Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #05213



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "George Rix" rix.g@bmts.com
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 22:25:10 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Someting funny with the subject line? was Re:


So this one point makes it not a robot.
My point here is that you cannot use an inflexible definition. It will not
fit, not to everyone's satisfaction. So basically, what I think is a robot
is a robot, and what you think is a robot is a robot.
Let's leave it at that.
Signing off,
Rob Rix

'If anything can possibly go wrong, it probably already has'-Murphy's law

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>From: Bob Shannon
>To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
>Subject: Re: Someting funny with the subject line? was Re: Somethingfunnywith
the 1382 voltage triggers?
>Date: Fri, Jul 9, 1999, 9:19 AM
>

> It does not perform the task automatically, so its not a robot.
>
> People are used to check up on other people's work, but that does not make the
> workers less than people.
>
> Most quality inspections on car assembly lines are done by robots by the way.
> The main exception being checking the paint job.

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