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   Cryptoengineer to Dorothy J Heydt   
   Re: Google Gemini reviews Doctor Who - G   
   19 Sep 24 20:53:03   
   
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   From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/19/2024 5:56 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >> In article , Tim Merrigan     
   wrote:   
   >>> On 9/18/2024 6:08 PM, The Doctor wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> So how can you tell a person from a machine?   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Well, in this case, you tell us.   
   >>   
   >> Machines say things like "We are machines!  If you cut us, do we not bleed?   
   >> If you poison us, do we not die?"  On the other hand, human beings say   
   things   
   >> like "BAD OPTION P IN DD CARD REMAINDER OF JOB FLUSHED."   
   >   
   > [Hal Heydt]   
   >   
   > Kudos for the reference to various OS/360 systems JCL.   
      
   Good to see you back, Hal!   
      
   pt   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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