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Originally Posted by parallaxicality
[Snip!] What is it that allows us to look at a bendy a, or an a in someone else's handwriting, and yet recognise it as as a? How are we able to abstract the Platonic ur-a from all the various outward manifestations of said letter we encounter in our lives? If we could design a bot that could somehow abstract in this way, we'd have cracked a major AI issue.
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Not to mention we'd have created a tool that will assure everyone of receiving more spam. Careful what you wish for! 
SPAM TM is a trademark owned by Hormel and the name of a product that helped America win World War II in the Pacific theater. 
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Last edited by Celestial Mechanic; 09-April-2008 at 05:06 AM.
Reason: SPAM the foodstuff should be in all caps.
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