Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 29 Editor's Choice: 2
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Flooding
[Read the article: Nanomedicine's brave new world]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]A very interesting story. However, the author says:
"In the near future this tsunami of nanomedical choices could literally drown our healthcare and insurance systems."
Is he saying that nanomedical choices will inundate hospitals and insurance companies with water?
The word "literally" does have an actual meaning, you know.
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It's obvious...
[Read the article: Lucan or Luanne?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This girl is channeling Ellen Feiss, the Apple Computer Switcher girl whose paper got eaten. Beepbeepbeepbeep!
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Ugh
[Read the article: Aw]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Watching that poor, freakish, hairless, mutated cat was more a creepy reminder of human vanity and perverity than an "aw" moment.
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Editor Needed
[Read the article: Bond, by the book]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Self-professed Bond fanatic", please. Not "self-possessed".
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Music vs. Computing
[Read the article: Going mobile]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I find it interesting that Mr. Manjoo would rather have his computer crash than his music player. He must take listening to music very seriously.
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Colbert vs. Dickerson
[Read the article: Dickerson on Colbert]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Colbert did a fine job of illuminating the absurdity of Dickerson's position.
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What happens to Cylons who die?
[Read the article: I Like to Watch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]They are reincarnated in an identical body.
What is a good way for someone who thinks she might be a Cylon to find out for sure?
She kills herself.
What happens if she is a Cylon?
She turns up on the show again.
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Yes, whatever.
[Read the article: How Bush helped the GOP commit suicide]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'll believe all this sunshine when I see the (reported) results of the 2008 election. As I recall, we all believed we would most certainly win in 2004 also, because surely the American people weren't stupid enough to give this poisonous dunce another chance?
Ha.
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Intricate Equipment
[Read the article: I'm almost 21. Should I buy some guns?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I advise this guy to buy astronomical telescopes instead of guns. Fine ones are superior examples of mechanical finesse and ingenuity, and all are relatively harmless. You get all that pretty, high-precision glass, too.
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Peter could also fly!
[Read the article: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why he didn't just remove himself from the scene, on his own, is beyond me.
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Sweet.
[Read the article: WayLay]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Nice strip. Pay no heed to that anonymous pinhead and his futile search for wit.
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It does work, right, right?
[Read the article: We are meant to be here]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]People keep dismissing Davies's arguments by saying that it's no surprise that the universe works, that if it didn't, we simply wouldn't be here to comment on it at all. But maybe that's an oversimplification.
Maybe if it didn't work, life might still exist, but we would all be engaged in a desperate struggle for survival. Every day, most of us would be struggling for food, for water, to avoid freezing or broiling. We would prey on each other, much as other animals actually kill and consume other thinking, emotional creatures merely for the chemicals in their bodies. Many people would be so pained by merely being alive, even without any unmet material needs, that their lives would be a misery to them. Even the best and happiest would experience a gradual diminution and dissolution which would undo all their hopes and accomplishments, leading to their end. All the while, those few of us with the knowlegde and the leisure to look up would be hoping no asteroid smacked into us, or that no nearby star went supernova.
Such a nightmarish scenario might be the natural consequence of a univserse which didn't really...er...(gulp!)
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Same here, buddy.
[Read the article: Air head]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Here in upstate New York, we get maybe two weeks out of the year when it's hot enough to seem too warm at night. Those are the nights when I lay on top of the sheets, dozing, while the sounds of frogs and owls come in through the open windows. I do not begrudge these nights, but savor them; they are few enough, and I'll think of them fondly during the six months of winter. I don't want an air conditioner either. I hear enough motors and fans in my daily life as it is.
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Cedric?
[Read the article: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm pretty sure Cedric was never Hermione's boyfriend. She was all over Viktor Krum in "Goblet of Fire".
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Regarding my previous letter...
[Read the article: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Duh.
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I would pay five bucks for a box of Klaus Kinski Froot Loops.
[Read the article: Tom the Dancing Bug]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Oh wait, they're probably more than that already.
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Let no one claim...
[Read the article: Stop your sobbing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...that Salon has no place for idiotic, uninformed, self-serving right-wing drivel.
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I too am an artist...
[Read the article: "I only dread one day at a time!"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...and I too am capable of being depressed, resentful, a jerk, etc.
I guess I hope no one ever writes a biography of me, so that people will remember me (if at all) for my work rather than for my foibles. Not that any of my work is likely to become as well known as "Peanuts".
I have a "Peanuts" strip stuck on my wall which has Linus telling Charlie Brown about his nighttime fears and anxieties. I've been there too, my scraggly-haired little brother.
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Idle. It's not an idle appeal.
[Read the article: How to solve America's water problems]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not an "idol" one.
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Gosh, and to think...
[Read the article: Requiem for a right-wing dream]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It was only 2 days ago that Romney pledged to fight on, to take it all the way to the convention, and to win.
One would almost think that politicians will do or say whatever they think is most expedient at any given moment. It's almost like they're liars, even.
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Stephanie...
[Read the article: "10,000 BC"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You really aren't that funny. If you want to review movies, even bad ones, please stick to the subject, and skip all the pointless, "humorous" asides.
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Hey Buzz...
[Read the article: "10,000 BC"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I for one have not seen this movie. Nor do I intend to, but that isn't relevant to my response to Stephanie's review. Snarky reviews might indeed be appropriate for some movies. Such reviews however are only successful or enjoyable to read if they are genuinely witty and creative. This review failed at that a few times too often.
Salon is a venue for professional writing. I pay money to read it. Therefore if I am disappointed with some aspect of it, I think I'm entitled to mention it.
By the way, I'm taking a break from painting to write this. No cubicle for me.
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Looks like I'd better bone up on Bessie Smith...
[Read the article: Still has a mouth, and still must scream]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...in case I run into Ellison on the street.
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Who cares?
[Read the article: The best-laid plans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Save it for your MySpace friends, toots.
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Who cares?
[Read the article: The best-laid plans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Save it for a MySpace bulletin, toots.
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Correction
[Read the article: Lust in translation]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall
Love is a task and it never will pall ..."
Walter, I believe the correct lyric is:
"Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall
Love is a pastime that never will pall ..."
Carry on.
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Hmm.
[Read the article: The Hydro 4000: Save 60 percent on gas?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So, they claim to have somewhat more than doubled their mileage by going from 9.4 MPG to 23.2 MPG. According to Farhad, this is a boost of over 200%.
What then would be an increase of 100% from 9.4 MPG? 9.4 MPG? How about a 50% increase? 4.7 MPG?
This seems like a very peculiar way of stating percentages.
If you double something, it has increased by 100%, and by 2X, two different ways of stating the same thing.