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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!ugle.unit.no!lise.unit.no!eyvind
- From: eyvind@Lise.Unit.NO (Eyvind Bernhardsen)
- Subject: Re: Artificial Universe
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.184557.10848@ugle.unit.no>
- Keywords: MH, Mostly Harmless, Artificial Universe
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
- References: <C15DH7.94I@cs.vu.nl> <1jn1b0INNq17@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 18:45:57 GMT
- Lines: 41
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- In article <1jn1b0INNq17@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, drwho@coyote.WPI.EDU (Eric Ant Von Laudermann) writes:
- > In article <C15DH7.94I@cs.vu.nl> fvkampen@cs.vu.nl (Kampen van F) writes:
- > >Sombody wrote that when Ford left the building through the window
- > >he might be in an artificial universe. But the people with the
- > >rocket launchers came through the door, and so they must be real.
- > >
- > >Suppose Ford IS in an artificial universe (remember, He went through
- > >the window TWO times) the rocket launchers came in through the
- > >door, yes, but in an artificial building, so they are artificial too.
- >
- > No, he went through two different windows. In Restaurant, Zarniwoop
- > was the editor-in-chief of the Guide. In MH, Vann Harl is the
- > editor-in-chief. So, presumably, the window of the editor-in-chief's
- > office in *any* Guide building is a gateway to an artificial universe.
- > Ford only went through that window once.
- >
- > Wait a minute, I just checked, and the Vogons were grey even before
- > Ford went through the window. Dang. All right, how about this: when
-
- That doesn't matter... In Restaurant... (?), Zaphod saw the grey fighters (which
- were green in the real world) BEFORE he actually entered an office... I think
- that the point isn't that you have to exit a window, you just have to not go out
- a door (if you see what I mean...) - the artificial universe exists inside the
- building, and you can only leave it by leaving through the door. I think.
-
- > My, this is fun, isn't it?
-
- Wheeeeee... :)
-
- > >Florentijn van Kampen
- > >email: fvkampen@cs.vu.nl
-
- > --E.V.L. (drwho@wpi.wpi.edu) # "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you see
-
- -Eyvind
-
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- \X/ | eyvind@lise.unit.no | Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! Ackpth!
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