Intentionality & Magic

Susan McGee Schlobin at aol.com
Wed Oct 25 02:44:47 UTC 2000


No: HPFGUIDX 4580

would cause a
> Of course, if the magic in the map was smart enough to figure out 
which
> information was or was not pertinent to Harry, one can also wonder 
why it
> *wasn't* smart enough to print BARTY CROUCH JR.--SERIUOSLY EVIL 
BADGUY!!! in
> flashing red letters and do a little police siren imitation ...
> 

because of GIGO...it wasn't set up for identification of evilones
I don't think magic and computers are all that different myself.

Susan





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