"Dave {Reply Address in.Sig}" <noone$$@llondel.org> wrote in message 
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> In message , Ye Old One wrote:
>
>> The sad news is that the truly great science fiction writer and
>> scientist Arthur C. Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90.
>>
> Close the pod bay doors, Hal.

I'm sorry Dave...I'm afraid I can't do that.

Loretta wrote:
> "Dave {Reply Address in.Sig}" <noone$$@llondel.org> wrote in message 
> news:1520759.K82DrXh6Nh@robinton.llondel.org...
>> In message , Ye Old One wrote:
>>
>>> The sad news is that the truly great science fiction writer and
>>> scientist Arthur C. Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90.
>>>
>> Close the pod bay doors, Hal.
> 
> I'm sorry Dave...I'm afraid I can't do that. 


He left us lots of things to remember however. One of the few failures 
was the explosion on Apollo 13 - the command module of which was 
reputedly named for the film of 2001: A Space Odyssey.


-- 
John Wright

"What would happen if you eliminated the autism genes from the gene pool?

You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and
socialising and not getting anything done!" - Professor Temple Grandin