On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
> Arthur Clarke once wrote a story about some Tibetan (or
> nearby) Buddhist monks using a computer to iterate all
> the names of God, so that they could bring the world to
> an end. Or maybe it was bradbury, but it seems I recall
> Clarke...
Clarke. "The Nine Billion Names Of God"
I think that it was fiction - some of the stars seem to still be on.
> Once good application would be to create an intelligent
> filter for the ClassicCmp mailing list, to keep all the
> off-topic discussions out of my mailbox.
Probably not adequate for the task.
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Received on Tue Jul 10 2001 - 11:51:58 BST