On Jun 21, 2005, at 10:49 AM, Gary Denton wrote:
(Should I wait for someone else to tell Warren to reread the post he
responded to?)
D'oh. The perils of skimming.
Thinking about it I'm reminded of Marvin and the mattress on
Squornshelleous Zeta in Adams' _Guide_, where Marvin demonstrates how
much more intelligent he is than the mattress by asking it to think of
a number, then telling it it had the wrong number in mind. Maybe
someday when AIs reach such speeds we'll say they've gone Marvin.
--
Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books
http://books.nightwares.com/
Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror"
http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf
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