On 15 Jul 2008, at 11:17, Bob Wood wrote:

> 2008/7/15 David Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>> If I made mistakes like that in my job (programmer) my
>> programs wouldn't work and I'd be out on my ear.
>>
>> Compare:
>> At the age of five, my grandmother started school.
>> At the age of five, my grandmother let me help with the cooking.
>
>
> The meaning of each is perfectly understandable and only shows that
> the human brain is more adaptable than any computer.

Except for the massively-parallel computer that will one day emulate  
the way the human brain works.... (I know, we could call it 'Deep  
Thought' ;-))

-- 
Andy Greener
n.b. Whisper
Pangbourne, UK
http://www.nb-whisper.com

"Just because you've always done it that way doesn't mean it's not  
incredibly stupid"



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