Arthur C Clarke, R.I.P.

[Darren Dirt]

(original thread got lost in the hardware issue, sadly)

Here's a tribute to the man... by the Joy Of Tech folks.
http://www.geekculture.com/mt2/archives/2008/03/sir_arthur_c_cl.html

It is with sadness we learned today of the passing of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, the great science fiction writer and space visionary.

Arthur was a hero of ours, and his cartoon self found his way into many of our comics over the years. It was a great thrill of ours when a few years ago, we learned from an acquaintance of Arthur's, that he had seen our work and thought it was "well done".

Among his many legacies are Clarke's Three Laws:
1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Thanks Arthur, for bringing both advanced technology and such wonderful magic into this world.

90th birthday reflections:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qLdeEjdbWE

*sigh*


Too bad A.C. isn't going to be around anymore to help keep us moving forward in a child-like free-spirit technology-positive direction...


Quite the diverse career.

Quite the legacy.

Today's is a special JoT, as we mark the passing of one of our heroes, Arthur C. Clarke. Looking over our work, you will find many references to his books and ideas. He was a main character in our comic series After Y2K, (we were told by an acquaintance of Arthur's that he had seen and liked the depiction!), and he and his concepts have been featured in the Joy of Tech several times. Arthur's writings had the ability to lift the reader to new conceptual heights and to make one believe that the human race is capable of anything if it put an intelligent mind to it. He was on this Earth for 90 orbits, but his work will inspire humanity for as long as we continue to look up into the night sky and dream.

*double-sigh* 

[Darren Dirt]

btw I just viewed the painful-to-watch "90th birthday" video blog by Mr. Clarke.

Hard not to think about how much he reminded me of John Hurt as Mr. Hadden, in "Contact" O_O


Also sad to see how different he was then, compared to 12April2001 (less than 7 years previous).