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From: kak@stc-auts.UUCP
Newsgroups: talk.bizarre,comp.misc
Subject: Re: What the world needs now
Message-ID: <198@stc-auts.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 28-May-87 14:37:24 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 28 14:37:24 1987
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References: <12067@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Organization: Storage Technology Corp, Louisville, CO
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Keywords: Work in progress....
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Summary: not a software problem

In article <12067@topaz.rutgers.edu>, trudel@topaz.rutgers.edu (Jonathan D.) writes:
> ... is a piece of software that actually makes a computer blow up just
> like in the movies.  ...   Forget artificial intelligence!  Forget
> relational databases!  Forget distributed network architecture
> proposal interface protocols!  Forget documentation!  Forget
> associative memory!  Let's make computers explode in our lifetime!!!
> -- 
> Sometimes a fish needs a bicycle...

This is obviously a hardware problem.  Fortunately, with the advent
of microprocessors and embedded systems, and applications like "Star Wars"
and Nuclear Power plant control, this worthy goal can be become a
reality in the near future!

With people like James Fletcher running the show, the software bugs
on the next generation of space shuttles ought to be *really* impressive!

	-Kris Kugel