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   From: Obveeus@aol.com   
      
    wrote:   
   > On 1 Apr, 15:42, "Obveeus"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> No gaping hole exists.   
   >   
   > Maybe no inconsistency exists, if Clarice definitely didn't get an   
   > avatar copy, but a gaping hole certainly exists.   
      
   Clarice already stated that she didn't get what she was after.  avatar-Zoe   
   has been clear all along that she is what Clarice is actually after.   
      
   > The entire plot   
   > strand is predicated on a misunderstanding of how downloading works   
      
   Yes...because you are trying to apply your knowledge of ones and zeros to   
   something more complex.   
      
   > that seems inconceivable in an age where everyone downloads things all   
   > the time. And no, don't compound the error with "it's analogue, so   
   > can't be copied" - if that were anything other than gibberish it   
   > wouldn't be possible to mass produce cars or analogue watches.   
      
   Cars come right off the assembly line with varying horsepower, defects,   
   etc...   
      
   In any case, I have said earlier that people are misinterpretting the word   
   'analog'.  I think the wording was more to suggest 'fuzzy logic' /   
   inexactness / something other than simply ones and zeros.  It is entirely   
   possible that avatar-Zoe is a program, running on an unpredictable/defective   
   computer chip AND also containing the fleshy-Zoe's soul (whatever that   
   means).   
      
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