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We learn , for example , that ' wetware ' is a computer scientist's word analogous to their use of ' hardware ' , which means the computer , and ' software ' , which means the computer programme . Thus ' wetware ' means the human brain ...
We learn , for example , that ' wetware ' is a computer scientist's word analogous to their use of ' hardware ' , which means the computer , and ' software ' , which means the computer programme . Thus ' wetware ' means the human brain ...
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( But my host that evening confirmed it and said the same thing had happened twice to his knowledge near Akureyri ; and that it was by no means uncommon at Isafjord on the north - west tip , which catches the drift from Greenland .
( But my host that evening confirmed it and said the same thing had happened twice to his knowledge near Akureyri ; and that it was by no means uncommon at Isafjord on the north - west tip , which catches the drift from Greenland .
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American academics seem to think larger means better ; I suppose it is an expression of the giantism endemic in American civilisation - airports and hotels so large one can't find one's way around in them . I recall a standard biography ...
American academics seem to think larger means better ; I suppose it is an expression of the giantism endemic in American civilisation - airports and hotels so large one can't find one's way around in them . I recall a standard biography ...
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