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Subject: Re: Program name list : to Masciulli Gianluigi

Author: Michel Chassey

Date: 07:49:01 09/05/99

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Please,
        what does "Golem" mean for you ?
Puzzled,
         Michel Chassey  ;-D
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On September 05, 1999 at 08:29:56, Amir Ban wrote:

>On September 04, 1999 at 06:33:49, Ralf Elvsén wrote:
>
>>On September 03, 1999 at 20:12:17, Michel Chassey wrote:
>>
>>>To Masciulli Gianluigi:
>>>                        if I remember correctly a golem is some kind of
>>>droid. The concept comes from the Dune saga. I could be wrong but a golem
>>>was the only legal computer in the Empire.
>>>[SNIP]
>>If my memory serves me right, the creature appears in jewish
>>folklore. It is created by magic, to serve good or evil,
>>often with fatal consequences :)
>>
>>Ralf
>
>This is true. The golem (hebrew for dummy or cocoon) was according to legend
>created by Rabbi Low, also called the Maharal,
[SNIP]
>Amir



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