tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31814332.post4157109732320903410..comments2015-12-21T02:31:00.291-08:00Comments on The Shebeen: Samizdat .Relucent Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414827898661535555noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31814332.post-82249722596374382622009-02-18T02:19:00.000-08:002009-02-18T02:19:00.000-08:00Beautiful! Better still, the physics metaphor is s...Beautiful! Better still, the physics metaphor is sustained at a high level throughout. Given what I've read of your profile and your blog I don't find it at all strange that you would wish to reproduce this. But then one of my strangest early experiences in the US was discovering the contempt most Americans felt for the federal government.<BR/><BR/>Not all pastiches get the recognition they deserve. Coincidentally I'd just started in the US and was glancing through some back issues of "Instruments and Control Systems" the magazine I'd joined. I was surprised to come across an article called "The Kludge" which I probably don't need to explain to you. I complimented one or two senior figures in the company on the magazine's willingness to publish such a joky piece set among normal heavily technoid stuff. Brows were furrowed and, to a man, they all rushed off to re-read the piece. They hadn't realised it was a joke! My US reputation as a smart-aleck started that day.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com