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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Feb 2, 2016 16:07:10 GMT
I was meaning to complete this a few days ago but brain became disengaged pro tem!! Sorry for delay. The defeat by a computer of a human champion at the game of Go has caused much excitement. But computers used to be human themselves, writes Trevor Timpson. "Computer" comes from the Latin "putare" which means both to think and to prune. Virgil's Georgics - depictions of country life - speak of tidying vines by pruning (fingitque putando). The playwright Terence left one of the most famous Latin quotations - I am a man and I think nothing human foreign to me (humani… nihil alienum puto). MORE>>>>>
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Post by Lighthouse on Feb 2, 2016 21:08:13 GMT
It's from The Tree of Knowledge (in the Garden of Eden), which was also known as the Compos Mentis tree.
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Post by GuiltySpark on Feb 3, 2016 14:28:13 GMT
You still under the weather Mike?
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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Feb 4, 2016 7:49:59 GMT
Neil, like the proverbial yoyo, up and down!! Have to take a lot of meds, 12 tabs a day, 2 shots of steroid turbo-inhaled and 4 shots of Subutamol reliever. Awaiting specialist decision as to whether I have a nebuliser or oxygen installed at home. My score suggests I need one or the other after I failed the lung function test last week.
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Post by GuiltySpark on Feb 4, 2016 15:09:54 GMT
Failed the Lung Function Test??? Does that mean you're breathing through your arse? I don't understand some of the things these Dockers I mean Doctors come out with, sometimes I just wish they'd say to me "Well we've had your test results back and as it turns out you're F***ed".
Now that I'd understand.
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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Feb 5, 2016 4:02:06 GMT
Failed the Lung Function Test??? Does that mean you're breathing through your arse? I don't understand some of the things these Dockers I mean Doctors come out with, sometimes I just wish they'd say to me "Well we've had your test results back and as it turns out you're F***ed". Now that I'd understand. About right!! Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV) = COPD Stage 3 – Severe
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