Chasing Elegants - Lauren Ipsum: A Story About Computer Science and Other Improbable Things - page 93

Laurie pressed on. “Why telescopes?” “So the lighthouse keepers can see farther out.”
“Why do they need to see farther out?”
“Because the other lighthouses are too far away.”
“That doesn't make any sense,” Laurie said. “Why do people in lighthouses want to see other
lighthouses?”
“Because it's how we're going to send messages. It's the Lighthouse Network.”
“Why do you want to send messages that way?”
“Right now,” said Winsome, “if someone on Abstract Island wants to talk with someone on
Data Island, they have to pay the Colonel and his Network of mail daemons.”
“Is that a bad thing? Why build your own Network?”
“Because I can. And because Colonel Trapp doesn't want me to.”
“Why doesn't he want you to build a Network?” Laurie asked.
“That's Five Whys already, kiddo. Are you ready to go? The next stop is an easy one. You'll
like Ping. She lives in a treehouse!”