On Sunday 13 May 2007, Duncan wrote: > Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted > [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sat, 12 May 2007 > > 23:28:55 +0100:
> That's why I go to the trouble of such long posts, sometimes. It's not > just for one person. And it's much appreciated by me, at least, probably by others too. > > I did find it amusing that Duncun should be teaching logical constructs > > to Thufir Hawat though :-) > > > > ( Characters in Dune, for those who don't get the reference) > > I was wondering what the reference was. Dune's one I haven't read/seen. Duncan Idaho was a Swordmaster (weapons/tactical specialist) while Thufir Hawat was a mentat. Long story short, injunction against anything remotely like a computer (thinking machines/AI) human-machine war, specialist people trained/conditioned for mental computational abilities. > I've actually read more Asimov than anything, including a lot of his non- > fiction. I really enjoyed his style. I've not seen much of his non-fiction although I gather that output was higher than his SF. A prodigious author, not unlike yourself :-) A bit OT for here but I bet quite a few got the reference :-) -- Dave _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
