| Re: Ending of Dirk Gently´sHolistic DetectiveAgency [message #180570] |
Mo, 05 Dezember 2005 22:46 |
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Kaare Fiedler Christiansen <news [at] kaarefc.dk> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>>>>What exactly happened here?
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>>>>I think we've just entered the twilight zone....
>>>>
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>>> I told him not to fool around with that timemachine, but he
>>> wouldn't listen...
>> Ah, but willen you haven be telling him that after it, before he
>> starts?
>
> Ah, well, the point is he (Matthews) already hadeth starten before
> Magnus telled him not to, because although he starteded later in time,
> it was still before in experience - or something.
See, now we're getting into this highly scientific area of time
travel. Actually McNash (oh Magnus, sorry) told Matthews that he
shouldn't have started after he started *and* finished. The words
however traveled back in time with a cardboard box (which held
biscuits earlier - or after traveling back in time it held bsicuits
later though it already had).
Later on it was repackaged with a computer power supply which was
where I found out.
> The problem in time travel is not only grammar, but also that it tends
> to wreck havoc with stuff like cause and effect, so that the effect
> seemingly causes the cause to happen - or perhaps effects the cause to
> happen - ah - okay, so language is the trouble after all...
Language just isn't suited for time travel. We should drop it entirely
and invent something different. Something that can go back in time.
Like usenet posts with wrong Date: headers. Yes, we should abandon
traditional language for usenet posts.
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