Comments on: Rumours of Mr Jobs’ death were greatly exaggerated http://www.samizdata.net/2008/08/rumours-of-mr-j/ A blog for people with a critically rational individualist perspective Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:13:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: John_C http://www.samizdata.net/2008/08/rumours-of-mr-j/#comment-174890 John_C Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:21:55 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=11827#comment-174890 OT, thought I’d share a new article on the recent experiment by the team working on the Bussard Fusion Reactor(Link)

]]> By: Rob Fisher http://www.samizdata.net/2008/08/rumours-of-mr-j/#comment-174889 Rob Fisher Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:06:00 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=11827#comment-174889 I visited the Bloomberg office in London once as part of some sort of open architecture event. Nice old building on the outside, fancy modern office on the inside. Fish tanks, and lots of high tech signage and displays all over the place. I rather liked it.

NickM: I think you might enjoy The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross, and his other Laundry books too.

]]> By: Michael Jennings http://www.samizdata.net/2008/08/rumours-of-mr-j/#comment-174888 Michael Jennings Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:49:52 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=11827#comment-174888 Every Bloomberg office is full of fish tanks. I would like to think this indicates Troy McClure like proclivities on the part of the mayor of New York City, but I fear it probably doesn’t.

]]> By: 007 http://www.samizdata.net/2008/08/rumours-of-mr-j/#comment-174887 007 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:41:40 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=11827#comment-174887

Quite how obsessed are you with the adventures of James Bond? The commentariat are curious.

I could tell you, but I would have to kill you.

]]> By: Nick M http://www.samizdata.net/2008/08/rumours-of-mr-j/#comment-174886 Nick M Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:41:44 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=11827#comment-174886 JP,
Quite how obsessed are you with the adventures of James Bond? The commentariat are curious.

Do you for instance introduce yourself as, “Pearce, Jonathan Pearce” shortly before ordering a dry martini?

Do you have a top mate in the CIA called Felix?

Do you dream of shooting bad guys with spearguns and then saying, “He got the point” before snogging Ursula Andress on a Carribean beach?

I know I do.

One of the key flaws in the whole Bond movieology is when villians taunt him that he’s only doing what he does for a meagre pension. Yeah, right. If someone said to me, “Nick, the government want you to drive Aston-Martins in exotic places, drink the finest wines and have sex with ultra-fit birds*” I’d ponder it for about a nanosecond.

*Not Honour Blackman. Sickboy (Trainspotting) was right about that: “Pussy Galore – what a fucking misnomer”.

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