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One Hundred Fears of Solitude - Granta Magazine->

Submitted by aqk
aqk writes "This is not an actual submission, but it might be /.worthy if it can ever be put online.
The Summer, 2010 issue #111 of Granta Magazine has an article by Hal Crowther: "One Hundred fears of Solitude" which is a damning denunciation (is there any other kind?) of modern communications and other technology- Facebook, Twitter,Cellphones, laptops, googling et al. It appears, according to him, that today's technology is driving us all to some sort of technologically-driven Hell. Well, perhaps solitude. "The Human Race is DOOMED!" etc. Whilst he gives us copious references to Scott and Helen Nearing. Well, you get the idea.
He implies, nay, BOASTS that he is a proud luddite. And he has seemingly much ammunition to back up his contention that technology (or perhaps the modern human) is finished..

Harummph! This is fuel certainly for any /.er worth his metal... umm mettle.
As a subscriber to Granta, I'll see if I can somehow hack in to the mag's website and perhaps cut'n'paste a copy of the Granta diatribe onto one of my websites.
And then, lets see if Crowther and Granta still believe in copyright laws at least..."
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Comment: Re:Earth has two poles (Score 0) 88

by aqk (#33211954) Attached to: Polar Flares To Be Visible Tonight
Good point! (I'm in Canada)
But every time I see one of these idiot TV thingees about masses of electrons flying out from the Sun, they always seem to show them being attracted to the Northern Hemisphere. Why is this?
Do you really get to see the Southern Lights like we do?

Does maybe the South Pole just get a shitload of positrons instead? (that might make it even more dramatic!)
All kidding aside, just why is this?

Comment: Re:From all residents outside the [ant]arctic circ (Score 0) 88

by aqk (#33211918) Attached to: Polar Flares To Be Visible Tonight
Incredible as it may seem to people of the US, North America also includes Mexico.
(Welcome to Geography 101, American know-nothing)
I'm sure millions of Mexicans will certainly be up late tonight to see this magnificent polar event

- Speaking as a Canadian, and no, I do not live in an igloo.

Comment: Re:From all residents outside the [ant]arctic circ (Score 0) 88

by aqk (#33211890) Attached to: Polar Flares To Be Visible Tonight
Incredible as it may seem to people of the US, North America also includes Mexico.
(Welcome to Geography, American know-nothing)
I'm sure millions of Mexicans will certainly be up late tonight to see this magnificent polar event!

- Speaking as a Canadian, and no, I do not live in an igloo.

Comment: Re:Thank goodness: (Score 0) 138

by aqk (#33200586) Attached to: Spinal-Fluid Test Confirmed To Predict Alzheimer's

I hope that an easy text will be developed from this in the next few years. I couldn't imagine walking into a haze of Alzheimer's without knowing about it. This is one of those tests that I will ABSOLUTELY not be missing once I book it in.

Ummm.. don't you remember?
You had one of those tests last week. You told me so.

This here's the wattle, The emblem of our land. You can stick it in a bottle; You can hold it in your hand. Amen! -- Monty Python