3/7/2016 _I_ like my coffee _black_.by Michael Harris, BBN Colleague Ray was a splendid scientist and an inspiring human being. My favorite memory: At one point, he was exercising a text-to-speech gizmo in his office at 10 Moulton, and was getting it to do inflections. He had it saying "I like my coffee black" in an endless loop, with varying emphasis, e.g.,
My office was a couple of doors away from Ray's, and we had a very cordial relationship. But after what seemed like a few hours of this, I went down and begged him to either stop the program or just give the <redacted> thing some <redacted> black coffee. He was thoroughly engrossed, and it hadn't bothered him at all.
I still think fondly of Ray whenever I hear someone order coffee (although I quit drinking the stuff that day ...). Comments are closed.
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