"Dana Shilling" dshilling@worldnet.att.net wrote:
Peter said:
Does this count as a thread hijack?
No. All Threads Are Linked.
Hmm, but was the target of the laser probe always the tarriel cell, or was it some other inferior technology? Surely Ensor wouldn't be so sloppy as
to
produce a unit with a short shelf life?
You do the best you can with the materials available, which explains a) the batteries in his pacemaker and b) The Harvest of Kairos and Ultraworld
Apart from which, can you imagine Orac's frustration?
No wonder it's in such a bad mood most of the time--it knows that this is a real possibility.
"Yes, I'm getting the information now, no! It's gone. Bloody thing, hang
on,
found a new route. Yup, that's.... no! that one's blown too! Who makes
these
things anyway?"
Actually, it raises another interesting point; I wonder if tarriel cells were based on light?
I wouldn't think so--it would be a waste of energy to have to keep the light on in the computer room all the time (unless AIs actually "see" and need light for the purpose).
How does Orac 'see' the universe (does it know what Blake et al 'look like'?
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