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In article <4dv1d2$ai2@news.cc.ucf.edu>, clarke@acme.ucf.edu (Thomas Clarke) writes:

	... snip ...

>>I quite agree with you assessment of that topic.  "Hitchhiker's Guide
>>to the Galaxy" had the right view of such philosophers...


>
>What was that, I can't recall a relevant quotation.

Look up the whole section starting with the assembly of "Deep Thought" 
and ending with the famous "...the answer is 42".
>
>Personally, I'm hoping to find something that will lead to
>an infinite improbability drive, or at least to a robot with a
>brain as big as a planet.

Hopefully it won't have Marvin's personality.

Mati Meron			| "When you argue with a fool,
meron@cars3.uchicago.edu	|  chances are he is doing just the same"
