Mark Margolis Quotes

Sol Robeson Certain programs cause ] to get stuck in a particular loop. The loop leads to meltdown but just before the crash, they become aware of their own structure. The computer has a ] of its own silicon nature and it prints out the ingredients.

Maximillian Cohen The computer becomes conscious?

Sol Robeson In some ways, I guess.

Maximillian Cohen Studying the pattern made Euclid conscious of itself. I had to... Before it died it spit out the number. That consciousness is the number?

Sol Robeson No, Max. It's only a nasty bug.

Maximillian Cohen It's more than that, Sol.

Sol Robeson No, it's not. It's a ] ]. There's ] there.

Maximillian Cohen It's a ], Sol. It's a door.

Sol Robeson A door at the front of a cliff. You're driving yourself over the edge.

Rabbi Cohen The ] tells us it began 2,000 years ago, when the Romans destroyed the ].

Maximillian Cohen What is this?

Rabbi Cohen Max, you will understand everything if you listen... The Romans also destroyed our priesthood, the ]. And with their deaths, they destroyed our greatest secret. In the center of the temple was the heart of the Jewish life, the ]. It was the earthly residence of our ]. The one God. It housed the ], which stored the original ] which God gave to ]. Only one man was allowed to enter this Holy of Holies on one day, the holiest day of the year, ]. On the Day of Atonement, all of Israel would descend upon ] to watch the High Priest, the Cohen Godul, make his trip to the Holy of Holies. If the High Priest was pure, he would emerge moments later and we were secured a prosperous year. It meant that we were closer to the ]. But, if he was impure, he would die instantly and it meant that we were doomed. The Holy Priest had one ritual to perform in the Holy of Holies, he had to intone a single word... That word, was ].

Maximillian Cohen So?

Rabbi Cohen The true name, which only the Cohanim knew, was 216 letters long.

Mr. Shickadance Ventura!

Ace Ventura Yes, ]? Oh, I'm sorry sir, you sounded like someone else.

Mr. Shickadance Never mind the wisecracks, Ventura. You owe me, rent!

Ace Ventura Mr. Shickadance, I told you. You're my first priority. I'm on a very big case right now. Look at that. That's a true albino pigeon. Some rich guy lost it and is offering a huge reward. As soon as I find this ], you're paid.

Mr. Shickadance I heard animals in there, Ventura. I heard them again this morning, scratching around.

Ace Ventura I never bring my work home with me, sir.

Mr. Shickadance Oh yeah! What's all this pet food for?

Ace Ventura ...Fiber?

Sol Robeson This is ], Max!

Maximillian Cohen Or maybe it's ]!

Sol Robeson The Ancient ] considered the ] board to be a microcosm of the ]. Although when it is empty it appears to be simple and ordered, in fact, the possibilities of gameplay are endless. They say that no two Go games have ever been alike. Just like snowflakes. So, the Go board actually represents an extremely complex and chaotic universe.

Sol Robeson There will be no ], only ].

Sol Robeson As soon as you discard ] rigor, you're no longer a ], you're a numerologist.

Sol Robeson That is the ] of our ], Max. It can't be easily summed up with ].

Sol Robeson Number? How many digits was it? 100? 1,000? 216?

Sol Robeson Have you met ]? The one with the black spots, you see? You remember Archimedes of Syracuse, eh? The ] asks Archimedes to determine if a present he's received is actually solid ]. Unsolved problem at the ]. It tortures the great Greek mathematician for weeks — insomnia haunts him and he twists and turns in his bed for nights on end. Finally, his equally exhausted wife — she's forced to share a bed with this ] — convinces him to take a bath to relax. While he's entering the tub, Archimedes notices the bath ] rise. Displacement, a way to determine volume, and that's a way to determine density — weight over volume. And thus, Archimedes solves the problem. He screams "Eureka" and he is so overwhelmed he runs dripping naked through the streets to the king's palace to report his discovery.

Sol Robeson Hold on. You have to slow down. You're losing it. You have to take a breath. Listen to yourself. You're connecting a computer bug I had with a computer bug you might have had and some religious hogwash. You want to find the number 216 in the world, you will be able to find it everywhere. 216 steps from a mere street corner to your front door. 216 seconds you spend riding on the elevator. When your ] becomes obsessed with anything, you will filter everything else out and find that thing everywhere.