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hun27 · 26th February 2007, 01:12 AM

P348
But you'd have to wipe the phoner program first to make space for such a highly theoretical second reboot, and Jordan's idea—to hit Johnny with the Pulse yet again, like lighting a backfire—seemed so spooky, so off-the-wall dangerous, given the fact that Clay had no way of knowing what sort of program the Pulse had mutated into by now . . . assuming (makes an ass out of you and me, yeah, yeah, yeah) it was still up and
running at all. . .

Q: “Lighting a backfire” meaning in the context of an engine or a gun? I can’t see the “backfire” here having anything to do with the preemptive measure in the case of a forest fire.

26th February 2007, 01:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
hun27 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 6	Another question "lighting a backfire" P348 But you'd have to wipe the phoner program first to make space for such a highly theoretical second reboot, and Jordan's idea—to hit Johnny with the Pulse yet again, like lighting a backfire—seemed so spooky, so off-the-wall dangerous, given the fact that Clay had no way of knowing what sort of program the Pulse had mutated into by now . . . assuming (makes an ass out of you and me, yeah, yeah, yeah) it was still up and running at all. . . Q: “Lighting a backfire” meaning in the context of an engine or a gun? I can’t see the “backfire” here having anything to do with the preemptive measure in the case of a forest fire.