Anpois.848 net.jokes utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!pcl Thu Apr 29 22:52:17 1982 Re: read this with an open mind The first time I heard this joke was at a INTRO meeting at Bell Labs. The joke was told by I. M. Ross -- President of Bell Labs. It was to be an illustration showing the differences between communication and data processing. The translator provides transmition (replace this word for communication in the last sentence) except in the last sentence ("... he is not afraid to die") which is data processing. If you tell a joke, give credit where credit is due! ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.