Arthur C. Clarke has died

[Mauro Diotallevi]

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Julia Thompson <degges at chiba.3jane.net> wrote:
> Arthur C. Clarke has just passed away.
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23697230/
>
> I loved the short stories of his I read as a teen.

My favorite story of his is called "The Ten Thousand Names of God."
The ending is, shall we say, unexpected.

The Bloomberg article about his death, http://tinyurl.com/ytmj35 ,
credits him as coming up with the ideas for satellites in
geostationary orbit and space elevators.

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Mauro Diotallevi
Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Don't drink and derive.