Is the programmer now the ventriloquist, and the computer the dummy?

ECONOMIST: Ventriloquism

Born in Brampton, Cumbria, the one-time ventriloquist started his broadcasting career with the BBC, then joined Border when it was formed in 1961.

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Marconi was not fooling when he chose, for the first image transmitted by television, a ventriloquist's dummy.

ECONOMIST: Ventriloquism

Woodbridge's Company of Four theatre group will open the evening and there will also be performances from ventriloquist Richard Wymark and Simon Warr.

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