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reach
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response 10 of 111:
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Mar 13 05:47 UTC 1992 |
Not that I'm aware of.
(unless, of course, my slacks have begun smoldering again...I'd thought they'd
be safe out on the telephone wire...)
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tsty
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response 11 of 111:
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Jun 1 20:33 UTC 1992 |
This could get as interesting as ENGL:FORUM was. Worked wonders for
those who joined - but the English Dept didn't think it attracted
the "right" people. So after a semester of a whole lotof fun by
us "wrong" sorts, the dept dropped support - and thus the conference.
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reach
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response 12 of 111:
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Jun 19 14:02 UTC 1992 |
"Love your enemies in case your friends turn out to be a bunch
of bastards."
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minx
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response 13 of 111:
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Aug 3 11:31 UTC 1993 |
Words are overrated as a communication device. Too often, they fail as a means
to get across an idea.
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danr
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response 14 of 111:
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Aug 4 02:41 UTC 1993 |
Do the words fail, or do we fail to use the words?
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redwood
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response 15 of 111:
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Aug 4 04:19 UTC 1993 |
Music is the best communications device.
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tsty
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response 16 of 111:
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Aug 7 07:16 UTC 1993 |
Words are under-taught as a communications device. The wrong words
used create the problem.
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nitewind
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response 17 of 111:
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Aug 12 02:15 UTC 1993 |
I find that there are some concepts that just defy language. One has to rely
on the experience of others in order to get across the meaning behind what you
say, no matter how many different ways you can think of to phrase it.
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young
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response 18 of 111:
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Oct 17 18:15 UTC 1993 |
Darmok and Jelad at Tinagre!
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anne
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response 19 of 111:
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Feb 17 00:21 UTC 1994 |
pass
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other
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response 20 of 111:
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Mar 11 05:36 UTC 1994 |
I must argue TS's point. It is not simply the misuse of words which causes the
problem, although the choice of the right words in a given situation can make a
world of difference. A great portion of the problems come from parties
refusing to listen to what other parties are actually *saying*, and to actually
consider the meaning of what others say before refuting their points. One of
the great advantages of a forum such as this, is that by the process of
reading, we are required to more fully register the ideas and thoughts of
others before we can effectively respond to them, although I have found that
some people do respond to part of what they have read, apparently without
reading enough to realize that by doing so, they are responding
inappropriately...
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kami
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response 21 of 111:
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Mar 11 19:33 UTC 1994 |
short attention span.
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mentifex
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response 22 of 111:
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Jun 17 06:43 UTC 1994 |
Is this the proper place to broach the following AI design?
Mind.rexx is available from ftp.wustl.edu in directory pub/aminet/util/rexx.
/^^^^^^^^^^^^\ Mind.rexx Artificial Intelligence /^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\
/ Visual \ ______ / Auditory \
| Memory Channel | / \ ultimate-tag | Memory Channel |
| | / syntax \<---------------|---------------\ |
| | \ node / ______ | | |
| | \______/------>/ \ | | |
| round-about| connection | /function\ | | |
| /-----------|-------------\ |flush \ cable / | | |
| | | | |vector \______/ | ______ | |
| | | _V__V_ | | / \ | |
| _|___ | / \ recall-vector| | / stored \ | |
| / \ re-af|firmation /logico- \-------------|----|-->\ stem / | |
| /percept\<-----|-------->/conceptual\ (onset-tag)| | \______/ | |
| \ / line | \ cable / | | | | |
| \_____/ | \________/ ______V_ | ultimate|-tag | |
| | / \<-|---------' | |
| | /inflection\ | ________ | |
| | \ cable /-|--->/ \ | |
| | \________/ | / stored \| |
| | | \inflection/ |
| | | \________/ |
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kami
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response 23 of 111:
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Jun 19 18:20 UTC 1994 |
excuse me, I think I'm confused. Or maybe not. Maybe I'm too confused to tell
whether I'm confused or not. Was that a bee hive? Or a visual discourse on
the nature of artificial language?
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rcurl
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response 24 of 111:
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Jun 20 05:59 UTC 1994 |
I thought it was a gerbil cage. Arthur, if there is something to be
said about AI and language, I'd like to learn more. How about
a new Item, if there is enough content?
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lynne
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response 25 of 111:
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Aug 30 05:12 UTC 1994 |
er, i thought it was a jungle gym...
To get back to the subject, i think that most people don't realize the
range of expression that's available in the English language or the subtleties
of our inflection system.
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tom67
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response 26 of 111:
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Oct 13 20:34 UTC 1994 |
"Language is a virus from outer space--and hearing your name is better
than seeing your face"--Laurie Anderson 1983
Not necessarily my opinion, but *someone* had to say it:)
First one to tell me who already said it in this conference wins a...
a... ummm... Oh, poop! I'll think of something... <sigh>
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robh
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response 27 of 111:
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Oct 15 00:18 UTC 1994 |
Well, William S. Burroughs already said it, does that count? >8)
Seriously, he said it originally, Laurie got it from him.
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tom67
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response 28 of 111:
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Oct 18 15:41 UTC 1994 |
Thanks, Robert! I had totally forgotten about William S. Burroughs.
He certainly counts (even though I'll bet he's not in this conference =>
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slandis
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response 29 of 111:
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Feb 26 04:18 UTC 1995 |
Looked like a flow chart, a dinosaur from the times of Assembly and
Fortran. Psuedo code is used now.
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magnoon
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response 30 of 111:
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Apr 4 02:12 UTC 1995 |
Rule #17 OMIT NEEDLESS WORDS!
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rcurl
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response 31 of 111:
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Apr 4 05:14 UTC 1995 |
We try.
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chenni
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response 32 of 111:
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Sep 21 10:11 UTC 1996 |
Great looking design by Arthur.... could not understand ABCD of it.. Arthur
telle in words what you wanted to say..
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yenny1
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response 33 of 111:
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Nov 29 00:52 UTC 1996 |
Hi everyone!
Just wanted to say hello and 'Selamat Datang' ( Welcome)
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srw
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response 34 of 111:
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Nov 30 05:31 UTC 1996 |
Welcome Yenny. Is that an Indonesian Language?
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