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Chris Williams (psion@mv.mv.com)
Sat, 22 Feb 1997 20:39:42 PST

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    > > >Maybe if you're really that paranoid, you should lock your computer in the
    > > >closet and never turn it on (let alone put it on a <gasp> network).
    > >
    > > You're missing a loophole here.  Someone could come to your house or
    > > wherever the server is, use plastic explosives, blow the closest door/safe
    >
    >         Sheesh, you people just can't find all the loopholes. You
    > completely forgot about the alians with thier nanoelectric robots. They
    > will just infiltrate directly onto your hard drive, and from there they
    > can magnetically alter the data written into the platter.
    >         Your best bet is to totally destroy the computer after you make
    > the object.But still it isn't completely safe. I mean really, with the
    > time travelers, what is?
    You're assuming that I'M not one of the aliens...<G>.

    Also, I've got quantum mechanics on my side. See, as soon as I lock the computer
    in the closet, it is no longer being observed. Therefore, according to the
    Uncertainty Principle, the object is neither where I left it nor NOT where I left
    it, and has, in fact, ceased to exist for all practicle purposes. So, even if a
    nanobot were to fall into the closet (the occurance of which, incidentally, would
    make no sound), it wouldn't be able to FIND the object to move.

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