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From: zoara on 29 Jun 2010 07:58
Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <1jkti39.ml3kiy1y37empN%peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid>, Pd
> <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Mark Conrad <aeiou(a)mostly.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Can submarines swim?
>>
>> Depends whether machines can think.
>
> ...and then whether they can think they can swim.

Computers that think they can swim won't last very long...

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From: Pd on 29 Jun 2010 08:44
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote:
> > In article <1jkti39.ml3kiy1y37empN%peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid>, Pd
> > <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >> Mark Conrad <aeiou(a)mostly.invalid> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Can submarines swim?
> >>
> >> Depends whether machines can think.
> >
> > ...and then whether they can think they can swim.
>
> Computers that think they can swim won't last very long...

It's only a problem if they're also self-propelled.

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Pd
From: zoara on 29 Jun 2010 10:54
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:
> zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote:
>>> In article <1jkti39.ml3kiy1y37empN%peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid>, Pd
>>> <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mark Conrad <aeiou(a)mostly.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Can submarines swim?
>>>>
>>>> Depends whether machines can think.
>>>
>>> ...and then whether they can think they can swim.
>>
>> Computers that think they can swim won't last very long...
>
> It's only a problem if they're also self-propelled.

I was talking about computers with legs, duh.

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