From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: gene@genek_hates_spammers.com   
   Subject: Re: Those Amazing Computers!   
      
   "Ron"  wrote   
   >It's a flaw because Spock asked a very specific-- and wrong--   
   >question. The computer however gave him the right answer from the   
   >wrong question. If you had asked me what incident thos four people had   
   >in common, I would hav told you nothing at all, but if I was feeling   
   >generous, I might add that three of those four people something in   
   >common. Computers on the other hand are literal beasties; it should   
   >have told Spock that those four had nothing in common and that would   
   >have been the end of it.   
      
      
   Maybe the computer's response was:  "Affirmative.  Captain Kirk recently    
   requested a comparison between Anton Karidian and Kodos the Executioner and a    
   list of Tarsus Three survivors that returned Kirk, Leighton and Riley."   
      
   GeneK    
      
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