Jinx wrote: >> Perhaps this is needed to keep the discussion on track. Pity the auction >> ended before we found it :) >> >> >> >> -- > >Of course it ended - I bought it next month. I just used it to >come back and tell you > >BTW, NZ scientists did actually invent a machine that could >predict the future, but the government confiscated it. Which >didn't really upset the scientists - a spokesman said they >knew that would happen > BTW, over on the Yahoo AI Group, there is a guy who uses bayesian probability combined with fuzzy logic to predict the stock market "2" weeks in advance. Another guy claims he has solved the AI problem and knows how to build a conscious robot. Both are looking for venture backing to take their stuff public, Jinx - [in case you happened to rob a bank up there in the future, and brought the goods back to where they cannot get you]. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.