Mar 12

I probably wouldn’t put a flying car in SF unless I was going pulpy, but I may be being too cautious there.

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I probably wouldn’t put a flying car in SF unless I was going pulpy, but I may be being too cautious there.

Originally shared by David Brin

Airbus has revealed a concept for a self-flying car capable of operating both on the ground and in the air, and plans to test it later this year. The cool concept is to separate the three main functions. The road-wheel-motor system, the flight system and the passenger module.

http://www.newsweek.com/airbus-unveils-self-flying-car-concept-565107

http://www.newsweek.com/airbus-unveils-self-flying-car-concept-565107

Mar 10

Real life is catching up with crime shows.

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Real life is catching up with crime shows.

Originally shared by Larry Panozzo

Full genome sequencing in minutes.

I can’t be the only one who wants to know my full genome and what everything means. (But I, like most people, don’t want to pay $1,000.) Can’t wait.

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-boundaries-dna-sequencing.html

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-boundaries-dna-sequencing.html

Mar 10

If you’re very quick, and if you’re eligible for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer, you can apply to be in this…

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If you’re very quick, and if you’re eligible for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer, you can apply to be in this year’s anthology at the link below.

The brief form of the eligibility requirements is “professionally published for the first time in the previous two calendar years”. The form links out to the full blah blah.

https://tritondigital.typeform.com/to/X78p0r
Mar 07

Amazon has just sent me a (no doubt automated) email asking me to confirm my publishing rights on one of my books,…

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Amazon has just sent me a (no doubt automated) email asking me to confirm my publishing rights on one of my books, probably because it’s also in a boxed set.

I’m at a bit of a loss how to do this. I’m both the author and the publisher, so I have no contract. I didn’t register the copyright, because it seemed unnecessary. And the email address on my website is an alias; people can send to it, but I can’t send from it. Those are the three examples they give of documentation that can confirm your rights.

Has anyone else had a similar email? What did you do?