See also Brainfuck, Intercal, Befunge. (Being involved with Befunge seems to be bad for your Internet health -- I turned up a whole lotta 404 errors before looking for that page in the Wayback Machine.)
The Web makes it easier than ever for the disaffected to voice their complaints, and even makes it trivially easy to market t-shirts and mugs with whatever slogans.
I think that's probably the biggest difference. If we had the web of today through Clinton's terms, I suspect the hatred the right wing had of him would probably make for as much Clinton-bashing as we see Bush-bashing.
I suspect Bush has pissed off a larger number of people, but the right are better at vitriol.
Yes, chess players study specific games of Fischer's, but that's not unusual -- they study lots of games. (Not trying to imply Fischer was just a run of the mill champion, just noting that players studying his games, of itself, alone, does not distinguish him much from other champions.)
See also Brainfuck, Intercal, Befunge. (Being involved with Befunge seems to be bad for your Internet health -- I turned up a whole lotta 404 errors before looking for that page in the Wayback Machine.)
posted by Zed 20 years ago
In "Curious George"
The Web makes it easier than ever for the disaffected to voice their complaints, and even makes it trivially easy to market t-shirts and mugs with whatever slogans. I think that's probably the biggest difference. If we had the web of today through Clinton's terms, I suspect the hatred the right wing had of him would probably make for as much Clinton-bashing as we see Bush-bashing. I suspect Bush has pissed off a larger number of people, but the right are better at vitriol.
posted by Zed 20 years ago
In "Bobby Fischer arrested in Japan."
Yes, chess players study specific games of Fischer's, but that's not unusual -- they study lots of games. (Not trying to imply Fischer was just a run of the mill champion, just noting that players studying his games, of itself, alone, does not distinguish him much from other champions.)
posted by Zed 20 years ago
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