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Re: Preview of an ariticle about Wotan German AI

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth, comp.sys.super, comp.ai.nat-lang, de.sci.informatik.ki
Subject Re: Preview of an ariticle about Wotan German AI
Date 2012-12-14 14:03 -0800
Organization None to speak of
Message-ID <lnip84l29c.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> (permalink)
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Mentifex <mentifex@myuw.net> writes:
[...]
> In the beginning was MindRexx, at that time the latest word in
> open-source artificial intelligence. MindRexx came to life on the
> Maserati of home computers, the Commodore Amiga, in the same year --
> 1993 -- that our guru and sci-fi fuehrer Vernor Vinge published
> "Technological Singularity" in the Whole Earth Review (WER).
[...]

I strongly suspect that Vernor Vinge would not appreciate being
referred to as "fuerher".  Yes, I know it's German for "leader",
but I'm sure you're aware it has other connotations, especially
when thrown into an English sentence.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
    Will write code for food.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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Preview of an ariticle about Wotan German AI Mentifex <mentifex@myuw.net> - 2012-12-14 12:17 -0800
  Re: Preview of an ariticle about Wotan German AI Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-14 14:03 -0800
    Re: Preview of an ariticle about Wotan German AI Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-12-15 02:11 +0100
      Re: Preview of an ariticle about Wotan German AI Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-12-15 03:33 -0600
        Re: Preview of an ariticle about Wotan German AI Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-12-15 21:56 +0100
          Re: Preview of an ariticle about Wotan German AI Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-12-16 05:38 -0600
      Re: Preview of an ariticle about Wotan German AI albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2012-12-15 14:53 +0000
        Re: Preview of an ariticle about Wotan German AI Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-12-15 22:03 +0100
  Re: Preview of an ariticle about Wotan German AI Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-12-16 19:08 -0800

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