Month: April 2009

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Artificial Intelligence

04/22/2009 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Artificial Intelligence
Machine intelligence and human intelligence are not comparable (Computer, Nov. 2003, pp. 120, 118-119).  Machine intelligence is a computational phenomenon, human intelligence a social one.  Computing professionals do great social harm when they portray their […]
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AGP – (A Good Point)

04/22/2009 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on AGP – (A Good Point)
Trust the computer industry to shorten “Year 2000” to Y2K.  It was this kind of thinking that caused the problem in the first place.via email from Lynn Showalter, Tuesday, January 26, 1999 4:12 PM
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Wonder

04/20/2009 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Wonder
Wonder is what sets us apart from other life forms.  No other species wonders about the meaning of existence or the complexity of the universe or themselves.Herbert W. Boyer, co-founder of Genentech
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Life

04/19/2009 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Life
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.George Santayana
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Beauty

04/18/2009 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Beauty
When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty.  I think only how to solve the problem.  But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.R. […]