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Re:The genomic era arrives, and this time is probably real by lfowles on Monday May 09, 2016 @11:36AM (#11660595)
> How long did it take us to build The Machine in Asimov's 'Contact'?

Do I need to dig out this story or do you mean Carl Sagan's 'Contact'?

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Re:The genomic era arrives, and this time is probably real by toufka on Monday May 09, 2016 @11:48AM (#11660696)
Man, two Freudian slips before coffeetime... I need to better proof my posts. I even went to the wikipedia page to make sure I remember the name of 'The Machine' correctly.
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