On 31/12/2007, Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adrian Levi wrote: > > On 30/12/2007, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:52:54 -0600 > >> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> "Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and > >>> the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor." > >>> Wernher von Braun > >>> > >> Reminds me of Asimov's "The Feeling of Power": > >> http://downlode.org/Etext/power.html > >> > >> Celejar > >> > > > > Thanks for posting that, I really enjoyed reading that. I Asimov was a > > forward thinker. To write that in his time(1958), even now it has > > context and is believable... > > > But at only 49 years old it is unlikely to be out of copyright! A lot > of the items on that site may be in the public domain, but an Asimov > short story is unlikely to be one of them. I see nothing on the site > that suggests that this individual has checked for copyright on the text > that he has posted. He only says that the items are things that > interest him. > > I know that most people don't think about these things, but my wife is a > librarian, so she always does, and it has gotten me into the habit of > thinking about it, too. > > -- > Marc Shapiro > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's also available on this website and does attribute copyright, go figure. http://www.themathlab.com/writings/short%20stories/feeling.htm Adrian -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
