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From: pete@tcom.stc.co.uk (Peter Kendell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.arch
Subject: What Jerry Pournelle knows about computers
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Date: 11 Jan 88 09:24:39 GMT
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	As a postscript to the Jerry Pournelle discussion -

	In _The Legacy of Heorot_ (Niven, Pournelle, Barnes 1987)
	we are treated to the spectacle of a future computer on
	a colony planet with goodies like voice input that has 
	to be *told* to save when the power flickers!

	Perhaps Pournelle didn't write that bit himself (and I
	believe he's *really* keen on individual responsibility!)
	but didn't he read the proofs??? 
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