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To: Bill Martin who wrote (1985)	1/1/1998 8:14:00 PM
From: Stitch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9256

OFF SUBJECT Bill, I think Zoologists and animal behaviorist will tell you that the dog that catches a frisbee isnt solving a differential equation but is responding to a trained system of reward coupled with an instinctual skill of responding to the movement of "prey". I believe the bulk of literature supports PX's comment that among the species , humans are notable in our ability to anticipate outside the range of direct experience by drawing analogies and extrapolating outcomes. Best, Stitch

To: Bill Martin who wrote (1985)	1/2/1998 3:17:00 AM
From: Pierre-X	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9256

Re: Cost curves; Frisbees Hello Bill, thanks for your input. Good point about dogs and frisbees <g>. With respect to your comments about marginal cost curves for chip and HDD companies, it may well be that I did not articulate this clearly in the Cycles article. To me, it seems almost so obvious that it doesn't need to be dwelt on; hoever, I think you are quite correct and that I should make clear this very critical aspect of the functioning of these businesses. I like your analogy to the oil business, it portrays the situation well. PX