On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:43:48 -0400, Rick DeNatale
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:22:15 +0000, Henry Spencer wrote:

I don't believe NASA has claimed that Galileo originated the idea

For all it's merits, I don't think that Galileo had enough on-board
intelligence to originate any ideas.

...."Shall. We. Play. A. Game?"

On the other hand, maybe it did, and the real reason they crashed it into
Jupiter was to avoid it getting a wild hare and coming back like V'ger in
Star Trek: The Motion Picture! G

"Gallo is that which seeks the Creator."

"Fascinating. Captain, why would a brand of Earth wine be looking for
its creator?"

....or:

"G'ili is that which seeks the Creator."

"I see. Where is Weird and the rest of the Spiders from Mars, then?"


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