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  1. Newsgroups: alt.quotations
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!nwnexus!pcrayne
  3. From: pcrayne@halcyon.com (Peter C. Crayne)
  4. Subject: Re: Clarke's Laws
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec26.203805.1279@nwnexus.WA.COM>
  6. Sender: sso@nwnexus.WA.COM (System Security Officer)
  7. Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
  8. References: <1992Dec23.171854.8076@walter.bellcore.com> <1992Dec26.095239.7367@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <OLSON.92Dec26110154@husc8.harvard.edu>
  9. Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 20:38:05 GMT
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  12. In article <OLSON.92Dec26110154@husc8.harvard.edu> olson@husc8.harvard.edu (Chip Olson@somewhere.out.there) writes:
  13. >
  14. >I've also seen "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable
  15. >from a rigged demo."
  16. >
  17.  
  18. How about:
  19. "Any technology distinguisable from magic is insufficiently advanced."
  20.  
  21. -Pete
  22. pcrayne@halvyon.com
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