From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-08 15:55:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news2.rdc2.tx.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B21582C.51E26077@home.com> From: Larry Elmore X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.5 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? References: <9fgagu$6ae$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fjgha$blf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <35mqhtkdfma2rggv1htcaq6vfn2ihs67a1@4ax.com> <9fli1b$4aa$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Organization: LJK Software <9folnd$1t8$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B204C82.C2681D79@home.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 22:55:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.10.25.74 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news2.rdc2.tx.home.com 992040951 65.10.25.74 (Fri, 08 Jun 2001 15:55:51 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 15:55:51 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8462 comp.lang.awk:2933 comp.lang.clarion:21500 comp.lang.java.programmer:74911 comp.lang.pl1:935 comp.lang.vrml:3675 Date: 2001-06-08T22:55:51+00:00 List-Id: Roedy Green wrote: > > On Fri, 08 Jun 2001 03:54:03 GMT, Larry Elmore > wrote or quoted : > > >Among the recommended possible solutions > >suggested by their committee were to require _holes_ in the bottoms of > >large buckets, > > I suppose eventually they will equip kids with cone shape collars like > they put on goats or dogs to keep them from licking themselves. > > If we eliminated death by disease or old age, you would live on > average 200 years before you died by accident. This suggests to me > that our ancestors will be insanely safety-minded from our point of > view. Larry Niven wrote a good SF short story based on that very idea. I can't remember the title, but the story was memorable (to me, anyway). Larry