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From: bsa@ncoast.UUCP (The WITNESS)
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Subject: Re: Sentient Silicon (Germainium? Superconducting Lead?...)
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Date: Mon, 3-Sep-84 15:04:59 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  3 15:04:59 1984
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[gollum :-)]

> From: trainoff.pasa@XEROX.ARPA

> human.  The machine will have "grown" up with the whole idea of backups.
> For all it knows it will be loaded back in again.  I can't see how this
> would be any worse than running the NULL job for a while (or is that a
> lobotomy.  Oh my English just can't handle this (reminds me of time
> travel varients on language (See HHGttG))).

Hmmm... seems to me you just legitimized Genesis.  Did Spock know he would
be re-booted? :-)

Time travel variants on language?  How about Deety and Lib in Number of the
Beast?  (now there's weird for you :-)

--bsa