Re: poll ideas quest 2010 (Stephen Byerley)

[ambrus]

Was Stephen Byerley a robot?

• No
• Yes
• We'll never know
• Half-half cyborg
• The difference is unimportant
• Stephen who?

Update: added the cyborg option.

Update: explanation: the "unimportant" option is for people who believe in duck typing, so this is a programming-related question.

Update 2010-12-02: done: Was Stephen Byerley a robot?

[Illuminatus]

since a cyborg is, by definition, part biological, part artificial, were you being redundant, or did you mean something like 1/4 artificial (maybe his grandmother on his mother's side was a robot)?

Seriously though, how about

• Like Data, minus the bad makeup
• He wanted to be a politician, what do you think?
• Sort of, he was a Mentat
• 'I prefer the term "Artificial Person" myself.'
I just couldn't figure out how to work "Danger, Will Robinson" in there...

fnord