Comments on: Stross's Rule 34: pervy technothriller about the future of policing http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: DoctressJulia http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156610 DoctressJulia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156610 Yes! Also, do NOT Google Google!!!! Yes! Also, do NOT Google Google!!!!

]]> By: luc_betbeder http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1157125 luc_betbeder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157125 Really got into "The Fuller Memorandum" very geeky good. Thank you to Mr Stross for understanding us so well. Really got into “The Fuller Memorandum” very geeky good. Thank you to Mr Stross for understanding us so well.

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156361 Cory Doctorow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156361 Q: "could someone please define "rococo" as it is used in the review? Are the spammers killed in a florid, ornamental style?" A: "one died after having a murderous cocktail of badly-interacting drugs (including Viagra) slipped into his recreational enema machine, itself a Soviet relic once owned by Nicolae Ceausescu." Q: “could someone please define “rococo” as it is used in the review? Are the spammers killed in a florid, ornamental style?”

A: “one died after having a murderous cocktail of badly-interacting drugs (including Viagra) slipped into his recreational enema machine, itself a Soviet relic once owned by Nicolae Ceausescu.”

]]> By: turn_self_off http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156655 turn_self_off Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156655 I seriously love that cover! I seriously love that cover!

]]> By: Irene Delse http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1159736 Irene Delse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1159736 <blockquote>Liz is an Edinburgh police detective on the "Rule 34" squad; she works with a loose network of European cops to track down weird Internet memes before people start trying to imitate them in real life.</blockquote> A bit like what Tuesday Next does with literary crimes in Jasper Fforde's <i>The Eyre Affair</i>, then? Heh.

Liz is an Edinburgh police detective on the “Rule 34″ squad; she works with a loose network of European cops to track down weird Internet memes before people start trying to imitate them in real life.

A bit like what Tuesday Next does with literary crimes in Jasper Fforde’s The Eyre Affair, then? Heh.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1157448 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157448 Many authors choose not to make the financial sacrifice required to publish their works electronically without DRM. Some authors advocate breaking (stupid) laws to bypass the DRM applied by their publishers. Many authors choose not to make the financial sacrifice required to publish their works electronically without DRM.

Some authors advocate breaking (stupid) laws to bypass the DRM applied by their publishers.

]]> By: enkiv2 http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156427 enkiv2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156427 Charlie, since you are posting here: is this as 'pervy' as Saturn's Children, or is it more along the lines of Halting State? (Will I be able to read it on the bus?) Charlie, since you are posting here: is this as ‘pervy’ as Saturn’s Children, or is it more along the lines of Halting State? (Will I be able to read it on the bus?)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156685 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156685 Anyone know of an ebook version of this I can actually get in Canada? For some stupid reason he won't let Amazon sell it here... Anyone know of an ebook version of this I can actually get in Canada? For some stupid reason he won’t let Amazon sell it here…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1157230 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157230 indigo sells an ebook version in canada indigo sells an ebook version in canada

]]> By: Charlie Stross http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156502 Charlie Stross Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156502 It's a sequel to "Halting State", and a crime novel. Depends what you mean by "pervy", though; if you're worried about homophobes reading over your shoulder? Don't go there, because this is my Big Gay Near-Future Scottish Crime Novel. It’s a sequel to “Halting State”, and a crime novel. Depends what you mean by “pervy”, though; if you’re worried about homophobes reading over your shoulder? Don’t go there, because this is my Big Gay Near-Future Scottish Crime Novel.

]]> By: nanuq http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156259 nanuq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156259 I'm sorry, spammers are being killed worldwide and this police officer is trying to <i>stop</i> it? That's too much of a stretch for me. I’m sorry, spammers are being killed worldwide and this police officer is trying to stop it? That’s too much of a stretch for me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156268 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156268 I'll wait for the porn parody. I’ll wait for the porn parody.

]]> By: Soon Lee http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1157038 Soon Lee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157038 It's not like he has any control over ebooks: <a href="http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/05/cmap-9-ebooks.html"><i><b>"Authors have nothing to do with their ebook editions.</b> Weird but true."</a></i> It’s not like he has any control over ebooks:

“Authors have nothing to do with their ebook editions.

Weird but true.”

]]> By: Charlie Stross http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156272 Charlie Stross Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156272 It's not the spammers that Liz has a problem with, nanuq: it's the <b>false positives</b>. It’s not the spammers that Liz has a problem with, nanuq: it’s the false positives.

]]> By: StrangestTribe http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156277 StrangestTribe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156277 Sounds like a cool book - but could someone please define "rococo" as it is used in the review? Are the spammers killed in a florid, ornamental style? Sounds like a cool book – but could someone please define “rococo” as it is used in the review? Are the spammers killed in a florid, ornamental style?

]]> By: xdmag http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156281 xdmag Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156281 So can we expect Mr. Stross to address Rule 46 in his next book? So can we expect Mr. Stross to address Rule 46 in his next book?

]]> By: The Doctor http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156291 The Doctor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156291 @xdmag: I thought that's what Pinky and Brains in the Laundry Files novels were a nod to. @xdmag: I thought that’s what Pinky and Brains in the Laundry Files novels were a nod to.

]]> By: warreno http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156557 warreno Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156557 So when will there be a rule 34 of <i>Rule 34</i>? Or would that cause the fabric of the internet to fold inward on itself and implode? So when will there be a rule 34 of Rule 34? Or would that cause the fabric of the internet to fold inward on itself and implode?

]]> By: beemoh http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156316 beemoh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156316 Originally, he'd started the series with books about Rules 1 and 2, but sadly they flopped due to a lack of marketing. Originally, he’d started the series with books about Rules 1 and 2, but sadly they flopped due to a lack of marketing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156332 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156332 looks awfully like Cy Twombly's art in the background of this cover.. re: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/07/05/cy-twombly-artist-de.html looks awfully like Cy Twombly’s art in the background of this cover.. re: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/07/05/cy-twombly-artist-de.html

]]> By: andygates http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/strosss-rule-34-perv.html#comment-1156598 andygates Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156598 Tell you what, warreno, you start murdering spammers in florid manners, and I'll st-- no, hell, I'll click *like* on every wikileaked crime scene photo. >:) Tell you what, warreno, you start murdering spammers in florid manners, and I’ll st– no, hell, I’ll click *like* on every wikileaked crime scene photo. >:)

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