minow%rex.DEC%decwrl.ARPA@csnet-relay.arpa (04/05/84)
In SFL V9.53, Jerry Bakin (Bakin @ HI-MULTICS) quotes one of Arthur Clarke's characters as observing "once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is a conspiracy." If I remember correctly, the first use of that phrase was from one of the James Bond novels (Goldfinger?): "once is happistance, twice is an accident, three times is enemy action." Martin Minow Thu 5-Apr-1984 14:25 Maynard Time. Martin Minow MLO3-3/U8, DTN 223-9922