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Thus it was written in the epistle of F. Alfredo Rego,
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> Why did I said that Ted "added the mathematical angle"? I know that
> Ted has a nifty script that magically adds deep mathematical thoughts
> to his signature. But I suspect that he might have manually done
> this for this special occasion:
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> >The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that
> >men will begin to think like computers.
> > -- Harris, Sydney J.
Actually, I didn't. I've been amused at how often those quotes are
appropriate.
> Once we converge on the optimal text, I know a calligrapher who can
> do a good job...
Good.
> The last thing we want is to give Carly a "yet-another computerized card"
> (that would be just another yacc :-)
What he sed.
> Lexically yours,
As awkwardly as ever,
Ted
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Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Sys, Southern Adventist University
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The most distinctive characteristic which differentiates mathematics from
the various branches of empirical science, and which accounts for its fame
as the queen of the sciences, is no doubt the peculiar certainty and
necessity of its results.
-- Hempel, Carl G.
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Deep thoughts to be found at http://www.southern.edu/~ashted
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