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Message #11846



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Daniel Grace lifebytes_98@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 19:07:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: possible motors


When did you see them last? Everywhere seemed to have
them not too long ago, and now they're gone. I'll see
if I can get up there soon.

~Daniel

--- SG wrote:
>
> i know Toys-R-Us has them
>


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11847 Monday, March 13, 2000 7:58 PM Re: Zenbot beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Richard Caudle i just finished reading nightfall. its about the doomsday of an alien =
planet. its by isaac asimov and i thinkit gives a realistic view of what a=
n alien planet would be like
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> It reminded me of an old sci-fi story about Tibetan monks using a com=
puter to print >out all the names of God, speeding many centuries' of work =
with pen and ink to
> completion in a matter of days and then the universe winked out. Oops=
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The 9,000,000,000 Names of God. In a collection of short stories calle=
d Nightfall. Great stuff! I read it about 20 years ago or so. At least I=
think that's the name of the book! When you get old, the memory's the fir=
st things to go!
=

Richard


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Richard




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