Agree, that was not a useful response ... On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Surely a coherent reply to this assertion would involve the phrases >> "superstitious", "ignorant" and "FUD" >> > > So why don't you try to generate one to prove your guess? > > Are you claiming that I'm superstitious and ignorant? That I'm fearful and > uncertain or trying to generate fearfulness and uncertainty? > > Or are you just trying to win a perceived argument by innuendo since you > don't have any competent response that you can defend? > > This is an example of the worst of this mailing list. Hey Ben, can you at > least speak out against garbage like this? > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Burton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 5:41 PM > Subject: **SPAM** Re: [agi] On programming languages > > > I'll even go so far as to use myself as an example. I can easily do C++ >>> (since I've done so in the past) but all the baggage around it make me >>> consider it not worth my while. I certainly won't hesitate to use what >>> is >>> learned on that architecture but I'll be totally shocked if you aren't >>> massively leap-frogged because of the inherent shortcomings of what >>> you're >>> trying to work with. >>> >> >> Surely a coherent reply to this assertion would involve the phrases >> "superstitious", "ignorant" and "FUD" >> >> Eric B >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> agi >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ >> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -- Robert Heinlein ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
