Alex,

Your question is part of the problem that the chief scientist has to solve. All I can say is that the machine is built in such a way that if you ask it a meaningful question it gives you either a meaningful answer, another meaningful question, or no answer at all.

A good question would be, does the machine really understand anything or does it simply repeat what it was told before? The answer is obvious to me but I'll leave it up to you to figure it out. (hint: try logic)

• No, my question was different. - alexander - July 25, 2001 - 20:27 UTC
  • Your question was irrelevant - aurino - July 25, 2001 - 21:15 UTC
    • What do you mean by 'abstract' - harvey1 - July 25, 2001 - 21:33 UTC
    • If the question is purely abstract, then answer is too. - alexander - July 25, 2001 - 21:48 UTC
      • Evil machines - aurino - July 26, 2001 - 13:39 UTC
        • Alex strikes me as religious - harvey1 - July 26, 2001 - 14:05 UTC
          • Harvey, only people who do not know math call it religion. - alexander - July 28, 2001 - 16:21 UTC
            • Again - harvey1 - July 30, 2001 - 14:11 UTC
              • I think... - stormcrow - July 30, 2001 - 14:40 UTC
                • Alex is saying much here - harvey1 - July 30, 2001 - 17:12 UTC
                  • Title should read 'Alex is not saying much here' (nt) - harvey1 - July 30, 2001 - 17:12 UTC
                  • Harvey, do not be offended by the fact that math explains things - alexander - August 2, 2001 - 15:11 UTC
                    • Why would I - harvey1 - August 2, 2001 - 16:55 UTC