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   Verily, in article , did thetruemelissa@gmail.com deliver unto us this   
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   > Verily, in article <165840835.776667635.718336.anim8rfsk-   
   > cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this   
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   > >   
   > > Melissa Hollingsworth  wrote:   
   > > > Verily, in article <392916302.776642579.774871.anim8rfsk-   
   > > > cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this   
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   > > >>   
   > > >> Melissa Hollingsworth  wrote:   
   > > >>> Verily, in article <635212760.776606512.130859.anim8rfsk-   
   > > >>> cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this   
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   > > >>>>   
   > > >>>> 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.   
      
   No, wait, I've got it. It's a configurable option. You can have hard   
   light food when you want to pig out on steak and chocolate without   
   consequences, but have real food when you and your friends are spending   
   a whole weekend climbing a fake mountain.   
      
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