Re: Singularity in the newspapers

From: chris.watkins@iname.com
Date: Tue Feb 08 2000 - 07:47:06 MST


Sorry that you might think that, Damien - it certainly wasn't intentional. Dem memes just keep on circulating, I guess.

Best wishes,

C.

 ---- you wrote:
> At 01:22 PM 8/02/00 +0000, Charlie Stross wrote:
>
> >http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000111395221259&rtmo=aTC6KBdJ&atmo=9999
> 9999&pg=/et/00/2/3/ecfut03.html
> >
> >Mentions Vernor Vinge, the singularity, Rudy Rucker, Hans Moravec --
> >the author's done their homework properly.
>
Well, let's see:
>
> Chris Watkins writes (if that's the verb I'm looking for):

>
> Is it barely possible that *I* did the author's homework for him? (If so, I
> don't see a cheque in the mailbox...) Obviously we are both deeply indebted
> to Vernor and others, but I do recognise some of my little babies... that
> curve ripping through the top of the graph paper, for example.
>
> Grump.
>
> Damien Broderick
>

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