[hungryforcodes]

True, but telling people a program is alive or sentient when it's not is spreading a false hood.

Nice, and I hadn't used the VIX before. We both learned something today. :)

[fenomas]

> telling people a program is alive or sentient when it's not is spreading a false hood.

If you think my comment was doing that, I think you may be misremembering the Dijkstra quote.

[hungryforcodes]

Ah, I'm enlightened on another level, having looked up the quote now. Thank you -- that's TWO things I've learned today!