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From: martyn@csc.liv.ac.uk (Martyn Amos)
Subject: Re: Life, the program
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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:11:44 GMT
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In article <32960e7c.931637@news.shef.ac.uk>, aca96mjr@sheffield.ac.uk (Mark
Radcliffe) writes:
> On Fri, 22 Nov 1996 11:12:04 -0500, Ted.Belding@umich.edu (Theodore C.
> Belding) wrote:
> 
> >That's a bit harsh, don't you think?  There's no reason to assume that
> >everyone knows as much about alife as you do.
> 
> Hey now, I knew nothing about alife until about 3 weeks ago and I
> still know little. Yet I heard of "life" many years ago.

I mailed this person a message similar to Ted's, and received a condescending
little missive in return.

He concludes with "are you in your first year or what?" !!!

I don't think he is going to have a particularly successful career
in a-life, given the start he's made.

Martyn
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