Sad Wednesday: Arthur C. Clarke Died

This has nothing to do with computers, but as a Hard-Scifi lover I had to say something about it. I’ve just read that Arthur C. Clarke passed away today at the age of 90.

If you’ve read him (who hasn’t?) you’ll know why this saddens me. If not, here is some information about him and his legacy in case you care.

Here are Clarke’s three laws, probably his most famous quotations:

1. “When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.”
2. “The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”
3. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

A heartfelt goodbye to you, Sir. You will be missed.