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Can't use it
re: Can't use it.
Marcia
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5/14/2007 8:12:44 PM
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In other words, why do it when all is fine.
I know, Raoul.
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Why a manned space program?
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Raoul
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5/14/2007 6:20:47 PM
Send Machines to Do a Man's Job
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TheSheepLookUp
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5/15/2007 2:21:57 PM
Uhhh, No Way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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carl
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5/15/2007 4:39:07 PM
re: Democracy among computers
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Raoul
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5/15/2007 6:06:57 PM
If I write enough exclamations points, does that make me the winner?
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TheSheepLookUp
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5/16/2007 1:22:54 PM
How Can Man Create Intelligent Machines when he is FLAWED?
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carl
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5/16/2007 4:34:56 PM
How can we trust humans to make a car that runs, or a plane that flies?
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TheSheepLookUp
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5/16/2007 8:16:02 PM
To add
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TheSheepLookUp
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5/16/2007 8:27:07 PM
re: Computers are commanded by humans.
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Marcia
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5/17/2007 12:38:07 AM
There's that fear again
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TheSheepLookUp
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5/17/2007 1:38:47 AM
re: There's that fear again
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Marcia
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5/17/2007 2:14:28 AM
When ya gotta go...
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TheSheepLookUp
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5/17/2007 12:17:01 PM
re: There's that fear again. - ... make that, the ever fictional, HAL 9000.
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Marcia
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5/17/2007 2:16:58 AM
Are you a computer expert?
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TheSheepLookUp
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5/17/2007 12:11:42 PM
re: Why a manned space program?
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Marcia
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5/14/2007 8:08:42 PM
re: Why a manned space program?
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Raoul
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5/14/2007 8:43:28 PM
re: Why a manned space program? Routine only means routine not lack of interest.
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Marcia
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5/17/2007 12:41:34 AM
Inevitably...
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Raoul
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5/17/2007 9:22:50 AM
re: Why a manned space program? Routine has nothing to do with it.
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Marcia
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5/14/2007 10:33:41 PM
re: Why a manned space program? Routine has nothing to do with it.
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Marcia
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5/14/2007 10:37:59 PM
Sorry, but routine has everything to do with it.
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Fox
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5/15/2007 5:11:43 AM
If we CAN send CHIMPS, Y Not?
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carl
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5/14/2007 6:48:00 PM
re: Ham and Enos
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Raoul
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5/14/2007 7:58:02 PM
Ever read the sections from Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff about the space chimps?
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TheSheepLookUp
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5/15/2007 2:05:34 PM
re: Teeth
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Raoul
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5/15/2007 4:08:06 PM
The water's nice enough for us fish. Why move out onto the land?
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TB
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5/14/2007 6:24:12 PM
Can't use it
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Raoul
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5/14/2007 6:41:31 PM
That's like saying humans can't start living on ice packs until they grow fur.
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TB
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5/14/2007 11:52:05 PM
re: Can't use it.
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Marcia
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5/14/2007 8:12:44 PM
We can.
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REB
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5/14/2007 6:51:24 PM
What if we get thrown off the planet by something smarter, better, faster, and stronger?
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TheSheepLookUp
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5/15/2007 3:03:30 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.