bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort) (01/03/89)
In article <4525@xenna.Encore.COM> bzs@Encore.COM (Barry Shein) comments on Mark's remembrance: > > Remember. 60 years ago nuclear weapons were science fiction. > So were anti-gravity machines. Not to mention blimps, helicopters, hot air balloons, and birds. --Barry Kort
whh@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt) (01/06/89)
In article <43335@linus.UUCP>, bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort) writes: > In article <4525@xenna.Encore.COM> bzs@Encore.COM (Barry Shein) > comments on Mark's remembrance: > > > > Remember. 60 years ago nuclear weapons were science fiction. > Not to mention blimps, helicopters, hot air balloons, and birds. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1 ^^^^^^ 2 1. The Montgolfier brothers may be a little surprised to hear about this. 2. I *think* you forgot the :-) [:-), just in case.] --Hal ========================================================================= Hal Heydt | "Hafnium plus Holmium is Analyst, Pacific*Bell | one-point-five, I think." 415-645-7708 | --Dr. Jane Robinson {att,bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!pbhya!whh
bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort) (01/07/89)
In article <22760@pbhya.PacBell.COM> whh@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Wilson "Hal" Heydt) writes: >In article <43335@linus.UUCP>, bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort) writes: >> In article <4525@xenna.Encore.COM> bzs@Encore.COM (Barry Shein) >> comments on Mark's remembrance: >> >> > > Remember. 60 years ago nuclear weapons were science fiction. >> Not to mention blimps, helicopters, hot air balloons, and birds. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > 1 ^^^^^^ > 2 >1. The Montgolfier brothers may be a little surprised to hear about this. >2. I *think* you forgot the :-) [:-), just in case.] 1. And *I* would be surprised if the Montgolfier brothers heard about our comments regarding their work! 2. Yes, I was being facetious. Some people think neural nets are new technology. As far as I can learn, adaptive neural nets have been around for 30 million years. Today's puny neural nets are like those fast food hamburgers: where's the beef? --Barry Kort Today's quote: "I'll be with you in a minute. I'm not quite done inventing myself."