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Tim O'Reilly on piracy, etc.

Fri Dec 13 12:18:48 PST 2002

On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 02:52:22PM -0500, Gaertk at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/13/2002 12:29:37 AM Eastern Standard 
> Time, Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes:
> > On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 04:36:10PM -0500, Gaertk at aol.com 
> > wrote:
> >> I personally found _Atlas Shrugged_ quite enjoyable, 
> >> though I should point out that I spent the time laughing 
> >> AT the characters and the author. ?Also, the only reason I 
> >> was reading it was that at the time I was frequenting 
> >> rasfw.robert-jordan, and wanted to understand what 
> >> alt.shrugged was parodying.
> > You read thousand-page novels to get the payoff for a 5-10 
> > page comedy skit?
> Not often, but that time was worth it :)

Well, ok, it was a really GOOD comedic piece.

> At first I tried to cheat and started at the chapter titled
> "Atlantis", and it took me several pages to realise that 
> "Dagny" wasn't a mild expletive; it was always used in 
> dialogue like "God, Dagny, when did you arrive?" or "Dagny!  
> I hadn't heard you were here!"

Damnit, yer spoilin' folks.  Who the fuck is this Novak person 
anyway?

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