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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 100e77,4dc018f71a756798 X-Google-Attributes: gid100e77,public X-Google-Thread: 111d6b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d6b,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,8775b19e3c68a5dc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: smize@news.imagin.net (Samuel Mize) Subject: Re: Philosophers Date: 1998/01/30 Message-ID: <6asoe6$4meb$1@prime.imagin.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 320569083 References: <34a991f0.2379476@news.diac.com> <34cd2808.10685219@newsroom.tassie.net.au> <6ankdf$5h8@clarknet.clark.net> <34D1CE66.3B16@physiology.ucl.ac.uk> Reply-To: smize@imagin.net (Samuel Mize) Organization: ImagiNet Communications Ltd, Arlington, Texas Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.ada,alt.games.mornington.cresent Date: 1998-01-30T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <34D1CE66.3B16@physiology.ucl.ac.uk>, jim wrote: >docdwarf@clark.net wrote: >> In article <34cd2808.10685219@newsroom.tassie.net.au>, >> Mad Hamish wrote: >> >On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 23:00:26 -0700, firewind >> >wrote: >> >> Name a sport or game that doesn't have rules to it! I bet >> >>you won't find one. >> > >> > >> >Calvinball comes pretty close. >> >> As I recall Calvinball had rules... just not *consistent* rules. I think he established that you can't use the same rule twice. This is a pretty good model of some DoD/management decision methods. (SOME, not all.) >j.cameron@physiology.ucl.ac.uk | http://madeira.physiol.ucl.ac.uk/~jim/ >-This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence. Does that sig refer to Calvinball, Ada or management? Answer: yes. Best, Sam Mize -- Samuel Mize -- smize@imagin.net -- Team Ada Fight Spam - see http://www.cauce.org/ Personal net account - die gedanken sind frei