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10 Post author: cousin_it 19 January 2011 06:12AM

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Comment author: sfb 19 January 2011 10:09:25PM 2 points [-]

a) In that case, in the story it did get off the ground so it must have been tolerable.

b) Criticizing the frequency of instructions is a pretty weak argument against the story plot since it's not critical to the plot. If 1 minute instructions bothers you a lot, imagine the story says they are 2 or 5 minute instructions, or a wristwatch screen with your next instruction on it.

Comment author: benelliott 19 January 2011 10:23:02PM 0 points [-]

I thought that was the implication. Initially, Manna was actually an improvement on a human.