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Wintermute II
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 Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2000 9:33 am |
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I have to say that Count Zero picked the coolest handle out there. For those who don't know it's from the one of the best sci-fi books ever - "Neuromancer"; you can read it at: http://www.cyberpunkproject.org/idb/neuromancer.html
BTW, don't you hate it when some idiot sends you a 2MB file you don't need, that could have been saved as a 100KB jpg - three times by accident!!! 
Patience Obi-Wan...
Geee, I just want to keep talking but that's probably coz it's 4:30am and I'm all alone watching over networks while they sleep. You can all sleep soundly now knowing that the internet is still alive in this part of the world...
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Funfetus
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2000 4:17 pm |
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Wait, isn't "Count Zero" from "Count Zero", the sequel to "Neuromancer"? :P
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Wintermute II
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2000 11:28 pm |
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Didn't I say it was 4:30am? :>
Err, but yeh, you're right. Forgive my ignoramusness. There goes that thread...
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Count Zero
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2000 2:37 am |
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*blush* 
Yeah, and that's the reason I chose Count Zero as my handle, Gibson's best book, no contest.
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Wintermute II
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2000 9:26 am |
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I absolutely agree with you there! (my brain is working better tonight :> )
Something funny on the radio just now - talking about the bizarre things people do in the morning to save yourself minute amounts of time. OK, example: I caught myself brushing my teeth in the shower one morning while trying to wash my hair with the other hand...then I went from the shower to the kitchen and put on some toast so it would be ready by the time I had some clothes on :eek!: I think I saved about 12.4 seconds all up.
It seemed rather odd in hindsight....
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Count Zero
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| Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2000 7:14 am |
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Me too, and "Burning Chrome", some really sweet short stories there... Actually I love all of his books, but I like "Count Zero" the most.
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