Eric -
Well, you're probably out of email range by now, but..
One of my favorite "hard science" sci-fi authors (James P. Hogan) has
roots in Ireland:
http://www.jamesphogan.com/
http://www.jamesphogan.com/biography.html
In almost every book he talks about "Dún Laoghaire" and asks a character
how to pronounce it. He always describes the town glowingly. If you're
around Dublin County, maybe you could give a field report on the town --
and checkout the picture (over the bar?) in the town hotel (referenced
in one of his books on Virtual Reality "Realtime Interrupt" as the way
the character knew he was in a fake world -- by calling the hotel from
America to ask someone at the hotel to check this out).
Geographical refs on the town:
http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/sligo/93/geography/settlement.html
http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~owls/get_ther.htm
James P. Hogan in appropriate to this list because he talks about many
related topics to Bootstrapping.
For example, in "The Two Faces of Tomorrow" he talks about what happens
when we bootstrap to the point that the computer network we use becomes
sentient.
In "Voyage from Yesteryear" he talks about what happens when a new
economy based on respect collides with an old economy based on
possession.
He now lives in Bray in northern Wicklow, on the coast about twelve
miles south of Dublin. He'd be a great person to run into while you're
there!
Enjoy!
-Paul Fernhout
Kurtz-Fernhout Software
=========================================================
Developers of custom software and educational simulations
Creators of the Garden with Insight(TM) garden simulator
http://www.kurtz-fernhout.com
Eric Armstrong wrote:
>
> I'm off to Ireland!
> I'll be out from Tue, 27 Jun through Sun, 9 July.
>
> I'll be back on Mon, 10 July.
> Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy...
>
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