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Subject: Re: Where do the Programmers of this forum stand on the computer GM question

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:42:09 09/01/99

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On September 01, 1999 at 17:20:04, odell hall wrote:
[snip]
>  Ok Bob you got me there, but still what can be the harm in asking what the
>opinion of the programmers is?, not everything has to have a logical reason,
>sometimes questions are asked out of curiosity, or to stimulate debate, the
>question itself is harmless, why would anyone avoid it, As dann Corbit pointed
>out programmers are making more of a educated guess then the rest of us,
>therefore I would think their opinions although not infallible would be of some
>value. Perhaps I have a little more respect for the the field then most, not
>being one myself. I suspect that there are others who would think the question
>interesting also.
I agree that the question is intresting.  However, in the absense of data, it is
just another form of:
"How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?"
You can debate it for hours, but as you can well imagine -- a true resolution is
impossible.

That is one reason that I am so greatful for Ed's Rebel GM experiments.  This
kind of data can really pin down the answer to form reliable estimates.



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