Tony wrote: "Do people consider Orac an original crew member?"
Well it wasn't an original crew member because it didn't turn up until the end of season one. However, was it a crew member at all? The question I think lies on whether Orac was a sentient being. On first inspection, one would have to say yes. However, its personality could have been a fixed programme with numerous replies. It could have been programmed to seek out new phenomena at the expense of other issues. In fact, it is hard to think of anything it did that could not be the result of a programme rather than consciousness.
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At 18:15 04/12/01 +0000, you wrote:
In fact, it is hard to think of anything it did that could not be the result of a programme rather than consciousness.
Of course, considering the canonical existance of androids as sophisticated as Vinnie and Avalon, the same could be said of any of the rest of the crew.
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Tony wrote: "Do people consider Orac an original crew member?"
Steve said:
Well it wasn't an original crew member because it didn't turn up until the end of season one. However, was it a crew member at all?
If Zen was, why not Orac? And someone had to replace Gan so they wouldn't have to keep changing the name of the show.
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 09:37:43AM -0500, Dana Shilling wrote:
Steve said:
Well it wasn't an original crew member because it didn't turn up until the end of season one. However, was it a crew member at all?
If Zen was, why not Orac? And someone had to replace Gan so they wouldn't have to keep changing the name of the show.
Well, the problem with that logic is that Gan and Orac were *both* on the Liberator in the period after "Orac" and before Gan died.
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