Subj : packets To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Mar 13 2020 09:40:00 Hi Nancy! 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!! NB> Are you saying that the intelligence some people exhibit is NB> probably artificial....? ;) Some of the facts they spout seem unreal! 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'! NB> And sometimes is a bigger trick than others... That's true. I only do with shorter numbers (hundreds, thousands is pushing things) and lined up vertically. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Redneck: If you think a subdivision is part of a math problem --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .