Oh pshaw, on Sun 09 Dec 2007 10:04:06a, Arri London meant to say...

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> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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>> Oh pshaw, on Sat 08 Dec 2007 11:38:46a, Arri London meant to say...
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>> > Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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>> >> Oh pshaw, on Thu 06 Dec 2007 07:06:28p, Arri London meant to say...
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>> >> > Sorry Wayne lost the thread when the browser had a brain-freeze.
>> >> >
>> >> > The 'Guardian' site needs an RSS feed to work properly.
>> >> >
>> >> > Try these sites:
>> >> >
>> >> > http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news...sents+the+robo
>> >> > ts+ of+ the+future!+Video+and+Photos+Hi-Res.html
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>> >> > http://robot.watch.impress.co.jp/cda...07/23/570.html
>> >> > (site is in Japanese but pics are OK)
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>> >> > www.toyota.co.jp/en/news/04/0311.html
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>> >> > Yes computers cannot cook, but maybe they can. The chips in those
>> >> > robots and the sushi machine could easily be considered computers
>> >> > I suppose.
>> >> >
>> >> > Anyway who said I could cook LOL!
>> >> >
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>> >> Thanks, Ari, that's fascinating! FWIW, there were mechanically
>> >> operated instruments that used punched rolls or cards that were
>> >> capable of amazing musical feats in the 19th and early 20th
>> >> centuries. No electronic logic involved of course, but still
>> >> amazing it it's day.
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>> > Yes...the computer age could be said to have started with Jacquard,
>> > who invented punch cards for weaving in the Industrial Revolution.
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>> Yes, I remember studying that in detail in design school.
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>> >> BTW, *I* think you can cook. :-)
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>> > Ah ty! Nicely said, without ever having eaten anything I've made LOL!
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>> You're welcome. I can "taste" between the lines. :-)
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> Fascinating concept really!

I think that when one cooks, it's not so hard to tell if someone else is a
good cook. Either that, or they're spending a hell of a lot of time
researching and copying things other people wrote.

> Well you sound like a good cook too!
>

Thanks, again!


--
Wayne Boatwright

Date: Sun, 12/9/2007

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