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   Scott Dorsey to psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
   Re: Vernor Vinge's "Rainbows End" was pr   
   28 Jan 26 13:32:44   
   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >   
   >Still, at least the process actually makes sense. The one used in the   
   >book reduces entire libraries to floating bits of paper that it scans   
   >and then reconnects to reproduce the books it came from.   
      
   It's like the standard test for rabies, where they take your brain out,   
   put it in a blender, and then use a tagging agent to detect virus proteins.   
      
   Unfortunately whether you turn out to be positive or negative, the end   
   result is the same.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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