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   Derek Broughton to All   
   Re: Dreams   
   10 Aug 09 15:03:46   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.tolkien, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: derek@pointerstop.ca   
      
   Öjevind Lång wrote:   
      
   > "Dirk Thierbach"  skrev i meddelandet   
   > news:20090810153918.4FAA.1.NOFFLE@dthierbach.news.arcor.de...   
   >> Öjevind Lång  wrote:   
   >>> Remind me - what is Clarke's third law?   
   >>   
   >> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."   
   >>   
   >> More details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws   
   >   
   > Oh, of course. Thank you! I have always regarded that "law" as a rather   
   > feeble excuse for introducing "science" one needs for one's story.   
      
   Oh!  _I_ always thought it was a rather good excuse for introducing "magic"   
   :-)   
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   derek   
      
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