Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!nather From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Re: Brain damage Message-ID: <23@utastro.UUCP> Date: Sun, 6-Oct-85 10:51:04 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.23 Posted: Sun Oct 6 10:51:04 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Oct-85 03:19:13 EDT References: <700@mmintl.UUCP> <42900003@hpspkla.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 14 > Hear, Hear! I personally feal no guilt for calling a machine names of any > kind! When talking to or about humans, I am always tactful, but I have > worked with computers long enough not to care. I also have no problem with > making a machine do boring, nearly-meaningless work (like transmitting my > flames...) but I would not ask a human to do it! O.K., *human*, I've got your name, now. -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather nather@astro.UTEXAS.EDU