Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site trwspp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!urban From: urban@trwspp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Play on words Message-ID: <335@trwspp.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 12:55:43 EST Article-I.D.: trwspp.335 Posted: Mon Mar 12 12:55:43 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Mar-84 07:30:05 EST References: <655@eosp1.UUCP> <659@seismo.UUCP> Organization: T R W, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 13 The third interpretation of "time flies like an arrow" (i.e. "measure the speed of flies...") admits of two different readings: 1) Measure the speed of flies the way an arrow does (someone says to the AI program, "time flies like an arrow" and the program replies "It would be more efficient if I timed them like a computer" 2) Measure the speed of flies the same way you measure the speed of an arrow. The AI program replies, "sorry, the flies aren't approaching any particular target".