1) Computing Machinery and Intelligence 2) Alan M. Turing Bonus I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
Edgar PS, never read any Turing, but now I understand his influence. Still haven't read an Ellison, my patience with Science Fiction left after 30 years of Trek. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Husted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 12:56 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: [FRIDAY] YA Stuts In Action / JUnit in Action Trivia Quiz > > > Last time, we asked contestants to identify the cartoonist > responsible for this gem: > > ---- > > Tour of Accounting: > > "Over here we have our random number generator." > > "NINE NINE NINE NINE NINE NINE" > > "Are you sure that's random?" > > "That's the problem with randomness: You can never be sure." > > ---- > > The answer, of course, is: Scott Adams, born June 8, 1957, > who launched the Dilbert strip in 1989. > > From the several correct responses, we arbitrarily selected > > > BECKY L. NORUM > > > as our winning contestant. (Becky, please send your surface > mail address to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and indicate whether you > would like JUnit in Action or Struts in Action) > > ---- > > NEXT: > > In 1950, the journal MIND, a Quarterly Review of Psychology > and Philosophy, published a seminal paper regarding > artificial intelligence. > > 1 What was the title of the paper? > > 2 Who was the author of the paper? > > Any contestants correctly answering these two questions will > qualify for this week's drawing. As always, the correct > answers are the ones that I expect :) > > ** BONUS QUESTION ** > > 3 The author of this paper used his initials for his first > and middle name. What Hugo-winning story by Harlan Ellison > regarding artificial intelligence features a protagonist > whose name are these same two initials? > > Any contestant correctly answering the bonus question will > also qualify, regardless. :) [I do love my Ellison!] > > ---- > > The contest will run until Thursday, December 4, 2003, > 23:59:59, so everyone has a chance to participate. > > The lucky winner selected from the correct responses will > receive their choice of either a signed copy of Struts in > Action *OR* JUnit in Action. > > PLEASE be sure to reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have an interesting science fiction or computer > science question that is hard, or at least fun, to google, > please send it to me. The first to suggest a question that we > use also wins! > > -Ted. > > PLEASE be sure to reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Ted Husted, > Junit in Action - <http://www.manning.com/massol/>, > Struts in Action - <http://husted.com/struts/book.html>, > JSP Site Design - > <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=> 1861005512>. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
