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=1.5 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_20 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1116ece181be1aea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-22 06:38:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!199.45.49.37!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <8mgdmv08eaabv53vv5sofud2k40lbo0fdh@4ax.com> <6roimvg39s8h5ba64u9pn0trsa4d3u4kai@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: <4XCbb.13251$Uv2.12148@nwrdny02.gnilink.net> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:38:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.154.220.170 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny02.gnilink.net 1064237888 141.154.220.170 (Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:38:08 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:38:08 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:42745 Date: 2003-09-22T13:38:08+00:00 List-Id: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" wrote in message news:j5itmvchgijlria6a9q1m7hsloopveo20d@4ax.com... > Oh, this is very possible. For example, people trained to eat > McDonald's food will not accept any decent dish. Where do people get TRAINED to eat McDonald's food? And if there are so many McDonald's "trainees" out there, what accounts for the drop in McDonald's business over the last few years? > People permanently > watching MTV are unable to recognize virtually any music. Wirth wrote > that students once exposed to Basic are beyond any hope... Yeah, poor Bill Gates will never amount to anything... > ... > > In my dilettantish opinion, there is a difference, knowledge is > difficult to separate from its carrier. The-Mickey-Mouse-movement > against freedom of speech was so successfull because in case of > recorded music and movies it was relatively easy to do. What success? The recording industry attempts to reign in file sharing has been inept and ineffective. Universal has finally seen the light and taken the right course of action on recorded music. Instead of threatening their customer base with legal action, Universal announced that they are reducing the price of their CD's to $10 tops.