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Indeed! He does have an impressive and admirable past.

bryanlarsen 15y ago
Parts of his present are still impressive, perhaps even admirable: http://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cuisine-Art-Science-Cooking/dp/0982761007 http://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cuisine-Art-Science-Cooking/... Now if he'd just dissolve IV and concentrate on the cooking...
- calloc 15y ago
  I am torn. I would love to purchase the books, yet at the same time I don't want to give any money to someone that could potentially sue me and my company for everything it is worth...
  - SkyMarshal 15y ago
    Ahem... http://duckduckgo.com/?q=modernist+cuisine+art+science+cooking+torrent http://duckduckgo.com/?q=modernist+cuisine+art+science+cooki...
    - lachyg 15y ago
      Only book four is on the internet as a torrent, and as an owner of the actual books, it doesn't even slightly come closer to comparing. The real books are stunning, and full of fantastic knowledge. They're works of art, and an encyclopaedia of cooking, food, hygiene and nutrition knowledge.
      - SkyMarshal 15y ago
        I'm sure they are, also judging from the pics on Amazon. Like the TAOCP of cooking. My response was more about the karma Myrvold has engendered for himself.
joelhaus 15y ago
Charlie Rose interviewed Myrvold in 1996: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7896274730082503348 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7896274730082503348 [lots of internet predictions/discussion]. It's truly fascinating how much the world has changed and how much things are the same... (half-way through, but hoping to catch him contradict himself on patents.) P.S. Here are some other interviews he has done with Rose over the years: 1998.02: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5101 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5101 [on Terraserver] 1998.06: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/4849 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/4849 [on Microsoft] 2004: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1186228177272865169 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1186228177272865169 [first IV interview] 2010: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11022 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11022 [on IV] 2011: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11562 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11562 [Book Tour]

Parts of his present are still impressive, perhaps even admirable: http://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cuisine-Art-Science-Cooking/dp/0982761007 http://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cuisine-Art-Science-Cooking/... Now if he'd just dissolve IV and concentrate on the cooking...

calloc 15y ago
I am torn. I would love to purchase the books, yet at the same time I don't want to give any money to someone that could potentially sue me and my company for everything it is worth...
- SkyMarshal 15y ago
  Ahem... http://duckduckgo.com/?q=modernist+cuisine+art+science+cooking+torrent http://duckduckgo.com/?q=modernist+cuisine+art+science+cooki...
  - lachyg 15y ago
    Only book four is on the internet as a torrent, and as an owner of the actual books, it doesn't even slightly come closer to comparing. The real books are stunning, and full of fantastic knowledge. They're works of art, and an encyclopaedia of cooking, food, hygiene and nutrition knowledge.
    - SkyMarshal 15y ago
      I'm sure they are, also judging from the pics on Amazon. Like the TAOCP of cooking. My response was more about the karma Myrvold has engendered for himself.

joelhaus 15y ago

Charlie Rose interviewed Myrvold in 1996: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7896274730082503348 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7896274730082503348 [lots of internet predictions/discussion]. It's truly fascinating how much the world has changed and how much things are the same... (half-way through, but hoping to catch him contradict himself on patents.) P.S. Here are some other interviews he has done with Rose over the years: 1998.02: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5101 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5101 [on Terraserver] 1998.06: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/4849 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/4849 [on Microsoft] 2004: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1186228177272865169 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1186228177272865169 [first IV interview] 2010: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11022 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11022 [on IV] 2011: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11562 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11562 [Book Tour]