Your Letters
17:48 UK time, Thursday, 13 August 2009
Regarding Eddie Izzard's multiple marathon run, Irish singer for the next four years. Maybe not as insane as 34 in seven weeks, but four years without a break? That's impressive!
Eileen, Dublin, Ireland
Chris, London
Re Will Fry (Your Letters, Wednesday) this may be a hole in the shape of the symbol for pounds i.e. £
Paul Barratt, Bradford
It could be a rectangle if a pound coin was on its side. A bloated rectangle if referring to 454g of sugar or just the shape of overlapping fists...
Edd, Cardiff
Having read the , I just had to share this. I overheard this on Christmas Eve on Oxford St as a troop of Envirnomentalists dressed as Santas marched under the banner "Santa's Against Conspicuous Consumption". A seven-year-old girl asked her mother: "What's conspicuous consumption?" After a pause her mother replied "It's when you eat too much Christmas Dinner". Genius.
Phil B-C, London
Erm, Web Monitor it was three laws: 1) a robot must not harm a human or through inaction allow a human to come to harm, 2) a robot must obey any orders given to it by a human, except where this would conflict with the first law, and 3) a robot must protect it's own existance except where this would contradict laws 1 or 2. And the laws were first posited by Frederik Pohl editor of 'Astonishing Stories' and Super Science Stories' magazines, which he then encouraged Asimov to develop in his short stories published in said magazines. I'll get my rocket boots.
Howard, London, UK
Monitor: Erm, confession time folks. There was a letter which predicted just such a response (several readers have e-mailed to tick off Web Monitor), but sought to forestall any criticism by mentioning Asimov's Zeroeth Law. Only, Monitor accidentally deleted it and has tried, but failed, to retrieve it.
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