Wolfe-influenced, if not Wolfe-esque (Gwern Branwen)
The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 11 Nov 2009
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Stephen Case — 11 Nov 2009, 22:19

Huh.  I had never heard of a cloud nine . . . fascinating.  
 
No, I'm afraid the solution is much more mundane than that, very much along the lines of "invisible water".
 
-Steve

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Gwern Branwen — 11 Nov 2009, 23:30
  in reply to Stephen Case

> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Stephen Case <scase at olivet.edu> wrote:
> Huh. I had never heard of a cloud nine . . . fascinating.
> 
> No, I'm afraid the solution is much more mundane than that, very much along
> the lines of "invisible water".
> 
> -Steve

I'm amused that you find cloud nines - basic physics & geometry - to
be less mundane than magical invisible water conjured by wizards!

  --
  gwern

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