brainstorms

Thursday March 31, 2005

stross quotes

some charlie stross quotes from the past...

Black and white make for a poor spectrum to view the world with.

In my experience there are two types of writer: those who do it as a way of working out what they feel, and those who do it as a way of communicating with other people.

Once systematized, any bureaucracy established for any purpose renders its initial purpose secondary to its real mission -- self-propagation.

Lem has a reputation in Poland for being extremely funny and erudite at the same time. If the translator loses the humour, you're left with lead-footed pedantry. If they lose the erudition, you're left with fluff.

gurgle, drool, iterated function system, yibber, Barnsley, non- linear dynamics, eep!, waah ...

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