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Clarke was widely known as the guy who popularized the idea of artificial satellites for communication long before he died, pretty much in the same way that pg is known for having popularized Bayesian spam filters (among other things of course).
matt, try laying off that caffeine.
Obituaries are to journalism as HTML is to hacking. Aspiring writers have to start somewhere.
Let's just not confuse the lack of journalistic professionalism (is that an oxymoron?) with the man's accomplishments.
Let's just not confuse the lack of journalistic professionalism (is that an oxymoron?) with the man's accomplishments.
Want a sure way to be featured on HN or reddit? Stir up controversy by bagging on geek culture.
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Actually, I think writers in general just like to pretend that writers are more powerful than they are. Even The Making of the Atomic Bomb played up the weapon's literary precedent.