SJS wrote: > begin quoting Doug LaRue as of Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 10:07:50AM -0800: >> ** Reply to message from "Todd Walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 10 Apr >> 2008 >> 12:54:13 -0500 >> >>> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Karl Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I think a lot is due to the hugely different ways in which humans and >>>> computer hardware think. If the low-level hardware could be designed to >>>> "think" more like a human the software job would probably be easier. >>> Because programming other humans is easy... >> if you start young enough. Look at what many religions have done. Heck we've >> got some adults who believe the worlds people are infected with ancient alien >> beings. Humans are way easier to 'program' than computers. > > With a significant corruption rate, and some of those collapse in > outright failure (disbelief). > > Conversions show a lack of robustness as well. > > Programming gets easier if failures don't matter so much. >
The statement Humans are way easier to 'program' than computers. is interesting to interpret. Maybe: agreement: it is easier to compose meaningful instructions to humans disagreement: it is harder to get humans to obey instructions (Sorta like what SJS says, I guess.) Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
