Re: DOSEMU, PKZIP and DPMI
By: mark lewis to Dan Clough on Wed Jul 03 2019 11:55 am

And to this end they built themselves a stupendous super-computer which was so amazingly intelligent that even before its data banks had been connected up it had started from "I think therefore I am" and got as far as deducing the existence of rice pudding and income tax before anyone managed to turn it off.

Where's that quote from?

digital man

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On 2019 Jul 03 14:06:26, you wrote to me:

And to this end they built themselves a stupendous super-computer which
was so amazingly intelligent that even before its data banks had been
connected up it had started from "I think therefore I am" and got as far
as deducing the existence of rice pudding and income tax before anyone
managed to turn it off.

Where's that quote from?

Douglas Adams HHGTTG

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/796419-and-to-this-end-they-built-themselves-a -stupendous-super-computer

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And to this end they built themselves a stupendous super-computer which was
so amazingly intelligent that even before its data banks had been connected
up it had started from "I think therefore I am" and got as far as deducing
the existence of rice pudding and income tax before anyone managed to turn
it off.
... smoke gets in your eyes....
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Re: cool quote
By: mark lewis to Rob Swindell on Wed Jul 03 2019 05:49 pm

On 2019 Jul 03 14:06:26, you wrote to me:

And to this end they built themselves a stupendous super-computer which
was so amazingly intelligent that even before its data banks had been
connected up it had started from "I think therefore I am" and got as far
as deducing the existence of rice pudding and income tax before anyone
managed to turn it off.

Where's that quote from?

Douglas Adams HHGTTG

Ah, I thought I recognized that sarcasm! :-)

digital man

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On 2019 Jul 03 17:04:44, you wrote to me:

Where's that quote from?

Douglas Adams HHGTTG

Ah, I thought I recognized that sarcasm! :-)

yup! i just liked the part about rice pudding :P

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And to this end they built themselves a stupendous super-computer which was
so amazingly intelligent that even before its data banks had been connected
up it had started from "I think therefore I am" and got as far as deducing
the existence of rice pudding and income tax before anyone managed to turn
it off.
... Canada didn't have a civil war to establish a continental nation!
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