Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05138
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: JVernonM@aol.com
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 18:32:33 EDT
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: What does purposeful mean, anyway?
In a message dated 7/8/99 4:41:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
chiumanfu@home.com writes:
> Horses at one time all roamed wild. Man discovered their usefulness,
> attached
> saddles and now they serve a purpose.
>
Well, I thought we were talking about bots, not horses. Furthermore the horse
was completely replaced as a mode of transportation. I just don't see how
making something survive implies that it can then be made useful. I could
also make the example of gnats. They survive, but I don't think you can ride
them. But we're talking about horses, right?
Jim
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