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From: hamscher@ht.ai.mit.edu (Walter Hamscher)
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Subject: Humor: Re: [Query - Geometric Placement]
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Date: Mon, 4-Aug-86 09:48:56 EDT
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   Date: Fri, 25 Jul 86 14:27:33 PDT
   From: trwrb!orion!gries@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Harry A. Gries)
   >       Query:  Does anyone know about any expert system (developed
   >               or under development) that relates to the placement
   >               of geometric objects in a plane?  [* * *]

    Another application would be in creating district boundaries for
    congressional representatives. [* * *]

What's that rustling sound I hear from across the river, up there on
Beacon Hill?  It must be Governor Gerry doing pinwheels in his grave,
and the entire Masschusetts House of representatives trembling in
their boots...  (We better keep this quiet, or they're liable to pass
a law against AI :-)