Re: [PLUG] What does software feel like to a computer?

2009-05-25 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Please end this here and move it to PLUG TALK. On 5/25/09, Darren Couch wrote: > Someone wrote: >> This thread is plug-talk, not plug >> appropriate. >> >> Computers are not sentient. Even if one >> was sentient, the wise programmer would >> be very careful and work very hard to >> build in a ro

Re: [PLUG] What does software feel like to a computer?

2009-05-25 Thread Darren Couch
Someone wrote: > This thread is plug-talk, not plug > appropriate. > > Computers are not sentient. Even if one > was sentient, the wise programmer would > be very careful and work very hard to > build in a robust ethical framework or > at the very least a fail safe. > > People are not machines.

Re: [PLUG] What does software feel like to a computer?

2009-05-24 Thread Someone
This thread is plug-talk, not plug appropriate. Computers are not sentient. Even if one was sentient, the wise programmer would be very careful and work very hard to build in a robust ethical framework or at the very least a fail safe. People are not machines. Trying to attribute feelings to

Re: [PLUG] What does software feel like to a computer?

2009-05-23 Thread Michael M. Moore
On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 07:46 -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > If computers were sentient, what would software feel like? > > Linux is like making love. > Windows is like prostitution. > Viruses are like rape. > > ... and Mac is a very attractive and friendly prostitute :-) ...dual-booting is like

[PLUG] What does software feel like to a computer?

2009-05-23 Thread Keith Lofstrom
If computers were sentient, what would software feel like? Linux is like making love. Windows is like prostitution. Viruses are like rape. ... and Mac is a very attractive and friendly prostitute :-) Keith ( with a tip'o'the'hat to Linus T., whose "marriage interfering with prostitution" sta