Re: [Pan-users] Re: global scores

[Dave]

On Sunday 13 May 2007, Duncan wrote:
> Dave <address@hidden> posted
> address@hidden, excerpted below, on  Sat, 12 May 2007
>
> 23:28:55 +0100:


> That's why I go to the trouble of such long posts, sometimes.  It's not
> just for one person. 

And it's much appreciated by me, at least, probably by others too.

> > I did find it amusing that Duncun should be teaching logical constructs
> > to Thufir Hawat though :-)
> >
> > ( Characters in Dune, for those who don't get the reference)
>
> I was wondering what the reference was.  Dune's one I haven't read/seen.  

Duncan Idaho was a Swordmaster (weapons/tactical specialist) while Thufir 
Hawat was a mentat.  Long story short, injunction against anything remotely 
like a computer (thinking machines/AI)  human-machine war, specialist people 
trained/conditioned for mental computational abilities.

> I've actually read more Asimov than anything, including a lot of his non-
> fiction.  I really enjoyed his style.

I've not seen much of his non-fiction although I gather that output was higher 
than his SF.  A prodigious author, not unlike yourself :-)

A bit OT for here but I bet quite a few got the reference :-)
-- 
Dave