Re: Mutant swarms and copying fidelity

From: Kate Distin (memes@distin.co.uk)
Date: Thu 05 May 2005 - 18:02:58 GMT

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    Bill Spight wrote:
    > Dear Kate,
    >
    >> I can tell you all sorts of things about walling techniques but I've
    >> never had a go myself so it would be accurate to say I cannot build a
    >> dry-stone-wall; any more than I could if I didn't have any of those
    >> bits of information.
    >
    >
    >
    > I think you short change yourself. Surely you could do a better job than
    > if you did not know anything about the techniques. :-)
    >
    > Best,
    >
    > Bill
    >

    I know what you're saying: I'd stand a better chance of knowing how to go about it because I've learned a bit about the techniques. But this is no guarantee that I could do it if I tried. As things stand at the moment therefore I am no more able to wall than I would be without the information I possess.

    As it happens, past experience of attempting similar practical tasks makes it highly implausible that this information would be of any use to me whatsoever. I struggle with lego, never mind uneven bits of rock.

    Kate

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