From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E3521381F3 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:01:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B2990E0D64; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:01:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ee0-f46.google.com (mail-ee0-f46.google.com [74.125.83.46]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 814ABE0BEA for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:01:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ee0-f46.google.com with SMTP id c13so226756eek.5 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:01:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=uoVU38/pj/VgkCc9pvScdTafKDuyosXYmUKuvV3jGjM=; b=JiT1betXEoeY3IMKmryca/73m5P4609MW12IolxKFqW440APvxEaHa2jnLnPyPoszO KOj5rLSzyyodGgrab49ofPPxmjggnP9zFjcthgRTPybUZfSOPnxrjZ6//96HSFKMtj5U 9eVGpbT+5bK7RQdAt8ao+RhXS/Ri7Fb4ZYMkdQ+oqnXkorpWkW0fKslxaJjScfe4ZtB6 MzzfqUvjwnxb6Cu1QplFdukEoxHQStX7enlsHxouJGfUZPzf60HnUxvI+1Yytp8Ll/lv Ir+7Nk37rugWLAc2q27Gzl+3u8kWN0RtvEdTk0FvCp7kMgpGc/a0y9pR8AFdLcWJyeOI WeAw== X-Received: by 10.14.177.8 with SMTP id c8mr2544020eem.56.1377007272001; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:01:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.40] (196-210-127-211.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.127.211]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id r48sm2600595eev.14.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:01:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <521375DE.8070509@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:57:50 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130809 Thunderbird/17.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Optional /usr merge in Gentoo References: <5211226F.2000000@libertytrek.org> <201308182208.43780.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <521142A7.1020702@coolmail.se> <52114F82.5070608@gmail.com> <5211E5DE.2050901@coolmail.se> <0F75235D-4558-4BF8-ADF8-43A480014F4B@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <20130819115543.44ac32d5@digimed.co.uk> <5212C27E.2020609@gmail.com> <17650cec-93eb-40b7-af3c-dd0156ecdd6f@email.android.com> <521304DF.1060107@gmail.com> <20130820105918.05bd4795@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20130820105918.05bd4795@hactar.digimed.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 18fd116f-2623-4824-953b-ee3abb9310a9 X-Archives-Hash: 55961ad0c055b12d6863fdf2771bd4a4 On 20/08/2013 11:59, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:54:25 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >>> 2001 was a good move and a good book too (just finished both again as >>> it turns out). 2010 doesn't quite match up though... >> >> The book and movie were done at the same time, if I remember correctly. > > There's also a book about how the book and movie were developed in > parallel, interesting reading. > > The Road to 2001 (or some such) - excellent book, with sample chapters of early revisions so you can see how the plot developed over time and how Clarke gradually removed the Deus Ex Machine hackery :-) Yup, I admit it, huge Clarke nerd <-- me -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com