I understood that reference.

Guess I’ll really have to work for being patient… Or I’ll just break down and buy it anyway at some point.

Same! Waiting for it not to cost 80$ Canadian… If it goes on sale for half, I’ll buy it I guess

I sure hope somebody got fired for this blunder!

You can probably get lots of ebooks with your library card, for free.

Makes me think of Anathem

Laid off probably…

This is just a recycled George Carlin bit.

Thanks for taking the time to answer!

What’s the typical reaction to that? Bring honest like that doesn’t sound like a winning strategy, unless you pass it off as a joke maybe.

Miles Tek does that in the later books, IIRC. strap a lasgun to a shield generator, instant pseudo nuclear bomb.

Edit: I guess the difference is that they are dropping the whole package, not just the lasgun.

Wouldn’t it make sense to minimize that disadvantage then? There will always be people who have no other choice but rent, so they should be protected from exploitation. And stronger renter protection could cool down the housing market, because it makes being a landlord work multiple properties less attractive. Win-win if you ask me.

Renting by itself would be fine, it’s just that there’s barely any rent control in North America, and you’re constantly at the mercy of your landlord, inflation and general greed. Put national standards for renter protection and rent increases in place and this would be much less of a problem.

Just pretend you wrote it in Swiss German and you’re good!

You got to offset your offsets, man! 7:00, 7:06, 7:12, 7:18, 7:24.

Solution: Rocket propelled guillotines

Loved Revelation Space! Also check out Blindsight by Peter Watts, it’s similarly weird and imaginative (and I think you can find it for free on rifters.com, the authors Web site).

That’s just normal God stuff. Doing his own son dirty like that seems special, though.

Not gonna lie, this is a bit of a let down for me.

Is… is Jesus balding?