Dr. Peccary looked at the bottle sadly. It was worth millions. Billions.
Then slowly he moved to a laboratory sink and poured the contents of the bottle down the drain.
"I can't help wondering," mused Staghorn, "of whose computer we're a part right now—slight factors in the chain of causation that started God knows when and will end...."
"When someone pulls the switch," said Dr. Peccary.