http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Grok Posts tagged with 'Grok' at MetaFilter. Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:35:12 -0800 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:35:12 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/62721/Stranger%2Din%2Da%2DStrange%2DLand 7/7/7 <a href="http://www.wired.com/services/calview.html?trumbaEmbed=calendar%3DWiredCalendar%26widget%3Dupcoming%26eventid%3D64298851%26view%3Devent">marks the</a> 100th birthday of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein">Grandmaster Robert Anson Heinlein</a>, born July 7th 1907. Long live <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_Long">Lazarus Long</a>! While <a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/robert_a_heinlein.html">any attempt</a> at <a href="http://www4.ncsu.edu/~tenshi/Heinlein.html">a tribute</a> would but naturally turn into a <a href="http://www.heinleinsociety.org/">passionate link infested paean</a> to this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_History">visionary genius</a>, one of the Big 3, along with Asimov and Clarke, one <a href="http://www.chronicles-network.com/forum/36756-favourite-heinlein-quotes.html">must honour</a> his contribution with a pointer to the <a href="http://www.heinleinsociety.org/concordance/index.htm">Heinlein Concordance</a>, a portal of his stories, characters, concepts and timelines. </br></br> <em>A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.</em> ~ Robert A. Heinlein 1907 - 1988 tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62721 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:35:12 -0800 future Grandmaster Grok RobertAHeinlein scifi sf StrangerinAStrangeLand Tanstaafl TimeEnoughForLove writer infini