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eldin raigmore Admin

Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 1621 Location: SouthEast Michigan
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:52 pm Post subject: Any sufficiently advanced X is indistinguishable from Y |
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Arthur C. Clarke wrote: | Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. |
Hal Duncan wrote: | Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology. |
_________________ "We're the healthiest horse in the glue factory" - Erskine Bowles, Co-Chairman of the deficit reduction commission |
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eldin raigmore Admin

Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 1621 Location: SouthEast Michigan
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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No-one is ready to try either of these yet? _________________ "We're the healthiest horse in the glue factory" - Erskine Bowles, Co-Chairman of the deficit reduction commission |
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Kiri

Joined: 13 Jun 2009 Posts: 471 Location: Latvia/Italy
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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Pietiekami attīstīta tehnoloģija nav atšķiŗama no maģijas. (Artūrs Klārks)
Pietiekami attīstīta maģija nav atšķiŗama no tehnoloģijas. (Hels Dankans)
(Oh, and sorry for the <ŗ>. It's just a historical-ish glich of mine)
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eldin raigmore Admin

Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 1621 Location: SouthEast Michigan
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks!
So, are those Latvian, or some Romance language, or some Germanic language, or some other natlang? (If so, which one?) Or, are they some conlang? (If so, which one? And whose, yours? or someone else's?) _________________ "We're the healthiest horse in the glue factory" - Erskine Bowles, Co-Chairman of the deficit reduction commission |
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Kiri

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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Same old Latvian I'll get to other stuff later. |
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