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“In the field of Artificial Intelligence there is no more iconic and controversial milestone than the Turing Test, when a computer convinces a sufficient number of interrogators into believing that it is not a machine but rather is a human. It is fitting that such an important landmark has been reached at the Royal Society in London, the home of British Science and the scene of many great advances in human understanding over the centuries. This milestone will go down in history as one of the most exciting.”

“Well, it's such a record that you can only compare it with Bob Beamon's long-jump world record set in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico. At that time it seemed that it would never be broken. Tendulkar's 50 Test centuries is one such records which doesn't look like being surpassed”

World Wells Looks Long Records Century Broken Tests Compare Mexico Bob Olympics Cricket World Records Tendulkar Long Jump

Author:Sunil Gavaskar

“And home pregnancy tests? They are so last century. Nowadays, I think there's an app that calls your iPhone to warn you that if you finish that third cosmo, you may wind up with a wombmate.”

Ifs Thinking May Home Lasts Century Wind Tests Thirds Pregnancy Iphone Apps Pregnancy Test

Book:Lizz Free or Die: Essays

Source: Lizz Free or Die: Essays

“Fatal illness has always been viewed as a test of moral character, but in the nineteenth century there is a great reluctance to let anybody flunk the test.”

Character Moral Century Tests Illness Nineteenth Century Reluctance Moral Character

Book:Illness as metaphor

Source: Illness as metaphor

“He lives century after century, and the test I set for him he has passed.”

Religion Women Century Tests

Author:Meera

“When we used to play, we thought no one can break Sunil Gavaskar's record. No one could think about 50 Test centuries at that time. This is certainly a big knock under the circumstances, better than the 200s and 300s.”

Thinking Play Bigs Used Break Records Century Circumstances Tests Cricket

Author:Kapil Dev

“Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.”

Science Century Tests 20th Century Witchcraft Polygraph

Author:Sam Ervin

“[17th-century] Puritans were the first modern parents. Like many of us, they looked on their treatment of children as a test of their own self-control. Their goal was not to simply to ensure the child's duty to the family, but to help him or her make personal, individual commitments. They were the first authors to state that children must obey God rather than parents, in case of a clear conflict.”

Firsts Children Self States Helping Individual Parent Goal Cases Clear Modern Century Duty Conflict Commitment Tests Treatment Self Control Puritan 17th Century

Author:C. Sommerville

“Test centuries is one such records which doesn't look like being surpassed”

Looks Records Century Tests Long Jump

Author:Sunil Gavaskar

“I was surprised when Nixon passed the test and showed up in heaven, but, I guess Hitler threw off the curve for our century.”

Heaven Century Tests Curves

Author:Lenny Bruce

“Had today's technophobic zealots [environmental activists] been in charge in previous centuries, we would have to roll human progress back to the Middle Ages - and beyond, since even fire, the wheel and organic farming pose risks, and none would have passed the "absolute safety" test the zealots demand. Putting them in charge now would mean an end to progress, and perpetual deprivation for inhabitants of developing nations.”

“The whole idea of timing tests is a century old, from a scientist who thought speed and ability were tightly correlated, which they are not.”

Ideas Whole Ability Century Tests Scientist Speed Timing

Author:L. Todd Rose

“I guess if there was a desert island scenario and I only could take one font with me, I guess it would be Helvetica, though it has it's limitations, I think it's incredibly versatile and gets the job done and I also think it's one of the typefaces that will really survive the test of time beyond the next several decades if not into the next century.”

Ifs Thinking Done Would Be Jobs Next Century Tests Decades Limitation Desert Islands Scenarios Versatile Get The Job Done Test Of Time Fonts Typefaces Helvetica

Author:Khoi Vinh