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Confucio <[log in to unmask]>
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SouthEast US Scuba Diving Travel list <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 6 Mar 2001 04:28:32 -0500
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On Mon, 5 Mar 2001 15:51:20 -0600, Chuck <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>Color me incredulous.  Never thought anyone would have the hutzpah to say
>that. Even now at IBM on the walls it says THINK.  IBM makes a lot of
>mistakes but allowing their computers to think for them isn't one of them.
>Computers are capable of a lot of amazing things but thinking is not one of
>them.  Yes yes, I know all about Deep Blue and chess. But.. with all due
>respect to any chess masters here... that is primarily logic, remembering
>the past, and projecting the future possibilities.
>
>CH

Dear Mr.CH
I never said computer are able to think. I simply stated you haven't to
worry about deco problems etc. because only the computers can do properly
the needed calculations.
You and other persons instead having nothing intelligent to say are
repeating here those old refrains about the wonderful virtues of that
computer between ears.
What are you thinking about when diving? "E=mc**2"? Or "cogito ergo sum"?
When I dive I am interested on the marvels of underwater world and I am
relaying on the computer for the calculations who none is able to carry out
better than it. Think man think and rely on computers.

Confucio

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