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Originally posted by Harbrhino:
One view is Human- Artificial- Lifeform, certainly when the film first came out this was what the popular press said, but Clarke himself said it was Heuristic ALgorithmic. No idea what Heyristic is though Come to think of it Algorthms are a mystery to me too

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Originally posted by Lightning Lad:

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Originally posted by Harbrhino:
One view is Human- Artificial- Lifeform, certainly when the film first came out this was what the popular press said, but Clarke himself said it was Heuristic ALgorithmic. No idea what Heyristic is though Come to think of it Algorthms are a mystery to me too

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Heuristic Algorithm - A programming strategy based on trial-and-error methods and feedback evaluation.

And, contrary to the ex-vice president's claims, algorithms were not created by Al Gore while dancing.

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Else Al Gore would have been hit with the rhythm stick?

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