> At 07:03 PM 29/06/00 -0700, Wei Dai <weidai@eskimo.com> wrote:
>
> >Suppose a genie told you that he could grant you one wish (which may be
> >composed of an infinite number of subwishes), but first you would be
> >tortured for a year, and then the wish only has 1% chance of coming true.
>
> This is the customary experience of many artists/writers/start-up
geniuses.
> :)
>
> >Would you accept? What if the wish has only 0.1% chance of coming true?
>
> This is the customary experience of me. :(
>
> Damien Broderick
> [nah, Buoyantly and Perpetually Optimistic, you betcha]
Except that it's only one year...
Emlyn
[to advance without end, to boldly go where no one has gone before]
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