X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,ab679326f7a24bca X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-28 14:27:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!lios!news.gweep.ca!not-for-mail From: Bill Snyder Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii Subject: Re: [PIC] Love among the cyborgs Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 21:27:29 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Airnews.net! at Internet America Lines: 18 Sender: robomod@lios.aq2.gweep.ca Approved: rec-arts-ascii-moderator@gweep.ca Message-ID: References: <3d95fee0@news.victoria.tc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: lios.aq2.gweep.ca 1033248449 26119 127.0.0.1 (28 Sep 2002 21:27:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@lios.aq2.gweep.ca NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 21:27:29 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:27:12 -0500 Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at airmail.net to report improper postings X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.92/32.572 X-Gweep-Bayesian: 0.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com rec.arts.ascii:202 On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:11:55 +0000 (UTC), uj797@victoria.tc.ca (Arthur T. Murray) wrote: >The following ASCII diagram shows how emotional robots or cyborgs >might generate a thought such as, "I operate because I love you." (Better judgement suppresses ASCII diagram showing how robot might express "I mutilate because I hate you.") So when the magic is gone from the relationship, it will start to malfunction? [snip] They have this thing nowadays that they call a "life"; perhaps you should consider getting one. -- Bill Snyder [This space unintentionally left blank.]