X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,7ce2d55c4dc04b3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-12 05:40:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out1.nntp.be!propagator2-sterling!news-in-sterling.newsfeed.com!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!freenews.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: Bateau Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: HAL-9000 ascii art Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:33:58 +0800 Message-ID: References: <3f3295c3$0$48903$edfadb0f@dtext02.news.tele.dk> <446bfe71.0308101707.334c0338@posting.google.com> <7qlfjv43jqsmg2ivl99f1ls7leoh0ivfbv@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.59.193.115 X-Trace: 1060691692 freenews.iinet.net.au 23606 203.59.193.115 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:24555 ____ On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:42:07 GMT \__/___ Faux_Pseudo ran through the LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art | waving an axe and screaming: / \ > _.--- Bateau spoke in alt.ascii-art --------._ >>>So why shouldn't he be a robot? He's just a *really* >>>*big* robot... >> >> Cause he has no arms or legs or laser cannons and he can't turn into a >> truck. > >That isn't a robot. Thats and Autobot. > >I think for the purposes of the conversation though that if it has >arms and legs and is "aware" then it is an android. If just does >programmed mechanical things and isn't self learning then it is a >robot. If it is like HAL then it is a AI. Androids are made to simulate human abilities. Robots are made to blow shit up. -- | _ .\ ~~ _ ^~ | <')_,/ , ; .\ >(')__, . ` ' , | (_~=/ \._`.'. .\ (_~_/ _, _..-''-._,____,----,____ | ='- \=~_) ; .\ ~^~~^~ ` (_~_/ `'--'` `~~~~)_)=\_\-.( | -'= .\ ~^~ ~^~~^~ ICQ:11367619 EMAIL:bateau:-)jupiter-io.net WEB:http://tyrian2000.cjb.net