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Messages - Eric James Stone

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Bad Visual Pun Day
« on: September 12, 2006, 07:35:11 PM »
There's no place like Rome.  There's no place like Rome.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Official Worldcon 2006 Thread
« on: August 30, 2006, 08:12:01 PM »
For those who were planning to contribute toward the car rental, you can do so through Paypal if you wish.  (Send it to worldcon followed by the at symbol followed by ericjamesstone.com)  Otherwise, you can just give me cash sometime when you see me.

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Eric James Stone / Re: "Upgrade"
« on: August 29, 2006, 03:15:37 AM »
And since my November issue arrived in the mail today, it's probably only another month before I get the December issue.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: The Hugos, 2006
« on: August 28, 2006, 03:20:04 PM »
> However, Scalzi's acceptance speech was the most
> gracious speech given all night.

Agreed.

Basically, he said that you're known by the company you keep, and he was happy to be in the company of the other nominees.  He said that after being nominated, he went and read the books by the other nominees, and was impressed by how good they were.  He not only named the other nominees, he named their books, and encouraged everyone to go buy those books.

When he finished, I turned to a friend sitting next to me and said, "Now that was a classy speech."

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Official Worldcon 2006 Thread
« on: August 16, 2006, 01:59:03 PM »
Well, I'm sure we can find someone over 25.  If necessary, someone else can drive my car while I drive the rental.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Official Worldcon 2006 Thread
« on: August 14, 2006, 02:19:36 PM »
If necessary, I'd be willing to pay for the 1-way car rental from LAX to SLC in order to get the Southwest Rapid Rewards credit.  So that would open up three round-trip spots, I believe: 3 in Oldie's van on the way down, and three in the rental car on the way back.  (I just went ahead and reserved the car, just in case.  I can cancel it if it ends up we don't need it.)

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Official Worldcon 2006 Thread
« on: August 12, 2006, 11:57:37 PM »
> So this means that we are only 1 slot short, not two.

No, we're two slots short: Toad and Toad's friend.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn reactions - SPOILERS
« on: August 12, 2006, 03:20:44 PM »
I'm just waiting for the scene in book two where they meet up with the Lord Ruler's widow, Lady Protractor.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Official Worldcon 2006 Thread
« on: August 11, 2006, 05:08:43 PM »
You can rent an economy car for 24 hours for a one-way trip from LAX to SLC for under $60 through Southwest.com.  There may be other places you can find it cheaper.  That would be cheaper than renting a car for the whole trip down and back.

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Everything Else / Re: Proposals to Bookstores
« on: August 10, 2006, 07:27:42 PM »
It's not hidden -- that was how he had people contact him to reserve Mistborn copies.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Brandonsanderson.com upgrade
« on: August 09, 2006, 01:39:59 AM »
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While the Apple 23" Cinema Display is certainly a high end product with an MSRP of $1299, it does not have many features. Most obviously lacking from the features list is the lack of adjustment options built into the display. Mac users can fully adjust the display from inside of the Mac OS environment. However, Windows based PC users can only adjust the brightness of the display. This seems almost a cruel joke Apple is playing on Windows based PC users. The Apple 23" Cinema Display is the only display in any price range I have used that offers no real adjustability.


I have the Apple 23" Cinema Display as my monitor for my Windows computer, and the display was pretty much perfect out of the box.  The lack of adjustability doesn't seem like a problem, especially since I can adjust the contrast and gamma through my video card's settings if necessary.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Official Worldcon 2006 Thread
« on: August 07, 2006, 06:59:02 PM »
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EJS, I just want to confirm that those three passengers are in your car both ways, rather than going up with Oldie and back with you.


That's correct.

Regarding rooms, Howard will be in my room.  Spencer will be staying with people he knows.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Official Worldcon 2006 Thread
« on: August 07, 2006, 03:11:31 PM »
Hmm.  There is a third seatbelt in the back seat, so the car manufacturer obviously contemplated putting a third person there.  But I'd be hesitant to put three people back there for an all-day drive.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Official Worldcon 2006 Thread
« on: August 05, 2006, 09:41:30 PM »
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And if you'd gotten Cheney, you would have had a hunter.

Heh.  ;D

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Official Worldcon 2006 Thread
« on: August 05, 2006, 11:32:54 AM »
OK, my car is now full there and back.

EJS's car:
EJS
Spencer
Kimball
Howard Tayler

I tried to get President Bush to come, so I could have Spencer, W., Kimball, but I guess he's busy.

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