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Old 04-10-2021, 05:34 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I blame Arthur C. Clarke en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Meeting_with_Medusa

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...and Playboy where I read that forty years ago in 1971,

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Not sure if your correctness was intended or not, but I attribute meta brilliance to you.
I should be more gracious. You're right, of course.
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