Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site stolaf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!neiman From: neiman@stolaf.UUCP (David M. Neiman) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: RE: The Day the Earth Stood Still Message-ID: <1744@stolaf.UUCP> Date: Thu, 21-Jun-84 12:46:09 EDT Article-I.D.: stolaf.1744 Posted: Thu Jun 21 12:46:09 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 07:31:28 EDT Organization: St. Olaf College, Northfield MN Lines: 19 In "The Day the Earth Stood Still", Klaatu tells us that Gort and others of his type react automatically against aggression. We know that if Klaatu is killed, that Gort is likely to do something nasty. I think the message that Klaatu gave the human to tell Gort "Klaatu borada nikto" meant the only thing that would have stopped Gort, and I think Monty Python intuitively understood this in their film "... and the Holy Grail". Obviously, it means "I'm not dead yet..." question 1: What was the human's name? What is the name of the child? question 2: What is the authoritative spelling of "Klaatu borada nikto"? Dave Neiman [ihnp4 decvax]!stolaf!neiman ===> Carleton College by dialup not yet on the net (net nyet?) "Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?"