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1、Unit14ToErrIsHumanEveryonemusthavehadatleastonepersonalexperiencewithacomputererrorbythistime.Bankbalancesaresuddenlyreportedtohavejumpedfrom$379intothemillions,appealsforcharitable慈善的contributionsaremailedoverandovertopeoplewithcrazy-soundingnamesatyouraddress,departmentstoressen
2、dthewrongbills,utilitycompanies公用事業(yè)公司、市政公司,比如電力公司、煤氣公司、自來水公司之類writethatthey’returningeverythingoff,thatsortofthing.Ifyoumanagetogetintouchwithsomeoneandcomplain,youthengetinstantaneously瞬間的、即刻的typed,guiltylettersfromthesamecomputer,saying,”O(jiān)urcomputerwasinerror,andanadjustmentisbe
3、ingmadeinyouraccount.”如今,幾乎每個人都經(jīng)歷過電腦出錯帶來的麻煩。銀行通知的貸款余額忽然從379美元飛漲至數(shù)百萬美元;呼吁給那些名字聽起來稀奇古怪的人進(jìn)行慈善捐助的信件三番五次地寄往你的地址;部門商店發(fā)送錯誤的賬單;公共事業(yè)公司說他們將要關(guān)閉供給,諸如此類。如果你打印了,同一臺電腦出來的致歉信上寫道:“我們的電腦出現(xiàn)了錯誤,正在調(diào)整您的賬目?!盩hesearesupposedtobethesheerest完全的、十足的;純粹的、不摻假的,blindestaccidents.Mistakesarenotbelievedtobeparto
4、fthenormalbehaviorofagoodmachine.Ifthingsgowrong,itmustbeapersonal,humanerror,theresultoffingering,tampering瞎弄、擅自更改;竄改,abuttongettingstuck,someonehittingthewrongkey.Thecomputer,atitsnormalbest,isinfallible絕無錯誤的.這些意外事故純粹是無意識的過錯。人們認(rèn)為,出錯不是一個性能良好的機器的正常行為。如果出了錯,那一定是人為的錯誤,如指法錯誤,亂碰鍵盤,按鍵失
5、靈,按錯了鍵。最佳正常工作狀態(tài)下的電腦是不會出差錯的。Iwonderwhetherthiscanbetrue.Afterall,thewholepointofcomputersisthattheyrepresentanextensionofthehumanbrain,vastlyimproveduponbutnonethelesshuman,superhumanmaybe.Agoodcomputercanthinkclearlyandquicklyenoughtobeatyouatchess,andsomeofthemhaveevenprogrammedt
6、owriteobscureverse朦朧詩.Theycandoanythingwecando,andmorebesides.我想知道這會是真的么。畢竟,電腦的本質(zhì)是人腦的延伸,在此之上大為提升,但仍具有人性的特點,或許說具有超人類的特征。好的電腦可以足夠清晰快速地思考,在下棋中打敗你。它們有些甚至可以被編程寫朦朧詩。它們能做任何我們能做的事,更多的是我們做不了的。Itisnotyetknownwhetheracomputerhasitsownconsciousness,anditwouldbehardtofindoutaboutthis.Whenyouwa
7、lkintooneofthosegreathallsnowbuiltforthehugemachines,andstandlistening,itiseasytoimaginethatthefaint,distantnoisesarethesoundofthinking,andtheturningofthespools線軸、線管;(錄音帶的)卷軸、(膠片、打字機的)卷筒givesthemthelookofwildcreaturesrollingtheireyesintheefforttoconcentrate,choking(使人)窒息;哽??;難以呼吸wi
8、thinformation.Butrealthinking,and