as Terry Pratchett wrote:'Greebo had spent an irritating two minutes in that box. Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look. In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.'
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pzyko Query failed.,
Wed 22 Nov 2006, 16:24,
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You should probably notethat it's not just a cat in a box. There's also a gadget which gives a 50-50 chance of releasing poison to kill the cat within the time of the experiment. That's what makes it an equal chance of alive or dead.
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Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Wed 22 Nov 2006, 16:41,
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