Richard Baker wrote: > > John Giorgis said: > > > What sort of research? > > First we flash-freeze your brain in superfluid helium. Then we start > dissecting it with high-energy electron beams... > > (The Langford Basilisk was invented by the fan-writer David Langford, > winner of vast numbers of Hugo awards, and has since entered sf lore. > It's referenced in Egan's _Permutation City_, for example, and is > probably the inspiration for the eponymous effect in Stephenson's _Snow > Crash_. The Basilisk is an image that will crash the human mind. I just > though that the ability of a single word to induce nausea, an effect > that seems to me quite remarkable, might be a useful stepping stone on > the path to such a Basilisk.) > > Rich > GCU Just Too Geeky
<reference source="Monty Python"> How about the fatal joke used as a weapon in WWII? You'll have to get a translation into a language you don't understand... </reference>
