SUBJECT>Re: NM=Nelson Mandela ????
POSTER>Grand Zero
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DATE>Thursday, 19 March 1998, at 12:05 p.m.
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<P>This Earth-connection is making me very uneasy. Some questions from the Department of Thinking and the WSU.
<P>*Why do the Ipsos give probes English names (Caleb, Nelson, etc)?
<P>**Nelson Mandela is *recent* Earth History. I thought the Martian Ipsos had been asleep for 700 years. How do Ipsos on &quot;Wolf&quot; know about Nelson Mandela?
<P>***Again, why would the Ipsos have a terminal that communicates so well in English? Nothing we've seen on Mars indicates that the Ipsos normally communicate in English.
<P>****What connection do the Ipsos have with present-day Earth? I don't see how they could do all this with just an observation station on the dark side of the moon and a couple of exploration misisons.
<P>*****What is the significance of the name Nelson Mandela (obviously it's not his given name.) Is he fighting for freedom and/or equality?
<P>Now the biggie...
<BR>******Is there a Groove terminal ON Earth?
<P>I wonder how much of this &quot;Bette&quot; can glean from the terminal.
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<P>Zero
<BR>O=o