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1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions

Now the ideal calculating machine must be such that with an initial input of data it turns out the final answer with as little human interference as possible until the very end.



Because one's never enough. How about "any book you can grab without standing up"?

Unspun cotton was used as wadding between two thicknesses of cloth, as a lining for the doublets and other padded garments that were fashionable from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century.

A googolplex is much larger than a googol, but is still finite, as the inventor of the name was quick to point out.

If they got the hang of the playground, she thought, adult life would hold no fears.

"No sex," Tess said, ignoring her body.


There are, actually, more, but I'll spare you the math exercises and the 2004 IUI Conference proceedings.

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