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Message no. 1
From: Hobbes Patrol Headquarters <TYGER@****.WINONA.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re : Send in the clones.... (and a wicked idea!)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 23:01:32 -0500
>>No, only if he were to say the bug was wearing a toga and a 'wreath' on
>>it's 'head'. Then he'd need help.
>>
>>-Tyger

>Ok then

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I see a meeting of exec types.

"Do you think they'll buy it?"
"Hey, they bought the NERPS and the water, why not?"...

>Sorry if the above offended anyone.

Here?

> Looks like I need to watch some more Tiny-toons to gain back my normal
>insanity.

Watch Animanics. A mime is a terrible thing the waste (bullets on...) =P

>One thing though - I thought that they only cloned body parts?
> And I KNOW that the bodies they do clone are not functional

Well, a body is hard to clone, cuz you need something to tell it what to do.
The brain does this job normally. Without it, your body is a pile of water,
flesh and bones. (What a thought!)

That's the problem. Free (or semi-free) thought. Woah, a thought. What
if there was a limited AI to control the bodies remote control? (Yeesh!)

-Tyger

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Message no. 2
From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Re : Send in the clones.... (and a wicked idea!)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 23:54:30 GMT
>Well, a body is hard to clone, cuz you need something to tell it what to do.
>The brain does this job normally. Without it, your body is a pile of water,
>flesh and bones. (What a thought!)

Well, you're mixing things here. The body isn't hard to clone. . .we
can do it now, using real women for the "vat". We just pop a copy of
Embryo #1 into them and get someone who's genetically identical to the
original.

See, the DNA is what tells cells where to go and what to do. That gets
you the body.

Cloning a PERSON, on the other hand. . .yes, that is difficult. So much
of what makes a person a person is environmental, I don't think we'll
see lots of Waisley clones (and if we do, they'll all be going "boingee!
boingee! boingee!").



J Roberson

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