Re: Science Fiction, Science Fact, and Science Future

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From: Barry W. Kort
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1989 15:03

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In article <22760@pbhya.PacBell.COM> whh@pbhya.PacBell.COM
(Wilson "Hal" Heydt) writes:

>In article <43335@linus.UUCP>, bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort) writes:
>> In article <4525@xenna.Encore.COM> bzs@Encore.COM (Barry Shein) 
>> comments on Mark's remembrance:
>> 
>>  > > Remember.  60 years ago nuclear weapons were science fiction.
>> Not to mention blimps, helicopters, hot air balloons, and birds.
>                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>                                            1               ^^^^^^
>                                                               2       
>1. The Montgolfier brothers may be a little surprised to hear about this.
>2. I *think* you forgot the :-)  [:-), just in case.]

1.  And *I* would be surprised if the Montgolfier brothers heard about
    our comments regarding their work!  

2.  Yes, I was being facetious.  Some people think neural nets are
    new technology.  As far as I can learn, adaptive neural nets
    have been around for 30 million years.  Today's puny neural
    nets are like those fast food hamburgers:  where's the beef?

--Barry Kort

Today's quote:	"I'll be with you in a minute.  I'm not quite done
		 inventing myself."

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From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort)
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Subject: Re: Science Fiction, Science Fact, and Science Future
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