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Laurence Van Cott Niven
In my new column people
I'll give a short introduction to persons who have done something very interesting. At least for me! This is why I rather focus on this part – for more information please visit linked sites.
About
Laurence van Cott Niven (*1938), better known as Larry Niven, is an US science fiction author.
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A portrait of Larry Niven
(picture by David Corby)
His works are so-called “hard science fiction”, a blend of big science concepts and theoretical fiction
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Probably best known for
He is probably best known for his several times awarded Ringworld saga, an epic about four adventurers (two humans and two aliens) [who] explore a mysterious ringworld: an enormous, artificial, ring-shaped structure that surrounds a star
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Ask My Dog
The ancient Greeks had the Delphic Oracle. Neo had an oracle, too. Larry Ellison owns one. What about you?
No? Don't be gutted. There were no more Pythias when the Byzantine Empire had come and succeeded the Hellenistic age. Neo's oracle had been playing a dangerous game
because Keanu Reeves' terrible acting just deserved it. And a database just remembers but does not know, so owning Oracle only makes you filthy rich.
But you can rejoice as the wisdom is back to be shared with you. Because my dog knows.
The dog who knows
Why, you may ask, he's a dog and not an oracle. That's true. But if you would consult an oracle, honestly, you could ask my dog either. Also, the price is low: For only exhibiting your nescience he's likely to answer your question.
So what are you waiting for? Ask my dog!
The Viral License
I really like the idea of Creative Commons – so much I put my content under one of their licenses.
As I wrote about the iterations of my site design and making them free using one of their licenses, too, but also knowing about the issues of design theft and thinking of my current site design (which I'd like to see unique for quite some time), I tried to figure out how to blend these.
If fighting plagiarism is a losing game (You're never going to win the war
), why not embrace it in a creative way?
The idea
It would go like this: Do you like my site design? Great! Take it. But with a catch. You must alter it.
Not may, as some of the Creative Commons licenses or the Creative Commons Sampling Licenses suggest.
My Road To The Blogosphere
It wasn't a yellow brick road! But you still can follow my design journey to what you see now. It all began in October 2005…
Really.
