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Posted by DisneyNut (Member # 12185) on :
 
Webcomic xkcd takes on Locke and Demosthenes.

http://xkcd.com/635/

I'm a late comer to the Ender series and was thinking this myself when reading it.
 

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Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
 
Eh. Technology Marches On; in 1984 or whenever, just predicting discussion boards at all was prescient. To demand a prediction of a decentralised internet as well, in which there are no authoritative national discussion fora, is just lacking in any sense of history.
 

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Posted by this rly be dave (Member # 11461) on :
 
I especially like the little squirrel
 

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Posted by Clumpy (Member # 8122) on :
 
I already thought that this was the best XKCD strip in awhile, but the squirrel reference was actually pretty subtle and removed any doubt in my mind .

Here's another one FYI:

http://xkcd.com/241/
 

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Posted by BandoCommando (Member # 7746) on :
 

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Originally posted by King of Men:
Eh. Technology Marches On; in 1984 or whenever, just predicting discussion boards at all was prescient. To demand a prediction of a decentralised internet as well, in which there are no authoritative national discussion fora, is just lacking in any sense of history.

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