Comments on: Rabbits On Rocking Horse http://partiallyclips.com/2009/02/03/rabbits-on-rocking-horse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rabbits-on-rocking-horse It's clip art with jokes. Seriously, that's it. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:54:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: JET73L http://partiallyclips.com/2009/02/03/rabbits-on-rocking-horse/comment-page-1/#comment-1828 JET73L Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:53:35 +0000 http://partiallyclips.com/wordpress/?p=664#comment-1828 I personally like the inverse of Clarke's Third Law (that is, Niven's corollary). "Any sufficiently explained magic is indistinguishable from technology". Technology that is impossible by our current ability to affect the universe, but nonetheless indistinguishable from sufficiently advanced technology. Of course, there's also the idea that insufficiently advanced technology is any fictional technology that can be distinguished from magic, but that falls into hard sci-fi. While I like the premise of hard sci-fi, and the occasional hard sci-fi book that I find, it's rarely handled well and tends toward the dry side of things. I personally like the inverse of Clarke’s Third Law (that is, Niven’s corollary). “Any sufficiently explained magic is indistinguishable from technology”. Technology that is impossible by our current ability to affect the universe, but nonetheless indistinguishable from sufficiently advanced technology.

Of course, there’s also the idea that insufficiently advanced technology is any fictional technology that can be distinguished from magic, but that falls into hard sci-fi. While I like the premise of hard sci-fi, and the occasional hard sci-fi book that I find, it’s rarely handled well and tends toward the dry side of things.

]]> By: Stone Raven http://partiallyclips.com/2009/02/03/rabbits-on-rocking-horse/comment-page-1/#comment-1001 Stone Raven Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:57:30 +0000 http://partiallyclips.com/wordpress/?p=664#comment-1001 You know... As cool as the sci-fi explanation for the rabbits' existence is... I think I'll still always prefer fantasy--in part for exactly the same reason as the first rabbit. You know… As cool as the sci-fi explanation for the rabbits’ existence is… I think I’ll still always prefer fantasy–in part for exactly the same reason as the first rabbit.

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