in baseball, being a hacker is a bad thing

I'm not sure where Neal Stephenson was living during the time he wrote Snow Crash, but i note that it was published in 1992, and it was 1991 when Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas started swinging a taped-up piece of rebar in the on-deck circle.  Redneck katana or "good gadget"?  Coincidence or conspiracy?

in baseball, being a hacker is a bad thing

I'm not sure where Neal Stephenson was living during the time he wrote Snow Crash, but i note that it was published in 1992, and it was 1991 when Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas started swinging a taped-up piece of rebar in the on-deck circle.  Redneck katana or "good gadget"?  Coincidence or conspiracy?

FUNY PICTURS AND WORDS ON THE INTARWEBS

As some of you already know, A Miracle of Science, by electroweak and ksleet, reached its conclusion a couple of weeks ago.  Those of you who have not checked it out may now visit it and read it in its entirety.  It is a fine piece of work, true science fiction with well-developed characters, a well-paced plot, and creative, expressive art.

In the finale, Mark recommended some other Web comics to occupy the time that readers had been devoting to AMoS.  I have adopted three of them:

• Gunnerkrigg Court (also see gunnerkrigg), a story about a young girl in an English boarding school who converses with spirit guides, ghosts, and fairies, builds robots, and has a good friend who helps her to not be so damn serious.  The artwork is very good.
• Crimson Dark (also see crimsondarkrss), a far-future tale of humanity and war.  The setup is very Firefly (minus the Western stuff), but the dialogue is not Whedon manqué.  The art is laid out in Poser, but it doesn't feel as prefabricated as you'd think.
• Storm Corps (also see stormcorps), a story that bravely straddles science fiction and fantasy, bringing together humans and aliens via technology that mysteriously breaks and wreaks persisting devastation across both worlds.  Lots of derring-do and excitement, but the characters are a tad mythic and flat, and the artwork is a bit Disney.

GC and SC both seem to enjoy telling their stories leaving many loose ends and questions; however, GC seems to do so in a somewhat endearing fashion, whereas it annoys me a bit in SC.  I'm not sure why that is.

FUNY PICTURS AND WORDS ON THE INTARWEBS

As some of you already know, A Miracle of Science, by electroweak and ksleet, reached its conclusion a couple of weeks ago.  Those of you who have not checked it out may now visit it and read it in its entirety.  It is a fine piece of work, true science fiction with well-developed characters, a well-paced plot, and creative, expressive art.

In the finale, Mark recommended some other Web comics to occupy the time that readers had been devoting to AMoS.  I have adopted three of them:

• Gunnerkrigg Court (also see gunnerkrigg), a story about a young girl in an English boarding school who converses with spirit guides, ghosts, and fairies, builds robots, and has a good friend who helps her to not be so damn serious.  The artwork is very good.
• Crimson Dark (also see crimsondarkrss), a far-future tale of humanity and war.  The setup is very Firefly (minus the Western stuff), but the dialogue is not Whedon manqué.  The art is laid out in Poser, but it doesn't feel as prefabricated as you'd think.
• Storm Corps (also see stormcorps), a story that bravely straddles science fiction and fantasy, bringing together humans and aliens via technology that mysteriously breaks and wreaks persisting devastation across both worlds.  Lots of derring-do and excitement, but the characters are a tad mythic and flat, and the artwork is a bit Disney.

GC and SC both seem to enjoy telling their stories leaving many loose ends and questions; however, GC seems to do so in a somewhat endearing fashion, whereas it annoys me a bit in SC.  I'm not sure why that is.