begin quoting James G. Sack (jim) as of Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 02:46:40PM -0700:
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> DWIM implementation is considered faulty. :-)
>
> Actually, you could refine that, I think, to say that computers are not
> yet nearly as good at interpreting natural language instructions as are
> humans. When we get there, we will have to consider disobedient
> computers, I guess. "Open the pod bay doors, HAL."
Humans are very good at creatively (mis-)interpreting instructions.
God knows I did enough of that as a kid.
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> Better(?) than DWIM would be DDAB ("Don't Do Anything Bad"). Hmmm, I
> don't know; that gives computers headaches which cause them to
> self-destruct (at least in the movies).
Squibs for inline circuit-breakers! Woohoo!
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