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- From: joann@ariadne.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Jo Ann Malina)
- Subject: Re: Clarke's Laws
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- References: <1992Dec21.192148.22349@news2.cis.umn.edu> <1992Dec21.220441.16939@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> <1992Dec21.231037.22046@wl.com> <1992Dec23.171854.8076@walter.bellcore.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 02:19:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.171854.8076@walter.bellcore.com>, vanguard@midnight.bellcore.com (Mark Schlagenhauf) writes:
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- |> In article <1992Dec21.231037.22046@wl.com>, offordj@wl.com (Jim Offord) writes:
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- |> |> --
- |> |> Dr. Jim Offord |Any sufficiently advanced technology
- |> |> Dept. of Biotechnology |is indistinguishable from magic.
- |> |> Parke-Davis | Arthur Clarke's Third Law
- |> |> offordj@wl.com |Opinions? Those babies are all mine.
- |>
- |> What are Clarke's First and Second Laws? Is there a Fourth Law? I've only
- |> heard of his Third.
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- One of them is something like:
- If a distinguished and elderly scientist says something is possible,
- he is almost certainly right. If he says something is impossible, he
- is almost certainly wrong.
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- He also once said there are two kinds of failure, failure of nerve
- and failure of imagination. Perhaps that is another Law.
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- Jo Ann Malina, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
- joann@unixhub.slac.stanford.edu -or- 415/926-2846
- Neither Stanford nor the DOE would be caught dead with these opinions.
- Nor do they consult me when formulating theirs.
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