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Orac: A computer must, by definition, be logical. But it can also mirror the logic of its creator.Soolin: You mean it's an extension of his mind.Orac: [testily] No, that is *not* what I mean.Soolin: His personality, then.Orac: [more considerate] A better definition, but still not quite accurate.Kerr Avon: Would it know how the booby traps on the orbiter are programmed?Orac: As yet, I don't have enough data to answer that question.Kerr Avon: [growing impatient] *If* it knew, could you extract the information from it?[Orac doesn't respond immediately. Avon gives Orac a whack out of pique]Kerr Avon: Come on! That's a simple enough question.Orac: There might be problems.Kerr Avon: Why? You have extracted information from Federation computers before now. This is just a hodgepodge of three or four of them. You have already said that it is inferior to you.Orac: The difficulty is not technical. It's more one of, uh, attitude.Kerr Avon: Ah. You mean the *logic* of its creator.Orac: Exactly. Let me remind you of ancient Earth mythology: the Delphic Oracle would answer questions truthfully without giving a true answer.Kerr Avon: So what we need is not the right answer, but the right question.Soolin: And in circumstances where any mistake would prove fatal?

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