No, I'm pretty sure it was something else. The robot went through a
whole bunch of commands so that someone particular could get to it's
mainframe so that he could be killed or something - my mind's a bit foggy
on the stuff I had to read in tenth grade... but I'm pretty sure it wasn't
Marvin.
-byte
Weslake, Brad BG wrote:
> You're not thinking of Douglas Adams' paranoid android, Marvin?
>
> > ----------
> > From: byteboy[SMTP:byteboy@simons-rock.edu]
> > Reply To: extropians@extropy.com
> > Sent: Saturday, 3 January 1998 2:04
> > To: extropians@extropy.com
> > Subject: Re: Boredom and uploading
> >
> > This line of thought reminds me of a short story I read... Can't
> > remember if
> > it was by Asimov or Phillip K. Dick or Rudy Rucker or someone else
> > along
> > those lines, but it was about an evolutionary robot/computer that
> > knew
> > everything and was to be immortal - and turned out in the end to be
> > suicidal. I can't quite remember the exact details... maybe someone
> > else
> > can fill this is for me...
> >
> > -byteboy
> > http://www.teknopia.org
> >
> [snip]