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,LOTS_OF_MONEY 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: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-12 15:57:50 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!feeder.via.net!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news2.rdc2.tx.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B269EC2.4B22101C@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: <9f8b7b$h0e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <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$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B204C82.C2681D79@home.com> <7QYT6.24$Lu.11532@newshog.newsread.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 22:57:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.10.25.74 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news2.rdc2.tx.home.com 992386669 65.10.25.74 (Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:57:49 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:57:49 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8637 comp.lang.awk:3018 comp.lang.clarion:21766 comp.lang.java.programmer:75761 comp.lang.pl1:984 comp.lang.vrml:3735 Date: 2001-06-12T22:57:49+00:00 List-Id: Gary Labowitz wrote: > > You (or OSHA) have got to be putting us on. > "Larry Elmore" wrote in message > news:3B204C82.C2681D79@home.com... > > > > Though you'd never guess it from TV news, more small children die in the > > US from drowning in large buckets than from firearms accidents. OSHA > > carefully studied this. Among the recommended possible solutions > > suggested by their committee were to require _holes_ in the bottoms of > > large buckets, or rounded, non-flat bottoms so they can't stand up on > > their own and so tip over! This got a lot of ridicule in the press some > > years ago as a prime example of government bureaucrats at their finest. I wish I was putting you on. But remember, this is the same government that also spent $15,000 (IIRC) on a study to determine whether tequila makes Siamese fighting fish more aggressive than rum does... Larry