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   Message 2,961 of 3,290   
   Walter Bushell to Scott Lurndal   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   12 Feb 14 19:50:34   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: proto@panix.com   
      
   In article <3yRKu.3002$nX2.2629@fx30.iad>,   
    scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:   
      
   > Walter Bushell  writes:   
   > >In article ,   
   > > tmcd@panix.com (Tim McDaniel) wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> In article ,   
   > >> Thomas Koenig   wrote:   
   > >> >Michael F. Stemper  schrieb:   
   > >> >   
   > >> >> There are computer systems with common sense? Fascinating.   
   > >> >   
   > >> >Any on which a Fortran compiler is installed:   
   > >> >   
   > >> >      COMMON SENSE   
   > >>   
   > >> (one, two, three, four, five, six ... yep, column seven.)   
   > >>   
   > >> If alone, I think that ought to cause a compilation error:   
   > >> I personally don't believe that common sense is real.   
   > >   
   > >Real unless declared COMPLEX.   
   >   
   > absent IMPLICIT INTEGER A-Z   
      
   Or   
      
   LOGICAL SENSE   
   COMMON SENSE   
      
   --   
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