Joe,

Attribute it to Arthur C. Clark.

Bryan

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>From: 	Saby, Joseph[SMTP:Joseph.Saby@wl.com]
>Sent: 	November 5, 1998 6:18 AM
>To: 	'DayDawning@aol.com'
>Cc: 	'HistoNet@pathology.swmed.edu'
>Subject: 	RE: Sakura VIP Y2K testing
>
>Brings to mind the old adage (I cannot remember to whom to attribute
>it):
>
>	Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
>magic.
>
>Joe Saby, Parke-Davis, Ann Arbor.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	DayDawning@aol.com [SMTP:DayDawning@aol.com]
>> Sent:	Wednesday, November 04, 1998 5:46 PM
>> To:	jmahone@nmhs.org; JC_Suder@fccc.edu;
>> histonet@Pathology.swmed.edu
>> Subject:	Re: Sakura VIP Y2K testing
>>
>> In a message dated 11/4/98 11:20:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>> jmahone@nmhs.org
>> writes:
>>
>> <<  Notice how I give human attributes to the equipment.  My limited
>>  understanding of computer technology makes me think that it has to be
>>  either magic or human.
>>  >>
>> So, does the intelligence of the instrument have any bearing on
>> whether you
>> call it a "he" or a "she"?   (  BIG can of worms being opened here.
>> See what
>> happens when I read my e-mail with a glass of wine?)
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