-=> Quoting Ivy Iverson to Paul Andinach <=-
 II> there is a Rosetta stone that could be used to get a toehold on the
 II> labguage barrier: The periodic table of the elements, which is
 II> universal.
   Okay, but what does it mean?
   You can't send a message saying "Helium Lithium Oxygen Tellurium
Oxygen Ytterbium Oxygen Uranium". It's pointless.
 
 II> ... The SysOp of this BBS is from Alpha Centuri, The CoSysOp is from
 II> Mars. 
   Are you slighting the technology of Ross' species? Suggesting that
they can't develop FTL is probably the greatest insult you could
offer. :)
Paul
... Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.          Pets are from Pluto.
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