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The Ultimate Useless Machine

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Lawrence D'Oliveiro

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Jan 6, 2010, 6:48:57 PM1/6/10
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Soon as I heard the names “Claude Shannon” and “Marvin Minsky”, I knew there
had to be something interesting about it...

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/05/ultimate_machine/>

Enkidu

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Jan 6, 2010, 8:57:55 PM1/6/10
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Oh, so it does have a purpose - to amuse visitors. So it's not
"The Most Useless Machine EVER!" How dumb.

Cheers,

Cliff

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The Internet is interesting in that although the nicknames may change,
the same old personalities show through.

Brian Dooley

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Jan 8, 2010, 1:12:29 AM1/8/10
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On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:57:55 +1300, Enkidu
<enkid...@com.cliffp.com> wrote:

>Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> Soon as I heard the names �Claude Shannon� and �Marvin Minsky�, I knew there
>> had to be something interesting about it...
>>
>> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/05/ultimate_machine/>
> >
>Oh, so it does have a purpose - to amuse visitors. So it's not
>"The Most Useless Machine EVER!" How dumb.

It was around at the time of the phantom hand money box.
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Brian Dooley

Wellington New Zealand

Lawrence D'Oliveiro

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Jan 8, 2010, 5:43:30 PM1/8/10
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In message <i0jdk5pj2fn4r4cek...@4ax.com>, Brian Dooley wrote:

> It was around at the time of the phantom hand money box.

I think you’ll find Claude Shannon dates from before that.

Brian Dooley

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Jan 8, 2010, 10:31:30 PM1/8/10
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It does, but was it as popular?

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