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[UPDATE] Quirky Acuity October 11th
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WolverineFan
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 		[UPDATE] Quirky Acuity October 11th
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Going cross-eyed over this book
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Time: 07:34 PM

So, Kurt and I have been working really hard on this book (well, OK, Kurt's been working really hard and I've been mostly supervising) but it's slow going. In the off-time, when he's recalibrating his scanner or uploading additional data or, I don't know, giving it a cup of really hot tea or something, I've taken a look at the other pages, the bits that aren't water-damaged. I have to say, if you guys hadn't been so persistent in asking about it, and if it hadn't been so obviously damaged deliberately, I'd give up. As far as I can tell, the majority of the book is made up of a lengthy discussion by the author of all the people who have wronged him, done him down or otherwise questioned his academic theories and how they'll get theirs in the fullness of time. Seriously, typical sentence:

"In her book Squaring the Cube, Adrienne Savillard scoffs at my contention that the Tarsian pentagram-symbolism constitutes an early form of Cube-worship, instead maintaining that it has links to the 'vegetation goddess' of her own irrationally-held theories regarding the ancient religions of the southlands; in this she simply panders to her own prejudices against the indisputable connection between all geometric-based cults."

I mean, really, the syntax alone would make me want to pour a bottle of water over this thing. Still, it seems pretty clear that the vandal isn't just some retired grammarian gone stir-crazy. The book is mostly ridiculous academic posturing, but every time it gets to talking about something vaguely interesting, something that might potentially be based in fact rather than opinion... water all over the pages. So we'll see what Kurt manages to recover. Just to whet your appetites, though, he thinks that the phrase "the Third Power" is coming up much more frequently in the damaged pages than the undamaged ones. Creepy, huh?


EDIT: Wow! This is the first time I've posted an update before anyone else Smile Now I'm wondering if I put it in the right place.... Wink
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 		Its interesting that whoever wanted to cover up the information in this book decided to destroy it by pouring water on it, instead of trying to steal it from the Library and burning it or something... Perhaps the Library's security is very tough and the only way he could cause any damage to the book without drawing attention was water?


Or maybe in PPC they use water bottles instead of paper shredders...

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 		Re: [UPDATE] Quirky Acuity October 11th
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In the off-time, when he's recalibrating his scanner or uploading additional data or, I don't know, giving it a cup of really hot tea or something . . .


I wonder if the keys are based on the Bambleweeny 5000 Sub-Meson Brain or the Girardi Atomic Vector Plotter . . .
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 		This is of course the only actual use for Advanced Tea Substitute. Cool
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 		Re: [UPDATE] Quirky Acuity October 11th
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I wonder if the keys are based on the Bambleweeny 5000 Sub-Meson Brain or the Girardi Atomic Vector Plotter . . .


lol, maybe Kurt's planning to make all the molecules in Violet's undergarments leap simultaneously one foot to the left Shocked

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 		Nice to see a little bit of Hitch Hiker's creeping into PC. Sounds like Kurt's scanner is based upon the Infinite Improbability Drive...
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 		Maybe if we email Kurt's blog he may give us insider info on the book?
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the indisputable connection between all geometric-based cults.


no i wonder what geometric-based cults we have on earth?
if we could find a suitable candidate it might be the HQ of the Earth Chapter of the fundamental cubists Smile
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 		Some consider the freemasons a 'cult' - I don't personally but hey!
They are into their geometry! There's a grand lodge in London somewhere...
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 		I don't think yuo have to worry about speaking about them unless you divulge their secrets (to which unfortunately I'm not privvy!) Smile
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 		Re: [UPDATE] Quirky Acuity October 11th
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I wonder if the keys are based on the Bambleweeny 5000 Sub-Meson Brain or the Girardi Atomic Vector Plotter . . .


lol, maybe Kurt's planning to make all the molecules in Violet's undergarments leap simultaneously one foot to the left Shocked


Hope Violet doesn't slap him silly for that (of course, he'd have to be pretty silly to do that in the first place Razz ).

(PS - Are you the same Wowbagger as the one on H2G2.com?)
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 		Have to say, the coverup seems a bit *less* scary to me somehow once you visualise the hi - tech involvment of elderly gentlemen pouring Evian onto books in order to confound the trail!

But, seriously, this is worryingly 'Name of the Rose - ish' - is this a recent coverup, or was the book doctored years ago?
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 		Re: [UPDATE] Quirky Acuity October 11th
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Are you the same Wowbagger as the one on H2G2.com?)


No, it's an entirely meangingless coincidence I'm afraid!

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 		I'm confused. I looked up "pentagram" on Google, jsut to see what it was. I came up with a five-pointed star, sometimes inscribed within a pentagon. How could that relate to an early form of Cube-worship? Am I missing something here?

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