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==Japanese==


==Japanese==
==English==
==English==
<blockquote>
Voice: If you want to avoid pain, you should believe in God.
Voice: If you want to avoid pain, you should believe in God.


Voice: Whether you believe in him or not, God is always with you.
Voice: Whether you believe in him or not, God is always with you.


Title: PROTOCOL Layer 09
Title: PROTOCOL Layer 09


 
Narrator: On July 4, 1947, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_UFO_incident a strange flying object] dropped into a desert in New Mexico, USA.
 
Narrator: In July 4th, 1947, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_UFO_incident a strange flying object] dropped into a desert in New Mexico, USA.


Narrator: Even now, its identity has not been ascertained.
Narrator: Even now, its identity has not been ascertained.


Narrator: Guesses became facts, and rumors became histories.
Narrator: Guesses became facts, and rumors became histories.


Lain: Who was it?
Lain: Who was it?


Lain: Who was it?
Lain: Who was it?


Narrator: In 1984, Jaime Shandera, a TV producer, received an undeveloped roll of film in a brown envelope from an anonymous person.
Narrator: In 1984, Jaime Shandera, a TV producer, received an undeveloped roll of film in a brown envelope from an anonymous person.
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Narrator: It is well known now that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman President Truman]'s signature was copied from another document.
Narrator: It is well known now that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman President Truman]'s signature was copied from another document.


Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush Vannevar Bush], who was a Head of Department in MIT, was one of the 12 members of MJ-12.
Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush Vannevar Bush], who was a Head of Department in MIT, was one of the 12 members of MJ-12.


Lain: Connect Wired.
Lain: Connect Wired.


Lain(wired): How can you make something that already happened not have happened?
Lain(wired): How can you make something that already happened not have happened?
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Lain(w): Let's not talk about me right now-
Lain(w): Let's not talk about me right now-


Narrator: Vannevar Bush put forward a new plan to extend memories, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex MEMEX], in 1945.
Narrator: Vannevar Bush put forward a new plan to extend memories, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex MEMEX], in 1945.
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Narrator: He also made the foundations of multimedia at the same time.
Narrator: He also made the foundations of multimedia at the same time.


JJ: You forgot this.
JJ: You forgot this.
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JJ: That's what I said.
JJ: That's what I said.


Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Lilly John C. Lilly] explored the human unconscious in an experiment with sensory deprivation by using drugs and an isolation tank.
Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Lilly John C. Lilly] explored the human unconscious in an experiment with sensory deprivation by using drugs and an isolation tank.
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Narrator: Dolphins can communicate over long distances in water using ultrasonic waves.
Narrator: Dolphins can communicate over long distances in water using ultrasonic waves.


Taro: What?
Taro: What?
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Lain: She is the same as me. I'm myself. I'm the only one.
Lain: She is the same as me. I'm myself. I'm the only one.


Taro: Great!
Taro: Great!
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Lain(w): Play track 44.
Lain(w): Play track 44.


Father: It is drawing to a close...
Father: It is drawing to a close...
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Mika: Pii Pii Pii... Now transmitting. Pii Pii Pii...
Mika: Pii Pii Pii... Now transmitting. Pii Pii Pii...


Lain(w): Stop.
Lain(w): Stop.
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Taro: It's a date, after all. I'm a guy, so I had to do that.
Taro: It's a date, after all. I'm a guy, so I had to do that.


 
Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson Ted Nelson], who learned from heretic pioneers Vannevar Bush and John C. Lilly,
 
Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson Ted Nelson], who learned from heretic pioneers Vannevar Bush and John C. Lilly,  


Narrator: made a plan for a digital library in orbit that can be used anywhere on earth through electromagnetic waves and a telephone network.
Narrator: made a plan for a digital library in orbit that can be used anywhere on earth through electromagnetic waves and a telephone network.
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Narrator: Ted Nelson will go down in history as a proponent of it.
Narrator: Ted Nelson will go down in history as a proponent of it.


Lain: Hello Navi.
Lain: Hello Navi.
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Lain: Kachi Kachi...
Lain: Kachi Kachi...


Lain: Was it me?
Lain: Was it me?
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Lain: It can't be true...
Lain: It can't be true...


Lain: Everything must be a lie... Why did you do that?
Lain: Everything must be a lie... Why did you do that?


Narrator: The earth itself has peculiar electromagnetic waves.
Narrator: The earth itself has peculiar electromagnetic waves.


Narrator: There are always resonances between the ground and the ionosphere at 8 Hz in the ELF band. This is called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schumann_resonances Schumann Resonance].
Narrator: There are always resonances between the ground and the ionosphere at 8&nbsp;Hz in the ELF band. This is called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schumann_resonances Schumann Resonance].


Narrator: It is the brain wave of the earth. But we still don't know how it affects humans.
Narrator: It is the brain wave of the earth. But we still don't know how it affects humans.


Narrator: The human population on Earth is approaching the number of neurons in the brain.
Narrator: The human population on Earth is approaching the number of neurons in the brain.
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Narrator: The network has quickly grown into a form like the neurons in the brain, so the Earth itself will become a neural network.
Narrator: The network has quickly grown into a form like the neurons in the brain, so the Earth itself will become a neural network.


Lain: The only truth... God.
Lain: The only truth... God.


Deus: Yes, me.
Deus: Yes, me.


Narrator: Eiri Masami was a chief research worker in Tachibana Labs.
Narrator: Eiri Masami was a chief research worker in Tachibana Labs.
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Newspaper: Mr. Eiri Masami
Newspaper: Mr. Eiri Masami
</blockquote>
(Adapted from [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors/09protocol_en.txt] and from memory. Originally translated by Keisuke Shindo.)


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(Adapted from [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors/09protocol_en.txt] and from memory. Originally translated by Keisuke Shindo.)
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