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July 25, 2012 04:13 pm PDT
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Trying to hack the rules of wishing
Today's XKCD, the "Eyelash Wish Log," is a bit of design fiction that implies the story of a too-clever-for-his-own-good protagonist who tries to hack the rules and regulations of wishing. It reminded me of Stephen Gould's excellent YA novel Jumper, which rigorously and thoroughly maps out the possibilities of teleportation (which was adapted into a [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Adn-QOTvlog/trying-to-hack-the-rules-of-wi.html
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