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To: qam1; Phsstpok

One day you'll wake up and think to your self, much like Larry Niven's character Phssthpok from the Book titled 'Protector' "I've been stupid".....


17 posted on 05/22/2006 9:26:25 AM PDT by roaddog727 (eludium PU36 explosive space modulator)
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To: roaddog727
One day you'll wake up and think to your self, much like Larry Niven's character Phssthpok from the Book titled 'Protector' "I've been stupid".....

Actuall "I" never got a chance to realize that "I'd been stupid."  The Brennan monster killed "me" before I could figure that out.

But "I" meant well (another liberal failing).

I chose the name for the very reason laid out here.  The character was hypersmart, able to perform amazing feats of physical and mental calculation, but was locked into a predetermined course by external forces.  And he meant well.  But his actions would have ended in our extinction.  I always try to keep that in the back of my mind when I post.

That's why my other tag line is "often wrong, but never in doubt."  Maybe it's time to go back to that for awhile.
 

33 posted on 05/22/2006 9:40:25 AM PDT by Phsstpok (Often wrong, but never in doubt)
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To: roaddog727

Great book.


47 posted on 05/22/2006 10:06:18 AM PDT by brivette
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