Subj : Re: packets To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Mar 12 2020 23:31:34 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 06-Mar-2020 08:47 <=- BM>>>>>> As long as they work and benefit you they're to your advantage! NB>>>>>> I'd've said more that I learn how to work [with] each system... at NB>>>>>> least as best I can.... ;) NB>>>>>> ... If what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid. BM>>>>> Selected tagline? Seems appropriate. :) NB>>>>> Actually it was the first one that came up randomly that time, but it NB>>>>> did seem appropriate, so I entered it... BM>>>> Just another proof these computers aren't inanimate! NB>>>> Or some programmer came up with a rather useful algorithm... ;) BM>>> It seems like it's alive! NB>>> Maybe partially sentient, I suppose.... BM>> And thus artificial intelligence was started! NB>> Or at least people think it might really exist... ;) BM> It seems to have some minor existance in some people!! Are you saying that the intelligence some people exhibit is probably artificial....? ;) BM>> Of course some events have 'must start here' rules: a math addition BM>> problem is done from right to left, though I have done simple ones BM>> from left to right. NB>> Subtraction and division are even more so... I've done simple NB>> ones backwards too... just have to keep track of any carrying NB>> happening... BM> That is part of the 'trick'! And sometimes is a bigger trick than others... ttyl neb .... Hint for Mom: Kids don't really prefer hot dogs to duck a l'orange. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .