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"The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov
- dreyfiz 16y agoGreat ending!
- crazydiamond 16y agoFor those of you who missed yesterday's thread: The Last Answer http://www.scritube.com/limba/engleza/books/THE-LAST-ANSWER-by-Isaac-Asimo1625192311.php http://www.scritube.com/limba/engleza/books/THE-LAST-ANSWER-...
- billswift 16y agoThis was on HN less than a year ago http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=595419 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=595419
- blhack 16y agoAt this time, there are 47 people who still found it pretty interesting. In my opinion, that merits it appearing on the front page again. (This is also the entire philosophy behind social news)
- billswift 16y agoSure, but I like reading comments, linking to earlier posts makes those comments available to new readers, too.
- ghshephard 16y agoCurious - I wonder what the legality is of distributing Isaac Asimov's copyrighted materials. There is some subtle meta-insight of the internet being some form of MultiVax, but encumbered by extensive copyright laws, which limit its usefulness, but at the same time containing the story of Multivax regardless. Further Meta-Meta-Insight: http://www.google.com/search?q=copyright+status+%22The+Last+Question http://www.google.com/search?q=copyright+status+%22The+Last+... The first hit seems to have the most insightful analysis: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/happy_birthday_isaac_asimov_three_l.html http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/happy_birthday_isaa...
- wallfly 16y agoLet's toss a little theology into the mix: http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Creation http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Creation