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   From: joss@nospampleasewerebritish.nekrodomos.net   
      
   On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:49:46 +0000, Raistlin wrote:   
      
   > joss wrote:   
   >    
   >   
   >>   
   >> and AI wouldn't necessarily live in an environment completely unlike our   
   >> own. . admittedly it would be "in" a computer, but there is nothing to   
   >> stop the computer hardware perceiving the outside world. my computer has a   
   >> webcam and a microphone, for example. a gibson-esque AI "living" in my   
   >> computer would almost certainly gain access to these. i don't see how the   
   >> existence of the real world would or should be hidden from the AI.   
   >   
   > Abso-ma-lutely. Your computer also has a web connection, too. :o)   
   >   
   >> still.... i think that this has mainly come from my use of the word   
   >> "correlate" when i should have said "serve the same pupose". i was just   
   >> trying to be a cool guy. forgive me.   
   >   
   > You would have pulled it off too if you had hinted that you were wearing   
   > a black trench coat and boots with more buckles than strictly necessary.   
      
   Guilty in the past. God awful black leather trenchcoat and new rocks. Oh   
   yes, I lived the dream.   
      
   Now, though. What can I say? Cut off my ponytail, wearing colours other   
   than black (sometimes) and sometimes looking within walking distance of   
   "respectable". It's all just a charade to fool the unwary, though.   
      
   j   
      
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