Registering somatic indications of operator ennui in excess of program tolerances, the Q-ship's Mission Management Control System makes a selection from the audio entertainment library: 217-27-9925 (Di Manes, Dennis P.) Program A066C9 (ASCAP) Duration 03:18 Mean Evoked Affect (kS) 3.57 Descriptor THEME SONG Dum; da-da da-da dum, dee da, dum deee da, diddy-diddy-diddy dum. The subject begins to register a gentle elation. HUMAN-FACTORS ENGINEERS: UNSUNG HEROES OF AMERICAN AVIATION "Do you sell new eyes now?" she purred. He became defiantly erect, glaring. "Sure," he snapped, "Not that you could afford it!" "Oh I am very willing to pay, sir. The only question is whether you will want what I have to give." She pouted her lips and thrust out her suddenly very noticeable breasts. A small note about Saul's relationship with sex: Never once, not in his interminable pubescent discomfort or in the ten or so years of monastic loneliness that followed a masters degree in Library and The "Four" Pattern Has A Special Resonance And Relation To Language. Recidivistic Science, had he had a satisfying sexual experience. Primarily this was because no one else had been involved. So Saul looked at this beautiful woman with totem legs, poison green eyebrows, summer dress and suddenly noticeable breasts, and he grinned. It was a very large, face-spanning, Cheshire grin. She movie-star winked and said, "But first, handsome," (he wiped away some drool) "You gotta give me new eyes." She pointed to her current models, which seemed pretty well done even if appallingly natural. "Heh, heh, well, heh, heh, well," Saul said. He used some extra drool to fix his shaggy hair and motioned that he would only take a minute. In a back room, which led to Whatever The Outcome, Once the Number of Laws Is Known -- And It Will Be Four -- Then We Can Be Certain That Every Human Artefact Will Occasion Exactly Those Transformations. another back room, which led to another which led to a front room somewhere else, he stored eighteen varieties of eye. He was known in the town and, oddly, in Brazil as well, for his large assortment of dark, penetrating eyes. Many professional inspectors had procured his services to enhance their business prospects. While in the back, chuckling to himself, he doesn't forget to type in an Italian version: E meglio aver oggi un uovo, che domani una gallina. Now Di Manes scowls. Something has interfered with the audio entertainment portion of this flight -- and just when they were getting to his favorite part about how power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get trapped. How annoying. > CUEBALL TANGO ROSEBUD APPLE: COPY? He punches up the MMCS and checks for faults in see-three subsystems but the bug hunt returns nothing. Meanwhile here's that message yet again, coming in on the authorized tightbeam that ought to be straight from Quarterdeck. But any idiot knows these ops demand total emissions blackout. Not much point, otherwise. So what's the story here?