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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:12 am
Post subject: Need help with an I.A. story...
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I am trying to remember the name of an Issac Asimov story where it is
in a military setting.... the generals gather around a human who they
say "can do math in his head" (or something)... anyway, the benefit to
this is they can use HUMANS to fly planes and what not....very
ironic... Sorry I am so vague... I just can't remember too much about
it.
Any help would be great!
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:12 am
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On 3 Aug 2004, Sh'ma-Yisrael wrote:
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> I am trying to remember the name of an Issac Asimov story where it is
> in a military setting.... the generals gather around a human who they
> say "can do math in his head" (or something)... anyway, the benefit to
> this is they can use HUMANS to fly planes and what not....very
> ironic... Sorry I am so vague... I just can't remember too much about
> it.
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> Any help would be great!
>
> SHALOM!
>
"A feeling of power"?
The guy notieced that every time you punched 3x4 in a calculator you got
12 or some such, and went on to "invent" arithmatic.
Is this in the story too: There was also a problem with putting the wrong
end of a self-lighting cigarette in your mouth and it buruning you lips, so they
got the idea of putting the ingiter on a seperate stick. Or was that a
different story?
I'd always considered this to be in "this earth a after everybody forgot"
time but maybe it was a different development of technology story.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 10:20 am
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colonel_hack.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com wrote in message news:<20040803204850.V1004-100000.TakeThisOut@bunrab.ronnet.moc>...
> On 3 Aug 2004, Sh'ma-Yisrael wrote:
> > I am trying to remember the name of an Issac Asimov story where it is
> > in a military setting.... the generals gather around a human who they
> > say "can do math in his head" (or something)... anyway, the benefit to
> > this is they can use HUMANS to fly planes and what not....very
> > ironic... Sorry I am so vague... I just can't remember too much about
> > it.
> >
> > Any help would be great!
> >
> "A feeling of power"?
Yes: <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.themathlab.com/writings/short%20stories/feeling.htm" target="_blank">http://www.themathlab.com/writings/short%20stories/feeling.htm</a>
> The guy notieced that every time you punched 3x4 in a calculator you got
> 12 or some such, and went on to "invent" arithmatic.
>
> Is this in the story too: There was also a problem with putting the wrong
> end of a self-lighting cigarette in your mouth and it buruning you lips, so
> they
> got the idea of putting the ingiter on a seperate stick. Or was that a
> different story?
Different story, although I don't know what.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:30 pm
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On 4 Aug 2004, Mike Hanson wrote:
> colonel_hack.RemoveThis@yahoo.com wrote in message news:<20040803204850.V1004-100000.RemoveThis@bunrab.ronnet.moc>...
> > Is this in the story too: There was also a problem with putting the wrong
> > end of a self-lighting cigarette in your mouth and it buruning you lips, so
> > they
> > got the idea of putting the ingiter on a seperate stick. Or was that a
> > different story?
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> Different story, although I don't know what.
Both used the "reinventing the forgotten" idea and I'd smushed
them together in memory... I'm about 95% sure the both are Asimov tho.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:05 pm
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In <20040804102019.P1085-100000.RemoveThis@bunrab.ronnet.moc> colonel_hack.RemoveThis@yahoo.com writes:
>On 4 Aug 2004, Mike Hanson wrote:
>> colonel_hack.RemoveThis@yahoo.com wrote in message news:<20040803204850.V1004-100000.RemoveThis@bunrab.ronnet.moc>...
>> > Is this in the story too: There was also a problem with putting the wrong
>> > end of a self-lighting cigarette in your mouth and it buruning you lips, so
>> > they
>> > got the idea of putting the ingiter on a seperate stick. Or was that a
>> > different story?
>>
>> Different story, although I don't know what.
>Both used the "reinventing the forgotten" idea and I'd smushed
>them together in memory... I'm about 95% sure the both are Asimov tho.
they are, indeed. in fact, the one about (re)inventing cigarette matches
has a bunch of other similar (re)discoveries.
Afraid I don't recall the title, though.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 10:28 pm
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colonel_hack.RemoveThis@yahoo.com wrote in message news:<20040803204850.V1004-100000.RemoveThis@bunrab.ronnet.moc>...
> On 3 Aug 2004, Sh'ma-Yisrael wrote:
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> >
> >
> > I am trying to remember the name of an Issac Asimov story where it is
> > in a military setting.... the generals gather around a human who they
> > say "can do math in his head" (or something)... anyway, the benefit to
> > this is they can use HUMANS to fly planes and what not....very
> > ironic... Sorry I am so vague... I just can't remember too much about
> > it.
> >
> > Any help would be great!
> >
> > SHALOM!
> >
> "A feeling of power"?
> The guy notieced that every time you punched 3x4 in a calculator you got
> 12 or some such, and went on to "invent" arithmatic.
Very cool! Thank you very much!<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Need help with an I.A. story... |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 12:46 am
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danny burstein <dannyb.TakeThisOut@panix.com> wrote in message news:<cer8h2$1rb$1@reader1.panix.com>...
> In <20040804102019.P1085-100000.TakeThisOut@bunrab.ronnet.moc> colonel_hack.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com writes:
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> >Both used the "reinventing the forgotten" idea and I'd smushed
> >them together in memory... I'm about 95% sure the both are Asimov tho.
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> they are, indeed. in fact, the one about (re)inventing cigarette matches
> has a bunch of other similar (re)discoveries.
>
> Afraid I don't recall the title, though.
Can you recall any key phrases, a few words of some powerful dialogue,
anything like that? If you can put three or four words together which
you are confident appear exactly thus in the story, and if it happens
to be on the Web (as 'The Feeling of Power' is), then it may be
possible to Google the title.
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:36 am
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:12 am
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colonel_hack.DeleteThis@yahoo.com wrote in message news:<20040803204850.V1004-100000.DeleteThis@bunrab.ronnet.moc>...
> On 3 Aug 2004, Sh'ma-Yisrael wrote:
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> > I am trying to remember the name of an Issac Asimov story where it is
> > in a military setting.... (snip)
> "A feeling of power"?
correct
> The guy notieced that every time you punched 3x4 in a calculator you got
> 12 or some such, and went on to "invent" arithmatic.
>
> Is this in the story too: There was also a problem with putting the wrong
> end of a self-lighting cigarette in your mouth and it buruning you lips, so they
> got the idea of putting the ingiter on a seperate stick. Or was that a
> different story?
different story---
"The Holmes-Ginsbook Device"
also about the reinvention of the "Book"
It can be found in _Opus 100_
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