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  "thread": {
    "id": 46,
    "subject": "Mainframe",
    "messages": 1,
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    "first": "1997-01-27T09:45:24+00:00",
    "last": "1997-01-27T09:45:24+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<whorl-v0002-0081@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "David_Lebling",
        "address": "david_lebling at avid.com"
      },
      "date": "1997-01-27T09:45:24+00:00",
      "subject": "(whorl) Mainframe",
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          "text": "The question was raised (I don't recall by whom) of how one can see\none's dead relatives in Mainframe if most people spend their lives (and\ndeaths) outside the view of Windows, Glasses, and Monitors.  I should\nthink the answer is obvious.  The data about the dead relatives is\nextracted from the _viewer_.  That is, when (say) Horn talks to his\nrelatives, it is his own memories of them that are used to create what\nhe sees(*), perhaps with whatever \"public record\" scaffolding is\navailable to Mainframe to firm them up.\n\n     Dave Lebling\n     (david_lebling at avid.com)\n\nps: Most sceptics (and I am one) will tell you that this is what is\nhappening during \"near-death\" experiences as well; perhaps a guide to\ninterpreting Silk's?\n\nQuestions or problems to whorl-owner at lists.best.com"
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