[from Bob Clark (9601116.1638 EST)]
Rick Marken (951228.1000)]
The only difference is that I don't ask myself whether other posters
are machines; I assume they are:-)
Is your "I" a machine (control system)? Or, if not, what is it, and
where is it?
I don't know any way a "machine" of any kind is capable of "assuming"
anything -- unless it has been programmed by someone to use terms
like "assume."
Actually, it doesn't really matter to me whether ...
Does anything "really matter" to a machine?
Yes, as you note:
... all the posters on this net are most definitely control systems.
Certainly, but instead of "are," I would suggest "include."
You close with:
... they are surely control systems.
The suggests that they are no more than control systems.
You state, above:
I assume they are;-)
machines, that is.
What portion of your control system is concerned with, and capable of,
"assuming" anything?
Sincerely, Bob Clark