Arthur C Clarke has died.  "2001:A Space Odyssey" and "Childhood's End" launched me into the cosmos and I've never looked back....in 1969 I had to wait  outside the cinema in the car while my dad and older brother went to see "2001" as it was claimed that, at 9 years of age, I'd be too young to understand it....got my own back when it came out on VHS, by watching it from beginning to end about twenty times.....

He left instructions for a strictly secular funeral, with no religous overtones - way to go!

I went to the same school as him, Huish's Grammar School in Taunton, Somerset, although about 45 years after he was there......

Condolences to his family and bereaved ones.

My self-build system - Vista 64 on a Kingston 240GB SSD, Asus P5Q Pro MB, Quad 6600 CPU, 8 Gb Geil Black Dragon Ram, CoolerMaster HAF932 full tower chassis, EVGA Geforce GTX 750Ti Superclocked 2 Gb, Coolermaster V8 CPU aircooler, Enermax 600W Modular PSU, 240Gb SSD, 2Tb HDD storage, 28" LCD monitor, and more red LEDs than a grown man really needs.....I built it in 2008 and can't afford a new one, yet.....!

My Software - Poser Pro 2012, Photoshop, Bryce 6 and Borderlands......"Catch a  r--i---d-----e-----!"