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>From: zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Robotic Follies
Message-ID: <1992Feb26.083119.9186@husc3.harvard.edu>
Date: 26 Feb 92 13:31:18 GMT
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In article <1992Feb25.210336.5676@news.media.mit.edu> 
minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky) writes:

>In article <1992Feb25.003248.10765@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> 
>vishal@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Vishal I. Sikka) writes:

>>In article <1992Feb21.192207.9035@husc3.harvard.edu> 
>>zeleny@boucher.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny) writes:

MZ:
>>>[Censored by Minsky]
>>>
>>
>>>left as an exercise for the reader.  (Hint: one point of difference is that
>>>Minsky's ass is long dead, but he still keeps asking the NSF for more money.)

MM:
>I don't read messages from the above, but the text quoted in Sikka's
>message appears to suggest that Zeleny believes I ask NSF for money.

Don't answer messages that you haven't read.

MM:
>Not true.  Many years ago, Papert's project had some NSF support, and
>I contributed some time (w/o reimbursement) to that, but otherwise
>I've never asked them for anything.  

It's not you that did the asking, but your talking ass.

MM:
>I hope others will ask Zeleny to cease his obsessive and ill-informed
>accusations.

Hope springs eternal, Professor...


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