Science-fiction Studies, Volume 20SFS Publications., 1993 - Electronic journals |
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Page 57
... limited by the fact that users can only interact with the game via a natural language parser . Users of ZORK soon learn , for instance , that its parser will not accept many of their commands ; and so they learn to deal with the ...
... limited by the fact that users can only interact with the game via a natural language parser . Users of ZORK soon learn , for instance , that its parser will not accept many of their commands ; and so they learn to deal with the ...
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... limited in what they can know or predict , in keeping with the " principle of uncertainty " associated with Werner Heisenberg . The indeterminacy factor in behavior stems partly from the impossibility of knowing enough details about the ...
... limited in what they can know or predict , in keeping with the " principle of uncertainty " associated with Werner Heisenberg . The indeterminacy factor in behavior stems partly from the impossibility of knowing enough details about the ...
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... limited in our society by laws regulating experimentation , unreliable testimony of witnesses , and a degree of resistance to the very idea of our being predictable . Their relevance to world - building is apparent only where ...
... limited in our society by laws regulating experimentation , unreliable testimony of witnesses , and a degree of resistance to the very idea of our being predictable . Their relevance to world - building is apparent only where ...
Contents
Alien Encounters | 15 |
Roger Bozzetto Moreaus TragiFarcical Island | 34 |
Grace Rereading Lester del Reys Helen OLoy | 45 |
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