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**MattH** · August 31, 2003, 18:28

Great!

**st_swithin** · August 31, 2003, 18:31

Glad to be of service.

**Locutus** · August 31, 2003, 18:39

MattH/Dr Strangelove,
The quotes come from the standard Unix fortune cookie database, they weren't collected by Apolytoners. There's a handful of quotes by (then) St Swithin there, they were submitted by me a long, long time ago (and I agree they're getting old; they've been used far too often and I never intended for Markos to add ALL of them).

**st_swithin** · August 31, 2003, 18:44

Hey, don't you be disretrospecting me, homey!!

**MattH** · August 31, 2003, 18:51

Good to get that cleared up

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**st_swithin** · August 31, 2003, 18:55

Just trying to help.

**Method** · August 31, 2003, 19:01

Originally posted by PLATO
I have to admit that I enjoy the Star Trek quotes

burn the heretic!

**st_swithin** · August 31, 2003, 19:04

BURN, BABY, BURN!!!!

**Alexander's Horse** · August 31, 2003, 20:22

God I hate Star Trek.

**rah** · August 31, 2003, 20:33

They're no worse than the other quotes. Some are good and some suck.

**st_swithin** · August 31, 2003, 20:38

Captain's Log:

We humans exist in time slices. It is a fraction of time which we choose to perceive. For example, codons read by transcriptase on a strand of DNA rely on a defined starting point. From that origin, the amino acid is decoded. (A codon is a series of 3 nucleotides which define one of 20 defined amino acids.)

WE perceive time as the net perception elapsed since some arbitrary start point.

If you change the starting point, do humans perceive an entirely different universe? Consider 'time' as a physical entity like the nucleotides in a strand of DNA, or beads on a string.

In the absence of reason, we cling to the last vestige of reality - physical sensations which distract us from the more immediate and pressing matters of which we are always, just barely, aware.

In a single time slice, what concerns us? What was the most persistent issue at that EXACT moment? That is what we obviously are drawn to, like a cosmic sleight of hand. THAT is misdirection.

In the parlance of our times, it is called magic.

Stardate 2103.0202.0X0

**Urban Ranger** · August 31, 2003, 22:21

It would be nice to have a new set of quotes.

**st_swithin** · August 31, 2003, 22:25

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**MattH** · August 31, 2003, 22:29

^^^
They're all yours, buddy.

**st_swithin** · August 31, 2003, 22:35

Announcement

Please can we lose those Godawful "Star Trek" quotes?

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