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."A rug," Febbs repeated, irritably."Don't you understand? Or has the Judaeo-Christian traditionimpaired your judgment? What kind of patriot are you?""I'm a patriot," the portly businessman said defensively."With glass eyes," Febbs said."Natural-simulated.Of course if it didn't have good teeth, regularand white, if there were unsightly fillings or you couldn't get the yellow stain removed, it could be awall-hanging.Flat." The head could be discarded.The portly businessman began, uneasily, to read his 'pape."I'll give you the poop," Febbs said, "on the Civic Notification Distorter.It's n-e but not terror.Not terminal.I mean it doesn't kill.It's in the conf class.""I know what that means," the portly gentleman said hurriedly, keeping his eyes on thehomeopape.Obviously he did not care to continue the discussion for reasons which eluded Febbs.Perhaps Febbs decided, the man felt guilty at his ignorance on this vital topic."That meansconfusions.Disorienting.""The Civic Notification Distorter," Febbs said, "bases its operation on the requirement that inpresent-day society every filled-out official form has to be recorded, microwise, in trio or quad orquin.Three, four or five copies in every instance have to be made.The weapon functions in arelatively uncomplicated manner.All micro-copies, after being Xeroxed, are carried over coaxial linesto file-repositories, generally subsurface and away from population centers, in case of a major war.You know, so they'll survive I mean, records have got to survive.So the Civic Notification Distorter islaunched ground-to-ground say from Newfoundland to Peking.I've selected Peking because that's theSino-South-Asia civic-institution concentration for that half of Peep-East; that's where their half oftheir total records originate.It strikes, screwing itself within a matter of microseconds out of sight inthe ground; no visible trace survives.And at once it extends pseudo-podia which search out,subsurface, until it contacts a co-ax carrying data to an archive.You see?""Um," the portly businessmen said, half-heartedly, trying to read."Say, this new satellite's design suggests possibly it even ""And the distorter," Febbs said, "operates from that instant on in a way for which the word'inspired' is not excessive.It diverts integers of the data, the fundamental message-units, so that theyno longer agree.In other words, copy two of the original document no longer can be superimposed oncopy one.Copy three disagrees with copy two at one higher order of distortion.If a fourth copy existsit is reconstituted so that ""If you know so much about weapons," the portly businessman broke in disagreeably, "why aren'tyou in Festung Washington, D.C.?"Surley G.Febbs, with the mere trace of a smile, said, "I am, fella.Wait and see.You're going tohear about me.Remember the name Surley G.Febbs.Got it? Surley Febbs.F as in fungus."The portly businessman said, "Just tell me one thing.Then frankly, Mr.Febbs, F as in fungus, Idon't want to hear any more; I can't take any more in.You said 'rug.' What was that? Why a rug?'Glass eyes,' you said.And something about 'natural simulated.' " Uneasily, with tangible aversion, hesaid, "You mean?""I mean," Febbs said quietly, "that something should remain as a reminder.So you know youachieved it." He searched for, found the proper term to express his emotions, his intent."A trophy."The loudspeaker blurted, "We are now landing at Abraham Lincoln Field.Surface travel toFestung Washington, D.C.thirty-five miles to the east is available at slight additional cost; retain yourticket-receipt in order to qualify for low, low fares."Febbs glanced out the window for the first time during the trip and saw below him, gratifyingly,his new abode, the enormous, sprawling population center which was the capital of Wes-bloc.Thesource from which all authority emanated.Authority which he now shared.And with the fund of his knowledge the world situation would rapidly pick up.He could, on thebasis of this conversation, foresee that.Wait until I sit in on the top-security closed-session Board meetings down in the subsurfacekremlin with General Nitz and Mr.Lars and the rest of those fellas, he said to himself.The balance ofpower between East and West is going to radically alter.And boy, are they going to know about it inNew Moscow and Peking and Havana.The ship, retrojets whistling, began to descend.But how best, Febbs inquired of himself, can I really serve my power-bloc? I'm not going toreceive that one-sixth slice, that one component, which a concomody is asked to plowshare.That's notenough for me.Not after this conversation.It's made me see things straight.I'm a top weapons expert although, admittedly, I don't have one of those formal degrees from some university or the Air ArmMilitary Academy at Cheyenne.Plowsharing? Is that all I can offer in the way of unique knowledgeand talent so exceptional that you'd have to go back to the Roman Empire and even before to find itsequal?Hell no, he realized.Plowsharing is for the average man.I'm that, computerwise, statistically-speaking, but underneath that I'm Surley Grant Febbs, as I just now said to this man beside me.Thereare a lot of average men.Six always sit on the Board.But there's only Surley Febbs.I want the complete weapon.And when I get there and sit with them officially I'm going to get my hands on it.Whether theylike it or not. 10As Lars Powderdry and the others emerged from the theater in which the video tape of item 278had been run, a loitering figure approached them."Mr.Lanferman?" Gasping for breath, eyes like sewn-on buttons, the football-shaped, ill-dressed,broken reed sort of individual was lugging an enormous sample-case.He wedged himself in their path,blocking all escape."I just want a minute.Just let me say a couple of things okay?"It was one of Jack Lanferman's headaches, an encounter with marginal operators such as thisman, Vincent Klug.Under the circumstances it was hard to know whom to feel more sorry for, JackLanferman who was big, powerful and expensive, as well as busy, with no idle time to spare, in that asa hedonist his time was convertible into physical pleasure and that was that.Or for Klug.For years Vincent Klug had hung around [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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."A rug," Febbs repeated, irritably."Don't you understand? Or has the Judaeo-Christian traditionimpaired your judgment? What kind of patriot are you?""I'm a patriot," the portly businessman said defensively."With glass eyes," Febbs said."Natural-simulated.Of course if it didn't have good teeth, regularand white, if there were unsightly fillings or you couldn't get the yellow stain removed, it could be awall-hanging.Flat." The head could be discarded.The portly businessman began, uneasily, to read his 'pape."I'll give you the poop," Febbs said, "on the Civic Notification Distorter.It's n-e but not terror.Not terminal.I mean it doesn't kill.It's in the conf class.""I know what that means," the portly gentleman said hurriedly, keeping his eyes on thehomeopape.Obviously he did not care to continue the discussion for reasons which eluded Febbs.Perhaps Febbs decided, the man felt guilty at his ignorance on this vital topic."That meansconfusions.Disorienting.""The Civic Notification Distorter," Febbs said, "bases its operation on the requirement that inpresent-day society every filled-out official form has to be recorded, microwise, in trio or quad orquin.Three, four or five copies in every instance have to be made.The weapon functions in arelatively uncomplicated manner.All micro-copies, after being Xeroxed, are carried over coaxial linesto file-repositories, generally subsurface and away from population centers, in case of a major war.You know, so they'll survive I mean, records have got to survive.So the Civic Notification Distorter islaunched ground-to-ground say from Newfoundland to Peking.I've selected Peking because that's theSino-South-Asia civic-institution concentration for that half of Peep-East; that's where their half oftheir total records originate.It strikes, screwing itself within a matter of microseconds out of sight inthe ground; no visible trace survives.And at once it extends pseudo-podia which search out,subsurface, until it contacts a co-ax carrying data to an archive.You see?""Um," the portly businessmen said, half-heartedly, trying to read."Say, this new satellite's design suggests possibly it even ""And the distorter," Febbs said, "operates from that instant on in a way for which the word'inspired' is not excessive.It diverts integers of the data, the fundamental message-units, so that theyno longer agree.In other words, copy two of the original document no longer can be superimposed oncopy one.Copy three disagrees with copy two at one higher order of distortion.If a fourth copy existsit is reconstituted so that ""If you know so much about weapons," the portly businessman broke in disagreeably, "why aren'tyou in Festung Washington, D.C.?"Surley G.Febbs, with the mere trace of a smile, said, "I am, fella.Wait and see.You're going tohear about me.Remember the name Surley G.Febbs.Got it? Surley Febbs.F as in fungus."The portly businessman said, "Just tell me one thing.Then frankly, Mr.Febbs, F as in fungus, Idon't want to hear any more; I can't take any more in.You said 'rug.' What was that? Why a rug?'Glass eyes,' you said.And something about 'natural simulated.' " Uneasily, with tangible aversion, hesaid, "You mean?""I mean," Febbs said quietly, "that something should remain as a reminder.So you know youachieved it." He searched for, found the proper term to express his emotions, his intent."A trophy."The loudspeaker blurted, "We are now landing at Abraham Lincoln Field.Surface travel toFestung Washington, D.C.thirty-five miles to the east is available at slight additional cost; retain yourticket-receipt in order to qualify for low, low fares."Febbs glanced out the window for the first time during the trip and saw below him, gratifyingly,his new abode, the enormous, sprawling population center which was the capital of Wes-bloc.Thesource from which all authority emanated.Authority which he now shared.And with the fund of his knowledge the world situation would rapidly pick up.He could, on thebasis of this conversation, foresee that.Wait until I sit in on the top-security closed-session Board meetings down in the subsurfacekremlin with General Nitz and Mr.Lars and the rest of those fellas, he said to himself.The balance ofpower between East and West is going to radically alter.And boy, are they going to know about it inNew Moscow and Peking and Havana.The ship, retrojets whistling, began to descend.But how best, Febbs inquired of himself, can I really serve my power-bloc? I'm not going toreceive that one-sixth slice, that one component, which a concomody is asked to plowshare.That's notenough for me.Not after this conversation.It's made me see things straight.I'm a top weapons expert although, admittedly, I don't have one of those formal degrees from some university or the Air ArmMilitary Academy at Cheyenne.Plowsharing? Is that all I can offer in the way of unique knowledgeand talent so exceptional that you'd have to go back to the Roman Empire and even before to find itsequal?Hell no, he realized.Plowsharing is for the average man.I'm that, computerwise, statistically-speaking, but underneath that I'm Surley Grant Febbs, as I just now said to this man beside me.Thereare a lot of average men.Six always sit on the Board.But there's only Surley Febbs.I want the complete weapon.And when I get there and sit with them officially I'm going to get my hands on it.Whether theylike it or not. 10As Lars Powderdry and the others emerged from the theater in which the video tape of item 278had been run, a loitering figure approached them."Mr.Lanferman?" Gasping for breath, eyes like sewn-on buttons, the football-shaped, ill-dressed,broken reed sort of individual was lugging an enormous sample-case.He wedged himself in their path,blocking all escape."I just want a minute.Just let me say a couple of things okay?"It was one of Jack Lanferman's headaches, an encounter with marginal operators such as thisman, Vincent Klug.Under the circumstances it was hard to know whom to feel more sorry for, JackLanferman who was big, powerful and expensive, as well as busy, with no idle time to spare, in that asa hedonist his time was convertible into physical pleasure and that was that.Or for Klug.For years Vincent Klug had hung around [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]