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#1 2007-01-26 22:11:30
Arthur C Clarke
Yes, continuing the science fiction vein, but a teleconference with ACC from Sri Lanka would be hands down awesome. The trick would be to get someone equally interesting on this end to interview him.
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#3 2008-05-22 19:18:13
- rabidsnail
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Re: Arthur C Clarke
You invented a time mahcine!? Awesome! (By that I mean to insinuate that you would need a time machine for Clarke to be a speaker since he's dead. That or a Corpse Reanimator™.)
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#4 2008-05-23 12:07:24
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Re: Arthur C Clarke
You did note this was written back in the first quarter of 2007 when Sir Clarke was indeed still alive, yes?
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#5 2008-06-10 15:48:40
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Re: Arthur C Clarke
No reason he can't still speak.
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#6 2010-04-25 21:34:59
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techDarko wrote:
You did note this was written back in the first quarter of 2007 when Sir Clarke was indeed still alive, yes?
I wouldn't reply to such an old post, but in this context it feels alright.
This seems to be happening in quite a few threads. I've hot a couple that have a "recent" post only to be a one-word or nonsensical response to something stated back in 2008. I'm surprised that a new tier of categories hasn't been implemented, or a new forum started for the new Hope. If nothing else, I wonder if it's a difficult task to archive or lock threads that are 6mo. or a year old.
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#7 2010-04-26 15:48:14
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Jaypoc wrote:
I'm surprised that a new tier of categories hasn't been implemented, or a new forum started for the new Hope. If nothing else, I wonder if it's a difficult task to archive or lock threads that are 6mo. or a year old.
At the moment the forum team perfers keeping a single set of forums and letting old topics that don't specifically refer to past HOPEs to slip down their respective forums. Old topic that still may have the potential for life in them are left open and for historical/contextual reasons the rest are left closed on their proper forum. Unfortunately, this being done by humans means there can be oversights now and again.
This forum is extra prone to those oversights. Speakers brought up before one con usually are still relevant suggestions for following HOPEs and as such are less scrutinized on a basis of age.
Instead of bringing an old thread to the top of the forum and doing it by making an out of topic post, you could post this kind of issue to the suggestion forum. That's what it's there for (bring up things you think are odd and/or making suggestions you think would make the system work better). There's no reason why you can't provide a link to a thread.
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