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From: rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer)
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Subject: Re: Commodore Research and Development.
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Date: 4 Jan 91 16:15:00 GMT
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In article <1991Jan3.224807.1791@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@wookumz.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>  I am fully convinced that MB is an AI experiment gone wild. It continually
>brings up the same old threads every other week as if it were automated.,
>Perhaps it's learning algorithm is flawed and it cannot digest the
>threads from the past. :-)

Myself, I think it's a load-leveler for the phone company; the acronym
gives it away (MB = "Ma Bell"; old habits die hard, I guess).  Anyone
ever take the time to see if there's any correlation between the
frequency of -MB- posts and AT&T stock performance? ;-)
--
"The goons are riding motorcycles, but WE'VE  | (Steve) rehrauer@apollo.hp.com
 got a whole big metal car! This will be like | The Apollo Systems Division of
 stepping on ants..." -- Freelance Police     |       Hewlett-Packard