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Steampunk can bite you in the ass

October 31st 2005 at 10:06 pm

Apparently Chris Elliot thought there was an actual steam powered robot used by Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders and included it in a fictional work.

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1. Michael Canfield on Nov 1st, 2005 at 12:40 am

That’s funny. I saw Elliot on a talk show, and he made a joke about having done NO research at all. If only he hadn’t!
2. Jon on Nov 1st, 2005 at 10:16 am

And the students at the library wonder why they can’t just google, instead of fooling around with our journal databases. Sigh.
3. Tobias Buckell on Nov 1st, 2005 at 11:21 am

All information is equal, didn’t you know that Jon? It its online it has to be true.
4. Jon on Nov 1st, 2005 at 1:55 pm

Information both wants to be free and equal? How democratic of it.

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