Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Alan C
My late uncle told me of a strange occurrence on the family farm back in 1936. The family were the proud owners of a spanking new Jaguar SS. While he was polishing the beast late on a balmy Saturday afternoon ready for its weekly trip to Church, a small green, box shaped car came trundling down

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thank you. The Earth's Moon is larger than Pluto, which—until it was demoted recently—was considered a "planet".. ;-) Of course, it's more as a figure of speech as I used the word, rather than a precise statement of fact. G — Such are the arguments of wizards that they generally end up where

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread William Robb
On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 3:06 PM Bob Pdml wrote: > > > On 21 Jul 2019, at 20:42, William Robb > wrote: > > > >> > >> On 21/7/19, Alan C, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> > >>> AI. There is no such thing. Machines only react to mountains of info in > >>> their databases. They are incapable of orig

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Goodbye and thanks for all the fish. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 5:02 PM Bob Pdml wrote: > https://tinyurl.com/y6mkb3ut > > > https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/00f4c7321374431ea848517ce1613814/albums/775e41e7fe91462d820fd3ba97d4cc07/ass

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 21 Jul 2019, at 16:29, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Steve Cottrell wrote: > >> If Skynet exists in the future, I'm sure they'll be paying you a little >> visit a few years ago > > That's it! We know Skynet won't ever exist in the future because they > haven't visited us in the past. > >

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 21 Jul 2019, at 20:42, William Robb wrote: > >> >> On 21/7/19, Alan C, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> AI. There is no such thing. Machines only react to mountains of info in >>> their databases. They are incapable of original thought. The problems >>> with driverless cars occur when s

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Bob Pdml
https://tinyurl.com/y6mkb3ut https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/00f4c7321374431ea848517ce1613814/albums/775e41e7fe91462d820fd3ba97d4cc07/assets/b162bb4ac7564d6ea31f8a468fdb09d4 > On 20 Jul 2019, at 18:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > And today is the day, 50 years on, that Mankind first touched

Re: PESO 2019 - 088 - GDG

2019-07-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice abstract. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 3:06 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I pulled out my beautiful little Voigtländer Perkeo II 6x6cm medium-format > camera to shoot a roll of film and test a new processing system. > > https://flic

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread William Robb
On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 5:59 AM Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 21/7/19, Alan C, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >AI. There is no such thing. Machines only react to mountains of info in > >their databases. They are incapable of original thought. The problems > >with driverless cars occur when situatio

PESO 2019 - 088 - GDG

2019-07-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I pulled out my beautiful little Voigtländer Perkeo II 6x6cm medium-format camera to shoot a roll of film and test a new processing system. https://flic.kr/p/2gDDMNk enjoy! G — If you're afraid to fall down, you'll never stand up. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.n

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
Skynet visited me in the past, Two guys in dark suits knocked on my door. Apparently, it’s in serious financial trouble in the future, so they’ve adopted the Jehova’s Witnesses business model and are seeking donations. Paul > On Jul 21, 2019, at 11:29 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Steve Cottrel

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 21/7/19, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >That's it! We know Skynet won't ever exist in the future because they >haven't visited us in the past Or we could just be in a recuring loop between those two points. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |L

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Cottrell wrote: >If Skynet exists in the future, I'm sure they'll be paying you a little visit >a few years ago That's it! We know Skynet won't ever exist in the future because they haven't visited us in the past. What a relief! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robert

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 21/7/19, Alan C, discombobulated, unleashed: >AI. There is no such thing. Machines only react to mountains of info in >their databases. They are incapable of original thought. The problems >with driverless cars occur when situations not in their databases are >encountered. At best, machines

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Alan C
Well put, Godfrey. Man will eventually go further. He will need to do a lot to save mother earth too. Too many people, too few resources. We can't be far from the tipping point. AI. There is no such thing. Machines only react to mountains of info in their databases. They are incapable of origi