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From: lgbeard <lgbeard@bullregraud.nut>
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Subject: Re: HAL-9000 ascii art
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:00:52 -0400 (EDT), "Arthur J. O'Dwyer" <ajo@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

>
>On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Bateau wrote:
>>
>> He's not a robot.
>
>Well, he's a device that uses heuristic programming to
>control mechanical parts (such as the pod bay doors).
>So why shouldn't he be a robot?  He's just a *really*
>*big* robot...
>
>-Arthur

A robot he is not in sense of a robot preforming a single
or multipule task for one device. A robotic computer 
controlling other robotic devices or a single robot he is.
Brains vs Brawn, Employer vs Employee. Man vs Woman HAL
blew a fuse then short circuted.

lgbeard