Interesting minds...
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Here is an idea for a poll. Who, past or present, has an interesting mind ? This was triggered by the death recently of Dijkstra. Some of his thoughts are amazing and have stimulated thousands if not millions to think in new ways. A couple of suggestions to get things rolling: Terry Pratchett His Discworld series is amazing and introduces some incredible conecpts. Some who can think with the safeties off :cool: Tex Avery Cartoonist, again with some amazing concepts. Lots of great ideas, very original. Have fun, Elaine :rose: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
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Here is an idea for a poll. Who, past or present, has an interesting mind ? This was triggered by the death recently of Dijkstra. Some of his thoughts are amazing and have stimulated thousands if not millions to think in new ways. A couple of suggestions to get things rolling: Terry Pratchett His Discworld series is amazing and introduces some incredible conecpts. Some who can think with the safeties off :cool: Tex Avery Cartoonist, again with some amazing concepts. Lots of great ideas, very original. Have fun, Elaine :rose: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
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My list would probably be: swiss surrealist: HR Giger Apple CEO Steve Jobs Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)
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Here is an idea for a poll. Who, past or present, has an interesting mind ? This was triggered by the death recently of Dijkstra. Some of his thoughts are amazing and have stimulated thousands if not millions to think in new ways. A couple of suggestions to get things rolling: Terry Pratchett His Discworld series is amazing and introduces some incredible conecpts. Some who can think with the safeties off :cool: Tex Avery Cartoonist, again with some amazing concepts. Lots of great ideas, very original. Have fun, Elaine :rose: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
Douglas Adams. Ray Bradbury. Robert Heinlein. Stephen Hawking. Robert Heilbrunner Peter Drucker. B. Kliban Alan Watts. M. C. Escher. Just to mention a few favorites... "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Recursion." "Recursion who?" "Knock, knock..."
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Same one. He actually designed more than just the alien for the first film, he pretty much designed all the sets. :omg: Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)
Apparently he even designed strange bars. "Quand tu sèmes ta haine tu récoltes la Kalachnikov Love" -Kalachnikov Love, Alpha Blondy
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Same one. He actually designed more than just the alien for the first film, he pretty much designed all the sets. :omg: Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)
SimonS wrote: pretty much designed all the sets Thats right, and some pretty amazing sets they are too. Have you seen the documentary The Alien Legacy? Very interesting (and amusing!) And you just have to check out some of his websites... :omg:
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Apparently he even designed strange bars. "Quand tu sèmes ta haine tu récoltes la Kalachnikov Love" -Kalachnikov Love, Alpha Blondy
I've got a book of HR Giger's work; no doubt he is an absolutely brilliant, disturbed, sick person. The images are incredibly detailed, you can stare at some of them for hours and still not have more than a vague overview of them. Currently, my favorite HR Giger website is The h2 Unofficial H.R. Giger Gallery[^]
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Shog9 If I could sleep forever, I could forget about everything...
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Douglas Adams. Ray Bradbury. Robert Heinlein. Stephen Hawking. Robert Heilbrunner Peter Drucker. B. Kliban Alan Watts. M. C. Escher. Just to mention a few favorites... "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Recursion." "Recursion who?" "Knock, knock..."
Roger Wright wrote: Douglas Adams. Ray Bradbury. Robert Heinlein. Stephen Hawking. Robert Heilbrunner Peter Drucker. B. Kliban Alan Watts. M. C. Escher and ofcourse me,did you forget?. :)
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Here is an idea for a poll. Who, past or present, has an interesting mind ? This was triggered by the death recently of Dijkstra. Some of his thoughts are amazing and have stimulated thousands if not millions to think in new ways. A couple of suggestions to get things rolling: Terry Pratchett His Discworld series is amazing and introduces some incredible conecpts. Some who can think with the safeties off :cool: Tex Avery Cartoonist, again with some amazing concepts. Lots of great ideas, very original. Have fun, Elaine :rose: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
Douglas Adams. The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy series is fantastic. Reading is a hobby to me, and I can safely say I never read anything like this series, both in humor and, well, sensible strangeness. If you havn't read any of his works, chances are you wouldn't understand, if you did, well, you do. -- Young Basic programmers never die... they just GOSUB and never RETURN.
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Londo wrote: Everyone. It's just that sometimes they're not used in interesting ways. Well said Londo*. Also a lot of people don't take the time to peer into other peoples minds. * (I have to say this ok? Just ignore me, I am sad and weird) Londo as in Star Wars? :-D regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa
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Londo wrote: Everyone. It's just that sometimes they're not used in interesting ways. Well said Londo*. Also a lot of people don't take the time to peer into other peoples minds. * (I have to say this ok? Just ignore me, I am sad and weird) Londo as in Star Wars? :-D regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa
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Londo wrote: Nah, that was Lando. Lando Calrissian. Ahh yes, quite right. You see? I am just a hack, not a real geek at all. Londo wrote: I'm an Ambassador with funny hair ... from Bablyon 5, of course. You know there is a Mr. Morden on Code Project as well? I get a laugh everytime I see his name as I can just hear your character saying his name. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa