clark,' my personal favorites. I got out of reading SF in the '80s and am bewildered by the...
- Tags: Hyperion Solutions Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Scalzi, Games, C/C++, Personal Technology, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-07-26
- Geek Trivia: Action-pact science fiction
- Earlier AcknowledgementIn my copy of Arthur Clarke's 1966 anthology "Time Probe" (hardcover, published by Delacorte) Clarke begins his introduction to Heinlein's "Not Final!" thus: "In accordance with my half of the Clarke-Asimov Treaty, conclud
- Tags: Arthur Clarke, Clarke, clarke heinlein asimov, feedback, gfisher@..., Isaac Asimov
- Discussion threads 2006-11-01
- Wired: What's wrong with NASA
- Heinlein, Asimov and ClarkI believe all of theose gentleman knew and stated that government will never do space exploration right.It will take commercial business efforts for humans to occupy, use and achieve our destiny of at least inhabiting our solar system.Waiting for government to solve an issue is often a...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, BFilmFan, NASA, Wired Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-22
- Watch Isaac Asimov's TV show
- Found via SFSignal: "You know you can watch the 2-hour premiere episode of Probe on YouTube? (We love you YouTube!) It has been uploaded in 5-minute pieces. Start with part 1 and follow the 'related' links for the other parts. "What is Probe, you say?...
- Tags: Isaac Asimov, TV, Episode, Science Fiction, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-10-12
- Geek Trivia: Action-pact science fiction
- What did the Clarke-Asimov Treaty stipulate between the two iconic sci-fi writers? Ask someone what the Big Three refers to, and you'll get an interesting variety of answers. In 20th-century history, you're likely referring to the three heads of the World War II Allies: Joseph Stalin,...
- Tags: Isaac Asimov, Games, Jay Garmon, Game players, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, science fiction, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Clarke, Corporate Communications, Wiki, Professional Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Online Communications, Career
- Technical articles 2006-10-31
- The mad scientist's chemical desk reference
- The Indopedia has this handy list of famous fictional chemical substances, broken down by entirely fictional elements, fictional isotopes of real elements, fictional properties of real elements, fictional compounds and alloys, and fictional medicines or drugs. Required reading for any supervillain in training. Besides classics like Adamantium,...
- Tags: Scientist, Indopedia, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Rejection, my old friend, we meet again at last...
- Submitted a story to Strange Horizons on Oct. 2. Got a rejection which strangely was flagged as spam by Gmail on Nov. 12, to my discovery today. For those who wonder how SH rejections stack up against similar brush-offs from Asimov's and Fantasy & Science Fiction, here you go:Thank you...
- Tags: Rejection, Document Management, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Internet, Online Communications, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
- The ultimate science fiction book meme
- Once again, SFSignal has content so good I simply must steal it: A comprehensive SF book meme. Below are my answers. Feel free to copy and paste your own responses in the comments thread, or in your own blog space just be sure to give SFSignal attribution.Science Fiction, Fantasy or...
- Tags: Author, Fantasy, Books-A-Million, Asimov, Dozois, Ender, Blogging, Games, Storage, Internet, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- R.I.P. - Arthur C. Clarke, sci-fi icon
- The last of Science Fiction's Big Three has finally left us, as Sir Arthur C. Clarke has passed away. The man gave us geostationary satellites, HAL 9000, and a place called Rama. And now he's gone. The above is a video interview he gave just three months...
- Tags: Blogging, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, Internet, Marketing, Networking, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Is there any all-ages "gateway" science-fiction out there?
- Member JoetheJet asked this question in the discussion thread of one of my Geek Trivia columns: "I think my 14 year old son would like these science fiction types of books, but I don't think he's ever read one. Do you have a recommendation of the 'best' one to start...
- Tags: Science Fiction, Scalzi, Quality, Business Operations, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
- Geekend's Top 10 Most Comment-Worthy Posts
- As of today, these are the ten Geekend blog posts that have generated the most comments from readers. Apparently, you folks are passionate about Science, Star Wars, Star Trek, Books, Video Games, Movies, and Science Fiction. Now that I know where your buttons are located, expect me to push them...
- Tags: Star Wars, Science Fiction, Geekend, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Geek Trivia: A star in the (un)making
- MnemonicEducated mothers can henceforth until the next planetary reshuffle serve Nachos. Olé!Quibblet -- "Moons of Pluto?""...Charon (Pluto's largest moon). (Pluto has two other moons, Hydra and Nix--both discovered in 2005.)" "Moon n: any natural satellite of a planet." By the accepted definition, Pluto has no moons.Good catchThat's a good...
- Tags: career, charon, gfisher@..., hydra, moon, Moon, nix, planet, Pluto, satellite
- Discussion threads 2006-09-27
- Why the Three Laws of Robotics are immoral and broken
- First order of business: I love the fact that there's a Web site called Asimovlaws.com dedicated to the ethical and technical issues surrounding the development of human-friendly artificial intelligence. Truly, this Internet thing has got some real potential.So, what is the first issue for debate on said uber-cool...
- Tags: Robotics, Robot, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-07-05
- The ultimate science fiction book meme
- Great answersGreat answers. I love seeing the various points of view people bring to this meme. Just the "Top X" questions alone are helpful in that point me to stuff I might not have heard of before - in this case Mad Scientists Club . Thanks for...
- Tags: John D., off-topic, fantasy, Asimov
- Discussion threads 2007-02-16
- Geek Trivia: (Doctor) Who's who in Hollywood
- What famous Hollywood director turned down the job of designing the original Daleks from Dr. Who? If ever there was an excuse to redecorate your cubicle like a gloriously out-of-date British police box, this week has it: On Nov. 23, 1963, the first episode of Britain's premiere...
- Tags: Daleks, Jay Garmon, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Villain, TechRepublic Inc., Dr., Science Fiction, Director, Professional Development, Recruitment & Selection, Career, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Technical articles 2006-11-21
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