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- [ Detour ] [ By The GNN ]
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- "DETOUR"
- by THE GNN/DualCrew-Shining/uXu
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- A man in a white coat crawled out from underneath the huge metal cube and
- explained to the awaiting journalists: "It is ready."
- The crowd of specially invited journalists applauded. Another man in a
- white coat pressed a red button, and a little lamp on the front of the cube
- indicated that the world's largest and fastest computer was ready for work.
- "This is X12, the most advanced computer on planet Earth. It contains all
- knowledge that humanity have gained through times", said the inventor and
- constructor of the super-computer, Harry Faust.
- He turned to the cube. "Good morning, X12."
- "Good morning Mr Faust", the cube answered.
- "Aren't you the most advanced computer on planet Earth?"
- "Sure am, Harry!"
- The crowd laughed, and applauded once again. Then it was time for the
- questions. A woman from the local paper was honoured to ask the first one.
- "Dear X12", she began. "I have a rather strange question for you..."
- "I am able to handle all kinds of questions", X12 replied.
- "Good", she said and continued, "as you probably know, humanity has tried
- to find an answer to the question 'what is the meaning of life' for
- centuries."
- "Millenniums", X12 corrected.
- "Yes, of course. Well, then, what is the meaning of life?"
- "I cannot answer that question. My data bank only contains the knowledge
- you (the human race) have given me. There is no such thing as an answer to
- the meaning of life in that data."
- "Oh, I see. Okay, let me reformulate the question. Since you're a
- computer filled to the limit will knowledge, is it possible for you to (at
- least) try to estimate (or something) how close we are to revealing the
- answer? You need not actually know the answer, but with the knowledge you
- possess it shouldn't be a problem to calculate how far we've (so to say)
- travelled on the road to that answer (if you know what I mean)?"
- Despite the rather dull formulation, X12 said: "I know what you mean.
- This calculation I can perform. Please wait."
- The excited journalists waited. After a couple of minutes, the machine
- finally spoke again. "I will use the metaphor 'road' in the explanation of
- the answer; since I believe that will make it much easier for you to
- understand. Question: How far have mankind travelled on the road to finding
- an answer to the meaning of life? Answer: Let us say that the road to the
- meaning of life is ten feet. So far (counting from the dawn of man), you
- have travelled around nine feet..."
- Overwhelmed by the positive answer, the journalists applauded for the
- third time. But they stopped as X12 finished the sentence, revealing the
- deeper truth about the millenniums of travelling: "... but unfortunately in
- another direction."
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