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1. It is not the Civil War. 2. It is not part of a sci-fi fantasy or real life. 3. It is not part of a fictional book. 4. It is not sentient/self-aware. 5. It is not a place. 6. It does now have, or it has ever had, physical existence; i.e., it does take up space. 7. It is artificial. 8. It is not electronic. 9. It is not some sort of computer that has beaten a Russian chess master, and its maker was not one of the first computer manufacturers to incorporate DOS as an operating system into their computers. 10. It is not any type of vehicle propelled by an engine (plane, car, motor boat, etc.). 11. It is not currency. 12. It does not emit sound. 13. It does currently exist. 14. It is not a structure, i.e. house, office building, tomb, etc. 15. It is animal, vegetable, or mineral. 16. It is not a family pet. 17. I have ever seen it w/ my own eyes in reality (as oppossed to on the TV, or a poster, or something). 18. I have seen it in the last year. 19. It is not bigger than me. 20. It cannot change size by design, i.e. a balloon. 21. It is not a unique item, as opposed to something that has been replicated (forgeries not withstanding) or mass-produced. 22. Omega is likely to have something of the same sort in his house, if not the same specific thing. 23. It is a book, painting, sculpture, or other work of art.
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Is it a book?
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1. It is not the Civil War. 2. It is not part of a sci-fi fantasy or real life. 3. It is not part of a fictional book. 4. It is not sentient/self-aware. 5. It is not a place. 6. It does now have, or it has ever had, physical existence; i.e., it does take up space. 7. It is artificial. 8. It is not electronic. 9. It is not some sort of computer that has beaten a Russian chess master, and its maker was not one of the first computer manufacturers to incorporate DOS as an operating system into their computers. 10. It is not any type of vehicle propelled by an engine (plane, car, motor boat, etc.). 11. It is not currency. 12. It does not emit sound. 13. It does currently exist. 14. It is not a structure, i.e. house, office building, tomb, etc. 15. It is animal, vegetable, or mineral. 16. It is not a family pet. 17. I have ever seen it w/ my own eyes in reality (as oppossed to on the TV, or a poster, or something). 18. I have seen it in the last year. 19. It is not bigger than me. 20. It cannot change size by design, i.e. a balloon. 21. It is not a unique item, as opposed to something that has been replicated (forgeries not withstanding) or mass-produced. 22. Omega is likely to have something of the same sort in his house, if not the same specific thing. 23. It is a book, painting, sculpture, or other work of art. 24. It is a book.
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Is it a modern book (written/published in the last 50 years)? Is it considered sacred by any large group of people in the religious sense of the word?
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1. It is not the Civil War. 2. It is not part of a sci-fi fantasy or real life. 3. It is not part of a fictional book. 4. It is not sentient/self-aware. 5. It is not a place. 6. It does now have, or it has ever had, physical existence; i.e., it does take up space. 7. It is artificial. 8. It is not electronic. 9. It is not some sort of computer that has beaten a Russian chess master, and its maker was not one of the first computer manufacturers to incorporate DOS as an operating system into their computers. 10. It is not any type of vehicle propelled by an engine (plane, car, motor boat, etc.). 11. It is not currency. 12. It does not emit sound. 13. It does currently exist. 14. It is not a structure, i.e. house, office building, tomb, etc. 15. It is animal, vegetable, or mineral. 16. It is not a family pet. 17. I have ever seen it w/ my own eyes in reality (as oppossed to on the TV, or a poster, or something). 18. I have seen it in the last year. 19. It is not bigger than me. 20. It cannot change size by design, i.e. a balloon. 21. It is not a unique item, as opposed to something that has been replicated (forgeries not withstanding) or mass-produced. 22. Omega is likely to have something of the same sort in his house, if not the same specific thing. 23. It is a book, painting, sculpture, or other work of art. 24. It is a book. 25. It is not a modern book (written/published in the last 50 years). 26. It is not considered sacred by any large group of people in the religious sense of the word (as far as I know).
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1. It is not the Civil War. 2. It is not part of a sci-fi fantasy or real life. 3. It is not part of a fictional book. 4. It is not sentient/self-aware. 5. It is not a place. 6. It does now have, or it has ever had, physical existence; i.e., it does take up space. 7. It is artificial. 8. It is not electronic. 9. It is not some sort of computer that has beaten a Russian chess master, and its maker was not one of the first computer manufacturers to incorporate DOS as an operating system into their computers. 10. It is not any type of vehicle propelled by an engine (plane, car, motor boat, etc.). 11. It is not currency. 12. It does not emit sound. 13. It does currently exist. 14. It is not a structure, i.e. house, office building, tomb, etc. 15. It is animal, vegetable, or mineral. 16. It is not a family pet. 17. I have ever seen it w/ my own eyes in reality (as oppossed to on the TV, or a poster, or something). 18. I have seen it in the last year. 19. It is not bigger than me. 20. It cannot change size by design, i.e. a balloon. 21. It is not a unique item, as opposed to something that has been replicated (forgeries not withstanding) or mass-produced. 22. Omega is likely to have something of the same sort in his house, if not the same specific thing. 23. It is a book, painting, sculpture, or other work of art. 24. It is a book. 25. It is not a modern book (written/published in the last 50 years). 26. It is not considered sacred by any large group of people in the religious sense of the word (as far as I know). 27. It is not My Family and Other Animals. 28. It is not The Communist Manifesto.
And I didn't say Omega had it. I said Omega likely has something of the same sort. In other words, he likely has a book. I just couldn't say that at the time, because you didn't yet know it was a book.
Might I suggest that you try to narrow down the range of books from which to choose, before guessing specific titles?
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Just to clarify, he likely has a book ... or he likely has a specific kind of book? Because, I think its safe to say everyone here has books so it doesn't make sense to mention Omega has a book unless its because its a specific type of book ...
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1. It is not the Civil War. 2. It is not part of a sci-fi fantasy or real life. 3. It is not part of a fictional book. 4. It is not sentient/self-aware. 5. It is not a place. 6. It does now have, or it has ever had, physical existence; i.e., it does take up space. 7. It is artificial. 8. It is not electronic. 9. It is not some sort of computer that has beaten a Russian chess master, and its maker was not one of the first computer manufacturers to incorporate DOS as an operating system into their computers. 10. It is not any type of vehicle propelled by an engine (plane, car, motor boat, etc.). 11. It is not currency. 12. It does not emit sound. 13. It does currently exist. 14. It is not a structure, i.e. house, office building, tomb, etc. 15. It is animal, vegetable, or mineral. 16. It is not a family pet. 17. I have ever seen it w/ my own eyes in reality (as oppossed to on the TV, or a poster, or something). 18. I have seen it in the last year. 19. It is not bigger than me. 20. It cannot change size by design, i.e. a balloon. 21. It is not a unique item, as opposed to something that has been replicated (forgeries not withstanding) or mass-produced. 22. Omega is likely to have something of the same sort in his house, if not the same specific thing. 23. It is a book, painting, sculpture, or other work of art. 24. It is a book. 25. It is not a modern book (written/published in the last 50 years). 26. It is not considered sacred by any large group of people in the religious sense of the word (as far as I know). 27. It is not My Family and Other Animals. 28. It is not The Communist Manifesto. 29. It is not an instruction book. 30. It is not a text book of some sort (assuming you mean "school book", and not just a book w/ text in it). 31. It is not a biography or autobiography.
The only reason I specified Omega is because Omega asked the question, and he said "I". Therefore, I was answering in the same terms. I couldn't just say "you", because everyone would think it referred to themselves. And Omega didn't ask about anyone else, just himself.
And I want to refer you back to this again:
"BTW, bear in mind that I'm doing this as literally as possible. Exact wording is important in my answers. So don't assume that an answer says something that it actually doesn't. You might be generalizing something that the answer says very specifically."
I hate to give anything away, but you're doing exactly what I told you not to, on exactly the point I was concerned about.
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Were it listed in my library's catalog, would it be listed under the Reference section?
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-------------------- Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.
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