I love your "insanely ambitious project". When will you start? I am
emailing my $10 seed money.
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"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
-- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM,1943
"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the
best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't
last out the year."
-- The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall,1957
"But what ... is it good for?"
-- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968,
commenting on the microchip
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home,"
-- Ken Olson, pres., and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1971
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
-- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
--Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899
"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered a
means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.
-- Western Union internal memo, 1876.
Etc., etc., etc., etc.
*-----Original Message-----
*From: Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
*Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 11:57 AM
*To: Larry Paul
*Cc: firewalls_list
*Subject: Re: Poly who?
*
*
*Larry Paul wrote:
*> Some bizarre combination of FW's, IDS,
*> & security policy implementation run by an AI system all out of one box,
*> with tentacles everywhere.
*> Sorry, I might have gotten a little carried away
*> there, but you get the idea. AI would provide instant response with a
*> stateful AND thoughtful inspection.
*> I know, I know, us amateurs don't have any idea what's involved. :)
*
*Well, first you must realize that convential programming wisdom
*indicates that not only does AI not exist, but it is not possible. This
*of course does not stop people from trying, nor should it. Lots of
*things we thought were impossible ended up being pretty basic, really,
*like flight.
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