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Subject: Re: DB just another program

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:29:37 01/27/00

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On January 27, 2000 at 18:12:46, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
[snip]
>Chess computers in the average home are 1/4 the speed of computers that Dann
>Corbit uses.  Also, don't forget that the databases used in DB were orders of
>magnitude bigger than what us poor mortals use.

I don't know much about the database systems at DB's disposal, and would be very
interested to learn more from anyone who can tell me.

>Someday there will be a "breakthrough" and a computer will be invented that
>"thinks like a man".

You mean they'll be petty, irritable, and mean-spirited and dense?
;-)

Will one ever be invented that thinks like a woman?  It would be nice, because
we could try out our conversations first against the machine and see if we get a
virtual slap or not.



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