-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/01/2013 10:26 AM, Bharath Chari wrote: > The first time I read this story by Isaac Asimov, I hadn't been > introduced to computers yet. The second time I read it I wondered to > myself in horror if such a day would actually come. I read it again > yesterday, and was filled with dismay. That day may well have already come.
Which bit dismays you? The rising dependence on computers for rote arithmetic, or the militarisation that led the technician to commit suicide? > > Bharath > ABS - -- Alaric Snell-Pym http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRrH/yAAoJENVnbn/DjbpJf64P/1KXEGUEeIwAlVXMLC3GBb88 lvV5HFa6Twvplvf6tMmsovt3KuaeaSUKDZY0eiHO+2JAZxVX+bu8XdSLdpe9X11N DoQ6yKFXKNsfli959MXR+QdrD8UbMThAPqc0bxsHIW3lF9PzNoWI6x29ubRX1zy1 46FM7UegG1LuvB445qXFvRBaZGaAFQ7wteuwJwYjcDHSvrWnQyv/05i/oybeibGk +voYNbkLZuLiDCw+E2DB57c5X6kAdlhIsDa6F7Wr4wzkUQcvo3p/GOhCKoWnCuPr C2xWxEBpe6g/dLxwcWF5rg6JvtkGCvxKJ0gF++kXnmP3e+fDiUlO2Su2+YUZoyLc Q4dVs0Wf7xnpMGyAmkfV4MDA5vDJBuyWuq2BRFY/1NiHZC6/jGSGOrWnY7JZv/TP Jj2nFqkXcDqpYH16qqUKyQKkm7tH4oZfQLxc6XFgwAEaH13AHPVqBdeD2ceyYKh8 X8izGp8m0nr8LyEVOk+n7V4t37tpHG4w7SCsbeu/0gOMZq7nIssdzapqWqUKtdQ/ YQMrWGoodLv+xEqJ4cNH7mgUFMGp+zuLIQ/Gyv2+530RS1e55G0lmNOhpYDxpL/v yx1DOlh8rRXFc1t1fK7j2vjXWqjQ8RJvSbT5Ke14ZgI3l2JFdRTif7VEK8XeBYZR R4r8S+VoqQ3amO0qQj1W =CB9S -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
