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blakes7-d Digest Volume 00 : Issue 223
Today's Topics:
[B7L] Which ship in Harvest? (was Or [ Ika <blake@gaudaprime.co.uk> ]
Re: [B7L] Pressure Point [ Ika <blake@gaudaprime.co.uk> ]
Re: [B7L] Vinni (was Slave and Think [ Ika <blake@gaudaprime.co.uk> ]
Re: [B7L] Avon and Explosives [ "Dana Shilling" <dshilling@worldnet ]
Re: [B7L] 'Twould have improved it n [ Betty Ragan <ragan@sdc.org> ]
Re: [B7L] Parsec {was Orbit} [ Lisa Williams <lcw@dallas.net> ]
[B7L] Fanfic on the web [ Mac4781@aol.com ]
[B7L] Mythmaker tapes [ Mac4781@aol.com ]
[B7L] New zines, A-Z [ "Sarah Thompson" <sthompson162@mind ]
[B7L] Time (was Re: Vinni) [ Penny Dreadful <pennydreadful@power ]
Re: [B7L] New zines, A-Z [ Penny Dreadful <pennydreadful@power ]
FC: Re: [B7L] New zines, A-Z [ Alison Page <alison_page@becta.org. ]
Re: FC: Re: [B7L] New zines, A-Z [ Penny Dreadful <pennydreadful@power ]
Re: [B7L] Wardrobe room [ Calle Dybedahl <calle@lysator.liu.s ]
Re: [B7L] Slave and Thinking [ Calle Dybedahl <calle@lysator.liu.s ]
Re: FC: Re: [B7L] New zines, A-Z [ Jacqueline Thijsen <inquisitioner@w ]
Re: FC: Re: [B7L] New zines, A-Z [ mistral@ptinet.net ]
Re: FC: Re: [B7L] New zines, A-Z [ "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.con ]
Re: [B7L] Slave and Thinking [ "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.con ]
Re: [B7L] Pressure Point [ Julia Jones <julia.lysator@jajones. ]
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Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 16:43:42 GMT
From: Ika <blake@gaudaprime.co.uk>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] Which ship in Harvest? (was Orbit)
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Me:
> >
> >And why are the rooms she's in in 'Harvest', when she appears to be on the
> >doughnut (correct me if I'm wrong) so much smaller than the doughnut rooms
> are
> >in 'Trial', 'Star One' etc?
Gnog:
> I always imagined that she was on the ugly looking Platypus shaped
> Federation cruiser in Harvest, not the doughnut. Just MHO.
>
Yeah, I thought that too but then I wondered how they managed to fit a
construction crew on the said platypus. I can't remember how big that ship is
(that's the one she's in in 'Children of Auron', isn't it?) but I didn't think
it was big enough for that.
Although otoh the doughnut probably doesn't move. Or does it?
Love,
Ika
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Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 17:35:08 GMT
From: Ika <blake@gaudaprime.co.uk>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] Pressure Point
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Ellyne:
> Well, not through normal evolution and adaptation. No, this is a clear
> case of genetic engineering, probably resulting in the little talked
> about 'fashion wars' in which all purses were done away but rebelious
> souls adapted. This is the _real_ reason Servalan never carries a purse
> or credit card (That, and her desire to make it clearly understood she's
> not _paying_ for anything [Oh, no, I have just made an argument for Blake
> and all other good, little rebels to carry overly cute handbags as a
> political statement. "So, Avon, which do you think really says 'I'm a
> tough, nonconformist. Don't mess with me.'? The pink one with the pearl
> snap or the little macrame number with the glittery beadwork?"]).
>
Dana? Cue fanfic, please(Pink Handbag Avon)? :)
Hey, do Judith's Avon dolls come with accessories?
Love,
Ika
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Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 17:37:24 GMT
From: Ika <blake@gaudaprime.co.uk>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] Vinni (was Slave and Thinking)
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Betty:
>
> > Um, drifting a bit from B7 here... OK, what do people think about
> > Vinni? Or the Avalon android? They both seem to have passed the Turing
> > test...
>
Judith:
>
> Vinni was far more advanced. It thought it was human. I wondered if they'd
> found a way of using a human brain print and mapping it onto the android.
>
Deathwatch is straight after Moloch, no? Is the timescale too tight for
Servalan to have be using the technology from whatever the planet in Moloch is
called (which could map a human brain print onto another human, so probably
also onto an android)?
Though why I bother trying to make sense of the B7 timeline is beyond me.
Love,
Ika
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Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 15:06:40 -0400
From: "Dana Shilling" <dshilling@worldnet.att.net>
To: "b7" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Avon and Explosives
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In response to Helen:
>
> Speaking of the bombs the rebels use, which of them was the demolitions
> expert? Or did the rebels work together to create the bombs?
"Working together' is not really their strong suit, is it?
>I expect Avon would be quite
> able to do the timing device, but Vila or Jenna would be the only 1st
> season characters who I can picture having had much need for explosive
> before.
1. When the scriptwriters can't think of anything else, they have Avon
tinker around with something, so he probably built those too
2. Although my partiality on this subject is notorious, it seems to me
that Avon would be good at building bombs in much the same way
that he's a good shot--i.e., once he decided he was going to be in repeated
situations calling for demolitions and handgun fire, he would practice
until hhe got it down right.
3. Mind you, some of those plot holes could have been blasted by his
prentice efforts.
-(Y)
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Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 17:12:19 -0600
From: Betty Ragan <ragan@sdc.org>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] 'Twould have improved it no end ...
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Sally Manton wrote:
> Duel - the person chosen to 'demonstrate the death of a friend' is Vilakins.
Oh, yeah, that would have been fun. Avon would have been fun, too
(although then we would have missed some lovely moments on the ship). I
do like the scene with Blake and Jenna in the tree, though.
> Harvest of Kairos - Avon, Tarrant or Jarvik - I don't care which - has
> screaming arachnophobia.
Jarvik! Please, Jarvik!
> Assassin - 'tis obvious. Scorpio got distracted and My Darling got sold.
> Alternately, Avon acted within character and shot Piri twelve minutes after
> meeting her (of course, this would have made for a much shorter episode ...)
Which some might argue would not necessarily be a bad thing... :)
So, Sally, you gonna write up some of these alternative episode
versions? Hmmmm? I vote for starting with "Voice from the Past." :)
--
Betty Ragan ** ragan@sdc.org ** http://www.sdc.org/~ragan/
"Imposing Latin rules on English structure is a little
like trying to play baseball in ice skates." -- Bill Bryson
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Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 18:16:29 -0500
From: Lisa Williams <lcw@dallas.net>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Parsec {was Orbit}
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Neil Faulkner wrote:
>This suggests that trying to initiate such a discussion in the first place
>might be a fruitless exercise[2].
>
>[2] in the case of a subneutronic overlap shift, this is literally true.
Is this because the collapsed hypothetical wave packet behind the fridge
has eaten all the fruit on its way there?
- Lisa
--
_____________________________________________________________
Lisa Williams: lcw@dallas.net or lwilliams@raytheon.com
Lisa's Video Frame Capture Library: http://lcw.simplenet.com/
From Eroica With Love: http://eroicafans.org/
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Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 20:02:36 EDT
From: Mac4781@aol.com
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se, freedom-city@blakes-7.org,
DownandSafe@egroups.com
Subject: [B7L] Fanfic on the web
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Sheila Paulson has archived some of her fanfic on the web. It can be found
at:
http://members.aol.com/Venkie/rgb/rgb.htm
Click on "other fanfiction."
The stories are "Tribute" (second season) (Gambit 10) and "A Case of Deja Vu"
(PGP) (Input 4).
She says she'll put up additional stories if there is a demand, so be sure to
let her know if you want to see more.
Carol Mc
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Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 20:27:27 EDT
From: Mac4781@aol.com
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se, freedom-city@blakes-7.org
Subject: [B7L] Mythmaker tapes
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Last week I mentioned a possible NTSC source for the B7 Mythmaker tapes (only
one out to date is the Jacqueline Pearce one). I've not learned more about
that source, but I have learned that Horizon is able to provide NTSC copies.
Be sure to specify which format you want, PAL or NTSC, when ordering from
Horizon.
Prices and ordering information:
http://www.horizon.org.uk/merchandise/videos/MythMakersvideos/
Carol Mc
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Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 01:04:31 -0700
From: "Sarah Thompson" <sthompson162@mindspring.com>
To: <freedom-city@blakes-7.org>
Cc: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: [B7L] New zines, A-Z
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For anyone who's wondering whether to get the two latest B7 fan
publications (that I know of), here's a detailed list of what's
in them. I recommend both. Ordering info is on Judith's website
and the Avon Club's site.
I do believe that the Avon Club newsletter is the longest-running
B7 fan publication (in terms of number of issues) of all time.
AVON NEWSLETTER #74
Editor: Ann Bown (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
Date: May 2000
Format: A5 digest, 44 pp. + 1 p. insert, white card cover
printed in full color, center staples
Fiction:
Gillian Puddle, "Prediction" (S2, post-Orac; A)
Marian de Haan, "A Suitable Pet" (S1)
Josie McCall, "The Price of Silence" (S4; A-ocf)
Nonfiction:
Ann, Jackie, Sue, Maureen, and Helen, editorial
Paul Darrow, "From: Paul"
"Sue Chadwick Writes" (on fiction publications and
quiz)
Helen Parkinson, "The Strangerers" (TV review)
"News" (on merchandise)
"Paul Darrow Live on beeb.com" (transcript of
interview)
Helen Parkinson, "Book Review: 'A History and Critical
Analysis of "Blake's 7", the 1978-1981 British
Television Space Adventure' by John Kenneth Muir"
Judith Proctor, "Blake's 7 Trivia-- First Season"
"Code Breaker 2 Quiz"
Sarah Egginton, "Avon: A Terrible Addiction" (essay)
Judith Proctor, "Standing on the Flight Deck" (article
on flight deck set; see longer article in ZENITH)
"'Together Again' Tapes Available from the Club"
Sarah Thompson, "Zine Review: Avon Millenium Special"
"Letters of Comment"
"Raffle"
"Audio Tapes for Sale"
"Avon Merchandise"
Ads for clubs, fanzines, conventions
"Ann O'Neill, SRN" (obituary of fan)
Art:
color photos cover Avon fantasy
p. 5 PD in Strangerers
p. 26 "Seven" tape cast
p. 35 audio tape covers
inside back c. Ann O'Neill
b/w photo p. 9 Avon fantasy
Helen Lyon p. 30 Avon (raffle prize)
ZENITH
Editor: Alan Stevens
Design & Layout: Andy Hopkinson
Production Manager: Judith Proctor
Date: [June 2000]
Format: A4, 76 pp. incl. covers, full-color wraparound
cover, center staples
Fiction:
Nickey Barnard and Alan Stevens, "Rotten to the Core"
("The Logic of Empire" universe; S5; ocs)
Nonfiction:
Andy & Alan, "Forward"
Una McCormack, "Destined 2 Fail?" (essay on BBC reruns)
Sheelagh Wells, "Strangerer Days" (article on her
makeup work for "The Strangerers")
Joe Nazzaro, "Exploring the CD Side of Life" (interview
with Paul Darrow on "The Strangerers")
Fiona Moore, "Hell Is Full of Avons" (humor; future
films and shows)
Judith Proctor, "7 on 4" (article on filming of
"Collector's Lot," with much info on costumes)
Julian Porter, "An Interview with Vere Lorrimer"
(conducted in 1990)
"Vere Lorrimer 1920-1998" (short biography)
"Reviews-- Audio-- The Together Again Series"
Jim Smith, "Blake's Back!"
Claire Fisher, "Liberatored!"
Leslie Scott-Harris, "Action!"
Phillippa Bennett, "Kingmaker"
Judith Proctor, "Elements"
Judith Proctor, "Solstice"
Fiona Moore, "Seven"
Jim Smith, "Spotlight on Trial: Savage Thinking
Animals" (episode review)
Alan Stevens, "Trial: The Missing Evidence"
(comparison of first draft and final script)
Alan Stevens, "Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Fingers"
(interview with Brian Croucher)
untitled bio of Brian Croucher
Dianna Firmin, "Travis: The Empty Room" (essay on
Travis's motivations)
Alan Stevens, "Peter Miles: A Man of Many Deaths"
(interview with the actor who played Rontane in
SLD and Trial, on his various SF roles)
untitled bio of Peter Miles
Judith Proctor, "Seek--Locate--Enjoy" (article on trip
to Oldham Power Station, location for Time Squad,
Redemption, and Killer)
Pete Wallbank, "Tall, Dark & Gruesome" (autobiography
of SF artist)
Fiona Moore, "There's a Hole in Your Plotline" (essay
on story arcs)
ads for zines, clubs, cons, tapes, etc.
Art:
Pete Wallbank cover Tr2 (color)
pp. 46-7 Tr2
p. 64 self-portrait
p. 65 Tr2, DW art
p. 66 art for audio covers
p. 67 GP cartoon; Avengers
art
p. 68 DW art w/ Colin Baker
p. 69 DW art
Nik Spender p. 41 Tr2, cariacture
p. 73 illo for "Rotten"
Photos on almost every page.
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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 02:15:06 -0600
From: Penny Dreadful <pennydreadful@powersurfr.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] Time (was Re: Vinni)
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At 05:37 PM 8/6/00 +0000, Ika wrote:
>Though why I bother trying to make sense of the B7 timeline is beyond me.
FTL travel is functionally equivalent to using a "time machine", right?
Therefore I figure in any SF universe wherein FTL travel exists, any
concept of "timeline" or concrete Cause and Effect can be dispensed with
cavalierly if it's getting in one's way.
--
For A Dread Time, Call Penny:
http://members.tripod.com/~Penny_Dreadful/
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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 02:22:47 -0600
From: Penny Dreadful <pennydreadful@powersurfr.com>
To: freedom-city@blakes-7.org
Cc: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] New zines, A-Z
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At 01:04 AM 8/7/00 -0700, Sarah Thompson wrote:
>For anyone who's wondering whether to get the two latest B7 fan
>publications (that I know of), here's a detailed list of what's
>in them.
But!!! you didn't mention *Page 42* (which has singlehandedly sold at
*least* 2 copies of "Zenith") ;-p.
--Penny, Campaigning For More Skin
______________________________
"No rules, no naps, no shoes!"
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Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:46:43 +0100
From: Alison Page <alison_page@becta.org.uk>
To: "'blakes7@lysator.liu.se'" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: FC: Re: [B7L] New zines, A-Z
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Penny said -
>>But!!! you didn't mention *Page 42* (which has singlehandedly sold at
*least* 2 copies of "Zenith") ;-p.
Three. Bloody inspiring. In fact Brian Croucher throughout is absolutely
gorgeous
I'll take the opportunity to recommend Zenith to anyone who thinks their
taste might coincide with mine at all. I'm not a huge zine-consumer, but I
thoroughly enjoyed this. Good production values, interesting and intelligent
content, nice pictures.
One gripe - four of the pages were blank, when they should evidently have
had content (from the page numbering). Was that a common thing, or just a
glitch in the copy I got?
Alison
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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 03:12:42 -0600
From: Penny Dreadful <pennydreadful@powersurfr.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: FC: Re: [B7L] New zines, A-Z
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At 09:46 AM 8/7/00 +0100, Alison Page wrote:
>Bloody inspiring. In fact Brian Croucher throughout is absolutely
>gorgeous
Alison Page, I hereby bestow upon you the title of FINALACT Acolyte
Extrordinaire, thereby exempting you from *any and all* future Teletubbies
Festivals and/or Karaoke Exhibitions. Let the crowd (hereafter known as
Jacqueline) say A-a-amen!!!
Amen!
High Priestess Penny
--
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http://members.tripod.com/~Penny_Dreadful/
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Date: 07 Aug 2000 11:38:28 +0200
From: Calle Dybedahl <calle@lysator.liu.se>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Wardrobe room
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>>>>> "Julie" == Julie Horner <jihorner@dial.pipex.com> writes:
> Why do you think there is a Wardrobe Room?
From "Cygnus Alpha":
AVON: Where did you get the clothes.
JENNA: I found a room full of them down there. Why don't you
go and have a look?
--
Calle Dybedahl, Vasav. 82, S-177 52 Jaerfaella,SWEDEN | calle@lysator.liu.se
"Just about anything can be done if you are demented enough."
-- Christopher C. Petro, scary.devil.monastery
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Date: 07 Aug 2000 12:12:12 +0200
From: Calle Dybedahl <calle@lysator.liu.se>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Slave and Thinking
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>>>>> "Una" == Una McCormack <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk> writes:
> Have people ever done the Turing test and failed it?
Yes. Some people I know personally have, in a test we did on a MUD a
bunch of years ago. One of the submitted programs had people thinking
it was a human for, on average, 45 minutes (it used a number of clever
psychological tricks, but was in no way "intelligent"). Some people
were rejected as programs after only two or three sentences :-)
--
Calle Dybedahl, Vasav. 82, S-177 52 Jaerfaella,SWEDEN | calle@lysator.liu.se
"No one expects the waterbuffalos of packet loss!" -- simes
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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 14:35:03 +0200
From: Jacqueline Thijsen <inquisitioner@wish.net>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: FC: Re: [B7L] New zines, A-Z
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At 11:12 7-8-00, Penny Dreadful wrote:
>Alison Page, I hereby bestow upon you the title of FINALACT Acolyte
>Extrordinaire, thereby exempting you from *any and all* future Teletubbies
>Festivals and/or Karaoke Exhibitions. Let the crowd (hereafter known as
>Jacqueline) say A-a-amen!!!
<waves arms above head, chanting> A-a-amen. A-a-amen. A-amen, Amen, Amen.
BTW, I don't remember four empty pages, so I think Alison was deprived of
four pages of Zenith.
Jacqueline
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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 04:50:26 -0700
From: mistral@ptinet.net
To: B7 List <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: FC: Re: [B7L] New zines, A-Z
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Jacqueline Thijsen wrote:
> At 11:12 7-8-00, Penny Dreadful wrote:
> >Alison Page, I hereby bestow upon you the title of FINALACT Acolyte
> >Extrordinaire, thereby exempting you from *any and all* future Teletubbies
> >Festivals and/or Karaoke Exhibitions. Let the crowd (hereafter known as
> >Jacqueline) say A-a-amen!!!
>
> <waves arms above head, chanting> A-a-amen. A-a-amen. A-amen, Amen, Amen.
Ooh, Jacqueline, I didn't know you could sing, too! Together now:
See the babe B. Croucher (A-a-amen)
Modelling the swimwear (A-a-amen)
In the middle of Zenith! (A-amen, Amen, Amen.)
Sing it over...
Mistral
(I just know I'm gonna regret this...)
--
"Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo. So little time! So much to know!"
--Jeremy Hilary Boob, Ph.D.
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Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 15:52:33 +0100
From: "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: FC: Re: [B7L] New zines, A-Z
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Jacqueline wrote:
> > BTW, I don't remember four empty pages, so I think Alison was deprived
of
> four pages of Zenith.
Nor I - give Andy a shout, Alison, I'm sure you can get a replacement copy.
Una
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Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 15:55:10 +0100
From: "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Slave and Thinking
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Calle wrote:
> >>>>> "Una" == Una McCormack <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk> writes:
>
> > Have people ever done the Turing test and failed it?
>
> Yes. Some people I know personally have, in a test we did on a MUD a
> bunch of years ago. One of the submitted programs had people thinking
> it was a human for, on average, 45 minutes (it used a number of clever
> psychological tricks, but was in no way "intelligent"). Some people
> were rejected as programs after only two or three sentences :-)
That's very pleasing!
Una
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Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 11:45:30 +0100
From: Julia Jones <julia.lysator@jajones.demon.co.uk>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Cc: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] Pressure Point
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In message <200008061635.RAA05229@smtp.uk2net.com>, Ika
<blake@gaudaprime.co.uk> writes
>Dana? Cue fanfic, please(Pink Handbag Avon)? :)
>
>Hey, do Judith's Avon dolls come with accessories?
No. Although I'm highly tempted to model a pink handbag to add to my
model of fourth series black leather clad maniac fanning a blaster as if
it's a Colt.
--
Julia Jones
"Don't philosophise with me, you electronic moron!"
The Turing test - as interpreted by Kerr Avon.
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