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	Re: Another justification of Google's existence:
	Posted By: Hamish Sinclair	Date: 12/12/01 11:18 p.m.
	In Response To: Another justification of Google's existence: (SiliconDream =PN=) : http://groups.google.com/groups?q : =+gunfighter%27s+amnesia&hl=en&rnum=1&selm=1995Jan12.214322.21562%40midway.uchicago.edu : "Tycho, after having been destroyed in the initial attack, was : reanimated : by a splinter group of compilers "in Durandal's image". That : Durandal's true self-awareness was a fluke is made clear by Tycho's : obvious insanity, *even* though the S'pht attempted to duplicate the : progression of Durandal's rampancy exactly. While Tycho did not play : any role of consequence in Marathon, we thought it was important to : demonstrate that Durandal's condition was unique." : Ok, so in the original Marathon plot, post-Rampant AIs were in general : useless. I guess I could say that this just hammers home that Durandal's : growth was destined. :-) However, I think that this was probably revised : in the later games, where Tycho seems semi-sane and perfectly self-aware. : Evil as Jesse Helms, but self-aware. Aye. The thing that gets me is that Jason's comments have been pretty much overlooked until now. I certainly missed them back in Jan 1995 otherwise they'd be on the Story page. In March 1995 Jonathan Chapman reposted Jason's story comments http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+%22Marathon+ending+%3CSPOILERS+from+Jason%3E%22&hl=en&rnum=1&selm=jchapmn-2603952321370001%40stiles-kstar-node.net.yale.edu After that they seem to have been lost in the virtual ether that is Usenet. I'm sure there are other important posts like this going back to PID times and even futher. Only time will tell. Keep searching Google! Cheers Hamish

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	Durandal and Thoth, revisited	SiliconDream =PN=	12/12/01 10:18 p.m.
	Another justification of Google's existence:	SiliconDream =PN=	12/12/01 10:27 p.m.
	Re: Another justification of Google's existence:	Hamish Sinclair	12/12/01 11:18 p.m.
	Re: Another justification of Google's existence:	Mark Levin	12/13/01 8:07 a.m.
	Re: Another justification of Google's existence:	SiliconDream =PN=	12/13/01 1:43 p.m.
	Chance discovery?	Darksbane	12/16/01 5:37 p.m.
	Re: Chance discovery?	SiliconDream =PN=	12/16/01 8:23 p.m.
	Re: Durandal and Thoth, revisited	Andrew Nagy	12/13/01 2:24 a.m.
	Re: Durandal and Thoth, revisited	SiliconDream =PN=	12/13/01 3:43 a.m.
	Re: Durandal and Thoth, revisited	[Tycho?]	12/13/01 10:45 a.m.
	Re: Durandal and Thoth, revisited	Ahruman	12/14/01 7:59 a.m.
	Re: Durandal and Thoth, revisited	SiliconDream =PN=	12/14/01 5:37 p.m.
	Re: Durandal and Thoth, revisited	Ahruman	12/15/01 9:41 a.m.
	Re: Durandal and Thoth, revisited	SiliconDream =PN=	12/15/01 3:30 p.m.

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