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  1. 072010303050000144002006006010000
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  5. 9[..◆...........◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆....◆.]0110
  6. ü"Wannabet?"
  7. ÇbyGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
  8.  
  9.   "I'vegotagreatidea!"Itwasn'tnormalforJohntohavegreatideas,
  10. butsometimeshereallyhadsome(greatideas).
  11.   FredlookedatsomeofJohn'sCDsunderJohn'sstereo.Histhoughts
  12. wereeverywhereonacertainfemalepebbithewas-onecouldsay-madly
  13. inlovewith.HestoppedataCDcalled"Who'sthatgirl"."EarthCD"he
  14. thoughtandlookedfurtherthroughJohn'scollectionwithoutpayingany
  15. attentiontoJohn'sgreatidea.
  16.   "I'mgonnamakemycomputerthink,"Johncontinued.
  17.   Fredhalted.
  18.   "It'sgonnabearevolutionaryprogramme"
  19.   FredturnedaroundandlookedatJohnashegrabbedhisglassofcoke
  20. andstarteddrinkingfromit,stillnotpayinganyattentionofJohn's
  21. plans.Theglasswassoonemptiedandhethenthoughtsomebodysaid
  22. somethingand...Well,ithadtobeJohnbecauseitwasonlythosetwoin
  23. theroom.HelookedatJohnasifhehadpayedattentionallthetimebut
  24. wasn'tquitesurewhathereallyühadÇsaid.
  25.   "Can'tyousee?"Johnthoughthisfriendwasstupid.Infactall
  26. pebbitsarestupid,exceptJohnofcourse."IfIcanmakemycomputer
  27. think,Iwillgetrich!AndIthinkIcandoit!Ireallymeanit!!!"
  28.   Fredlaughed.Itwasthemostinsanejokehehadheardinyears.
  29. Pebbitsaren'tüthatÇstupid,youknow."Getoffit,John,"hesaid."You
  30. knowyoucan'tmakeacomputerthink.It'simpossible."
  31.   Ifthecomputercouldthink,itwouldnowcalculatethedatasofFred's
  32. wordsandfindsomethingverywittytosay.Andsoitdid.
  33.   Fredlookeddeadsurprised.Hedidn'texpectthistohappen.Itwasthe
  34. mostperfectspeechsynthesishehadeverheard.Butthewords"Wanna
  35. bet?"hehadheardthecomputersay,fitsoperfectlyhejustcouldn't
  36. believeit.Didthecomputerreallythink...?
  37.   Johnbrokethesilencewithahystericallaughter.Hewassoexcitedhe
  38. justhadtotellFredabouthislittlejoke."Heh!Icopiedthat
  39. programmefromStefanthismorning!Great,eh?"Heturnedtothebottle
  40. ofcokeandstartedpouringthecokeintohisglass."Youknowmachines
  41. can'tthink!"
  42.   "Wannabet?Wa-wa-wa-wannabet?"
  43.   Johnhalted."Hey!Fred!Getoffthatcomputer!Youdon'tknowhowto
  44. useit!"
  45.   Fred'sfacewentwhite,butJohndidn'tnotice.Johnwasverybusy
  46. pouringcokeintohisglass.
  47.   "But..."Fredtried."Ihaven'teventouchedit!"
  48.   "Oh,yes,youhave!"Johnturnedaround,lookedatFred,lookedatthe
  49. stereo,lookedatJohnandlookeddeadscared.
  50.   "Wannabet?"Thestereocontinued.Itthenswungitsloud-speakers
  51. aroundtheroom,bangingJohnandFredintheirheads,knockingthecoke
  52. overandcrushingtheTVscreen.
  53.   "Youcan'tdothis!"Johnwentcrazyandtotallyandutterlynuts.It
  54. hurledtowardsthestereo.
  55.   "Wa-wa-wa-wa-wannabe-bet?"ThestereorappedandchokedJohnwitha
  56. cable.Ithadn'tnoticed,though,thatFredhadreachedthesocket.He
  57. bentdown,puthishandroundtheplugandwasabouttopullitoutwhen
  58. thestereonoticed.
  59.   "Nicetry,butI'llbet,yesbet,be-be-betyourde-de-deadinafew
  60. seconds..."
  61.   AloudspeakerstartedbangingFred'shead,buthedidn'tnotice.
  62. Pebbitshavequiteathicklayeroffatalloverthebody.Ifyoutryto
  63. shootapebbitbetweentheeyes,forinstance,thebulletwouldn'tstand
  64. achanceconsideringthethicklayersoffatprotectingthebrain-and
  65. letusnotforgetthehair...
  66. Ç  Thestereofoundoutthisquitfast,anditwasafightaboutlifeand
  67. death.Itthenthoughtofabetteridea."Greatprogramme,eh?"the
  68. stereosaidwithJohn'svoice(everheardofsampling?"Icopieditfrom
  69. Stefanthismorning!"
  70.   Freddiedofhystericallaughter.Threeweekslater,theelectricity
  71. companyturnedofthelightbecausetheelectricitybillwasn'tpayed.
  72.