Laws@SRI-AI.ARPA (06/12/84)
From: Ken Laws <Laws@SRI-AI.ARPA> This issue and the next two have been delayed by a combination of operator error and poorly-designed software. (I left a closing quote out of an address in the distribution list; the mailer then failed to expand the list and yet gave no indication of the failure.) My apologies for the delay. This message will, however, provide an interesting challenge to the individuals who are studying automated retrieval of information from the AIList archive. Will the digest date or the message date prevail? Will the logical inconsistency cause computers across the country to blow their fuses? Will this self-referential message create a wormhole in space-time? Has the futility of temporal reasoning finally been demonstrated? Tune in next time ... -- Ken Laws