Path: news.net.uni-c.dk!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!news.shore.net!not-for-mail From: "Gary Chanson" Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets,comp.lang.apl,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.beta,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.dylan,comp.lang.forth References: <3AACE6CF.7F05484D@ieee.org> <0W8r6.178$fo5.14165@news.get2net.dk> <3AAD60F3.120F284A@ieee.org> <3AAE371A.2F9F596F@brazee.net> <98m43a$fe2$1@localhost.localdomain> <3AAFB378.AB166E8C@ieee.org> <98q3f1$bid$1@localhost.localdomain> <3AB0DFC6.FC100A64@ieee.org> <98sq19$ton$1@localhost.localdomain> <3AB61B58.CF536ECA@brazee.net> <3AB6273D.E6C18536@ix.netcom.com> <995csm$qhf$1@localhost.localdomain> <3AB63AD4.390A1F59@ix.netcom.com> <995gtd$ree$1@localhost.localdomain> <3AB66197.FDFC98A@brazee.net> Subject: Re: Einstein's Riddle Lines: 26 Organization: Starquest Systems X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:40:40 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.192.240.183 X-Complaints-To: abuse@shore.net X-Trace: news.shore.net 985055984 209.192.240.183 (Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:39:44 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:39:44 EST Xref: news.net.uni-c.dk comp.ai.neural-nets:67658 comp.lang.apl:29480 comp.lang.awk:17269 comp.lang.beta:12808 comp.lang.cobol:102957 comp.lang.dylan:24243 comp.lang.forth:78712 Howard Brazee wrote in message news:3AB66197.FDFC98A@brazee.net... > aph@redhat.invalid wrote: > > > In which case, reductio ad absurdum, a human who couldn't type and a > > computer that was switched off would be indistinguishable, so the > > computer would pass the Turing test. Clearly this wasn't Turing's > > intent, and both the computer and the human being must appear to be > > intelligent. Both failing isn't enough. > > > > Andrew. > > Was that a program, my infant grandson emulating his dad, or a cat walking > across the keyboard? Or was it it an Elephant orchestra? -- -GJC -gchanson@shore.net -Abolish Public Schools.