05-22-2008, 10:15 AM
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Snowflake
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Dystopia
Posts: 13,136
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Cancer-Sniffing Dog to Be Cloned Thread to Be Cloned
Cancer-Sniffing Dog to Be Cloned
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There's a great passage from Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress":
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“Are two types of jokes. One sort goes on being funny forever. Other sort is funny once. Second time it’s dull. This joke is second sort. Use it once, you’re a wit. Use twice, you’re a halfwit.”
“Geometrical progression?”
“Or worse. Just remember this. Don’t repeat, nor any variation. Won’t be funny.”
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Clone threads are the second sort.
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