Comments on: Translation from Aburt-speak to English of selected portions of his SFWA presidential platform[1]

By: astrothsknot

astrothsknot — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:02:57 +0000

Jesus, but that was a thing of beauty

By: DUalum

DUalum — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:47:11 +0000

i had this guy for a class. he sucked at teaching, and bragged constantly about his companies, fancy car, and accomplishments. he was the worst teacher i had at school, hands down. that being said, he was a really nice guy, and i enjoyed some interesting conversations with him.

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Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:11:37 +0000

[...] And Stephanie Leary’s done fine work translating Burt’s campaign platform into plain speech: [...]

By: clvrmnky

clvrmnky — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:10:06 +0000

Who heads up a section referring to himself as “Aburt?”

Look, if you are going to do the cool, less-or-equal-to-8-char, Unix login thing with your name, just own it and put it in all lower-case (I refer you to my cheese-ball login, above). If you want to sound hip and relaxed, just use your first name. Or, be a traditionalist and spell out your name, first and last, like your momma taught you. “Aburt?” Great Eye-rolling Jesus!

I mostly ignored the various SF-related blogs entries explaining the Burt saga. I got caught up this morning, however. Quite the story, and Burt does not come off as the hero of his own story, unless the story is the tale of an unlike-able Quixote.

By: News » Science Fiction Writers of America election is a referendum on copyright craziness

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:11:22 +0000

[...] And SC Smith’s done fine work translating Burt’s campaign platform into plain speech: [...]

By: Just wonderful things » Science Fiction Writers of America election is a referendum on copyright craziness

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:32:44 +0000

[...] And SC Smith’s done fine work translating Burt’s campaign platform into plain speech: [...]

By: Boing Boing

Boing Boing — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:50:31 +0000

Science Fiction Writers of America election is a referendum on copyright craziness…

Reacting to the news that Andrew Burt has announced that he will stand for president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, John Scalzi has posted a blistering rant explaining why Burt is unfit to serve. Burt was the only person who vo…

By: Amy Sterling Casil

Amy Sterling Casil — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:56:31 +0000

The funniest (and most accurate) translation EVER.

By: Court

Court — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:47:30 +0000

Hilarious, darling!

By: Jonquil

Jonquil — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:50:19 +0000

I rely on simple substring matches to justify my DMCA takedown notices.

Yes, yes, YES! I was spiralling with outrage on the amazing incompetence of that. Any first-year CS student should be able to do better than that with a Python script, for Pete’s sake.