Re: Eaton Corp. to buy Cooper Industries

[Frank Kurz <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 28/05/2012 3:43 PM, Jim wrote:
> On Sunday, May 27, 2012 9:30:45 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, its hard to take Ann McCaffrey seriously as Sci Fi.  She doesn't spell
>> it out until you are a dozen books in.  By then you are sucked into her
>> Dragon Riders world anyway.  I like some Fantasy, but I don't really like my
>> Fantasy and Sci Fi mixed together.  The Practice Affect was probably one of
>> the best pieces of original magical fantasy I have read.
>>
>> ON THE FLIP SIDE... how do you explain Phase&  Proton?
>>
>>
>>> I read lots and lots of Asimov, The Foundation and Robot series. Lot's of
>>> Heinlein, Methuselah's Children and following Lazarus Long in subsequent
>>> novels. Stranger in a strange land and Bradbury, A sound of Thunder,
>>> Fahrenhiet 451, I sing the body electric.
>>
>> Read all of those except I Sing the Body Electric.
>>
>>> I liked the Dune series too.
>>
>> Never cared for it myself.  I waded through the original book twice before I
>> really got it.  Way too much verbose face flapping / keyboard smacking.
>>
>>> And I liked most of Arthur Clarks work,except towards the end of his
>>> career. One of the most memorable was ( for me, anyway ),one by Clark. Not
>>> a profound or popular novel but just memorable because I never suspected
>>> what the ending was until I read it. Childhoods End.
>>
>> I read a fair amount of Clark, but "Rendezvous with Rhama" was a waste of
>> paper.  I was a huge Saberhagen Fan, and I read a lot of Niven.  Even
>> Niven/Purnelle had some redeeming qualities.  I think I read every single
>> thing Asimov published in book form.  I thought he pussed out in the end
>> though... "We'll pick this way.  Not because it's the best, but because we
>> can change our mind."  It wasn't the logical conclusion.  I read the 2
>> classics by Bradbury, but I found them to be awkward reading.  Not sure I
>> remember "I Sing the Body Electric."  I'm going to go look that one up.  I
>> did read a lot of Philip K Dick.  He was a little twisted, but very
>> creative.  In retrospect its obvious he was a drug addict.  I think I read
>> all the publish books by Heinlein, but I might have missed one.
>>
>> I did read the ORIGINAL, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
>>
>>> But now .... like you ... I read technical manuals and spec sheets and
>>> research equipment for audio video installtions.
>>
>> Yeah, just when exactly did the latest MSC Industrial flier become more
>> interesting than the latest issue of Playboy?  LOL.
>>
>>> I still try to watch out for a good Sci Fi movie when I see an
>>> advertisement. Some of them are pretty good. I'm usually more impressed by
>>> the special effects nowdays, than the story line. Most memorable of the
>>> oldies is Forbidden planet and This planet earth.
>>
>> I have to say they did a decent job with the latest Star Trek movie.  Yeah,
>> they pulled a "Who Shot J.R.?" and destroyed Gene Rodenberry's happy little
>> universe, but now the way is open for a whole new era of creativity.
>>
>> I have to say if you are into super heroes Stan Lee and company have been
>> doing a really great job of making modern day setting movies out of the
>> classic Marvel comics.  It was pretty hard to beat Iron Man.  Thor and the
>> Avengers have a bit to much mythology for my taste, but they are staying
>> true to the original story lines.
>>
>> A buddy and I are leaving the women at home to go see MIB3 at the theater
>> later this evening.  A long time ago we discovered, "Never take a girl to a
>> movie YOU want to see."  Its crap as Sci Fi goes... well rehashed themes
>> from 1950s and 1960s anyway, but Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are great
>> actors.
>
> Here's one for you.
> You've heard that discorse about  .... if a tree falls in the forrest is there a sound.
>
> Well here's another one similar.
> If a man is sitting alone in the forrest and his wife is no where around him, If he has an opinion ........ is he still wrong?

Yup!  :-)