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Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation?

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On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:14:39 -0400
Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> gabbled:
>On Wed, 6/10/2026 4:19 AM, boltar@caprica.universe wrote:
>> I suggest you familiarise yourself with John Searles Chinese Room. It doesn't
>
>> matter how it works internally, its the output that matters.
>> 
>
>It's because it is a black box, that we cannot use it.

Huh? No one is asking it to fly a passenger plane.

>Half an answer, is no answer at all.

Except most of the time it gives a full answer. ChatGPT has saved me a huge
amount of time because I haven't had to wade through the rubbish and arguments
on stack overflow to find how to do something. It usually provides something
useful even if it needs tweaking.

>some web site. Absolutely nothing in the cited web page was
>an attempt at an authoritative answer. I've even had the cite
>web pages, where the keywords of the question do not appear.
>
>Why would I pay money for this ?

You don't have to , its free.

>When I first ran this query, it was on a data center machine.
>
>    "What are your capabilities ?"
>
>At the time, that caused the poor thing to have a nervous
>breakdown (it's an unbounded question). The safety timer
>went off after 15 seconds, and the answer was *erased* from
>the screen, so I cannot give sample text showing how unhinged
>it was.

I asked ChatGPT the same and it produced a sensible response. Perhaps
expecting it to work on a home machine is asking a lot.

>    [Picture]   Run-Queries-With-Network-Cable-Disconnected.gif
>
>     https://postimg.cc/k20gzLYy

Didn't work.

>     https://imgur.com/a/It9jbsL

Not available in my region.

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groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2026-03-26 14:08 +0000
  Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2026-03-26 14:38 +0000
    Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2026-03-26 14:45 +0000
    Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2026-03-26 14:59 +0000
    Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? boltar@caprica.universe - 2026-03-26 15:07 +0000
    Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-26 19:48 +0000
    Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? Popping Mad <rainbow@colition.gov> - 2026-05-30 14:30 -0400
      Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? boltar@caprica.universe - 2026-05-31 07:25 +0000
        Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-01 00:11 +0000
          Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? boltar@caprica.universe - 2026-06-01 08:17 +0000
            Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-02 00:09 +0000
              Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? boltar@caprica.universe - 2026-06-02 08:21 +0000
                Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-02 05:58 -0400
                Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? boltar@caprica.universe - 2026-06-02 10:38 +0000
        Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? Kaz Kylheku <046-301-5902@kylheku.com> - 2026-06-08 23:34 +0000
          Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? boltar@caprica.universe - 2026-06-09 08:46 +0000
            Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? Kaz Kylheku <046-301-5902@kylheku.com> - 2026-06-09 21:15 +0000
              Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? boltar@caprica.universe - 2026-06-10 08:19 +0000
                Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-10 09:14 -0400
                Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? boltar@caprica.universe - 2026-06-10 15:01 +0000
                Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? Kaz Kylheku <046-301-5902@kylheku.com> - 2026-06-23 22:56 +0000
                Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2026-06-23 23:37 +0000
                Re: groff: how to completely disable hyphenation? boltar@caprica.universe - 2026-06-24 07:13 +0000

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