On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:32:02 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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"Em" seems so CSS, Em. But it works for me. Ursula Le Guin did write
the Earth Sea Trilogy, too, which I enjoyed. Those books were more in
the Fantasy or Heroic Fantasy genre. I thought her "Left Hand" more
masterly. To be honest, I haven't read "The Darkness Box." I'll add
that to my list (the interminable list). I read a lot of Asimov when
I was in my teens, including "I Robot," and I would have to reread the
books to discuss them adequately. I do remember that Asimov was
markedly proud of his three laws of robotics. And I'd read "Stranger
in a Strange Land," too. I read a lot of Heinlein back then
(including "The Rolling Stones," the possible genesis for Gerrold's
"The Trouble with Tribbles"). (In fact one of my research papers in
college used references from Heinlein's testimony before Congress
concerning NASA spinoff technology.) The one heralded author that I
never really explored much as I probably should have was Arthur C.
Clarke. I had read a couple of his books, I know. I don't remember
the titles, though. Bradbury was an intriguing author, also, I'd have
to agree. I don't think he ever forgave Michael Moore for 'borrowing'
the title from his "Fahrenheit 451."


Not sure what CSS means... sorry... didn't take it as flip. My name is a
series of M's, so sometimes I'm called M&M, shortened even more to Em.

The Darkness Box is a very short story. I don't think it's available
online.
My favorite I Robot short story is Robbie. Moore, I think, was trying to
make political points with the title. I guess it sort of fits, but....

CSS stands for cascading style sheets, Em. It's a web design
mechanism - sort of an html thing. If I can find "The Darkness Box,"
I'll definitely read it. I think I can slip in a short story :)


Wow... never made that connection. I even googled up acronyms of CSS. lol

I had gotten up in the early morning hours with a bit of a fever this
morning, Em, for some reason. I decided to check the headers before I
went back to bed and subsequently decided to respond to some of the
posts. So, I wasn't the most lucid when I responded. I didn't fully
explain myself. "Em" in CSS is a unit of measure. It is equal to the
width of an "M." The other units are "pt" and "px." A percentage can
also be given to determine positioning, padding, etc.

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