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The Gathering Storm Discussion 186

Just over two years ago, fans of the Wheel of Time fantasy book series mourned the death of writer James Oliver Rigney Jr. — a.k.a. Robert Jordan. After much deliberation by Jordan's wife (who also edits the series), author Brandon Sanderson was chosen to finish the series. Sanderson familiarized himself with Jordan's notes and said that they would require three more books, which he hopes to release with about a year between them. On October 27th, the first new Wheel of Time book since Jordan's death was released, titled The Gathering Storm. Early reviews for the book seem quite positive, so here's a place to discuss it. Be warned: comments may contain spoilers.

Comment Re:Stop Taking Notes (Score 2, Insightful) 823

I think many people miss the point of the OP. This teacher wishes to give his/her students the maximum amount of exposure to the material. Verbally with lecture, visually with preprinted notes, and tactically with the, hopefully recommended, practice practice practice of the material. OP might have neglected to say this in the post, but that's the accepted practice of teaching these days. And if OP is not doing this, then OP should start immediately before I start having the same complaints.

Comment Re:Really (Score 1) 551

I always think people are making some crazy reference to quantum electrodynamics when they don't specify Q.E.D. and instead just put QED. Very confusing. Sorry. Oh, and I think we should start our proofs with 'if' statements and end them with 'then' statements, but that might just be me being a jerk.

Submission + - Hulu may begin charging for content next year (google.com)

DJLuc1d writes: Hulu could possibly begin charging for content as soon as 2010. FTA "Chase Carey, News Corp.'s president and chief operating officer, said at a conference in New York on Wednesday that subscription fees could come as early as 2010."

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