Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05195
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bob Shannon bshannon@tiac.net
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 09:15:32 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: What does purposeful mean, anyway?
George Rix wrote:
> What does it matter to us if BEAM tech designs are 'robots'? I don't really
> see if whether a machine has a purpose or not should influence what is - for
> most of us - a hobby. It seems rather purposeless to be discussing this
> anyhow, since most of us (including yours truly) are extremely stubborn and
> won't give in to another way of thought.
> Anyhow, just my not-so-humble opinion,
> Signing off,
> Rob Rix
Ok Rob, then why are you on the list?
Is the idea here that we should only discuss things we all agree on?
Is the idea that no one should ever find an apparently popular discussion
uninteresting?
Cant you see what this does to the BEAM community?
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