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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Certainly you didn't overreact.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>It's very good to see some detailed explanation from experts.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>But sometimes imagination can lead to some important creation also.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(Now I am thinking how to let the PC, esp. a notebook, to get a cold to solve the more </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>and more difficult thermal problem.)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Walter.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org [<A HREF="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org">mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</A>] On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:33 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: ExI chat list</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: [extropy-chat] Warwick: Could future computer viruses infecthumans?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>--- Walter_Chen@compal.com wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> At least it's fun to imagine that a computer got a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> cold (then maybe it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> doesn't need thermal solution sometimes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> because it feels too cold?)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> or got a VD (how to cure a VD on a computer?), or</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>So long as one is clear that one is imagining, perhaps</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(although that can violate the suspension of disbelief</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>that is one of the keys to getting an audience to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>enjoy a work of fiction). However, Mr. Warwick and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>his research are reality.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>My apologies if I have seemed to overreact on this</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>thread, but I work in the computer industry, and this</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>nature of misunderstanding (anthropomorphizing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>computers) has been one of my largest frustrations</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(and many others in this field can relay the same</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>story about their own work). Even if it is also an</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>occasional good source of insight and humor - e.g.,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>grokking the concept of genetic algorithms through</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>discussions of Software EXchange. ;)</FONT>
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