Автостопом по галактике

Chapter 25

           Theywereawarethatthisdaytheywouldrepresenttheirentireraceinitsgreatestmoment,buttheyconductedthemselvescalmlyandquietlyastheyseatedthemselvesdeferentiallybeforethedesk,openedtheirbriefcasesandtookouttheirleather-boundnotebooks.

           TheirnameswereLunkwillandFook.

           Forafewmomentstheysatinrespectfulsilence,then,afterexchangingaquietglancewithFook,Lunkwillleanedforwardandtouchedasmallblackpanel.

           Thesubtlestofhumsindicatedthatthemassivecomputerwasnowintotalactivemode.Afterapauseitspoketotheminavoicerichresonantanddeep.

           Itsaid:"WhatisthisgreattaskforwhichI,DeepThought,thesecondgreatestcomputerintheUniverseofTimeandSpacehavebeencalledintoexistence?"

           LunkwillandFookglancedateachotherinsurprise.

           "Yourtask,OComputer…"beganFook.

           "No,waitaminute,thisisn’tright,"saidLunkwill,worried."Wedistinctlydesignedthiscomputertobethegreatestoneeverandwe’renotmakingdowithsecondbest.DeepThought,"headdressedthecomputer,"areyounotaswedesignedyoutobe,thegreatestmostpowerfulcomputerinalltime?"

           "Idescribedmyselfasthesecondgreatest,"intonedDeepThought,"andsuchIam."

           Anotherworriedlookpassedbetweenthetwoprogrammers.Lunkwillclearedhisthroat.

           "Theremustbesomemistake,"hesaid,"areyounotagreatestcomputerthantheMilliardGargantubrainwhichcancountalltheatomsinastarinamillisecond?"

           "TheMilliardGargantubrain?"saidDeepThoughtwithunconcealedcontempt."Amereabacus—mentionitnot.

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