Gubbins.5581i2160%RADC-MULTICS@sri-unix.UUCP (02/23/84)
Hutch, you missed the point of the conversation between Questor and the guard. The point is that it was a very poor conversation as Questor knew not how to converse properly, but thru his interaction, rapidly learned. By the time he (it) left, Questor had learned and was using tone inflections, pauses, pronouns. Remember (if only I can...) that a good part of his programming was never completed, one can assume conversational interaction was a part of the missing tapes. I believe Gene Roddenberry in an interview brought this point out, hence I became aware of its role, not being a big Questor fan myself. Cheers, Gern