Comments on: TOM THE DANCING BUG: What Message Did We Receive From Outer Space?? http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-what-mess.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-what-mess.html#comment-1306272 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135841#comment-1306272 I will.  Thanks I will.  Thanks

]]> By: jerwin http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-what-mess.html#comment-1305957 jerwin Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135841#comment-1305957 Kornbluth had a short but brilliant career. Kornbluth had a short but brilliant career.

]]> By: Rah El http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-what-mess.html#comment-1305879 Rah El Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135841#comment-1305879 Please, oh PLEASE read "Space Merchants" if you haven't already done so. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants  Please, oh PLEASE read “Space Merchants” if you haven’t already done so.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants 

]]> By: jerwin http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-what-mess.html#comment-1305733 jerwin Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135841#comment-1305733 <a href="http://www.concatenation.org/futures/maxo_lo.pdf" rel="nofollow">Here's the story</a> <b>PDF</b> I wonder-- would Amazon class the phrase "untranslatable entity signifier" as a "statistically improbable phrase" strongly associated with Charles Stross? Here’s the story PDF

I wonder– would Amazon class the phrase “untranslatable entity signifier” as a “statistically improbable phrase” strongly associated with Charles Stross?

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-what-mess.html#comment-1305665 efergus3 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135841#comment-1305665 But will it help me build strong, sharp mandibles and make me attractive to the other sexes? But will it help me build strong, sharp mandibles and make me attractive to the other sexes?

]]> By: ElfSternberg http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-what-mess.html#comment-1305660 ElfSternberg Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135841#comment-1305660 Charlie Stross's short story, "MAXOS," which was published in a 2005 issue of Nature, covered this material far, far better.  Charlie Stross’s short story, “MAXOS,” which was published in a 2005 issue of Nature, covered this material far, far better. 

]]> By: Steve Miller http://boingboing.net/2011/12/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-what-mess.html#comment-1305579 Steve Miller Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135841#comment-1305579 Remember to drink your Ovaltine. Remember to drink your Ovaltine.

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