The Sorting Hat

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

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No: HPFGUIDX C3420
From: catlady_de_los_angeles
Subject: Re: The Sorting Hat
Reply To: [Yahoo! #3407] The Sorting Hat/Crookshanks
Date: 7/6/00 2:11 am  (ET)

> I like the idea of a trapped spirit - perhaps that of the former
headmaster (whose name escapes me), who was around when Dumbledore was
a young teacher.

The former headmaster was a jerk. He couldn't sort students
accurately. I've already said that we can't distinguish by behaviour
between a trapped spirit in an artifact, an artifact with an artificial
intelligence created by magic, and an artifact enspelled with a really
thorough program IF... THEN.... ELSE IF.....