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"I do think there is a link in that in both cases, writing fiction or writing a computer program, at any given moment you're focusing on a very specific and particular thing—one word, one line of code, whatever."
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This chair seems more like a chaise lounge; it is designed for comfort at high accelerations.
When I first read the term, I thought it might refer to a couch version of an acceleration chair; that is, a device shared by three or four people.
For the more information on traveling at high acceleration, see acceleration chair, also from Mote in God's Eye. Comment/Join this discussion ( 2 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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