OT: Bill gates, circa 1984
 

I wish I could take credit for finding this, but I can't...in any case, he is dreamy, isn't he?


http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/b45...5d1/index.html

Re: OT: Bill gates, circa 1984
 

Gah! I'm blind! I'm blind!

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Whoa, DarkHorse, you've read 1984 too?

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Ain't it required reading in most HS curriculums?

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Wasn't required at mine. It was one of many options for those times when we were allowed to choose a book to read, rather than read whatever garbage the teacher happened to like or the occassional actual good "classic" book we were required to read...

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I like the litte Mac computer in the background of the first picture.

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I read it way back in High School (when it was actually 1984 on the Calendar...) but I don't remember if it was required or not. Either way it was interesting, in a slightly depressing way. I always liked that quote, for some reason.

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We were all required to read 1984 in my high school. That was one of the more interesting books we read.

Some of the other books we studied were:
The Crysalids
MacBeth
Of Mice and Men
Death of a Salesman
Lord of the Flies

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The only one I remember is To Kill A Mockingbird. I guess the others were either so bad I supressed the memory or so boring I forgot them. TKAM was...um...Not my area of interest.

And if we're talking books, don't miss Katherine Kerr's Deverry series. I've seen author's try to be epic; to come up with a story that rivals Tolkein. Quite seriously, this one does.

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I had to read "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant". I sort of skimmed though it, looking at all the words as quick as possible but not registering it. I thought I had got the whole book till the teacher asked me about the flashbacks and time changes.

"There were flashbacks and time changes http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif"