:18:06
"Executives
of the International Control Corporation...
:18:08
...neither confirm nor deny the existence
of a revolutionary new supercomputer...
:18:12
...multibillion-dollar,"et cetera,"built under
Defense Department contracts," et cetera.
:18:16
Well, they've leaked it.
Our horizons are going to broaden.
:18:20
Personally, I'm relieved
the secrecy's over.
:18:23
ICON is testing the wind.
:18:26
They now control
the ultimate instrument...
:18:29
...of financial power.
:18:32
Yes. This morning
they're open for business.
:18:35
But still...
:18:37
...we have been assured
at least 20 percent of access time...
:18:39
...will be devoted to pure research.
Twenty percent at least.
:18:49
There's nothing wrong
with missing people.
:18:55
If it hurts...
:19:00
...but it's important
to show it, you know.
:19:05
That's what we're here for...
:19:08
...to learn not to hide our feelings.
:19:18
- fullness, with a swift retreat
of the great shadow...
:19:20
... when the sun, clearing the ridge...
:19:23
... looked down, hot and dry...
:19:26
... with a devouring glare...
:19:28
... like the eye of an enemy.
:19:31
But Heyst, once the Number One
of this locality...
:19:36
- Yeah?
- Dr. Harris?
:19:38
Proteus Four is requesting
dialogue with you.
:19:43
- Requesting?
- Yes, sir.
:19:47
Yeah. Yeah, I'll be right there.
:19:52
I have a question.
:19:55
Yeah?
:19:56
I have received a request...
:19:58
... for a program to extract ores
and minerals from the ocean floor.