Re: virus: Faith and Certainty

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Tue, 9 Jun 98 18:28:32 -0400

>I usually can't make out what he is trying to say either, like insane
>scrawls in a padded cell. I tried to keep up in this last message, but I
>think his associative powers are so far beyond mine as to make my
>attempt to follow laughable. I did try though.
>
>> I tried to read one of Brett's posts the other day.
>> No luck. Anyone else doing better?

I'm just now reading Snow Crash, and just a few moments ago, and on page 251 is this following précis of our resident bot-

"Entire sections of them simply cannot be translated- the characters are legible and well-known, but when put together they do not say anything that leaves an imprint on the modern mind."
"Like instructions for programming a VCR."

Yes, I laughed out loud, and then I thought of Brett, and then I read the above post, and then I wrote this post....

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