Author: sroot
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Imperial Earth (Arthur C Clarke)
While I am glad to have read this book, it’s not one I’d have missed reading. I’m not sure quite why I feel that way about it. It had a great deal of astonishing and logical detail of technology of the future (from ‘mining’ hydrogen gas from the atmosphere of Titan to sensor arrays to…
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Quote of the day: "The failure rate of hard drives is 100%…"
Quote of the day: “The failure rate of hard drives is 100% so it’s not if your hard drive will fail, but when.” from www.logmein.com encouraging people to use their backup service. If that fact doesn’t scare you into making regular backups I don’t know what will. Of course, ‘when’ your hard drive fails could…
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The Last Kingdom (Bernard Cornwell) and The Pale Horseman (Bernard Cornwell)
Two books this time. I bought them as a pair for 3.73 in a supermarket just before we went on holiday. Other than the price and the fear of having nothing to read whilst away, I chose these because I recognised the authors name. He wrote the Sharpe series of novels which have been turned…