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Re: The fable of DEMETRIUS, CONSTRAINTICUS, and AUTOMATICUS

From: Laconic2 <laconic2_at_comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:36:29 -0400
Message-ID: <DK2dnVGxTpDEl-jcRVn-3g@comcast.com> 






"Kenneth Downs"


> Yeah, I could have done it better though, having Automaticus know more

about


> constraints and always acting within them.  He comes off looking ignorant,

> which definitely detracts from my idea.

>




Hmmm....



If necessity is the mother of invention, then ignorance is probably the
father.  One of my favorite quotes is "the reason I was able to do it is
that no one told me it was impossible."



Archimedes was undoubtedly ignorant of the "Archimedes principle"  until the
"eureka!"  moment.
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