A new brown huge suitcase


We build a huge suitcase, of course brown (the colour is very important; we don’t know why, but it is; we don’t know if we ever know it; nothing is known about other colours, and if nothing, maybe it’s better not to try them; it is well known that the world belongs to the brave provided that they succeed to survive). Huge enough to place ourselves in. We pack into it a plethora of cables and wires, and ourselves as well. We close the lid and we observe. Tactilely. It’s really dark inside and we can seen nothing. Visual observation is impossible. Auditory observation is not necessary. Cables are mute. They don’t reveal any secrets.

If we don’t know how to build such a huge suitcase, nor know nobody who can make it, we can make for search. The search will be, most probably, very long and exhausting, so it may be a waste of time and energy, although it may happen the search will not be boring and upsetting for we will have a chance to collect a lot of fascinating information encountering on the way various cables and being trapped by them many times... Well, trunks can be accepted, too. This is important. Makes the area of search more vast thus the search itself easier.

Beforehand we should decide if we are going to sit, lie or stand in the suitcase (or trunk). And if our position there is invariable or variable. A variable position means a variable point of view, observations from various sides, levels and angles. Steady position means a steady point of view, which can be sort of limitation, but provides precision and eliminates errors caused by constant repositioning. Of course, any mixed strategy is allowed.

We do not propose a solution applied by a prince long time ago. He had the argument with his cousin, also a prince, and a neighbour, so a mortal foe and scoundrel, who didn’t want to make a territorial concession. This knave, nobody would call him a knight, this liar, twister and weasel, was caught and put into a trunk so smartly designed he could neither sit nor lie nor stand in it. The trunk had two holes: for eating and for shitting – two holes instead of one should be considered a manifestation of extreme humanitarianism, indeed. The prince was keeping his cousin, also a prince, in the trunk for almost two years negotiating all the time and trying to convince him to sign a document. At last the scumbag understood his wickedness and signed it. Then he was set free. They say he was living for some time after but never fully recovered... Unfortunately there were no cables in those days. What a pity. Observations made by the prisoner would be very valuable and could ameliorate the image of this hideous, mean creep.

The history told above reminds us we should consider how much time we are going to spend inside the suitcase. If we are going to be there all the time or maybe leave it from time to time... This is both important and unimportant. Likewise we inside will be monitoring the cables’ behaviour, we outside will be monitoring our behaviour in the suitcase. Even the slightest move will be recorded and described to let us know the impact it had on cables.

Somebody may ask: do we really need such a suitcase? isn’t it better to pack a room with cables and wires and live in it?

Neither better nor worse.


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