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There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
fred rosenberger wrote:I am truly torn. This is one of my favorite books of all time. But the author is a jerk. But I don't research the politics of other authors or script writers. Should I? Do you?
Bear Bibeault wrote:
fred rosenberger wrote:I am truly torn. This is one of my favorite books of all time. But the author is a jerk. But I don't research the politics of other authors or script writers. Should I? Do you?
Regardless of whether Card gets direct money or not, it's a philosophical thing for me. I cannot in good conscience go see the movie and contribute to its box office.
And no -- I do not research every author or script. But Card has been such a loud, obnoxious, in-your-face, staunch opponent of marriage equality, that's it'd have been impossible for me to miss.
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Bear Bibeault wrote:
Regardless of whether Card gets direct money or not, it's a philosophical thing for me. I cannot in good conscience go see the movie and contribute to its box office.
There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
fred rosenberger wrote:but by not seeing it, you are in a way hurting the many pro-LGBT folks who worked on the movie.
"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." -- Ted Nelson
J. Kevin Robbins wrote:It's too bad. I've never read the book, but the movie previews look good. Now I'll never know.
fred rosenberger wrote:I am truly torn. This is one of my favorite books of all time. But the author is a jerk. But I don't research the politics of other authors or script writers. Should I? Do you?
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Other Certs: SCEA Part 1, Part 2 & 3, Core Spring 3, TOGAF part 1 and part 2
. . . the kid growing up to be an adult and having to live with what he's done
I differentiate between the sequel, Speaker for the Dead, which is awesome, and the later ones Xenocide and Children of the Mind, which are... not.
If you hadn't read the book, I think the story would have been quite scattered.
Mike Simmons wrote:I differentiate between the sequel, Speaker for the Dead, which is awesome, and the later ones Xenocide and Children of the Mind, which are... not. I have no opinion on the Shadow books and other side-stories written later.