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   From: fkellis@sticx.net   
      
   catpandaddy wrote:   
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   > "Fred Ellis"  wrote in message   
   > news:QXsrn.110440$Ye4.94409@newsfe11.iad...   
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   >> RT wrote:   
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   >>> trag wrote:   
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   >>>> On Mar 26, 10:08 am, jack  wrote:   
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   >>>>> Does anyone remember how cylons' self-consciousness was activated in   
   >>>>> the old series?  The parallels here to the Terminator series are   
   >>>>> pretty close and I wonder which story of self-activating AI/robots   
   >>>>> turning into genocidal killers came first.   
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   >>>> Frankenstein...   
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   >>> Frankenstein had a human brain. Slightly used, but human. It had self   
   >>> consciousness to begin with. But it did rebell.   
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   >> I hate to tell you this but Frankenstein was the scientist that   
   >> created the monster.  Dr. Frankenstein never gave the monster a name.   
   >> I believe it was always called the creature or monster.   
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   > Properly referred to as "Frankenstein's Monster" or "The Frankenstein   
   > Monster", to be sure.   
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   Yes, you're right.  Thanks for clarifying my point.   
      
      
   Fred Ellis   
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