This is number three of Clarke's Three Laws* and something I quote often, from the most excellent scifi author Arthur C. Clarke. Today is his 90th birthday and I hope he's celebrating by doing something really wonderful and indulgent. A tiny sampling of his works, spanning nearly six decades, includes the novels Childhood's End, Rendezvous with Rama, and probably his most widely known book outside the geek world, 2001: A Space Odyssey; the most awesome short story "The Nine Billion Names of God"; and his terrifically enjoyable non-fiction work, The View from Serendip, recounting some of his experiences in Sri Lanka.
For my own celebration, I will endeavour to try out this nifty music/movie mashup, and listen to Pink Floyd's "Echoes" (from the album Meddle) while watching Dave's weird & wonderful sequence at the end of 2001. Some guy at Wired.com claims it's pretty fuckin' cool. Heh.
*One & two are: When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong; and, The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. Man, that guy is a genius!
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