From: dnk@OMIT.cs.mu.OZ.AU   
      
   russell kym horsell  writes:   
      
   > Comp.ai -- going by the moderator, at least -- is populated by genteel,   
   > well-mannered folk who get a buzz out of tinker with novel things that may   
   > prove useful in a century or so. Or maybe never, if you become old   
   > and cynical and just resort to induction.   
      
   First time I've ever been called genteel.  As for next century,   
   I've worked on AI stuff that actually did realtime fault-diagnosis   
   on an orbiting space shuttle, and that was last century!   
      
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