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  1. Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!monu6!aurora.cc.monash.edu.au!damiene
  3. From: damiene@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Eccles)
  4. Subject: Re: TP research
  5. Message-ID: <damiene.725158819@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au>
  6. Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system)
  7. Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
  8. References: <memo.825134@cix.compulink.co.uk> <SSAMMY.92Dec22222730@fleming-03.cs.strath.ac.uk>
  9. Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:00:19 GMT
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  12. ssammy@cs.strath.ac.uk (Paul Sammy 4th Year iE/CES) writes:
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  14. >>Regarding TP research; tpratchett@cix.compulink.co.uk (Terry Pratchett) adds:
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  17. > What about magnetic lodestones? Not strictly analogous to a real-world
  18. > computer though...maybe the Trolls' memory is based on magnetic coils?
  19. > Thus being around a high level of magnetism might cause a troll to become
  20. > forgetful- or remember the wrong thing.
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  22. Did anyone see the episode of Red Dwarf where Kryten landed near the
  23. magenetic coils after a crash, casuing him to lose his short term memory,
  24. which was caused by landing near the coils?
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  26. Eccles
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