Конец вечности
Technician
Hesaid,"TheObserversassignedtoourSectionarehighlycompetent.Ihaveeverycertaintythatthoseassignedtothisprojecthavegivenaccuratedata.Haveyouevidencetothecontrary?"
"Notatall,SociologistVoy.Iaccepttheirdata.ItisthedevelopmentofthedataIquestion.Doyounothaveanalternatetensorcomplexatthispoint,ifthecourtshipdataistakenproperlyintoconsideration?"
Voystared,andthenalookofreliefwashedoverhimvisibly."Ofcourse,Technician,ofcourse,butitresolvesitselfintoanidentity.Thereisaloopofsmalldimensionswithnotributariesoneitherside.Ihopeyou’llforgivemeforusingpicturesquelanguageratherthanprecisemathematicalexpressions."
"Iappreciateit,"saidHarlandryly."IamnomoreaComputerthanaSociologist."
"Verygood,then.Thealternatetensor-complexyoureferto,ortheforkingoftheroad,aswemightsay,isnon-significant.Theforksjoinupagainanditisasingleroad.Therewasnotevenanyneedtomentionitinourrecommendations."
"Ifyousayso,sir,Iwilldefertoyourbetterjudgment.However,thereisstillthematteroftheM.N.C."
TheSociologistwincedattheinitialsasHarlanknewhewould.M.N.C.-MinitnumNecessaryChange.TheretheTechnicianwasmaster.ASociologistmightconsiderhimselfabovecriticismbylesserbeingsinanythinginvolvingthemathematicalanalysisoftheinfinitepossibleRealitiesinTime,butinmattersofM.N.C.theTechnicianstoodsupreme.
Mechanicalcomputingwouldnotdo.
