Comments on: Noted Quotes http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2009/01/19/noted-quotes/ As honest as a gambling man can be Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:04:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Delbin http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2009/01/19/noted-quotes/comment-page-1/#comment-55081 Delbin Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:55:40 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/?p=2193#comment-55081 Aww, looks like I'm only 2 types of nerd. Thank you very much for the explanation. Aww, looks like I’m only 2 types of nerd. Thank you very much for the explanation.

]]> By: Mr. McLaren http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2009/01/19/noted-quotes/comment-page-1/#comment-55071 Mr. McLaren Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:33:01 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/?p=2193#comment-55071 Well, you have to be a tiny bit of a comics nerd to know that Watchmen is actually by Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore. You have to be slightly more of a comics nerd to know that Moore wants nothing to do with movie adaptations of his work, and, to put it lightly, actively distances himself from them. You have to be a really old school SF nerd to know that Cordwainder Bird is an alias that Harlan Ellison used in his TV work in cases where he thought that his work had been defiled by the studios/executives/etc. You have to be a language geek to know that the name could actually be interpreted as meaning someone who works industriously on something that ends up being "for the birds", or possibly as someone who works hard to give the bird. And you have to be a different kind of old school SF geek to recognize the name as a nod to Paul M. A. Linebarger, who certainly <a href="http://withboots.blogspot.com/2007/10/linebarger-in-china.html" rel="nofollow">deserves a nod or two</a>. Well, you have to be a tiny bit of a comics nerd to know that Watchmen is actually by Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore. You have to be slightly more of a comics nerd to know that Moore wants nothing to do with movie adaptations of his work, and, to put it lightly, actively distances himself from them. You have to be a really old school SF nerd to know that Cordwainder Bird is an alias that Harlan Ellison used in his TV work in cases where he thought that his work had been defiled by the studios/executives/etc. You have to be a language geek to know that the name could actually be interpreted as meaning someone who works industriously on something that ends up being “for the birds”, or possibly as someone who works hard to give the bird. And you have to be a different kind of old school SF geek to recognize the name as a nod to Paul M. A. Linebarger, who certainly deserves a nod or two.

]]> By: Delbin http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2009/01/19/noted-quotes/comment-page-1/#comment-55057 Delbin Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:17:01 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/?p=2193#comment-55057 I'm just not a big enough nerd to understand the Watchmen one. Could you elaborate? The final quote hit home for me. My boss lectured me on having low confidence when I've been working here about 7X longer than he has. I’m just not a big enough nerd to understand the Watchmen one. Could you elaborate?

The final quote hit home for me. My boss lectured me on having low confidence when I’ve been working here about 7X longer than he has.

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