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  “My sentiments exactly,” the captain said. “Cal has been right all along: ‘Insufficient data. Warning.’ He couldn’t tell us about this until we asked him and we didn’t know how to ask the question. Well. Try asking Cal where the universe is, Tom.”

  Tom did.

  INSUFFICIENT DATA. UNKNOWN.

  “Where are we. Cal?” Tom asked and his machine chittered back at him like a happy squirrel.

  The answer flashed on the screen. The men stared at it, then at each other. Doctor Bowers had to smile. His smile became a chuckle, flowed into laughter. In a moment all four of them were laughing, the sound moving steadily toward hysteria. The computer’s reply remained on the screen while Cal waited in vain for an answer.

  RELATIVE TO WHAT?

 

 

  Andrew J. Offutt, Ask a Silly Question

 

 

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