Re: Toronto Freenet DOOMSDAY Clock

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From: Ken McCracken
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 00:00

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Dan Astoorian (aa269@torfree.net) wrote:
: Jim Butterfield (fjb@torfree.net) wrote:
: : Bob Allisat (ab330@torfree.net) wrote:

: : :          <http://www.fcn.net/tfndoom>

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: :           Taking 11:59:59 as based on a 12-hour lifespan, and
: :           applying this proportionately the the Toronto Freenet's
: :           3-year history (approximately), we see that boB is saying
: :           that the Freenet has 36 minutes and 40 seconds left
: :           before it is gone.

: I think that your interpretation is far too literal, not to mention too
: linear.  The traditional Doomsday Clock *is* a metaphor, after all.
: Although they're generally set up with respect to "minutes to"
: midnight, not noon (assuming that a digital clock with no AM/PM
: indication is intended to be interpreted as 24-hour format) perhaps the
: TFN is approaching its Cosmic Lunchtime.

There can be no more Cosmic Free Lunch, so everybody's partially correct 
here.

Ken McCracken

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From: aa175@torfree.net (Ken McCracken)
Subject: Re: Toronto Freenet DOOMSDAY Clock
Date: 1997/01/12
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