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Alice Turner15 Oct 1998, 13:20originalas archived
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Well, actually, corncrake, I was speaking Buddhistically. Note that I said "next life," not "next world." Heh heh.
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The transcription is done entirely by volunteers. If any of you has access to a university library with the CE (the site helpfully lists locations for you) and a scanner, you will build up merit in the next life by helping them out.
Oh, that's neat. If you're a Protestant, and believe in justification by faith alone, you don't need the merit, and don't get to transcribe the Catholic Encyclopedia.
(Well, maybe GW would appreciate the joke. I'm sure Borges would.)
-alga
Alice Turner18 Oct 1998, 21:00originalas archived
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Thanks, Alex, for the CE "Severus" and "Severian." Actually, I think I prefer the lite OED version, where one can fill in the blanks oneself. -alga
Alex David Groce18 Oct 1998, 21:23originalas archived
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No problem (I typed both in during office hours as no students showed up.) I agree that the entries don't exactly elucidate anything the OED doesn't. Simon Magus is a little longer and will have to wait until later (and with or without the article it's clear he's the type for Cyrix). It's interesting to examine the differences between that and Severian's jungle "magic duel." Sev. handles "heathens" and "heretics," if you will, differently--although the distinguishing factor is situational, rather than based on any larger principle (which makes sense, Severian being a kind of idiot savant most of the time with respect to his miraculous abilities).
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alga wrote: Thanks, Alex, for the CE "Severus" and "Severian." Actually, I think I prefer the lite OED version, where one can fill in the blanks oneself.
"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free." - John 8:32 -- Alex David Groce (adgroce at eos.ncsu.edu) Senior (Computer Science/Multidisciplinary Studies in Technology & Fiction) '98-99 NCSU AITP Student Chapter President 608 Charleston Road, Apt. 1E (919)-233-7366 http://www4.ncsu.edu/~adgroce

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