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COLUMBA / TRANSMISSION 03 / 1:02
Inside P-GN/4
There is no bird inside the pigeon. The disguise is the interface.
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P-GN/4
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SIX PHYSICAL ASSEMBLIES
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STUPIDITY ALLOWANCE
KEEP THE SOURCE ATTACHED / FILE 03
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There is no bird inside
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the pigeon.
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P-GN 4 is an appliance
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with an exterior designed to
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stop you asking about the
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appliance.
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Artificial plumage.
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A motion cage.
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An optical cradle.
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A bounded scene spool.
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Depot-serviced power.
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Even the apparent appetite is
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a performance.
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But the most useful part
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is not the camera.
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It is the disguise's tolerance
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for failure.
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A machine that hesitates looks
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broken.
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A pigeon that hesitates looks
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like a pigeon.
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The engineers call that the
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stupidity allowance.
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It is not omniscient.
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Its view can be blocked
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and its observations can become
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stale.
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Those limitations are in the
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service record.
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The sales presentation has a
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much cleaner version.
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