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   Verily, in article <165840835.776667635.718336.anim8rfsk-   
   cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this   
   message:   
   >   
   > Melissa Hollingsworth  wrote:   
   > > Verily, in article <392916302.776642579.774871.anim8rfsk-   
   > > cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this   
   > > message:   
   > >>   
   > >> Melissa Hollingsworth  wrote:   
   > >>> Verily, in article <635212760.776606512.130859.anim8rfsk-   
   > >>> cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this   
   > >>> message:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> VOYAGER never did get that right. They had a holo deck where you could   
   live   
   > >>>> indefinitely on imaginary food and drink, and yet they established that   
   it   
   > >>>> went away when you exited. So if you were in the holo deck very long,   
   you   
   > >>>> should just die when you walked outside.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> So... you could stay in the holodeck for a year and just live on   
   > >>> imaginary food? Did something like this actually happen?   
   > >>>   
   > >>   
   > >> Not a year, but probably weeks and certainly several days, long enough   
   that   
   > >> it would kill you.   
   > >   
   > > Several days wouldn't kill you. People can live at least a month without   
   > > food, on average. The old rule I recall is "four minutes without air,   
   > > four days without water, forty days without food."   
   > >   
   >   
   > Good point. They presumably aren?t having real water either. They are   
   > living off of imaginary beer and pub food made of hard light.   
   >   
   >   
   > > Several weeks might. At the least, you'd show some signs when you came   
   > > out. If not, the holofood must be providing real nourishment.   
   > >   
   >   
   > And yet they don?t use it when they?re having problems with the food supply   
   > outside the holo deck   
      
   Maybe it's real food. The holodeck could have food replication ability,   
   but it would need the same supplies as other replicators.   
      
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