Jerry Pournelle...
Oct. 15th, 2003 11:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jeriendhal...is a noted science fiction author ("The Mote in God's Eye", "Footfall", ect.), ex-Cold War policy wonk, and columnist for BYTE magazine. His website, Chaos Manor in Perspective http://www.jerrypournelle.com/, features what is probably one of the first blogs ever to appear on the Web, before the software for such things got so easy to use.
I like to read it, even if his politics veer towards the stridently libertarian (he thinks the US is no longer a Rebublican Democracy, but is evolving into a decaying Empire). It's almost frightening to see a man who makes it his business to understand how modern computing works become completely frustrated trying to get a reliable DSL or cable modem connection run to his house in LA.
I like to read it, even if his politics veer towards the stridently libertarian (he thinks the US is no longer a Rebublican Democracy, but is evolving into a decaying Empire). It's almost frightening to see a man who makes it his business to understand how modern computing works become completely frustrated trying to get a reliable DSL or cable modem connection run to his house in LA.
