 DataDocMy avatar looks like me, if I was 2D.Premium
join:2000-05-14
Greenville, NC | reply to Link Logger
Re: Sometimes really smart people can be fooled by a Computer Computers aren't smart, they're just fast. |
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 ProtusMoseImmortal. Eternal.Premium
join:2001-10-03
Bellevue, NE
kudos:4 | I have this argument with myself a lot when coding. "Why isn't this doing what I tell it to do!?" I sit back and remind myself that it's doing exactly what I'm telling it to do. That's all it can do. I'm telling it to do the wrong thing. |
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| said by ProtusMose:I have this argument with myself a lot when coding. "Why isn't this doing what I tell it to do!?" I sit back and remind myself that it's doing exactly what I'm telling it to do. That's all it can do. I'm telling it to do the wrong thing.
A variant of what I often tell my customers: "Unfortunately, computers do EXACTLY what you tell them to do, not what you meant to tell them to do".  |
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davePremium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
kudos:8 | reply to DataDoc
said by DataDoc:Computers aren't smart, they're just fast.
Neurons aren't smart, they're just numerous. |
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