In appartment rental 5% of the tenants cause 95% of the troubles.In retail, it's 10% of the customers cause 90% of your problems. My experience in a stereo store in the early 70's was more like 5 / 95.
I share your passion! I read many of Jack Vance's books when younger and you've now made me realise how many of his books I've overlooked.
I've recently begun to pass on some of my vintage SF/Fantasy collection to specialist bookshops so that others may have the opportunity to enjoy it. Hard to part with my core collection though!
I have so much vintage SF and Fantasy still to read, but so little time left to read it!
Jack Vance and Asimov, especially the Foundation series, share my top favs.
And P-J Farmers'sort-of porn.
Yes, written by Iain M. Banks - a fellow Scotsman who has been taken from all of us Earthlings far too soon.I have to say I'm quite enjoying The Hydrogen Sonata
I also loved his non-SF books (written as plain old Iain Banks), although The Wasp Factory was described by The Irish Times as "a work of unparalleled depravity."!
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Isaac would have made a great addition to this forum!Asimov
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Isaac would have made a great addition to this forum!
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Yes, written by Iain M. Banks - a fellow Scotsman who has been taken from all of us Earthlings far too soon.
I also loved his non-SF books (written as plain old Iain Banks), although The Wasp Factory was described by The Irish Times as "a work of unparalleled depravity."!
Its news to me that Iain had a non SF body of work too - thanks for educating me! I'll have to check them out.
Came to think about it; we've actually spend a few nights in Stungeon Bay in Door County (for old men).
And believe it or not we stayed Holiday Music Motel.
And believe it or not we stayed Holiday Music Motel.
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Yes. There are 10 kinds of people, one that understands binary and the other that doesn't ;-)
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I've heard that there are two kinds of people.
Those that think there are two kinds of people and those who don't.
Came here to say this... But any of us who tinker with electronics ... That is to say hopefully all of us ... Will also be intimately acquainted with Sod's Law [emoji23]perhaps quite relevant to the forum is Cunningham's law......
Came here to say this... But any of us who tinker with electronics ... That is to say hopefully all of us ... Will also be intimately acquainted with Sod's Law [emoji23]
And also Murphy's Law
I've heard that there are two kinds of people.
Those that think there are two kinds of people and those who don't.
That one hurt my brain !
Jan
Yes. There are 10 kinds of people, one that understands binary and the other that doesn't ;-)Jan
Can someone remind me the Gray code for 01.
Somewhere I heard "Murphy was an optimist." I thought it might be in this list, but no ... it does mention or rewrite (or even steal) sayings from everywhere:
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Isn’t it interesting that in 1890 only 80% of everything was crap? Perhaps Sturgeon himself should accept more responsibility for the claimed increase?Yes it's Sturgeon's Law...
Sturgeon's law - Wikipedia
Interesting how many 90/10 rules we have, the one I am most familiar with is that getting the last 10% of anything requires 90% of the effort expended. (project management being one example)
Outside of the lounge I think far more than 90% of the threads here have some merit if not universal interest.
Such negativity!
But that can't be true. The music from the 80's makes up more than 80% .... which would mean that ALL (maybe even more than 100%) from that decade must be crap.Isn’t it interesting that in 1890 only 80% of everything was crap? Perhaps Sturgeon himself should accept more responsibility for the claimed increase?
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