In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the
cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat
could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
—Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
85 posted on 01/23/2014 9:20:39 AM PST by Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)