Re: Turing Test Meaningless?

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <4m2h2k$m8f@nntp.seflin.lib.fl.us>,
Ralph Silverman <z007400b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us> wrote:
>Will Baguhn (wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu) wrote:
>: HEY FOLKS....
>
>: this isn't comp.ai .  this is comp.sys.apple2, remember.  i know that i
>: have been yelling at ralph via email f for this getting here, but come on..
>: don't reply to them on c.s.a2... hmm?

>***********begin r.s. response*************
>
>	those who are interested in such
>	things
>		might ask
>	why accept the
>		authority
>	of the poster cited above?
>
>	also
>	yes,
>	have been getting flamed via email
>	left and right for this and the like...
>
>***********end r.s. response***************

   You are getting emails because of the following:

1) Your posts, which obviously refer to something in computer
artificial intelligence, are being sent to the Apple II computers
newsgroup. Thus, they are in the wrong place, and not responses to
anything seen here. If you wish to talk about Apple II stuff here,
then you're perfectlly welcome to do so.

   As to "authority" to say what's on topic and not, the fact remains
that to all properly configured usenet machines (which your freenet
system does not appear to be), there are separate and distinguishable
Apple II and artificial intelligence groups. As per human
understanding, messages on a topic should go to the most relevant
newsgroup, which you're not doing. We are not trying to prevent you
from saying this, but telling you that if you wish to be listened to,
your intended target audience is elsewhere.


<Not as bad as the first, but still annoying>

2) e.e. cummings you're not. Learn to capitalize, write full sentences
that are complete thoughts, and don't indent lines
randomly. Left-justified lines of 70 columns (except for indenting the
first line of a _paragraph_ 3-5 spaces) are the norm.

   Authority: Strunk & White, an excellent grammatical book available
at finer bookstores everywhere.

Nathan Mates
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