There are four classifications of paralysis due to spinal cord damage (five if you’re counting “normal”) and three of them would be considered ‘partial’. I’m roughly a D; I can walk and there’s nothing wrong with my muscle strength, but my balance is terrible, I get tired quickly, have weird muscle spasm sometimes and…

In the UK it’s quite common for trucks to blink their indicators; so they indicate right to pull out to overtake, you flash them once to tell them they’re clear, they pull out and then instead of turning their indicators straight off, they go left-right-left-off.

“Further, few Tiburons for sale aren’t tainted by salvage titles. What’s up with these Hyundai coupes and having shit go down?”

“An old-school Analog guy at heart, Vinge probably wouldn’t have thought of the punk rock “DIY” ethic as a model for computer programmers”

I actually DID buy the GT86. In red with white stripes. Yes, it’s my only car and I drive it every day. With a *massive* grin on my face. I’ve actually had it getting on for four years now.

It adds complexity because you need to keep it stable; long objects spinning about their long axis tend to be unstable because the movement drifts with the slightest asymmetry. It’ll tumble without active control.

They live in a universe with functional magic. Their leaders — both political and military — are magicians.