Return-Path: Received: from rly-ma04.mx.aol.com (rly-ma04.mail.aol.com [172.20.116.48]) by air-ma08.mail.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILINMA084-8a547b61f361bc; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:24:58 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-ma04.mx.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMA047-8a547b61f361bc; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:24:40 -0500 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1JQ9u6-0003Nf-To for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:23:38 +0000 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1JQ9u6-0003NW-BE for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:23:38 +0000 Received: from imo-m27.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.8]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JQ9u2-0007Yi-DX for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:23:38 +0000 Received: from G4gvw@aol.com by imo-m27.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.3.) id l.bdd.26189625 (32915) for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:23:03 -0500 (EST) From: G4gvw@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:23:03 EST To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5035 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001,NO_REAL_NAME=0.55 Subject: Re: LF: CW Skimmer Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1203117783" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE, NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : + -------------------------------1203117783 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Actualy I do not agree with that statement. It is only in the present state of the art that you might say that a machine cannot read poorly sent morse. It is not so many years ago that the present state of the art was considered beyond the reach of machines! It is surely not beyond the wit of man to imagine that a future generation of machines and their programmes (I hesitate to use the word software deliberately) might not only decode a data stream called "morse" but actually interpret its "meaning" using rules based on language, useage and machine-based artificial intelligence! In the same way that the modern radio amateur has become an operator of "black boxes" who is to say that the next generation of Black Boxes will not become an operator of radio amateurs? Some would say that this is alraeady the case! 73 de Pat G4GVW es gd dx Qth near Felixstowe, UK -------------------------------1203117783 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Actualy I do not agree with that statement. It is only in the present s= tate=20 of the art that you might say that a machine cannot read poorly sent morse.=20= It=20 is not so many years ago that the present state of the art was considered be= yond=20 the reach of machines!

It is surely not beyond the wit of man to imagine that a future generat= ion=20 of machines and their programmes (I hesitate to use the word software=20 deliberately) might not only decode a data stream called "morse" but actuall= y=20 interpret its "meaning" using rules based on language, useage and machine-ba= sed=20 artificial intelligence!

In the same way that the modern radio amateur has become an operator of= =20 "black boxes" who is to say that the next generation of Black Boxes will not= =20 become an operator of radio amateurs?

Some would say that this is alraeady the case!

=20

73 de Pat=20 G4GVW es gd dx
Qth near Felixstowe,=20 UK

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